Chapter 1: What current events impact the discussion of opportunity?
Hi, Father Knows family. Before we get into this week's episode, we just want to talk about what's going on out there right now. As most of you guys know, we're from Minnesota and our state is being bombarded with ICE agents and just horrific treatment of human beings and senseless murder of people just going about their day and trying to be good people.
And now more than ever feels like it is the time to speak up and stand up for what's right. I mean, what's going on right now is without a doubt, horrible, senseless. It doesn't make sense. Like there's there's just like no words for it even.
Yeah, it doesn't really feel like a matter of opinion at this stage. It's a matter of right and wrong. And it feels like we're way too heavily in the wrong category. So we just wanted to highlight that and we'll put some resources and how you can help and get involved down in the description.
Yeah. Now more than ever, make sure you are looking at the links we share, calling your representatives and demanding change. We have midterms coming up this year and we really, really, really need to make a difference. And this needs to stop. Thank you for being here another week. Enjoy the episode. Let it be a good distraction for you all. I know so many of us are deeply hurt by all of this.
So we're thinking of all of you out there and especially those whose family and friends are impacted by all of these horrific ICE raids. We're thinking of you guys and we're all in this together. So let's do it.
Welcome to this week's episode of Father Knows Something. I'm going to pull these things off so no one has to look at me through them. If I look like a disaster zone, it's because I feel like a disaster zone.
Yeah, why is that?
Well, you know, it's been busy, been busy, busy weeks. All these jobs that I had and For some reason, fell behind. Wedding and all this other stuff. I mean, I can use excuse after excuse. The bottom line is there is no excuse. I should be done with them. Okay. I'm not. I'm hoping to be done in the next two weeks with all last year's work. And then we go on to new stuff.
So with all that, I look like a mess because I got up this morning early and battled with my heater at home and You know, all the domestic stuff, guys. We all get those curveballs throwing us. We just slow down, deal one thing at a time, and we'll make it through it. That's all you can do. But we're still here for our people. We are definitely here for our people.
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Chapter 2: How can opportunities arise from workplace changes?
Hi, Dad and everyone. Longtime listener here who recently has run into a work and honestly some self-doubt dilemma. I, 24 female, was not expecting the following to happen as part of my 2026 bingo card. I was called into the front office at my workplace yesterday morning, which for context, never happens to me.
My mind was racing a gazillion miles a minute as to what I could possibly be called up front for. It turns out that the general manager, along with HR, wanted to talk to me about my current position. They presented me with an opportunity to become a supervisor slash lead for my department that I work in. I'll be honest, my first response to them was, what? Why me?
Which is why I'm writing in right now. It essentially would be still working with my current team, but I would be in a position of making sure production is still moving, that the team in the department I work in is doing well, checking in on any issues, relaying information of the plans for the day, and reporting back to management of how things are going.
Basically more of a leader role, attending more meetings, and overall a lot more responsibility. All of which is completely out of my comfort zone. I've always been the type that I would rather be instructed on what to do rather than instruct other people what to do. I've fallen into the routine of showing up, doing what I'm told, and going home.
Being in a leadership role feels very intimidating to me as I've always been a very introverted person. I'm good at doing my job, but a part of me feels like I'm not good at explaining, training, giving direction when it comes to stuff like that. On top of this, I also have a tendency to care way too much about what other people think of me rather than choosing what is best for me.
In taking on this position, I would be taking over the role of the department's current team lead, which makes me feel extremely guilty. Side note, she's been working there way longer than I have. I don't want to step on anybody's toes or make my fellow coworkers mad or upset that I took someone else's position. It can get kind of gossipy there sometimes and I really try to stay out of it.
I just don't want this possible change to affect any current good standing relationships I have with my coworkers. How do I get myself out of this negative funk and put what's best for me and myself first rather than worrying about what other people would say?
I love this. Growth. Let's start with this wonderful word, growth. This is what's happening. You're 24. You're going to start growing, and it's now time to step out of your comfort zone a little bit. Look, if they didn't see something in with you, they wouldn't offer it to you.
And I know so many people that are afraid to fail, that they'll fail when they get something new, not knowing they're perfect for it. You know, I've seen this. Look, I've owned businesses. I've had a lot of employees. And trust them that they have trust in you. And you're not becoming there to be the tattletale. You're really becoming there to be
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Chapter 3: What should I consider when feeling stuck in my career?
And when you finally had a chocolate ice cream sundae.
Yeah. So I really feel, especially with your first response being what, why me? That's exactly why you need to take this opportunity. And hopefully this is the opportunity that does this where the reaction's more of, I deserve this. This is meant for me. And maybe it's not this opportunity.
