Balancing Dads

People who don't have kids or are thinking of having a kid say 'I know that you have a kid... do you have any advice for a potential father?' And I always say 'Yeah, here's my best advice: Make as much money as you can, save your money, and then when your kid's born, shortly afterward, just take a sabbatical and be a full-time dad. It's great.'

Happiness is 50% genetic and 50% everything else. Some people are just born with a higher setpoint of happiness, and that accounts for 50% of your happiness in life.

I'd say the single most important parenting lesson I learned from experience, if you were to ask me to name just one, it would be... shutting down myself in order to enter his [my son's] world.