Ambitious Dads
Jeff HittnerFor fathers inspired to lead in their careers AND at home with their children. Our definitions of success at work and with family are changing rapidly. I'm interviewing Ambitious Dads to share the ideas and challenges we face in feeling fulfilled at both.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 63 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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When Your Definition of Family Breaks
October 5, 2026: Above is a clip from a very different Ambitious Dads Podcast episode. This time, I handed over the microphone. Eighteen months after my marriage ended, I asked my friend Robert Mulhall to interview me about a part of my lif...
Fatherhood Changed What Matters. The Rest of Me Is Still Catching Up.
My entire family was in jetlag-torture-mode after our overnight flight home.
And less than 24 hours after landing, I had an 8 p.m. call. So I decided to put my six- and nine-year-olds in front of the TV while I Zoomed from the next room....
Welcome to the Ambitious Dads Project
September 10, 2026. For nearly three years, an earlier version of this article has sat at the center of my Substack homepage. Since then, I’ve interviewed 200+ fathers, lived through a few life-altering years of my own, and changed how I th...
Fatherhood Is Teaching Me to Stop Rescuing
Last week I heard my six- and nine-year-old playing happily in the living room.
Then the yelling began… My oldest started in with his unmistakable angry voice, berating his younger brother over a paper airplane he apparently couldn’t use....
Work-life Balance is the Wrong Question
Last week, I technically had time with my boys.
I picked them up from the summer camp bus, helped them make paper airplanes (thanks Mark Rober), made dinner, and sat at the table. Gold star for attendance.
And still, almost everything the...
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I’m an entrepreneur, executive coach, husband and father (rarely in that order)! Co-parenting with my wife who’s navigating her career, I recognize the struggle in balancing the evolving, sometimes conflicting goals of fatherhood and leadership.
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