#8: Devon Rifkin - How This Dad Worked For The Wolf Of Wall Street (+ raising a teenage daughter)

Today on episode #8 of 'The Dad The Best I Can Show', we're talking to Devon Rifkin, a 44-year-old Dad. Devon lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife Heather and his 3 kids, ages 14, 12 and 8.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES

[01:40] Favorite Comedy Movie? Ace Ventura, Pet Detective

[02:00] Last meal? Joe’s Stone Crabs

[02:42] Why Devon decided not to go to college

[03:40] Meeting his wife, Heather at age 19

[04:10] Devon’s parents supporting his decision

[04:45] Working as a stockbroker at the Wolf of Wall Street firm

[05:50] Top account opener in the firm

[06:20] His decision to leave the firm, because he knew it wasn’t clean

[07:10] How he started Hangers.com at age 23, the biggest online hanger company

[09:00] Profitable every month for 7 years straight, and then crashing in 2007

[10:15] The true roller coaster of being an entrepreneur

[11:00] “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”

[11:30] Selling Hangers and moving to Malibu to spend time with his kids while they’re young

[12:00] 90-year-old Billionaire would trade everything to be a stressed, uncertain 40-year-old

[12:30] Taking 3.5 years off to be with his kids

[12:55] Your kids don’t care you went to Malibu, they just want to have fun

[13:40] Deciding to open Duke’s market and nursery in Loganville, GA

[14:40] And….closing Duke’s and the feelings that go with that

[15:30] Life with 3 kids….everyone is going through with it
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[16:24] Devon’s Dad Tip: How he let his kids go through what they need to go through on their timetable, so they come out stronger

[18:30] Should kids know the boundaries, or is it our job to establish the boundaries?

[19:05] Kids crave structure

[19:20] What Devon learned from his parents: support your kid’s happiness

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TALKED ABOUT ON TODAY'S SHOW

- Joe’s Stone Crabs

- The Wolf of Wall Street

- Hangers.com
https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/04/01/8403859/index.htm

- Wayside Market, Duke’s

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QUOTES

“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor”

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ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST

Devon Rifkin is a 44-year-old Dad living in Atlanta, GA with his wife Heather and his 3 kids, ages 14, 12 and 8.

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