Rad Dad Secrets Podcast

The Unstoppable Totally Rad Dad

March 01, 2019 Eric Wagnon & Jefferson Harmon Episode 13
Rad Dad Secrets Podcast
The Unstoppable Totally Rad Dad
Show Notes

Speaker 1: All right, everybody. Welcome to Rad Dad Secrets, episode 13 the unstoppable totally Rad Dad. 

Speaker 3: So the big question is this. How do regular dads like us who weren't given a playbook on parenting, who only have 24 hours in a day to make it all happen How do we provide for our families in a way that will allow us to raise happy, successful children and have a thriving marriage while still being a man and doing the things we love That is the question and this podcast will give you the answers. This is Rad dad secrets. All right, everybody. Glad to have you back. And we got some exciting information to go over today. So we want to talk about being unstoppable. 

Speaker 1: Totally Rad Dad. And there's a lot to it, right There's a ton that goes into this, but one of the first things is that as a Rad Dad, you can, you can't just kick your feet up if you feel like you're doing a great job, the worst thing you can do is kick your feet up and be content, right You just rest on your laurels. Say I'm doing a good job. I don't need to progress. I don't need to get any better is one of the worst errors you can make. You do need to be happy, but never satisfied out of the totally Rad Dad. Even after you achieve goals, you're never truly content, and it's interesting to never be satisfied that that can be taken in two different ways, right To accomplish a goal and you're like, oh, I'm just not satisfied. You know You can look at it like that, but in all reality, you want to be content. 

Speaker 1: You want to be happy with your accomplishments, but to not be satisfied, it means that you're not going to stop. You're not going to stop progressing. You recognize your potential and you really recognize the potential of your kids and your family as far as how much more they can progress, how much further that you can reach. You know, they always say reaching for the stars because it's basically something that that's almost unreachable. I mean, there's galaxies beyond galaxies, beyond galaxies, but reaching for the stars in the same way it can be reaching inside yourself. It's like reaching for the stars. There is no end to our potential and the, the limits. We truly are limitless. We need to not be satisfied and continue to push on and achieve that next goal and work toward that next goal. Be Happy with what we've got and grateful for what we've got, but continue to push on. Yeah. Also kind of along those same lines, if you've got to be true to ourselves, 

Speaker 2: you know, you've got to be true to yourselves. Um, I like this quote. This is by Amber Riley. As long as you are, are being true to yourself, you will always find happiness when it comes to things that are done around the house. I know my strengths and I know my weaknesses, right I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at. I am not, I am not a handyman. We are, we are eventually going to get our floors done. We have all the, uh, all the woods sitting in our house acclimating to this climate, but that's a youtube format. No, youtube is not going to fix a, my clumsiness. I, I know what I'm good at and I know what I'm not good at. So we are going to have somebody come in and put our floors in and that's just not something that I'm good at. 

Speaker 2: I know some of you, some of you dads out there are going to be rolling your eyes at me and saying, you know, just like you were saying, look it up on Youtube. You could do it now. There's too many corners, too many angles, stairs that I want it done right. So I know, I know what I'm good at and I'm going to be true to myself and say, you know what, I'm going to leave this to the professionals. Kind of the same thing in my office too. I know what I'm good at. I'm not good at doing the insurance billing, so I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna do that. Right I'm going to let somebody, I'm going to let the professionals do that. Also, if something isn't right in