This is the Best Excuse in the World
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
There are a lot of reasons why someone’s output might change. When people ask why, you have the best excuse in the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Look, we're all trying to do better than our parents did. |
| 0:03.3 | We're trying to be the parents that we wish we had and to be the parents we know we are capable of being. |
| 0:09.4 | That's what I'm trying to do. |
| 0:11.0 | And one of my biggest influences in doing that, someone whose books and teachings and then just actual direct parenting advice that she's given me, |
| 0:20.0 | I've been lucky enough to get to know her, |
| 0:21.9 | as well as the community that she's created that I'm a part of, Good Inside. Dr. Becky is just |
| 0:27.7 | someone who has changed my life, changed who I am as a parent, and made me a better human being. |
| 0:33.6 | Dr. Becky wrote Good Inside. It's this book I've been raving about. It's really popular with parents these days. She's just amazing. You probably follow her on social media. And if you don't, you should. On December 1st, you can join Dr. Becky for her How Not to Raise Assholes event, which is about avoiding entitlement and raising kind, empathetic kids. And on December 15th, she's hosting her How Not to Lose it over the |
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| 1:08.4 | Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast, where we provide one lesson every single day to help you |
| 1:15.1 | with your most important job, being a parent. |
| 1:19.7 | I'm Ryan Holliday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, |
| 1:25.7 | practical wisdom, and insights from parents just like you all over the |
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