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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.

This Is A Very Underrated Skill

3 mins; September 18, 2023

Ryan Holiday And Paul Kix On Balancing Techniques And Being Self-Conscious

11 mins; September 16, 2023

It’s Not Too Late To Make Improvements

2 mins; September 15, 2023

You Can Give Them This

3 mins; September 14, 2023

You Must Study The Greats

4 mins; September 13, 2023

Take This Seriously

2 mins; September 12, 2023

You Always Have Five More Minutes To Give

4 mins; September 11, 2023

Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On Taking Advice And Understanding Parenting Phases

16 mins; September 09, 2023

Give What You Didn’t Get. Forget What You Did.

3 mins; September 08, 2023

You Won’t Let Them Do This To You Anymore

3 mins; September 07, 2023

Give Them A Little More Than Feels Safe

3 mins; September 06, 2023

Is This A Family Habit?

3 mins; September 05, 2023

These Experiences Are Both Cheap And Rich

3 mins; September 04, 2023

Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On Normalizing The Parenting Journey

15 mins; September 02, 2023

The Difference Between Schooling And Education

2 mins; September 01, 2023

You Won’t Regret This

3 mins; August 31, 2023

It Is A Temple

2 mins; August 30, 2023

This Is Your Advantage Now

2 mins; August 29, 2023

You Can’t Do It For Them?

3 mins; August 28, 2023

Ryan Holiday And Casey Neistat On Building Better Parenting Routines

22 mins; August 26, 2023

They Are Clay In Your Hands

4 mins; August 25, 2023

You Already Blew Up Your Life

3 mins; August 24, 2023

You’re A Hostage To Fortune Now

3 mins; August 23, 2023

Guilt Is Not Productive

3 mins; August 22, 2023

This Is How They Can Be Great

3 mins; August 21, 2023

Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On Building Courage And Exploring Curiosity

9 mins; August 19, 2023

It’s OK That They Make You Crazy

2 mins; August 18, 2023

This Is A Sign You’re Doing Great

2 mins; August 17, 2023

You Started Over

4 mins; August 16, 2023

Give Into This

2 mins; August 15, 2023

How To Think About Your Approach

2 mins; August 14, 2023

Ryan Holiday On Illustrating Better Values To Our Kids

15 mins; August 12, 2023

They Need Their Space

3 mins; August 11, 2023

It’s Not A Pretty Picture

4 mins; August 10, 2023

Kiss It While It’s Here

3 mins; August 09, 2023

You Don’t Just Get To Leave

3 mins; August 08, 2023

These Two Traits Are Enough

1 min; August 07, 2023

Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On Setting up Flexible Boundaries For Our Kids

18 mins; August 05, 2023

You Come From A Strong Tradition

4 mins; August 03, 2023

You Can Make A Break

5 mins; August 03, 2023

Take Them Seriously

4 mins; August 02, 2023

You’ve Already Gotten The Gift

4 mins; August 01, 2023

It’s This Intention, This Choice That Matters

3 mins; July 31, 2023

Ryan Holiday And Matthew McConaughey On Being Present and Measuring Happiness

53 mins; July 29, 2023

Are You Making It Easy To Be A Kid In Your House?

2 mins; July 28, 2023

We Corrupt Our Children

3 mins; July 27, 2023

You Don’t Have To Squeeze One More Thing In

3 mins; July 26, 2023

Can You Imagine?

2 mins; July 25, 2023

What Are You Optimizing For?

5 mins; July 24, 2023

Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On Self Awareness and Generational Impacts

22 mins; July 22, 2023

You Never Know What You’re Comparing Against

3 mins; July 21, 2023

These Are Your 5 Choices

4 mins; July 20, 2023

All Their Dreams Are A Parent’s Fears

3 mins; July 19, 2023

It’s All Bubbles

3 mins; July 18, 2023

Have You Shown Them What Greatness Looks Like?

3 mins; July 17, 2023

You Can't Have It All

13 mins; July 15, 2023

In The End, It Doesn’t Even Matter

2 mins; July 14, 2023

You Can Have More Time If You Do It Right

5 mins; July 13, 2023

It’s Your Job To Help Open Their Eyes

3 mins; July 12, 2023

The Words To Notice

3 mins; July 11, 2023

You Are Never Not Afraid

3 mins; July 10, 2023

Ryan Holiday On Relaxing The Exceptions While On Vacation at Jackson Hole

14 mins; July 08, 2023

As A Father, This Is Your One Job Today

4 mins; July 07, 2023

Give Them This Ambition

2 mins; July 06, 2023

Of All The Things To Be Extra About, This Is It

3 mins; July 05, 2023

Don’t Tie Down Your Eagle

2 mins; July 04, 2023

Great Is Not The Same As Good

3 mins; July 03, 2023

Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On Being Present And Doing Less

19 mins; July 01, 2023

Nobody Wins A Battle Of Wills

2 mins; June 30, 2023

Nothing is Better Than This. Prioritize Accordingly.

3 mins; June 29, 2023

Where Are You Trying To Get Better?

3 mins; June 28, 2023

This Is All We Have To Do

3 mins; June 27, 2023

How To Get Them Through Tough Times

3 mins; June 26, 2023

Daily Dad And Austin Kleon On Parenting And Creativity

71 hours 42 mins; June 24, 2023

Where Will Your Kids Get This From?

3 mins; June 23, 2023

They Must Be Diligent In Their Business

4 mins; June 22, 2023

Teach Them To Be Kings

3 mins; June 21, 2023

You Can Give Them What You Wish You’d Gotten

4 mins; June 20, 2023

Everything Is A Test Of Your Priorities

4 mins; June 19, 2023

Everything Marcus Learned From Antoninus

3 mins; June 18, 2023

Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On Setting Our kids And Ourselves Up For Success

19 mins; June 17, 2023

This Is Why They Study

3 mins; June 16, 2023

They Don’t Learn Anything Important This Way

2 mins; June 15, 2023

How To Be Someone They Can Be Proud Of

5 mins; June 14, 2023

Their Feelings Are Their Feelings

3 mins; June 13, 2023

Tell Them They Have This

4 mins; June 12, 2023

Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On Grumpy Mornings And Parenting Strategies

12 mins; June 10, 2023

Why Don’t They Come To You With Problems?

3 mins; June 09, 2023

All They Want Is This

2 mins; June 08, 2023

At Least They’re Getting Paid For It

4 mins; June 07, 2023

You Don’t Want A Doll

2 mins; June 06, 2023

The Sign Of A Smart Kid

4 mins; June 05, 2023

Daily Dad and Sam Gwynne On Mental Health and Parenting Advice

23 mins; June 03, 2023

Are You A Rich Parent?

5 mins; June 02, 2023

How To Keep Them With You

5 mins; June 01, 2023

The Most Stoic Person In Marcus’ Life

4 mins; May 31, 2023

Do This For Them And They Will Never Forget

4 mins; May 30, 2023

That’s The Job

4 mins; May 29, 2023

Ryan Holiday And Tamron Hall Talk Daily Dad Book Release And The New Rules Of Sharing

18 mins; May 27, 2023

Do You Really Think They Did That On Purpose?

4 mins; May 26, 2023

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