Never Normal
The New Fatherhood with Kevin Maguire
Episode Summary
Kevin Maguire writes "The New Fatherhood" a weekly newsletter dedicated to "Helping dads be better dads."
Episode Notes
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
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