This Is How They Can Be Great

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Daily Dad

Society & Culture, Dads, Relationships, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Ryan Holiday, Wisdom, Education, Fatherhood

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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We talked recently about the Spartan who pointed out that it wasn’t right to say that “the better man won” at the Olympic Games. The better wrestler had won, he said. And it’s an important point: there are lots of winners out there who are actually losers. A lot of achievements that turn out to be costly victories because of the means used to achieve them.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast, where we provide one lesson every single day to help you with your most important job, being a parent.
0:15.0	I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from parents just like you all over the world.
0:27.4	Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.
0:33.3	This is how they can be great.
0:36.0	We talked recently about a Spartan who pointed out that it wasn't
0:39.7	right to say the better man won at the Olympic Games. The better wrestler had won, he said.
0:45.8	And it's an important point. There are lots of winners out there who actually losers,
0:49.2	a lot of achievements that turn out to be costly victories because of the means used to achieve them.
0:55.0	Meanwhile, there are plenty of great athletes, entrepreneurs, and leaders who might not be the most
0:58.7	accomplished at their profession, but they have pulled off a rare feat. They are dedicated parents
1:04.7	to their faithful spouses. They're happy. And this is a more elusive form of greatness, as Cato the elder once told his son,
1:13.1	an orator, he said, is a good man good at speaking. And that's what we have to help our kids
1:19.4	become great, good people who are good at things. And that is the recipe for real sustained
1:25.6	and comprehensive greatness.
1:30.3	We say in the Daily Dad book that character is fate. It's going to determine their success in their chosen field far more than any private coach or college scholarship will.
1:36.3	It'll do more for them in the long run than genetics anyway.
1:39.3	Moreover, character is something accessible and possible for all of us.
1:44.7	Not everyone has the potential to be seven feet taller, has the fast twitch muscle fiber to qualify as elite.
1:51.6	Everyone has the potential to be a good person, especially your kids.
1:58.5	And that's my copy of the Daily Dad book, which we talk all about this, trying to be good parents, raise good kids. And that's my copy of the Daily Dad book, which we talk all about this,
2:02.5	trying to be good parents, raise good kids. That's what it's all about. If you haven't checked
2:06.6	out the Daily Dad, 366 meditations on parenting love and raising great kids, you can grab that
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