People who avoid responsibility become increasingly boring. A polarising claim for your Thursday evening, and I’m standing by it.

‘Harden Up’ was the advice I was offered by a close friend and mentor. A man who in my opinion is qualified to drop this kind of guidance.

Imagine if every value you’ve taken on in your life, consciously and unconsciously, was represented as an item of clothing.

How many layers would you be wearing right now?

Do those clothes fit? Do they suit you?

I’d heard of ‘Dad Power’ before starting a family, but I didn’t really grasp what it meant. Friends who had passed through their rite of passage to fatherhood described it like a literal power. An inner power that had activated. It sounded cool but also far fetched.