Battling Mediocrity, Making a Career Change, and The Biggest Issue in this Country ｜ ASK ME ANYTHING
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In this episode of the Ask Me Anything podcast, I answer a question from Mark Koblowski about what is the meaning of life. I also discuss how to deal with stress in your family and how to manage it.
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You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest. Embrace your fears and boldly chart
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your own path. When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time. Every time.
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You are not easily deterred or defeated. Rugged. Resilient. Strong. This is your life. This is who
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you are. This is who you will become. At the end of the day, and after all is said and done,
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you can call yourself a man. Gentlemen, another episode of the Ask Me Anything.
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I'll be running solo today. Unable to work with Sean and Ryan, so you'll get me. But we'll get
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right into this and build some good questions. We are going to be answering questions from the
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Foundry, which is our system for the Iron Council. To learn more about the IC, go to orderman.com
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slash ironcouncil. And of course, we'll also, if I have enough time, be building questions from our
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Facebook group. So, if you haven't connected with us there, go to facebook.com slash group
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slash order of man. I'm a little bit stressed today. And hopefully, I don't know, hopefully this
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goes well. And we at least have a one-sided conversation around some of these questions
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that guys submitted and at least generate some thoughts. My ask is, whether you're watching
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this on YouTube or you're downloading the podcast or whatever, reach out, continue the conversation,
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have the conversation at Facebook. Love to hear your guys' feedback and input. But most importantly,
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we should be having these conversations all the time. And Ryan and I mention this all the time,
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how much we get edified just by having the conversation. And so, we appreciate you guys
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submitting your questions and creating the thoughts and the discussions that we have on the podcast.
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All right. First question we're going to field from Mark Koblowski. His question is,
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what is the meaning of life? He had, of course, put the serious question on there a little bit,
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maybe because I'm assuming, Mark, that we would think, you know, that's a silly question. I actually
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think it's a profound question. So, what is the meaning of life? I used to
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look at this drastically different over the years. I approached it as a kid and as a young man
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from the perspective that the meaning of life was tied to my religious beliefs and that I just held on
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to that definition and had that be mine. Since then and through the years, I've come to my own conclusion
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that life is, and I've accepted this idea that life is actually without meaning.
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And that's part of our jobs to decide what we are going to let it mean.
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I was thinking of how to answer this question earlier. You know, if we asked what was the meaning
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of life for George Washington, his answer would be different than a lot of us, of course.
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The meaning of life for a man that has focused a lot of attention on his children and showing up
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powerfully as a father could be different than a man that has, doesn't have children or never had
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the opportunity to get married and have kids. The meaning of his life could be drastically different.
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And so, I actually think the meaning of life is to be determined by us. And I don't think there's
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a right and a wrong to it. I think it's what we decide what it means. And part of that has to do
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with the hope that we have in this world or around the impact that we want to leave in it.
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So, there's my answer. The meaning of life is for all of us to decide and create for ourselves.
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Eric Page, my wife keeps asking when the order of women startups starts up. Eric, we're going to have
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to get back to your question since Ryan's running, not on the podcast today. So, I'll try to flag this
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so we can get it into a future episode. We do get this question quite a bit. And so, I kind of want
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to give Ryan a chance to answer that. So, Daniel Castleberry, I've come to realize that I've been
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controlling in my relationship with my kids and wife and often get highly stressed when things don't
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go a certain way. What techniques or advice do you have to let things go and not be so stressed
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about the little things? I have a certain routine that I try to follow daily. And when the kids or
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the wife throw a wrench in it, I end up in a very bad place mentally. So, Daniel, there's a couple
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things that I would consider. The first is I have a tendency to get disrupted and the controlling of
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things end up becoming more important to me if I'm out of integrity in my life or in my day.
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So, if I go to the office and I'm not showing up powerfully and getting the things done that I know
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I should be getting them done the way they were meant to be done and I'm not feeling good and having
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self-confidence with how the day goes, then I look to control the things when I get home even more so.
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It's my way of trying to have order in my life because earlier in the day, I didn't have that
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order. So, I would first look at where your level of integrity is if there's some integrity gap
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occurring and how much the earlier part of your day, perhaps maybe at work, is causing stress that's
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leading into your personal life, causing you to like over-exaggerate the importance of certain
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things with the wife and the kids and the family as a whole. That's one. Second, expectations. We have a
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tendency to not let expectations go and that's rooted in our judgment of those expectations being right
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and wrong. So, as an example, if I look at my teenage boys, I have these, I might have, not might, I have
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strong opinion in regards to how they should show up in the world. I have these expectations of them.
