Why Not Get Better Here?
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2023
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
If the Stoics have taught us anything it is that we should focus only on the things we can control. We can control what kind of parents we are. We cannot control the outcome of our actions, of course, but we can control how we talk to our kids, how we raise them, how we discipline and reward them, what we expect from them, and what they can expect from us.
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| 0:00.0 | 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. |
| 0:12.3 | 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. |
| 0:24.1 | Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:33.4 | If you want to improve your relationship with your kids, one of the best ways you can do that is by improving your most important relationship, which is your relationship with yourself, whether it's body issues, whether it's eating issues, whether it's childhood traumas from early in life, whether it's a work addiction, a drug addiction, whether it's how you see yourself and that affects |
| 0:56.5 | how you act in your marriage, dealing with your own issues will make you a better parent. |
| 1:01.7 | And I think the best way to do that is with therapy. BetterHelp Online Therapy, the sponsor |
| 1:07.6 | of today's podcast, wants to remind you to take care of your most important relationship, the one you have with yourself. Better Help Online Therapy, the sponsor of today's podcast, wants to remind you to take care of your most important |
| 1:11.5 | relationship, the one you have with yourself. BetterHelp Online Therapy offers video, phone, |
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| 1:37.3 | That's betterhelp.com slash daily dad. Dad. Why not get better here? We spend so much time at the office, trying to get better at our jobs, |
| 1:55.8 | trying to make a little more money, trying to climb further up the ladder. We spend hours in the gym over the course |
| 2:02.7 | of a life, trying to get in better shape, trying to hit personal records. We spend mountains of time |
| 2:08.3 | online, trying to help our fantasy football teams, trying to find discount codes to save money |
| 2:14.6 | shopping, trying to stay abreast of our friends and family's lives. |
| 2:18.5 | So we tell ourselves. |
| 2:20.1 | It's all good stuff for the most part, but it calls to mind a certain question about our priorities, |
| 2:26.9 | doesn't it? |
| 2:27.8 | A better wrestler, Marcus writes in meditations, but not a better citizen, a better person, |
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