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.

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. Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.

We know the world throws a lot at our kids. We know that it's noisy out there, and there can be

competing influences. We know they're

pretty forgetful too. These are kids that can barely remember where their backpack is. How are we supposed

to communicate the most essential and important truths of life? How do we get them to remember what we tell

them? Well, it's by simplifying, by being straightforward, by repeating powerful and key ideas time and time

again with both words and actions.

To be good and to do good, it's all we have to do, John Adams would say to his kids.

And this was also advice he would do his best to live by and largely succeed.

Be good, do good. That's the moral imperative of life. That's what we have to do as parents. That's what we have to teach as parents. Be good, do good. That's the moral imperative of life. That's what we have to do as parents.

That's what we have to teach as parents.

Be good, do good, be good, do good.

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