Dan DeLaiarro

• Husband | Father | Outdoorsman
• Co-Founder - @warrbuilt

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

For years, I was the guy who had it "handled." Marriage. Two daughters. Career. Squared away on paper. Underneath, I was running it all alone...

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

Spent an hour Saturday morning walking the ground where I'll be sitting once the season opens. Not hunting, just scouting. Some prep isn't about doing anything. It's about knowing the land before you need to.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

My wife and I don't track a household budget together. We track one number: what's left after the fixed costs clear. It's blunt, it's not pretty, and it's the only number that's ever kept us honest with each other.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

Sighted in the bow this week and missed high three times before I figured out I'd been anticipating the shot instead of trusting it. Same mistake I make in hard conversations. You flinch before the thing even happens.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

Had an interesting (and encouraging) conversation with one of my daughters on the Sydney Sweeney situation last night. Her two hot takes?

1. The ad does nothing to set back women's sports - people not watching women sports is what sets it back (coming from a future female collegiate athlete).

2. That ad is a bad look/message for all the little girls who look up to Sydney Sweeney and preys on men's simplicities.

Sometimes you get little gifts that show you you're doing things right as a parent.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

@EchelonFront Just another tool in the tool box - the key (at least in my experience) is that an indirect approach should only be used when time is on your side. Immediacy requires directness.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

@AshleySinclair0 @meathead_prof He clearly was talking about God and not himself. But reading comprehension can be hard sometimes I guess. Your incessant replies to his posts show a real inner struggle and need to justify the choices you've made in life. I hope you find peace some day.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

@meathead_prof Very thorough review - at the end of the day, I look at it this way…would I be comfortable seeing my daughter in that ad? No? Then I probably shouldn’t be looking at it.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

@SteveOnSpeed Family - not inheritance, just family. Life is nothing without people to share it with.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

One of my engineers told me my suggestion was wrong in front of the whole team last week. He was right. I used to think a good manager had the best answer in the room, but I've learned that a good manager builds a room where someone else feels safe enough to correct him.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

If your year runs on resolutions instead of check-ins, try this: pick one number two weeks before the quarter ends, and see what you'd still change. → https://t.co/jbyMaRikNE

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

My quarter ends in two weeks, whether I've hit my numbers or not.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

The habit isn't reviewing once at the end. It's reviewing early enough that the review still changes something.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

Reply: I'm married, have twin daughters, and run the engineering depart for a defense contractor, so "no time" was my favorite excuse for years too. Twenty minutes of real effort beats an hour of half effort every time. The guys who actually change their bodies are the ones who show up short on time, not the ones waiting for a perfect week.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

Every strong family I know starts with two people who keep choosing each other, especially on the hard days. My marriage isn't perfect (show me one that is), but it's the one thing I protect above nearly everything else, because I've seen what happens to a family once that foundation cracks

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

87.5 miles is still further than almost anyone will push themselves at any single point in a lifetime. I've never gone anywhere near that distance, but I know the feeling of digging past what you thought you had left. What stood out most was your wife right there with you the whole way. That's the difference between grinding alone and grinding with someone in your corner.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

@JockoQuoteDb The days I lead my team the best are the days I show up early and stay late, not the days I just hand out assignments. Leadership isn't the title on your badge; it's the example nobody has to ask you to set.

[Dan DeLaiarro @warrbuilt_dan]

The first morning this week I needed a jacket for the walk to the car. Nothing dramatic, just the first sign that fall's coming. And that means hunting season is upon us!