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Dad Up PodcastAuthor: Bryan Ward
Podcast show for dads about dads being dads. The show features incredible guests ranging from celebrities to pro-athletes to entrepreneurs. On the show we discuss their experiences in parenting and how they have managed raising kids all while being successful in their careers. We not only get into the nuts and bolts on parenting with tips, tools and strategies they have used, but they share personal stories that they have experienced as parents. Each episode is packed with nuggets that you wont want to miss. Please check it out! You wont be disappointed. Lets go Dad Up! Language: en Genres: Kids & Family, Parenting Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Ep. 312 - The Preparation: Building Competence, Confidence & Real-World Skills | Matt Smith & Bryan
Sunday, 5 October, 2025
🎙️ Welcome to a new episode of the Dad Up Podcast!🟫 The Preparation: Building Competence, Confidence & Real-World Skills | Matt Smith & Bryan Ward | Ep. 311👉 In this episode of The Dad Up Podcast, I’m joined by Matt Smith, an American entrepreneur, economic commentator, and co-author of The Preparation: How to Become Competent, Confident, and Dangerous.👉 After relocating to Uruguay in 2021, Matt now operates a regenerative cattle ranch while co-hosting Doug Casey’s Take, a top podcast offering deep insights into global markets, monetary policy, and geopolitical trends.👉 Together with legendary investor Doug Casey and his 20-year-old son Maxim, Matt co-authored The Preparation, a groundbreaking roadmap for young men that replaces the broken college system with 16 real-world “cycles” of growth, skill-building, and philosophy.👉 From EMT training and firefighting to entrepreneurship, welding, and aviation, this book gives the next generation the blueprint to build competence, confidence, and independence, without student debt.👉 You’ll hear how The Preparation is reshaping what it means to grow into manhood, why traditional education fails to equip young adults for life, and how fathers can guide their sons to become capable, self-reliant men ready to take on the world.👉 What We Talk About:​ The truth about college and modern education​ What it really means to be “competent, confident, and dangerous”​ Building real-world skills that create freedom and purpose​ How fathers can mentor their sons through The Preparation model👉 Featured Book: The Preparation: How to Become Competent, Confident, and Dangerous by Doug Casey, Matt Smith, and Maxim Smith, available now on Amazon.👉 Like this episode? Be sure to subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with your friends and families you know that may be trying to successfully coparent.👉 Links are in my bio or in the show notes!Dad Up!Where Fathers Break Cycles & Build Legacies.📞 Contact with Bryan Ward: ✅ Dad Up Instagram:https://instagram.com/daduppodcast✅ Dad Up YouTube:https://youtube.com/c/DadUpPodcast✅ Dad Up Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-up-podcast/id1486764562✅ Dad Up LinkTree:https://linktr.ee/Daduptribe📞 Contact with Matt Smith: ✅ The Preparation Book:https://a.co/d/36Bv27H✅ The Preparation Website:The Preparation is not just a book✅ Matt Smith Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingstoic?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
