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 Holliday, 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. You must study the greats. Study any great

leader, artist, athlete, or parent, and you'll find that they

had a hero, a mentor, or a model. Some were lucky enough to study directly under that person,

but for most this studying happened remotely by reading books, watching documentaries, listening to

interviews, and so on. As one biographer wrote of his subject, the story of Theodore Roosevelt

is the story of a small boy who read about great men and decided he wanted to be like them.

Before Roosevelt, General William Henry Harrison sent three volumes of an ancient book to his 15-year-old son, John.

The book was Plutarch's Lives, one of my all-time favorites, something we carry here at the painted porch.

And it's long been a favorite of successful men and women throughout history.

Indeed, the general would inscribe the first volume of this leather-bound set as follows.

William H. Harrison sent this set of Plutarch to his beloved son,

in the hope that he will diligently study the lives of great men contained in it,

and that if he is unable to rival their splendid achievements in their country and service,

he will at least imitate their private victories.

When we study the great men and women who come before us, we can't help but be more like them.

It's actually what we built this new challenge

around the Daily Stoke Leadership Challenge, ancient wisdom for modern leaders. No one is in a more

important role of leadership than a parent. You're the leader of your family. Who are you

studying and emulating so your children can do the same for you? And actually actually registration of the 2023 cohort is open right now.

It's a nine-week course. It's actually designed to mimic the one that produced historically

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