Maybe it's something else down the line, but this is such a great time to see, yep, this is why they picked me because I'm right for this. And I think it could be a huge confidence booster for you overall.
And by the way, just don't lose yourself in this. Be yourself throughout and be true to yourself throughout and you'll be fine. As long as you're true to yourself and true to what you think and trust yourself, you'll be fine.
Yeah. And I think the work relationships, I really don't think they'll change.
Some might. I mean, some people may be jealous. I mean, I just don't know the company. I don't know the dynamic. I don't know how many people you work with. I don't know how cutthroat it is. There are places where people are that way. Sure. And I would look and explore all the ways and all the tools that are out there to help you do your job better.
It's another conversation for us, another write-in, but it is there for you.
I think it's good to challenge yourself. I think a big part of life is challenging yourself to do things that are hard.
We wish you the best. We can't wait to hear you write back and give us some periodic reports. You must answer to us too. Yeah. Report in once every four weeks. We want to know the growth, the expectation.
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Chapter 4: How can I navigate a relationship with a partner considering a big move?
She has been doing sales all her life. She does sales at this point in time working from home. And that's what she's mastered it. But that didn't mean that she wasn't knocking on doors before in her younger years and doing other stuff. There are so many different kind of work experiences out there. I think LinkedIn is a place where people are looking to see what kind of stuff is available.
And you have to kind of look to see what people are looking for unless you have a hobby or a passion. And then go find something that works within that hobby or passion. If you're in an office that's just not inspiring, and you like doing what you're doing, maybe you just need to go get out of that office and go to a different one. Working in the legal profession, for some people, it's wonderful.
If you like to read and you like to search for information, paralegal could be a lot of fun for you. So you just kind of have to find what you like. You may decide that you like to be in biology. And next thing you know is dirt treatment and making compost is something that you're interested in. You may decide that you're really into doing things with animals.
I mean, you just have to kind of explore what in your mind, what your thoughts are. I do believe there is some testing that's out there that gives you a knack of what type of things that you are good at. And that might be something to go into. There are job fairs that are out there that they're looking for people in different areas. I would look at, and I would certainly talk with your husband
Absolutely, by the way, because you may be saying, look, there's some things and there's different shows in Las Vegas that maybe we should go to that take up the whole city that show different kind of businesses that are out there. And maybe we should go walk those shows to see if there's something in here that resonates with me.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And at the same time, you keep your job so you have your family income until you can finally say, look, I'm going to go do this. I mean, Morgan came out and said, I'm going to be an occupational therapist one day. She went all the way. She went to occupational therapy school for three years. And next thing you know, she's got a doctorate in occupational therapy. And COVID hits.
And before you know it, we're at home playing beer pong and doing our version of TikToks. And before you know it, there is two hot takes, followed by Father Knows Something, along with Midwest Married. You never know. You just have to kind of stumble sometimes until you fall into it. Yeah. You know, personally, my job, you know, I started working for my dad and working for a friend of his.
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Chapter 5: What strategies can help when moving on from a past relationship?
In fact, you can fix the mic for Harvey. A little higher. A little higher. He's tall. He's big. He's a six foot rabbit. He can make it work. He says he doesn't want to touch it. You got to go up a little bit more. Thank you. Oh, he thanks you too. I agree, Harvey. He just wasn't getting it, but he now gets it.
You're losing it over there. You're losing it.
I'm fine.
All right. I'm a big fan of both shows. You make so many people happy and I hope you feel proud of that.
I do. And Harvey says thank you for thinking of him and helping him out.
Okay. To jump right in, I'm 27 and my boyfriend, let's call him M, is 36. Been together three years, living together for two.
Okay.
I'm Irish and he is from South America. And I had the most amazing opportunity to go with him to his home to meet his family last year. He is the love of my life. We talked marriage, babies, buying a home, and like all couples, we have ups and downs, but honestly, I can't imagine my world without him. But over the past six weeks, I've noticed a change in him.
He is withdrawn, down, not himself, so I reached out and asked him what was happening. I thought it was maybe a bit of homesickness or work stress, but instead he absolutely broke down worse than I have ever seen. He told me he misses his family so much and that suddenly he does not see himself staying in Ireland. He's terrified of something happening to his family and he won't be there to help.
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Chapter 6: How do cultural differences affect workplace dynamics?
You want to be very direct and say, if we are not the couple, what are we doing here? Because you are 27 and it's time that you are on the track for whoever's going to be your person Every time we start over, we're starting to miss opportunity with the person we really should be with. Yeah. So don't give him one more minute if he's not the person.
