Tony Stark PolicciCopywriter and direct response marketer

Day 86 of 99 - Little Disappointments

Name: Day 86 of 99 - Little Disappointments
Uploaded: 2015-04-17T11:01:57+00:00
Duration: 1 min 36 s
Channel: Tony Stark Policci
Description: In this solo vlog, Tony Stark Policci reflects on a minor disappointment that arose when his teenage sons declined an invitation to celebrate Easter…

17 Apr 2015 · 2 min

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In this solo vlog, Tony Stark Policci reflects on a minor disappointment that arose when his teenage sons declined an invitation to celebrate Easter weekend at a friend’s house. He respects their growing independence, noting that he would rather not force them into an unhappy situation. Feeling let down, he observes that the boys could have communicated their wishes earlier. He adapts by cooking dinner himself while assigning his sons chores—one mows the lawn, the other handles laundry and dishes—emphasizing that ‘warrioring’ through disappointment means sharing responsibility rather than shouldering it alone. The experience prompts him to contemplate the difference between natural consequences (the boys’ choice not to attend) and imposed consequences (the altered dinner plan and household tasks), using the moment as a lesson in resilience and family dynamics.

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Hey there! This is some day out of whatever 99 days it is, and today my message is warrioring on in spite of little disappointments. Not big deal disappointments, but little disappointments. See, tonight my plan was to go over to some friend's house, for dinner and celebrate Easter weekend with them, but my boys didn't want to go. And you know what, they're not little kids anymore. I respect their opinions right now. I don't want to drag them somewhere where they're not going to be happy to attend, but I was disappointed. However, my boys could have told me earlier that they didn't want to go. They could have Instead of agreeing, they could have said they didn't want to go. So what's going on now is I'm cooking dinner at 6:44 Sunday night. My son's out mowing the grass. The other one's going to be doing laundry and dishes because part of dad warrioring through this situation is I'm not doing this all myself. And they upset the apple cart with the plans tonight. So there's some consequences. And it made me think, you know, life has natural consequences and imposed. Which ones do I have today?