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The audio companion to DailyDad.com’s daily email meditations on fatherhood, read by Ryan Holiday. Each daily reading will help you find the wisdom, inner strength, and good humor you need in order to be a great dad. Learn from historical figures and contemporary fathers how to do your most important job. Find more at dailydad.com.

It’s Going To Take How Long They Take

3 mins; August 13, 2025

We Are Indispensable (Just Not Like We Think)

4 mins; August 12, 2025

Can You Manage This Effectively?

4 mins; August 11, 2025

This Is What You’ll Remember Most | Ryan Holiday

21 mins; August 09, 2025

You Found It. Do You Not See That?

5 mins; August 08, 2025

You Can Teach…And You Can Learn

4 mins; August 07, 2025

Who Is Actually The Important One?

4 mins; August 06, 2025

Lead Them This Way

3 mins; August 05, 2025

Don’t Let This Get You

2 mins; August 04, 2025

A Simple Family Hike Became a Parenting Lesson Ryan Holiday Will Never Forget

14 mins; August 02, 2025

This Is All They Need

4 mins; August 01, 2025

Take The Break

4 mins; July 31, 2025

This Is Why They’re Like This

2 mins; July 30, 2025

Spare Them Either Extreme

3 mins; July 29, 2025

There’s Nothing Common About This

4 mins; July 28, 2025

This Debate With My Son Meant More Than Any Report Card | Ryan Holiday

16 mins; July 26, 2025

What Will They Remember About You?

7 mins; July 25, 2025

Give Them This Compass

5 mins; July 24, 2025

Stop Wishing This Away

4 mins; July 23, 2025

Let’s Pass Down This Fortune

4 mins; July 22, 2025

This Is Real Life, Too

4 mins; July 21, 2025

Can You Change Your Personality—As a Parent? | Olga Khazan & Ryan Holiday

20 mins; July 19, 2025

Enrich Them With This

6 mins; July 18, 2025

Ask Them This After School

4 mins; July 17, 2025

What Would It Be Like?

2 mins; July 16, 2025

The Best Kind Of Time. Period.

3 mins; July 15, 2025

They Can Protect You Too

4 mins; July 14, 2025

The 7 Parenting Lessons You'll Wish You Learned Sooner

11 mins; July 12, 2025

This Should Help You Relax

4 mins; July 11, 2025

This Puts It All In Perspective

3 mins; July 10, 2025

This Is Our Responsibility

4 mins; July 09, 2025

We Must Cultivate This Skill

4 mins; July 08, 2025

This Is What They (And We) Forget

4 mins; July 07, 2025

"I Wish I Had Been More Patient" | Ryan Holiday

13 mins; July 05, 2025

They’re Not Missing Anything

4 mins; July 04, 2025

Do You Back Them Up?

4 mins; July 03, 2025

You Owe Them This

4 mins; July 02, 2025

They’ll Get It Somewhere

5 mins; July 01, 2025

Stop Questioning Yourself Like This

4 mins; June 30, 2025

Forget the Perfect Plan, Plan to Pivot Instead | Ryan and Sam Holiday

13 mins; June 28, 2025

Why Do We Think This?

3 mins; June 27, 2025

Remember Who You’re Talking To

4 mins; June 26, 2025

Let's Give Them This Unusual Advantage

4 mins; June 25, 2025

It’s Not Enough To Just Be Around

4 mins; June 24, 2025

It Never Really Holds Up, Does It?

4 mins; June 23, 2025

This Is How You Teach Them Moral Courage | Ryan Holiday

21 mins; June 21, 2025

Don’t Forget You Need This, Too

5 mins; June 20, 2025

You Don’t Know Until You Know

4 mins; June 19, 2025

This Is The Key To Good Parenting

4 mins; June 18, 2025

This Is What The Best Do

4 mins; June 17, 2025

You Are Not Enough People

4 mins; June 16, 2025

BONUS | You're Not Meant To Do It Alone

3 mins; June 14, 2025

The Father’s Day Message You Didn’t Know You Needed | General McChrystal

17 mins; June 14, 2025

What’s It To You?

3 mins; June 13, 2025

These Are The Only Labels That Matter

5 mins; June 12, 2025

When Was The Last Time?

4 mins; June 11, 2025

You Are Capable Of Change

4 mins; June 10, 2025

It’s You Who They Deserve To Get This From

2 mins; June 09, 2025

Don’t Yuck Their Yum | Jefferson Fisher & Ryan Holiday

13 mins; June 07, 2025

The Most Beautiful Model For A Perfect Life

6 mins; June 06, 2025

It’s A Part Of Life

2 mins; June 05, 2025

It Doesn’t Matter If It’s True

3 mins; June 04, 2025

Transcend This Bitter Math

2 mins; June 03, 2025

This Is The Real Quality Time

3 mins; June 02, 2025

15 Life-Changing Questions for Parents (In 15 Minutes)

17 mins; May 31, 2025

You Make Debts Your Children Must Pay

4 mins; May 30, 2025

It Takes As Long As It Takes

4 mins; May 29, 2025

Everyday A Little Goes Away

3 mins; May 28, 2025

Teach Them To Be Tough (But Practical)

5 mins; May 27, 2025

Epithets For Your Kid

3 mins; May 26, 2025

Curious Kids Are Built, Not Born | Ryan Holiday

14 mins; May 24, 2025

They Deserve This Intervention

4 mins; May 23, 2025

They See Through It All

5 mins; May 22, 2025

Where Are You Rushing To?

5 mins; May 21, 2025

They Are Not Miniature Versions of You

4 mins; May 20, 2025

Neither Of You Know It Yet

4 mins; May 19, 2025

You’re Modeling THIS Every Day | Bonnie Tsui and Ryan Holiday

15 mins; May 17, 2025

It’s Good That It Went This Way

7 mins; May 16, 2025

You Must Seed This Habit

4 mins; May 15, 2025

It’s Coming Apart In Your Hands

4 mins; May 14, 2025

Why Be A Ghost?

4 mins; May 13, 2025

Do You Give Them This?

3 mins; May 12, 2025

10 Reminders to Put Your Kids First

26 mins; May 10, 2025

Remind Them This Over And Over And Over Again

4 mins; May 09, 2025

This Is What You Do

4 mins; May 08, 2025

This Is What They’ll Remember

4 mins; May 07, 2025

C’mon, Don’t Do This

4 mins; May 06, 2025

Let This Teach You…And Them

3 mins; May 05, 2025

The Parenting Rule Daniel Pink Swears By

15 mins; May 03, 2025

The Worthiest Parenting Goal Of All

3 mins; May 02, 2025

This Is Always Up To Them

3 mins; May 01, 2025

Aren’t We The Lucky Ones?

4 mins; April 30, 2025

Our Kids Need To Hear This

4 mins; April 29, 2025

What Is It Teaching You?

4 mins; April 28, 2025

Don't Forget That THIS Is Your Responsibility | Ryan Holiday

16 mins; April 26, 2025

Take Notice Of This

4 mins; April 25, 2025

Are You Watching Closely?

4 mins; April 24, 2025

It’s Giving You More Of Them

4 mins; April 23, 2025

You Have Two (And Only Two) Options

4 mins; April 22, 2025

It Will Happen Just When You Think It Never Will

4 mins; April 21, 2025

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