# @mario.minnaert on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DO1LDF1DlZz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59962400-mariominnaert-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-20T16:30:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Mario Minnaert | Mindset & Performance Coach for Dadpreneurs (@mario.minnaert) — https://gondola.cc/mario.minnaert

## Caption

I’m not a perfect dad. 

I get short with my kids. 

I have to remind myself to put the phone down. 

And I don’t do this every night.

But Emily sent me this old video with my daughter Ellie when she was 2. 

She’s 5 now… starting kindergarten, “big girl” gymnastics… and the message is still the same:

1 - You are loved for who you are and you don’t have to earn it.

2 - You are safe.. free to fail, try new things, and be yourself.

3 - With effort and time, you can do anything.

This is what I want my kids to feel and what I want them to believe.

What about you? What phrases do you speak over your kids?

#Dadpreneur #DrivenDadpreneur #LeadershipAtHome #DadLife #FatherhoodFirst #EntrepreneurDad #BusinessAndFamily #WorkLifeBalance #DadCoach #LeadByExample

## Stats

- **Views:** 365
- **Likes:** 39
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 7

## Tags

worklifebalance, leadershipathome, leadbyexample, dadlife, dadcoach, businessandfamily, fatherhoodfirst, dadpreneur, drivendadpreneur, entrepreneurdad

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