The New Fatherhood with Kevin Maguire

Kevin Maguire writes "The New Fatherhood" a weekly newsletter dedicated to "Helping dads be better dads."

Kevin is also a former Google employee and the founder of QuickHatch (https://quickhatch.xyz/) where he uses Design Sprint thinking to help bold companies solve complex problems in record time.

In this episode we discuss:

The three phases of scarcity that we experience throughout our lives

What's missing from the existing advice for dads that prompted Kevin to start The New Fatherhood

Writing a book one week at a time

Putting the "dominoes" in the right order for your business to grow and succeed

Struggling with screen time as a parent

The training we get for becoming dads. What advice do new dads need to hear?

Fatherhood lessons from Bandit the Dog and setting the bar higher for dads

That hardest thing for me about being a parent

Why did Kevin leave Google, one of the best companies in the world to work for?

Moving away from San Francisco and the USA to optimize for family life

Advantages of living in Barcelona and attitudes towards children in Spain

There's more to life than "What's your name, what do you do?"

The power of vulnerability, especially for men

Should we encourage kids to play video games?

How to approach choosing where to live with a family

Links:

The New Fatherhood on Substack (TheNewFatherhood.org)

The New Fatherhood on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/newfatherhood/)

Selected issues from the New Fatherhood

How to choose where to live (https://www.thenewfatherhood.org/p/how-to-choose-where-to-live)

You are not your job (https://www.thenewfatherhood.org/p/you-are-not-your-job)

Brene Brown on the Power of Vulnerability (https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability/transcript?language=en)

David Brooks' book, The Second Mountain (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MC94WDB/)