Dad in the Arena

Husband. Girl dad x 2. Writing a book for my daughters. BJJ. BTC. Stoicism. Meditation. Work to live, not live to work. Maybe some comics and 90s rap we’ll see.

[Dad in the Arena @dadinthearena]

After becoming a father, I couldn’t stop thinking about my mortality. What if I’m not around to see my daughters grow? So I decided to write a book for them that they hopefully won’t have to read for a long time. Follow to see the process of writing and distilling life lessons.

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@JamesMalsawm Best way to get over the fence is to throw your hat over it first

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@LeyconLeycon @LewisHowes Hard to thread the needle

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@wisdomslices_ it's gotta get done eventually, you might as well rip the bandaid off!

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@dickiebush People really appreciate the random reach-out to see how they're doing

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@wisdomslices_ a big red flag for me was always if a date was rude to the waitstaff

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@Tim_Denning your job doesn't care about you, do what you need to do to keep it but don't be love something that can't love you back

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As someone with a career in sales, I think a big part of communication skills is simply coming across as likeable and competent. Smile, be friendly, and if you don’t know the answer to a question, don’t make it up.

People appreciate when you say “I’m not sure, let me double check and get back to you” instead of rambling and bs’ing your way through an answer you clearly don’t know about.

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@wisdomslices_ If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.

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@BarryNortje 😂exactly

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25 year old single me was an asshole. He had unlimited free time and no responsibilities. I’m actually way more productive with my time now because I have so little of it free. If you’re busy all day and you want to find time for hobbies, family, health, etc, then you have no choice but to be very intentional with your time.

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@shubhvanii All we need to add is spending time with someone you care about and this is a pretty solid day!

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@LewisHowes Write your goals down and then write down what habits someone would have to have to be the person that accomplished those goals. Then make those your habits.

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@omgsidewalks Yeah you’d think it would be a pretty simple thing to not do.

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@TheBTCKnight @X lol I do think it’s just the basics over time

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@wisdomXplorer I think it only had the meaning you choose to give it

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@BillyM2k Nice try Thanos

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@sivori I’d like to think we are at least trending in the right direction of men being more in touch with their feelings

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@KevinSzabo14 Overthinking can kill action. Not saying I’m smart but I definitely can relate lol