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.

I think there's nothing sadder than moms or dads who've given up on hobbies, given up on their

creativity, given up at getting better at stuff because they have kids. Life is too short,

and that doesn't make your kids happier or better either. In the ancient world, the word school

just meant leisure, right? What are you doing in your leisure time? What are you learning in your leisure

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Why didn't you make time for me? I hope you are quite well, young Winston Churchill wrote to his

always busy father from his boarding school in 1886. You never came to see me when you were in Brighton.

It was not the only time that he had to write such a thing to his father. I cannot think why you did not

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