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What happens when they don't do those things? What happens when they make mistakes? What happens
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when they constantly show up maybe in a way that's not ideal? My natural tendency is the way they're
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showing up is wrong. The way I think they should show up is right and my expectations aren't being
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met. I'm upset. And instead of dealing in reality, I almost go like somewhat of a victim mentality of
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I shouldn't have to deal with this because the way or the things that they're doing are wrong
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and I just make them wrong for showing up that way. And instead, what I should be doing is, well,
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that was my hope. That was my expectation, but that's not reality. And so, now let's deal with
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what is so in the current circumstance. And so, letting go is super critical when it doesn't meet
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our expectations. And it's critical. Why? Because it doesn't matter whether your expectations were met.
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The reality of it is, is you're dealing with reality, not what you think it should have been. It doesn't
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matter. And one of the most powerful ways to do that, at least for me, is to realize that I'm
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labeling these things as right and wrong. And who am I to say it should be this way versus another way?
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My wife has a tendency to care more about experience and going and doing things. And I care more about
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order. Hey, did that, is the garage cleaned up? Finally, do we have work to do? We should be doing
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that work instead of playing. And her opinion is play. And it's really easy to say, I'm right, right?
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Because you should always work first and get your shit done before you go play. But I have a tendency
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or I have to remind myself sometimes is, what's more important? Experience with our kids?
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Enjoying the time that we have? Am I right or is she? Or is it neither? And I'm just having to deal
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with reality and letting go of that judgment of what's right and wrong. I would focus on those. That
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might be a little bit deeper, Daniel, than what you're looking for. Maybe you're looking for like
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techniques and tactics, but that's at the root of it, man. The root of our inability to let go of
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things is a lack of clarity of what's really important and dealing in reality, probably more
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than anything else. The other thing I'd maybe suggest, maybe you don't have enough big enough
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problems going on in life. And so you're blowing up the little things and they're, they are little,
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but they seem so big because that's the only stress you have. It's amazing how, what, how much
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clarity we get when we go to like a funeral, for instance, all those petty things that we seem to get
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upset about kind of go away. When you have a buddy that's struggling maybe with his marriage or with
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other areas of his life, it kind of puts things in perspective. So I'd focus on getting that
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perspective right. And I've seen guys, I've even done this where I'd come home from work and I'd,
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in my journal, I'd grab my journal and I'd read kind of my, what I call my ethos. And I'd read that
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before I go into the house, right? We've shared stories on the podcast. I don't remember who the
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guest was that like, we go hang on a pull-up bar for five minutes, you know, or as long as he could
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before he went in. The other thing is visualization. How do you want to be remembered and seen as a
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father and as a husband? Maybe think through that right before you walk through the door. What kind of
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level excitement do you have when you see your kids? Are you in a positive mood? Are you joyful
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and happy? And if you can't deal with these petty things, these little things, what are you teaching
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your kids to get stressed out about? Same thing. They're not going to be very resilient if you're
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not. So maybe even focus on areas to become more resilient. Chris Kroom, what part does corporate
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ecology play in restructuring one's life towards better goals? What is the most essential underlying
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principle in building that ecology? In other words, if you were coming into the iron council and using
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the strategy around the four quadrants, does the environment you surround yourself in outside of
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your social network matter? And what is the most important to start with? So there's a lot there,
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Chris. So that first question, you know, does the environment you surround yourself in, you know,
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outside your social matter? Hell yeah, it matters. We don't live in vacuums. And I'm going to totally
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get on a soapbox here, Chris. So like, this isn't me projecting on you. I hate this mentality that like,
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oh, like works this thing over here. And then I have my life and I have my social, but like works this
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other thing. Guys, if that's for you, like that's how you see work, you have a shitty job
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and you work probably for a shitty company. The reality of it is it's intertwined. How I show up
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at work affects how I show up at home. How I show up at home affects how I show up at work.
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A sense of accomplishment I get for my job. The people I work with that I choose to band with.
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These aren't, these aren't team members. These aren't employees. These are my band of brothers
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and sisters in a work environment committed to a long-term strategy of leaving a lasting impact
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for our clients to make a difference in the world and what we do to show up powerfully,
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to stand for one another, to help them grow and succeed in life so they can show up even more
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powerfully for their families and their, their social circles and their communities.
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If your company doesn't have that level of clarity, holy shit, it's a nine to five and you hate your
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job and you don't find purpose and meaning what you're doing. Time to figure that out
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because they're not different. How I am as a man and how I show up here at the office should be no
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different than how I show up at home. The talents I bring to the office are the talents I bring home.
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This organization that I work for supports me. They support my family. They should care about my
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family. My boss should know my wife's name and my kids and know what's going on in my life.
