{"id":1322,"date":"2021-03-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2022-06-29T01:51:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T01:51:27","slug":"be-something-and-somebody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/be-something-and-somebody\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Something and Somebody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E.H. Harriman was a hell of a businessman and, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/when-you-get-them-to-listen\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as we\u2019ve talked about before<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a surprisingly good father. He had a reputation as a rapacious industrialist, but at home he was tender and engaged with his kids. He was patient and instilled in them good values.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Once, he wrote to his son\u2019s headmaster to ask how the boy was doing in his schooling. \u201cFair in his studies,\u201d came the reply, along with news that young Averill was \u201cgaining steadily.\u201d Encouraged, he wrote to his son whether he might be able to \u201cjack up\u201d his efforts in English. \u201cI know you can as well as some other subjects,\u201d E.H. wrote. \u201cIt is encouraging to have you so improved, and I am sure you will catch on, and go on and on and be something and somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>That\u2019s a perfect phrase. He wasn\u2019t telling his son he needed to get perfect scores. He wasn\u2019t telling him that he was worthless for having come up short. He was saying he knew <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7;\" href=\"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/work-with-them-to-find-their-lane\/\"><span>what his son was capable of<\/span><\/a><span>, and more importantly, what is expected of a person with his potential: <\/span><i><span>Be something and somebody.<\/span><\/i><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We don\u2019t necessarily need our kids to be financially successful, or supremely powerful or famous. But we do expect them to make something of themselves\u2014to <\/span><i><span>be somebody<\/span><\/i><span>, whether that\u2019s a respected member of their small church or the head of a legislative body. We expect them to <\/span><i><span>do something,<\/span><\/i><span> because life is a gift. To waste it? To do the minimum?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>No, that\u2019s failure for them and for us. So let\u2019s jack up our efforts and our expectations for them.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>P.S.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>This was originally sent<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><b><i> on March 24, 2021. Sign up today for <\/i><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/\">Daily Dad&#8217;s email <\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><b><i>and get our popular 11 page eBook, \u201c20 Things Great Dads Do Everyday<\/i><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E.H. Harriman was a hell of a businessman and, as we\u2019ve talked about before, a surprisingly good father. He had a reputation as a rapacious industrialist, but at home he was tender and engaged with his kids. 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