You Can’t Control 2026. But You Can Control How It Starts. | Ryan and Sam Holiday
The Daily Dad
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4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Ryan and Sam talk through the one simple reset they use to kick off the New Year and how it’s shaped their family in ways they never expected. You don’t get to choose what 2026 throws at you, but you do get to choose who you’re going to be when it does. For parents, that means setting the tone early, choosing less when everything is asking for more, and building habits that help you show up calmer, steadier, and more present for your family.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Dad podcast, where on the weekends, we do a deeper dive |
| 0:08.4 | and how to get better at our most important job, being a parent. Sometimes in these episodes, |
| 0:13.9 | I talk to best-selling authors and elite performers and other guests, but lately I've also |
| 0:18.5 | been having conversations with my wife, Samantha, the co-parent of my two |
| 0:22.6 | boys. We do it over in the Daily Stoic studio here in Bastrop, Texas. She and I talk about things |
| 0:29.0 | that we're working on as parents, things that we're working on as people, and how we are supporting |
| 0:35.8 | each other, challenging each other, and like I said, trying to get |
| 0:40.3 | better at what we do. |
| 0:41.6 | Guest or not, I hope you hear some ideas here that will help make you a better parent. |
| 0:47.1 | I was better for having the conversation. |
| 0:49.0 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 0:58.8 | Look, learning isn't this thing that you just do in school, you just do when you're young. |
| 1:01.5 | It has to be something you do your whole life. |
| 1:06.6 | In fact, there's an ancient Roman saying, which is live as if you're going to die tomorrow, |
| 1:09.7 | but learn as if you're going to live forever. |
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| 1:26.2 | it is the teacher has to know into actionable bite-sized lessons across a bunch of different categories that can help you make your life better right now, which is probably why three out of four surveyed Masterclass members feel inspired every time they watch Masterclass. |
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