Especially in the year 2026. That's right.
We start fresh. Yeah. Do it now. Do it now. And let us know how that works. Yeah. Okay? Yeah. Okay, let's go to number four. Number four. Number four.
Okay, this one. Sure. Kind of totes the line between our opportunity world and moving towards our love world of February as we move towards the- Valentine's Day. Our Valentine's Day episode, which I'm very excited about. So please keep sending those in.
Okay.
Hi, Jerry, Justin, and Morgan. And Harvey. I, 28 female, want to know if you can ever move past a love. My ex, 27 male, and I were together for almost two years. It was one of the best and most healthy relationships I've ever been in. He's in the army and their friend groups often change since people get stationed to other bases.
Toward the end of our relationship, he went from always being around married couples to a new group of single party boys. I could see the change in him as he wanted to fit in with them and have the single party life while also being with me. As you can assume, that caused some stress between us.
The end of our relationship was the fact that he was getting moved across the country and I didn't want to uproot my life to move with him since he was likely to be deployed and I'd be alone in a new city. He didn't want to go long distance, so we agreed to split and see what happens after the move. Well, that was a year ago and we've been no contact.
I reached out in March and he said he had moved on. I've gone on other dates, but I find myself comparing everyone to him. Do you ever move on from a love you thought was the one? Ideal outcome, find a way to move on or maybe rekindle? I've been down this road.
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Chapter 7: What are the benefits of exploring new job opportunities?
You find somebody with the, with the like type of a, of a presence. Yes. And things that you like to do. And that makes it more fun. And more natural.
So with all of your experience going down this road, what shifted or what gave you the push to stop looking backward and really start looking forward?
Admitting to myself that that wasn't the person. If it was my person, we would be together. She would have felt it. And don't waste any more time.
And does that help you fight the urge to rekindle?
Yeah. Because if they were really your person, if you feel that you were their person, then you can wait so long for them to figure it out. But if they don't figure it out, then you move on.
Especially if they tell you, like it said here, that they've moved on.
Oh, I've moved on. He's done. I mean, this is clear. I mean, that one is painful, but it's the answers. We got to move forward. And there are guys out there that are going to be a lot better than him because remember, he did quit. He didn't fight for it to be there. I mean, I've had relationships that were so important at the time and I thought I'd never get over them. It took time.
But you start meeting other people and you start seeing that you're meeting great caliber of people and interesting people and giving people that you can find this other feeling. That wasn't the only pair of lips that were out there for me. You know, and so you got to just allow yourself to accept that, A, it's a wrap. Yeah. And not that you have to immediately go find the next person.
You know, find your comfort within yourself, first of all. That's the most important thing. I mean, the one thing that I thought that was so brilliant about my son when he broke up is he did take a pause. I took a pause. I mean, when I've broken up the last couple of times, I backed away totally and just said, I'm just going to chill and we'll see what happens.
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Chapter 8: How can personal growth be achieved through taking risks?
While talking to my boss today, he made a comment that really didn't sit well with me. We were talking about a marketing campaign that I will be responsible for and I asked what he wanted and was about to clarify that I meant goal-wise so I could explain what we'd do for the campaign when he cut me off and said in a serious tone, quote, you do remember that your contract is about to expire, right?
You shouldn't be asking me what I want to do. You are the expert. You tell me. It caught me off guard, not because I think he doesn't have a point since I am the person responsible for the campaign at the end of the day, but it's because of how he said it. Am I crazy to think this is worth looking for a new job over? Could this be a cultural difference issue?
Should this be something I try to get past? I really don't know what to do. Any advice would be appreciated.
Well, does she say when her contract is up?
I don't believe specifically.
You have to make the decision if you like working for the guy, number one. If you like this kind of negative humor that's non-encouraging. It's everything that I don't want to be as an employer. I want to be the employer that's enriching. And no different than if you're in a relationship with somebody, you want them to be encouraging to you. You want to be able to interact.
You want to be able to laugh. This guy doesn't know how to have positive humor if this is his humor. You can certainly put out some feelers to see if there's other places that are similar that you want to go try to find a job and go look to see if there is any other jobs in your country or the city to see if something will work. I mean, everyone's got a competitor. That's true.
And you can certainly go and explore, take your experience and find other applications for your experience and start looking at LinkedIn and seeing if people are looking for this type of connection, you know, balance for their business. The one thing that you know is when you do have somebody that wants you to come work for them and you find another place you like,
All of a sudden, if he wants to keep you, it may cost him more.
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