Ian Smith joins us in this episode with passionate ideas to help dads enjoy fatherhood more. He shares his habits of looking for adventure in the challenge, asking hard questions, and taking ownership of mistakes. His energetic spirit will help you reframe your perspective on parenting so you can show up with renewed purpose.

Key Takeaways

• You can enjoy fatherhood more when you view it as an adventure and a good challenge.
• Get big enough on the inside to own it when something's not great.
• Nothing brings more stability and security to a family than a dad who submits to the authority of the Heavenly Father.
• Get out of the ditch of passivity by taking action.
• Build up your kids and reinforce their identity through positive language.

Ian Smith

Ian Smith is an entrepreneur, former pastor, coach, and mentor living in Winnipeg, Canada. He has been married to his wife for 25 years and has six children. Ian is passionate about helping others go from feeling frustrated and apathetic in their faith to seeing real, lasting change in their lives.

Key Quotes

• 24:11 "There's all of this stuff that we go through and situations and fears we have, it's natural. But we can learn to cope with them in such bad ways or we can numb ourselves. We can get complacent. We can Netflix ourselves, drink ourselves, sports ourselves, work ourselves, tax ourselves out of it all. [Instead] of actually dealing with it and never dealing with it. And all that's going to do is continue to hurt us, which then is gonna hurt our family."
• 35:50 - "[Telling myself] I'm going to make a change and get on the path, and you'll find you'll walk out of that thing really quickly with accountability and a little bit of a vision about where you want to go. That's a really important piece too, is if you don't like the life you have, start envisioning the one you want and let that burn on the inside of you. You'll be amazed that when you have the what you want start to settle in your heart, the how is going to make itself known to."

Links from Today's Conversation

• Spring 2024 DadAwesome Accelerator Group: Email [email protected] to learn more
• Hero Collective
• Spiritual Slavery to Spiritual Sonship: Your Destiny Awaits You by Jack Frost

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