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.

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You feel it all more now. There are some things that just hit you differently when you have

kids. Kormick McCarthy's The Road is a powerful novel for anyone,

but once you're a parent, it'll wreck you. A book like To Kill a Mockingbird cuts deeper now than

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