Show Notes
What's good enough? How do you know when you've built enough — and when the bigger barn is the trap?
The pour: the Junior, a riff on a whiskey sour. Rye, lime and Bénédictine, the honey-and-herb French liqueur. Sweet, tart, and very easy to finish fifteen minutes into the show.
Faith: Luke 12, the parable of the rich fool. A farmer's harvest outgrows his barns, so he tears them down, builds bigger ones and tells himself to rest. Why that reads as a warning about quitting, not just about money, and night prayer as a way to slow down and stay grateful.
Family: as a dad you only have so much in the tank. Who got your best hour this week, and who got what was left over? A walk with no phones, running a house on logistics, and who you become on the journey.
Business: what's the number? Net worth, living with debt, the paid-off house, what's on your financial scoreboard — and how you know you're doing well.
And the kit, live: one of us makes the second round on camera. Tell us in the comments if you like the new format.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold open — who you became on the journey
00:24 Welcome in — bigger houses, bigger barns
05:34 Busy weeks and sous vide
07:11 The pour — the Junior
09:08 Faith — Luke 12, the bigger barns
13:12 A long road to a short thought
14:40 In and out of the church cycle
19:32 Family — only so much in the tank
21:08 We live in a fallen world
24:46 Who got your best hour?
25:52 A walk with no phones
28:34 Throwing the question back
34:55 Who you became on the journey
35:15 Pay the bills — and the kit, live
38:33 Benedictine — to God, most good, most great
40:08 Business — what's the median family net worth?
47:01 What's on your scoreboard?
49:56 Where's the goal post?
52:52 What's good enough?
THE POUR — the Junior. 2 oz rye whiskey, ¾ oz fresh lime juice, a small pour of Bénédictine, and Angostura bitters. Our version of the Junior from the PDT Cocktails app. Tools and past kits: https://dadtails.com/gear
MENTIONED — Luke 12:13–21 · the Liturgy of the Hours (night prayer) · the loaves and the fishes · the PDT Cocktails app · Bénédictine · The 15, our Chiefs show
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Music from #Uppbeat — "Groove Sauce" by Stan Town.
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