In part three of the Summer Multipliers series, Jeff reads Chapter 8 of the DADAWESOME book — the story of the ordinary Tuesday he sold a $200 TV to a couple worth $5.5 billion and never had a clue. That encounter, paired with memories of his dad's stat-tracking clipboard in the bleachers, unpacks the difference between fathering as God's employee and fathering as God's son. The episode closes with a few minutes from Jamie Winship (episodes 314 & 315) on how false identity fuels fear — and why the truth of who you are is the greatest gift you can hand your kids.

This week we zoom way out and remember that the current chapter of dad life is not the whole story. I read Chapter 2 of the DadAwesome book, The Tale of Two Thieves, a ridiculous cookie dough heist that turned into a lesson about choosing curiosity instead of reactivity when life goes sideways. Then Phil Comer joins us with a clip about giving a blessing instead of returning evil for evil, and how the little eyes in the room are watching every choice we make.

Welcome to Episode 443 and the kickoff of a brand new seven part summer series: the DADAWESOME MULTIPLIERS. It's a lightweight, campfire ready series built to help you spread the mission of Dad Awesome through the end of August. Each week you'll get a slice of the forthcoming Dad Awesome audiobook, a featured guest voice from the vault, real time multiplication coaching, three practical lab activation steps, and a giveaway.

In Part 1, Jeff Zaugg sets the flyover. He reads the book's dedication and preface, tracing how one casual patio question from his cousin in Arizona, "How do you stay intentional as a dad?", exposed that he was pouring growth into every area of life except fatherhood. That single unanswered question sparked a ten week experiment with twenty friends, a first episode filmed at the base of a snowy sledding hill, a name change from Dad Ventures to Dad Awesome, and eventually a movement built on hundreds of small yeses. The episode closes with a two minute clip from Jeff's first ever interview with Mark Batterson, who wrote the forward for the book.

Most dads are trying to figure out the right strategy. But what if the thing holding you back isn't a lack of tactics, it's a lie you've been believing about whether you're even loved? In this mic flip episode, Jay Heck of Being Sons turns the tables and interviews Jeff about the Dad Awesome book, and the conversation gets honest fast. You'll hear about the prayer counseling session that changed everything, what it means to set the scoreboard to infinity, and how a dad who's operating from fullness becomes the most compelling voice in the room.

What do you do when your schedule is maxed out and you feel like you're failing at the very thing you preach? In this episode, Jeff gets honest about dropping the ball on dad-daughter dates, shares three raw discoveries from book launch week, and tells the story of a flaming ball of toilet paper on a frozen lake that never made it into the book — for good reason.

The Christmas card version of fatherhood isn't real life — and Jeff Zaugg isn't pretending otherwise. In this book launch episode, Jeff reads Chapter 18 of the Dad Awesome book, shares the upstream legacy moves his grandpa made that are still bearing fruit today, and tells the story of what actually happened on launch day (hint: it involved confetti, a four-year-old, and a pair of white shoes that almost didn't survive).