What Kind of Father Do You Want to Be?
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We have two choices when we become dads. Are we going to be like our fathers? Or are we going to try to be different. Some men have a good sense of what a good dad should be by watching their fathers. Other men are trying to break a pattern of bad fathering, whether it be addiction, anger, or complete absence.
On today's short show we have Dad Edge Alliance member Andy Nelson. He is a divorced dad who admits that he was not there mentally for his kids or their mother. He knew he had to break the pattern of his father's parenting and began to proactively improve his relationship with both his kids and his ex-wife.
Andy tells us how he developed a framework to change his life and how he succeeded by focusing on his goals instead of running away from what he didn't want.
For the show notes, links, and to apply for the Dad Edge Alliance, go to gooddadproject.com/thursday120.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads. Dads with a purpose. Dads with an edge. |
| 0:10.0 | We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:29.3 | What's up boys? |
| 0:41.0 | What's up boys? Hey, so check this out. The question for you guys this week is, are you going to be your dad or are you going to do something else? I had on Gary John Bishop several, several months ago now and he is the |
| 0:46.0 | best-selling author of UnF Yourself. Not only did he come on the podcast but he also |
| 0:51.8 | did an exclusive Q&A with the Dad Edge Alliance. |
| 0:57.3 | And one of the things that he taught us was, is we will either become our dads or we will not become our dads. Like literally that is the |
| 1:08.0 | that is the two things that we have the choice of. We can either become our fathers |
| 1:11.6 | or we will not become our fathers and we have a choice to do that. |
| 1:16.2 | So I want you guys just to take a second and ask yourself what type of example were you shown growing up? |
| 1:25.3 | Do you have the blueprint of exactly what to do? |
| 1:28.6 | Do you want to replicate exactly how you were raised? |
| 1:33.0 | Do you look up to your father and everything that he did? |
| 1:35.4 | Maybe not everything, but for the most part, |
| 1:37.9 | do you have an overall good sense and a good thing of |
| 1:40.9 | what your dad did for you and as far as how he raised you? |
| 1:46.2 | Or are you trying to break a certain pattern? |
| 1:50.6 | Are you trying to break some sort of pattern where you perhaps weren't raised with the best situation? |
| 1:58.5 | Maybe you were raised with some sort of tumultuous situation, |
| 2:02.9 | maybe your dad was an alcoholic, |
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