You Have Two (And Only Two) Options
The Daily Dad
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🗓️ 22 April 2025
⏱️ 4 minutes
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While so much of parenting feels out of our control—schedules, tantrums, illness, life's constant surprises—we can always control one critical thing...
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| 0:14.9 | I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from |
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| 1:33.3 | You have two and only two options. He's been doing it for decades and it helped him make it to 88. |
| 1:44.3 | 88 years in a world that tried to break him, that discriminated against him, that made him an orphan, |
| 1:49.9 | it threw every obstacle it could in his way. |
| 1:53.4 | But here he is, every morning putting his two feet on the ground next to the bed and saying, |
| 1:59.1 | OK, George, you have two options and only two. You can be happy |
| 2:04.0 | or you can be very happy. George Ravling, one of my mentors and heroes, as he says in his new book, |
| 2:12.6 | What You're Made for, Powerful Life Lessons from My Career in sports. He starts with this simple but powerful |
| 2:19.3 | choice every morning. He says it's a reminder to myself that I have the power to set my tone for the |
| 2:24.4 | day, to choose the attitude and mindset that I'll bring to whatever challenges come my way. |
| 2:31.0 | But the thing is, that choice isn't just about lifting his mood. It's also about lifting the mood of those |
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