What Would Your Super Hero Dad Say About You?

00:00 Welcome. What would your superhero dad say about you? Are you Peter Parker or Tony Stark? Role theme. Welcome to Team Super Dad. Real dads creating their best lives ever. More time, more money, more fun. You are not alone. You're on Team Super Dad. Hey dads, Johnny here from Team Super Dad. Welcome back to the podcast. This is a 10-minute coaching session, which there'll be more of coming. It's all in line with the launch of the Hero Academy. And it got me thinking today about why we call Team Super Dad and what does being a Super Dad really mean.

00:43 And it's not, well, what is it now? It's not just a crap name, basically. It's very much about that idea of there's a superhero inside all of us. And we want to bring him out to the front, you know. Tony Stark, when you think about Tony Stark, he walks and lives Iron Man all the time. So this is a 10-minute coaching session. It's great to have you on board. I hope you get a lot from this. There'll be more of these coming, along with our regular 60-minute interviews and more expert hangouts. And I'm still working on getting a group of dads together to do the wrap-up with in a more, you know, fun, pub, bar-like get-together to literally take the piss out of each other and wrap up our weeks.

01:26 So if you're interested in being one of those dads, then get in touch and we can chat about you coming on the podcast on a regular basis. Until then, enjoy the What Super Dad Are You Being conversation. Hello, welcome. This is Johnny. You're with me here on Facebook and everywhere else. Team Super Dad, people, members around the world, friends and family, very good to see you here. What does your superhero dad say about you? This is a flipping, awesome conversation, partly off the back of my own coaching call this morning and work I've been doing on launching the Hero Academy, which is going to kick off in just two weeks time.

02:12 You know, anybody who reads comics, watches the Marvel movies, you know, whether it's Superman from our childhood days or Iron Man and Captain America today, we should all be pretty aware of there's the man in the suit and then there's the man on the street. And quite frankly, those two men are not always the same person. You know, Clark Kent and Superman. One's a bit clumsy and bumbling, although very generous and honest and intelligent and committed. And then when he pulls off the suit, he's ready to take those attributes, those qualities out on his mission, his bold, courageous, adventurous mission.

02:58 And as dads, as parents, even if you're a mum watching, but it's a question of who we're being in life so that we can achieve, so that we can succeed. And it's not, the challenge isn't necessarily making it happen. The challenge is who we're being to make it happen. And so I have a lot of love for superheroes. I read a lot of comics when I was a kid. If you've not heard about Team Super Dad before, then Team Super Dad is my community and life accelerator for dads who want to create more in their life for health, wealth and happiness.

03:36 And we're over at teamsuperdad.com. So come and join us over there on the free Facebook group on Facebook, obviously. But, you know, this idea that we're, I didn't just call Team Super Dad Team Super Dad because it was to sound like a silly name or even a cool name. You'll have your own opinion on that. But in essence, like who we want to be, like we want to rip that suit off, who we want to be on the outside is a picture of our vision on the inside. Our own business, our own family, our love life, our partner, our growing old together, our holidays, cars, big house, whatever the vision is we have for our life.

04:19 It's going to take something. It's going to take tearing out of our own insecurities, our own failures, those experiences of life that perhaps have knocked us back. Some of us are actually doing it in the opposite way. They're having great successes, but not actually living the life that they want to have. And so it's really thinking about who, you know, what does that superhero say about you? So what does Iron Man say about Tony Stark? He probably says he's quite a cool bloke. What does Superman say about Clark Kent? He's like, well, like I said before, he's considerate.

05:00 bumbling, but he's very loving and generous. And so the question you want to ask yourself is, who are you being? Who are you being to create that picture, that vision, that version of your life that you want for yourself and your family? Who are you being like in those moments when you meet someone new? Are they knocked off their feet by your confidence and your conversation? And I don't know, you don't have to be a joker to be funny, but like, when you walk into the room, what is that, what's the, what's the impression that you're leaving with people? Speaking for myself, I know I've gone that roller coaster all the way through

05:42 my life through blimey. There's so many points. I can think of one in particular, being 17, when I got like incredibly bad spots for a year. And it also came at a time when my dad had basically gone bankrupt and we didn't really have anywhere to live. Like who was I being at that time wasn't who I was being before then and wasn't who I was being two years later when I went off to university and met loads of people and had three of the wildest, most fun years of my life. So it's when you can catch yourself and realize who are you being at this moment in time? How does that occur for other people? Is it consistent with the vision and goal that you've got for yourself in your life?

06:23 And quite often when it's not, we really go into ourselves, like we get fully confused and insecure. The things that we should be doing to make ourselves feel better go out the window, whether that's networking, dating, going out for beers, playing football, speaking on stage, making a podcast, playing with your kids, dating, going out with you on a date night with your wife, like the things that you should be doing to break through, to get back into that place where you want to be, to be really heading towards your goals. The weaker we get, the less likely we are to do them. So then you want to look in the mirror and say, what would my superhero dad, what would the superhero me say about me right now?

07:06 Spider-Man's another great example. Before he got bitten by that spider, that fateful day, you know, Peter Parker was a bit of a wimp, basically. He was just a bit of a pushover. And as he became more and more Spider-Man, his confidence grew and grew and grew. And that is about it. That is about stepping into your suit, into your superhero and becoming who you're being to create the life that you want. It's not just, I want this life. I want this life. Oh, God, I can't get it. Well, who are you being to create that? Are you being bold and confident and courageous, adventurous, loving, generous, sensitive?

07:50 What are the attributes that you're being so that you'll achieve the goals that you've got for yourself in your life? And that is the essence of so much of the Team Super Dad program and my work. You want to ask yourself, who am I being? Who is Tony Stark being when he's Iron Man? Who's Tony Stark being when he's Tony Stark? I think he's kind of being the same person. Whether it's divorce, business, failure in other parts of your life, like if you've taken a kick, then you've got to pick yourself back up and put in the right system and the tools around you. What I've created for myself in working on Team Super Dad and pulling this all together is remarkable. And it was the vision I had for myself when I said on that mountain, how am I going to fix this?

08:34 How am I going to fix this? How am I going to fix this? And it hasn't been overnight and it hasn't been on my own. It has been a journey with other people, with support, with realizations, with breakthroughs in different areas that has got me to where I am today. And it's what will get you to where you want to be tomorrow also. So my message today, what does your superhero dad say about you? Look in the mirror and ask that question. And if you want help with it, then just get connected up with myself and the Team Super Dad crew. I'll be glad to answer that question for you, as well as telling you all about the Hero Academy. My name's Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad out. Thanks, babe.

09:20 This has been Team Super Dad. Find us at Team Super Dad.com.