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Happy Fathers Day!
Today is Father's Day. Here's what I actually want Tampa Bay dads to hear. Not the card version. The real version. Being a father of six while building multiple things at once means I spend a lot of time in the gap between the dad I want to be and the dad I actually show up as on any given day. Some days the gap is small. Some days it's wide enough to bother me. What I've learned - slowly, and not always gracefully - is that the gap isn't the problem. Pretending it doesn't exist is. The dads I respect most in Tampa Bay aren't the ones who have it figured out. They're the ones who keep showing up even when they don't. Who come back after the long day. Who say sorry when they got it wrong. Who build things not just for themselves but for the kids watching them do it. That's what Dad Skool is for. Not to make perfect fathers. To make sure Tampa Bay dads don't disappear into their work, their stress, or their silence without a community around them. Happy Father's Day to every dad out there doing the work - even on the days it doesn't feel like enough.
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The Code of the Wolf [IMPORTANT READ]
Heyo Daddios, Three things this week. First: We made it! Our story is in a REAL magazine (I have copies). This isn't just press - it's proof that what we're building matters. Read it. Share it. Send it to every dad you know who's tired of doing this alone. If you've got a friend looking for a Pack to join, this is your chance to bring them in. Second: Do you know the story of the Dire Wolf? Did you know it was believed to be extinct... until they resurfaced in 2025? Kind of like real men, real fathers - we are starting to re-emerge into Society. No more Homer Simpson 💩 or Dads portrayed the resident clown-of-the-family stuff for us. Some of us have spent the last few weeks on the calls discussing amongst ourselves what it should mean to be part of this group. Not every door is meant to open for everybody. You will have to earn respect here in this thing of ours. So we developed our story, our mission statement, and our code of conduct—and we want you to read them. Really read them. Then tell us what you think. Read our Credo. The Dire Wolf. It isn't just our mascot—it's who we're becoming, the biggest and baddest (daddest) of Wolves that ever existed. Third: Now that we got the more serious stuff out of the way, as always, your Dad Joke of the Week: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWWJQcrgLqP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Get back to us on this document. We're building something big here, so we need this pack to be built on honesty and loyalty. Jason P.S. Bring yourself and a potential member to our next Dads, Drinks & Dominoes Hangout at the Clubhouse | **Friday, April 3rd** | **7–10 PM** | **9402 Oak Preserve Blvd, Tampa, FL 33647** No one does this alone.
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Your Instagram link PLEASE!
Hey Dads! when you join this group we want to support you. Please make sure you post your Instagram profile in this thread so we can follow you and support you in whatever you're doing. Ours is https://www.instagram.com/dadsoftampaskool in case you were looking for it 😁
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Father's Day Recap + Kanye Concert + Game Night at Main Event 🐺🎉
**DADS OF TAMPA SKOOL** Big week. Let's get into it. **First: We did it. The Father's Day Party at Live Oak was a SUCCESS.** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ-xRozgcVc/ If you're in this video, this is your footage too. Use it however you want - promote your business, post it for fun, whatever. You were there. You earned it. This is the Pack on full display and it's something to be proud of. **Second: Kanye West Concert - Sunday, June 28th.** We've got 10+ dads already signed up and there's still a little room left. We might end up split into two groups, but we'll be close together in the same section either way. Space is limited and it's first come, first served. If you want in, grab your spot here: https://forms.gle/KPC2utP7VdMyon7S9 **Third: First Friday is moving to Main Event - July 3rd.** Here's why. If you got a Father's Day goodie bag, you should have a $100 Main Event gift card in there. So instead of meeting at Live Oak this time, we're taking the Pack to Main Event in Lutz to use those cards and have our regular game night there. Didn't get a gift card at the party? I've got a few left over. Let me know you're coming and I'll make sure you're taken care of. Heads up - there's food and snacks available to buy while we're there. I want us to spend a little while we're enjoying their hospitality - it's the right move after how well they treated us. Also tossing around the idea of pooling our game tickets for a group prize. We'll figure that out when we get there. Sign up here so I can plan accordingly: https://forms.gle/kq7xfeW5d39XzaWE9 **Fourth: The Dad Joke Chain is GROWING.** We're up to three guys now contributing to the joke rotation and it's turning into something fun. If you want in on the chain, reach out and I'll walk you through how it works. Add your joke, keep the train moving. **Dad Joke of the Week.** 😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaAgFsZgdT6/?igsh=ejdvaHFyNDF4OXI4
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What Do You Do When the Plan Falls Apart? 🐺
**DADS OF TAMPA SKOOL** This one's a little different. Bear with me. Nobody asks you about your plan. They ask you what you did when the plan fell apart. I've been interviewing Tampa Bay leaders for TBC Magazine (one of my other jobs) and I keep noticing the same pattern. Every single one of them has a version of the same story - the launch that got delayed, the deal that fell through, the thing they built that didn't survive contact with reality. None of them talk about it like a tragedy. They talk about it like a hinge point. The moment before they figured out the next thing. I'll be honest - I've been living in one of those moments myself this week. Something we had planned didn't go the way I mapped it out. Nothing dramatic. Just one of those weeks where the calendar and reality stopped playing nice with each other. Here's what I keep coming back to: the plan was never the point. The plan was just my best guess before reality had a say in it. What actually matters is what happens in the gap - the few days between "this ain't working" and "here's what we do instead." I don't have a tidy lesson to wrap this up with yet. I'm still in the middle of it. But that's kind of the point of this Pack, isn't it? We don't show up because we've got it all figured out. We show up because we don't, and we'd rather figure it out together. So if you're in the middle of something right now too - I'd rather hear how you're handling it than pretend any of us have it all figured out. Reply and tell me about it. **Before we get to the good stuff - some real gratitude.** RaRa. Joel. Hubert. Esteban. Lamar. Shane. Mike. Tim. The Die-Hards. You guys keep showing up. You keep me going. This thing doesn't exist without dads who decide, week after week, that this is worth their time. So this is me saying thank you, out loud, in front of everybody. **And now - it's Father's Day Weekend.** I cannot wait to be standing in that clubhouse with all of you, celebrating this friendship we've built. Whatever the plan looked like on paper, what matters is we're showing up for each other. That's the whole point. See you there.
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