Dan Martell - October 23, 2025


Your job as a parent

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Episode Stats


Length

42 seconds

Words per minute

197.0

Word count

140

Sentence count

10


Summary

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The number one way you can build character is to allow your kids to struggle. If you just let them to struggle, they are building those traits. I watched Noah this morning, and he had to navigate figuring out which key goes in which hole and which way should he turn. Those little things that I think parents underestimate how much they do for their kids. That if you let them, they'll struggle.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 My only job right now is to get my kids ready to be independent young men.
00:00:06.080 The number one way you can build character is to allow your kids to struggle.
00:00:11.560 There's one thing about giving your kids a passport and going into an airport and saying,
00:00:15.160 figure out how to get to the gate, which our kids can do.
00:00:17.360 This is different.
00:00:18.360 Landing in a new country, not even speaking the language, figuring out how to get transport there.
00:00:23.200 I watched Noah this morning.
00:00:24.920 There's three keys to get into this building.
00:00:27.220 and he had to navigate figuring out which key goes in what hole
00:00:31.140 and which way should he turn.
00:00:32.720 Those little things that I think parents underestimate
00:00:35.580 how much they do for their kids,
00:00:37.500 that if you just let them, they'll struggle.
00:00:40.700 They're building those traits.