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August 22, 2022

Dad Things - Issue #35

I don't have too much to write here to start off. It's Sunday night, August 21st and today was the last day of summer vacation. I'm just enjoying tonight and preparing for the return of hectic morning routines.

Tonight, we put to bed a 1st grader and an 8th grader. Tomorrow we'll have a 2nd grader and a 9th grader. Time, it flies.


Must Listen

How Will You Teach Your Kids To Be Entrepreneurial? — www.youtube.com

Here is a clip from the My First Million podcast on nudging your kids to be entrepreneurial.

I praise her for being able to figure things out. I praise for trying things she was afraid of. I praise her for basically going out of her comfort zone and saying "You did it anyways"...I'm trying to instill in her that she can figure anything out.

This is great. MUCH better than just saying "Good job" at anything my kids do. You can listen to the full episode here.

Quick Links

✈️ United redesigned their overhead bins.

👴🏼 43 life lessons at age 43.

👟 How Velcro was invented.

💿 Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers.

Videos

Tweets

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Whet Moser (sincerity) @whet
one thing they don’t tell you about having kids is just how often you have to get up from where you’re sitting
12:06 AM ∙ Aug 15, 2022
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[tweet https://twitter.com/gelrdrgz/status/1558172203706982400]

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hot pink bitch named breakfast @ejenkins54
the soft spot on a baby’s head is for the bubble tea straw
11:39 PM ∙ Aug 8, 2022
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