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November 19, 2021 58 mins

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/)
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