Startup Dad Building a company and family, the responsibility cloak, mistakes and setting irrevocable guidelines | Nick Soman (father of 2, Decent, Gusto, Amazon)
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Jun 20, 2023 AI Snips
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Parenting Is A Series Of Choices
- Nick realized his parents' supportive choices were voluntary, not enforced by a 'responsibility cloak.'
- That shift made him grateful and clarified parenting as intentional choices, not obligations.
Primal Protection Surprise
- Nick described a primal surge of protection when a stranger approached his sleeping toddler at a gas station.
- He uses that moment to illustrate biological, instinctive shifts that parenthood triggers.
Kids Judge Choices, Not Promises
- Children notice and interpret parents' choices more than words; they react to what parents prioritize.
- Nick's son told him, “I don't like it when you go to work because every time you go to work, you're picking work over me.”