A Dad's Guide

  https://www.adadsguide.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/A-Dads-Guide-Thing3-Im-Teaching-My-Kids-The-World-Is-Governed-by-Absolute-Truths.mp3   *Podcast episode* It is often said that we live in a post-truth world where absolute truth does not exist and that facts don’t matter. Saying that everything is relative—and that there is no absolute truth—is an easy way out. That way anyone can defend any argument without backing it up with reality. However, there are clearly absolute truths in the world and in our shared human experience. There are absolute truths in every sphere of the human experience, including the moral, physical, emotional, spiritual, political, and scientific.  Belief in absolute, objective truth is the foundation to forthrightly interacting with the world and finding a path to a good life.

https://www.adadsguide.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/A-Dads-Guide-Thing2-I’m-Teaching-My-Kids-Meaning-and-Purpose-Sustains-You-Not-Happiness.mp3   *Podcast episode* The pursuit of happiness will always be incomplete. What every human being needs in order to attain fulfillment is not “happiness”–it’s purpose and meaning. By pursuing these, you’re opening yourself to fulfillment not some distant day in the future, but each and every day. Here’s the full article that complements this episode.

  https://www.adadsguide.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A-Dads-Guide-Thing1-I’m-Teaching-My-Kids-Life-isn’t-about-balance-Life-is-about-feeding-all-the-wolves-you-need-to-feed.mp3   “Life is all about balance”. Everyone has heard that one before. This is actually an incorrect way to live. If life were all about balance, then if you have low levels of everything in perfect balance then you would be happy, fulfilled, and life would be great. This is obviously untrue. Also, if life were all about balance, this precludes the opportunity to pursue excellence. This is obviously undesirable. As we know, humans who are impoverished in every way (but perfectly balanced!) are perfectly miserable. Humans who are mediocre in every way (but perfectly balanced!) are also miserable. Here’s a more accurate description of how to live: Life is about feeding all of the wolves that you need to feed. Click here for the blog post for this podcast episode.

https://www.adadsguide.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/A-Dads-Guide-My-New-Project-50-Things-Im-Teaching-My-Kids.mp3   I have been thinking a lot lately about what sort of lessons and values to teach my kids. I know that kids need to learn how to deal with the hardships and complexities of life. I know that my little girls will go out into the world with a barrage of ideas and ideologies impinging upon them at every turn. I believe that what my kids will learn from school, the workplace, and everyday life will be at best incomplete; at worst, wrong and misleading. I do not want to leave anything to chance with regard to what my kids need to learn to tackle the challenges of life. Thus I’ve been thinking long and hard about what lessons and values I want to teach my kids so that they can live happily and meaningfully. So, I’ll be working on something over the next year or so. I will be releasing a blog post, a video, and a podcast episode approximately once a week dealing with a lesson or a value that I will be teaching my young children. This series is called “50 Things I’m Teaching My Kids”. These are the lessons and values that I wish I was taught at a young age. Lessons and values that I want to pass on to my own kids so that they have an advantage in life.

https://www.adadsguide.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/A-Dads-Guide-Episode-10-How-to-Reduce-the-Amount-of-Time-You-Spend-at-Work.mp3  Frazzled by work? This episode shows you how to get way more done at work with less time. These three chapters from “A Dad’s Guide to Spare Time” reviews how to cut your commuting time to work, reduce the evil impact of email on your life, and how deep work will revolutionize the way you spend time at the office.

Finding more spare time is an incredibly difficult thing in today’s world. Today’s edition of A Dad’s Guide presents three habits that naturally spin off valuable spare time. This material is excerpted from Anthony’s book, A Dad’s Guide to Spare Time. If you like this episode, you can follow up at ADadsGuide.org, or Anthony’s Amazon author page.

Stressed out? Tired of running on the hamster wheel? Then this episode is for you. This excerpt from Anthony’s book, A Dad’s Guide to Spare Time, tells you how to stop making chronic sacrifices and conquer back your spare time. If you like this episode, you can follow up with me at my blog, ADadsGuide.org, or my Amazon author page.

Ever find yourself running around, constantly busy with no time to do anything that you want to do? If so, then this episode is for you. Spare time is critical to a father’s well-being and happiness, yet it is ever elusive. This episode is a reading from the introduction to Anthony’s book “A Dad’s Guide to Spare Time“, which will show you how to regain control of your most precious resource: your time. If you like this episode, you can follow up with me at my blog, ADadsGuide.org, or my Amazon author page.

Baby calming is a must-have skill for new dads. This excerpt from A Man’s Guide to Newborn Babies tells you how to be an ace Calmer-in-Chief. If you like this episode, you can follow up with me at my blog, ADadsGuide.org, or my Amazon author page.

Diaper changing is really easy once you have a great system in place. This podcast episode goes over how to set up your diaper changing battle station. Also, learn how to change a newborn’s diaper in one and a half minutes. If you like this episode, you can follow up with me at my blog, ADadsGuide.org, or my Amazon author page.    

Getting enough sleep can be difficult with a newborn baby in the home.  This podcast episode is an excerpt from my book, A Man’s Guide to Newborn Babies, on getting enough sleep for you and your wife after baby arrives. This chapter reviews the concept of sleep rotas, and stresses the absolute importance of sleep when taking care of a newborn baby. You can follow up with me at my blog, ADadsGuide.org, or my Amazon author page.