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You can do everything right. You can show up as a father, a husband, a partner. But if you're absent in the lives of your daughters, any man can come and show them his idea of being loved and you'll have no say in the kind of relationships they build.

In this deeply personal, wildly entertaining episode of Unbroken Podcast, host Richard Akita sits down with John, Ghana's self-proclaimed enjoyment president and owner of Soho, for an unfiltered conversation that will challenge everything you think you know about fatherhood, why fathers must invest time in their daughters or risk them falling for the wrong kind of man, and the uncomfortable truth that staying out until 6 a.m. is safer than rushing home at 3 a.m. when armed robbers are operating.

John holds nothing back. He breaks down why a lot of men think their role is to mentor their sons but forget that being absent in their daughters' lives will show in the kind of relationships their daughters have moving forward, why his idea of loving his daughters was to make time for them and teach them how they should feel love, and the one thing every father needs to do: spend time with them, go to the cinema, go horse riding, go to the pool, sit in their swimming classes and be there all the time. He reveals why it is not abnormal for a man to get up in the middle of the night and check on the child, change diapers, or warm the milk so his wife can get a little extra sleep, how all of these feed into the overall psyche of the marriage because if these things are absent then the partner becomes emotionally drained and everything goes haywire, and the moment he realized that when a father invests time in his daughters it helps boost their confidence and they rise faster in whatever career or business they choose. He also explains why he teaches his daughters how they need to be dated, how he takes his daughter out on dates and even sends her flowers on Valentine's Day so she doesn't think nobody likes her, and the one confession he had to make when she found out it was him all the time: I admire you and I wanted you to know what it feels like to be admired.

This isn't just about fatherhood. It's a masterclass in understanding why boundaries and emotional intelligence matter in marriage, why children learn through observation and if we don't do the right thing we muddy the waters for them when they get into their marriages, and how keeping romance alive after 14 years means going on dates, hosting your wife and her Wesley Girls friends at Soho for comedy nights, and understanding that if you come out with me on a Friday we are going home in the morning not at 3 a.m. John dives into why his reason for staying out later is about security because armed robbers operate between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., how he told his wife if you're going out with your girls and you're not going to come home before midnight stay where you are it's safer, and the uncomfortable reality that rushing home in the middle of the night at 2 or 3 a.m. is not worth the risk when you could sit in your car and sleep and then go home after 4 when it's safe. He also tackles why Soho is not just about partying but about networking with business leaders, ministers of state, and high commissioners, how you can lay the groundwork for a business deal on Friday night and sign the paperwork on Monday morning, and the one piece of advice he gives Richard before his first visit: sleep for two to three hours before you come you will need it.

If you're a father wondering how to raise confident daughters who know how they deserve to be loved, a husband trying to keep the spark alive after 14 years, or someone who thinks going home at 3 a.m. is safer than staying out until sunrise, this conver