Why Perfection is the Enemy of Becoming Better Dad
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2018
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
All of us want to be a perfect father, but things never turn out the way we expect. Even for those men actively striving to become a better dad, perfection eludes us. Holding ourselves to this impossible standard leads to frustration and hopelessness. It might make us feel like giving up altogether.
Today, we have Dad Edge Alliance member Sam on the show. He's from Sydney and was part of the Australian Special Forces. He's married and is the father of three boys. He lost his band of brothers when he left the military and live and work in Abu Dhabi. Sam was desperately searching for guidance in his relationships with his wife and kids. He didn't consider himself a great dad and reached a point where he was just going to accept it.
Today he talks about how perfection was his enemy and how he moved past it to grow as a husband and a father.
For the show notes and special links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/thursday103
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| 0:00.0 | We are Men. We are warriors. We are dads. |
| 0:05.0 | 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? |
| 0:29.0 | What's up y'all? What's up y'all? |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. |
| 0:31.0 | I almost said the Good Dad Project podcast just because I'm so used to, |
| 0:35.4 | I've been so used to say in that for almost two years now, but we've been the Dad Edge since the |
| 0:39.2 | beginning of 2018, and I think you guys are digging the new branding because our downloads have spiked quite a bit and I've seen more shares on the show a lot more reviews as well. |
| 0:52.0 | So appreciate you guys leaving |
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| 1:05.0 | So if you're digging it, if you're liking it, make sure you leave a review. |
| 1:08.6 | If you don't like it, don't leave a review. |
| 1:10.0 | I'm kidding. |
| 1:12.3 | No, but we have 325 star reviews on our podcast and I just want to take a minute and just thank you guys for all of you who have left reviews. Truly, truly appreciate it. If you've heard |
| 1:23.0 | if you've heard on the big show on Monday show |
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| 1:33.2 | So I'm gonna give you a shout out on the show. |
| 1:35.5 | Before I get started in today's Thursday throwdown, |
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