You Have To See It This Way
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2021
⏱️ 3 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
“The defining feature of this parenting life is how much stuff goes wrong. Plans dash to pieces. Your kids change their mind. They get hurt, stuff comes up, stuff gets cancelled. If you’re an anxious person, a stressed person, a fragile person, this stuff will kill you.”
Ryan explains why you always have to strive to get better.
If you want to lead your family better, sign up for the new 9-week live course The Daily Stoic Leadership Challenge today! This is a masterclass in leadership with the cadence and rigor of a boot camp. It is also a live course, which means all participants will join the course together and move through together at the same pace to their own version of the same goal—to be a great leader. Registration will close on Saturday, July 31st at midnight CST and the course will begin on Sunday, August 1st. We hope to have you join us at dailystoic.com/leadershipchallenge
Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com
Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you with your most important job being a dad. |
| 0:14.8 | These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world. |
| 0:22.9 | Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:31.3 | You have to see it this way. |
| 0:33.8 | The defining feature of this parenting life is how much stuff goes wrong. Plans get dashed to pieces. |
| 0:39.8 | Your kids change their mind. They get hurt. Stuff comes up. Stuff gets canceled. |
| 0:44.0 | If you're an anxious person, a stressed person, a fragile person, this stuff will kill you. |
| 0:49.7 | If you haven't heard the famous Jock Willink good speech, you should listen to it as soon as you have a chance. |
| 0:55.6 | Because his Navy SEAL mentality doesn't just apply to warfare, it doesn't just apply to entrepreneurship or leadership. |
| 1:02.4 | It is also a prescription for parenting. |
| 1:05.2 | In fact, we might easily adapt it to some of the daily troubles we face as parents. |
| 1:10.5 | Oh, my kid woke up sick this morning? Good. We'll spend the day at home together. |
| 1:15.0 | The takeout order canceled last minute? Good. We'll have dinner for breakfast. |
| 1:18.9 | You caught your kid lying? Good. Now you have a chance to talk about honesty. |
| 1:23.6 | Pulled over for speeding? Good. Show your kid how to handle owning a mistake. Your business is in trouble. Good. Talk to your kids about grace under pressure. Your flight is delayed. Good. Have fun in the airport as a family. Traffic? Good. You have more time with them. They're struggling in math class. Good. Time for you to brush up on your algebra. Your kids are counting on you. You don't |
| 1:47.0 | get to despair. There's no time to complain. There's no one to come take this problem off your hands. |
| 1:52.5 | It's on you. It's what you were given by fate or by chance. And now you have to work with it. |
| 1:58.3 | You have to make something of it. You have to make it good for them. |
| 2:05.0 | I really want to invite you to join this. The Daily Stoic Leadership Challenge, ancient |
| 2:08.9 | wisdom for modern leaders. It's for parents too, because what is a parent but a leader? This |
| 2:14.3 | challenge features more than 60 emails packed with the best wisdom from the Stoaks |
| 2:18.3 | and what it takes to be a great leader. We've assembled some awesome leaders that you get to talk to |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Daily Dad, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Daily Dad and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.