Adam Schafer
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Wouldn't you agree that this is another conversation I was having with this new dad that I met. They have a blended family. And so he has a daughter from a previous marriage who's older. And we were talking about this. And he was saying, this is one of the biggest challenges. But he's like, it took me years to realize that the biggest challenge was not
Wouldn't you agree that this is another conversation I was having with this new dad that I met. They have a blended family. And so he has a daughter from a previous marriage who's older. And we were talking about this. And he was saying, this is one of the biggest challenges. But he's like, it took me years to realize that the biggest challenge was not
so much the kid adhering it was my own stuff it's probably like you've talked about this before like the hardest part is you feel like i don't want to be the dad who's with all the rules that's strict i don't want my kid to like me yeah i want my kid to like me so really the hardest part is less about the adherence from them and less about them following the rules it's more about your own shit about how you feel and he goes once i got over that and realized like she didn't really care that much it wasn't a big deal but
so much the kid adhering it was my own stuff it's probably like you've talked about this before like the hardest part is you feel like i don't want to be the dad who's with all the rules that's strict i don't want my kid to like me yeah i want my kid to like me so really the hardest part is less about the adherence from them and less about them following the rules it's more about your own shit about how you feel and he goes once i got over that and realized like she didn't really care that much it wasn't a big deal but
so much the kid adhering it was my own stuff it's probably like you've talked about this before like the hardest part is you feel like i don't want to be the dad who's with all the rules that's strict i don't want my kid to like me yeah i want my kid to like me so really the hardest part is less about the adherence from them and less about them following the rules it's more about your own shit about how you feel and he goes once i got over that and realized like she didn't really care that much it wasn't a big deal but
Yeah, I think this is by far the hardest thing. And I don't think I even have great advice for this. I do have an opinion on what I think is the most important thing of all the stuff that we're talking about. I still think this kind of goes back to some of the other stuff that we're saying where this really, you have to be consistent first.
Yeah, I think this is by far the hardest thing. And I don't think I even have great advice for this. I do have an opinion on what I think is the most important thing of all the stuff that we're talking about. I still think this kind of goes back to some of the other stuff that we're saying where this really, you have to be consistent first.
Yeah, I think this is by far the hardest thing. And I don't think I even have great advice for this. I do have an opinion on what I think is the most important thing of all the stuff that we're talking about. I still think this kind of goes back to some of the other stuff that we're saying where this really, you have to be consistent first.
Because what comes to mind when you think about a parent who lived an unhealthy lifestyle.
Because what comes to mind when you think about a parent who lived an unhealthy lifestyle.
Because what comes to mind when you think about a parent who lived an unhealthy lifestyle.
eating whatever not exercising way overweight then also decides to make a lifestyle change and then you want to make your whole family buy in yeah you got to remember that they saw the other version of you for much longer than this new version of you same thing goes for the person who was unsaved they were uh atheist or they did all these bad things and also they become a christian and now i want to make my family all go to church and be a christian they're
eating whatever not exercising way overweight then also decides to make a lifestyle change and then you want to make your whole family buy in yeah you got to remember that they saw the other version of you for much longer than this new version of you same thing goes for the person who was unsaved they were uh atheist or they did all these bad things and also they become a christian and now i want to make my family all go to church and be a christian they're
eating whatever not exercising way overweight then also decides to make a lifestyle change and then you want to make your whole family buy in yeah you got to remember that they saw the other version of you for much longer than this new version of you same thing goes for the person who was unsaved they were uh atheist or they did all these bad things and also they become a christian and now i want to make my family all go to church and be a christian they're
And so here, this is what you're trying to do. Now, all of a sudden, you care about tech. Now, all of a sudden, you care about what we eat. But my whole life, you never said anything about it. So to me, all the strategies you guys said sound great. But number one has to be, you got to be so consistent. And my goal, if I'm that parent, is...
And so here, this is what you're trying to do. Now, all of a sudden, you care about tech. Now, all of a sudden, you care about what we eat. But my whole life, you never said anything about it. So to me, all the strategies you guys said sound great. But number one has to be, you got to be so consistent. And my goal, if I'm that parent, is...
And so here, this is what you're trying to do. Now, all of a sudden, you care about tech. Now, all of a sudden, you care about what we eat. But my whole life, you never said anything about it. So to me, all the strategies you guys said sound great. But number one has to be, you got to be so consistent. And my goal, if I'm that parent, is...
Can I, and just like it would be for trying to win somebody over to Christianity or win somebody over into fitness is like, can I be so good and so consistent that they ask questions that they go, man, dad is just different. Like ever since you started exercising dad and eating, like, You are just so like, can I exude that so much? Right.
Can I, and just like it would be for trying to win somebody over to Christianity or win somebody over into fitness is like, can I be so good and so consistent that they ask questions that they go, man, dad is just different. Like ever since you started exercising dad and eating, like, You are just so like, can I exude that so much? Right.
Can I, and just like it would be for trying to win somebody over to Christianity or win somebody over into fitness is like, can I be so good and so consistent that they ask questions that they go, man, dad is just different. Like ever since you started exercising dad and eating, like, You are just so like, can I exude that so much? Right.