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.

This is the greatest gift. The second Tom Brady, the second that Tom Brady Sr. walked through the door after a long day on the road trying to build his insurance business, his son was after him with requests. Can we go to the batting cages tonight? A young sports obsessed Tom Brady would ask, would you hit ground balls to me in the park? Would you help me with my free throws?

The answer was always, yep, always. In his fascinating biography of the New England Patriots,

Seth Wickersham explains that Brady never forgot the image of his father entering home, tired,

and then leaving, often still in his work clothes clothes to help his son. It didn't matter how

the day had gone. It didn't matter if there was more work to do or phone calls to make.

It didn't matter if they'd been getting along. Didn't matter what was happening in the world

or what the weather was. His dad always said yes. Being available to me was the greatest gift

I could ever receive from my dad,

Brady explained years later. He never said no to me. He never said no to helping his son get better

to encouraging his son's interests, to participating in his son's project, as we've talked about.

That this process created the greatest quarterback in NFL history. That was a bonus.

The real win was the time they spent together. And as you can imagine from Tom Senior's perspective as a

father, the cherry on the Sunday was hearing his son recount his memories from those days

and realizing that he never forgot them.

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