What If You Didn’t Think You Knew?

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Daily Dad

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

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

"You’re a dad, so you know a lot. You’ve been alive a while. You’ve read a thing or two and heard a thing or two. So when your kids ask you questions—about history, about life, about why people are this way or that way, you’re quick with an answer.

But what if this was actually a bad habit? What if this was a form of stupidity?"

Ryan describes why being the all-knowing father may not be the best role for you to fill, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you with your
0:14.1	most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical
0:20.3	wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world.
0:24.5	Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.
0:33.2	What if you didn't think you knew? You're a dad, so you know a lot. You've been alive a while.
0:38.7	You've read a thing or two and heard a thing or two. And when your kids ask you questions about history,
0:44.0	about life, about why people are this way or that way, you're quick with an answer.
0:48.3	But what if this was actually a bad habit? What if it was a form of stupidity?
0:52.7	It's impossible to learn that which you think you already
0:55.7	know, Epictetus said. To the Stoics, conceit was the greatest impediment to knowledge. Conversely,
1:01.9	humility and curiosity were paths to wisdom. In thinking you already or always know the answer to things,
1:08.5	you're preventing yourself from learning you're preventing your
1:11.5	kids from learning because instead of getting to discover things together they're just relying on
1:16.4	you to spit out facts and figures and explanations ego is the enemy stop pretending or assuming
1:22.7	you know everything focus on learning focus on figuring out stuff in a new way with your kids,
1:28.3	and you'll both be made better for the experience. Thanks for listening to the Daily Dad
1:33.7	podcast. Please leave us a review. It helps. Tell your friends, share this with other dads. And of course,
1:39.9	you can sign up for an email version of this podcast at dailydad.com.

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