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Not so they can micromanage. Why? Because them being a steward over me as a manager should be rooted in what?
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Caring. And you can't care for anybody and give a shit about their career if you don't know them.
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So your environment that you put ourselves in or that we put ourselves in at our jobs,
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hell yeah, it matters. And if it's not ideal for you, change it up.
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Now, maybe some of you guys are like, oh, it would be easy to say, oh, stop being a fucking victim.
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Sorry, I shouldn't drop it. Like stop being a victim. If you don't like it, go create it. If you
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don't, you can't create it yet because you don't have the necessary skills, then get the skills.
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Like figure it out. We need to stop being victims of who we work for. And like, oh,
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I work for this company. Dude, then leave. Leave the company that is a horrible company to work for.
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And then you go create a company that's amazing to work for. Or you go find the company that's
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amazing to work for. Chris, full transparency, I have no idea what corporate ecology is.
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I'm assuming we're talking about like culture and whatnot. And based upon the question, I'm assuming
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I'm pretty close, right? And how much does that play a role in my life and my goals? A huge part.
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Of course it is. And the more I can get that aligned to how I am and how I show up in the world
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and supporting my personal life and vice versa, the better off I am. So I think it's essential.
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But would make a very lasting impact and would make a really big difference.
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So if you don't have that on the corporate side, I would suggest that you go find it or you go create
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it. Caitlin Flynn, when speaking to men about the IC, I've encountered some who've heard of it
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or even follow order of man, but appreciate an overview of what it is. Monthly topics, channels
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and teams for men on the fence would, it would give them a breakdown. Would you not want us sharing
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anything in particular prior to a man taking action and joining? No. You know, Ryan's been pretty,
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I mean, we talk about the battle plans on the podcast quite a bit. We talk about, you know,
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how's this? We need to do a better job at summarizing it so you guys can better communicate
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it when people ask about what's this man club that you're part of and that you have weekly calls with.
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So on the iron council side, yeah, we need to step up our game, make that super clear. Now for those
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listening, they're like, well, geez, why don't you just tell us? Ultimately, this is what we're looking
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at. The mission of the iron council, this is an official, but the mission of the iron council is to
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equip men with the tools, systems, processes, and brotherhood necessary to leave a positive lasting
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impact in their personal lives, in their families, in their communities, and ultimately affecting the
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world. That is, that is what we are focused on. Now, how do we do that? The iron council, roughly,
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we probably have what maybe 1200 members globally across the globally. Those you guys join the IC
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eventually get assigned a team, a battle team in which they're working on, they're holding each
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other accountable. They're focused on progressing in multiple areas of their life. So they can show up
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more powerfully and they stand for each other to show up that way. In summary, that's really what
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we're doing. Now you can get into logistics like, oh, our system has these, but in the end, what we're
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really doing is we're helping men band together, rise together, and improve. Nathan Blaser, what are
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some things you might consider when looking at a career change into the public service, such as
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becoming a firefighter or a police officer? I'm currently working a comfy office job, but I feel
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like my ultimate calling is some sort of public service. I just want to make sure I don't jump
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in without fully weighing that kind of move for me and my family.
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I mean, Nathan, I think this question is applicable regardless of if it's public service or not,
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right? So let's just address this question. How does one make a career change in a way that
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doesn't affect their family in a negative way, right? So now, just want to make sure I don't
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jump without fully weighing that kind of move. So how do you weigh it? How do you see that transition?
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Well, you ask the people that's already done the transition. So I'd focus on, from your perspective,
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get to know some police officers, right? Get to know firefighters, get to know these different
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careers that you're interested in and ask them how they made the transition. Ask them, what is that job
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like? Do ride-alongs. You know, I have a bunch of buddies that are firefighters. I could call them up
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right now and police officers and I could just do ride-alongs and get a really good, I mean, how many
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times do we get an actual ride-along on a possible job or a job or a career that you'd like?
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So find those individuals that are already there and ask and work through it and ask the questions of
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what don't you like? What do you like? What are the greatest benefits and the payoff? Why do you keep
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doing it? Is it difficult? What are some areas that causes you to second question this career path?
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And I'd really focus on that. And then even for you younger guys,
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this goes for everybody, man. If someone said, hey, Kip, you know, I really want to get into,
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you know, IT consulting or I really have a passion for people and culture in the corporate setting.
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And I'd love to like get your opinion. Of course, I'd be willing to share. I'd want to share.
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So ask, ask the people that are already there and get the feedback from them and then work on a plan
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to get there. And a lot of those individuals already have the plan or they know the best plan to get
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there. So I would just ask around. Charles Robinson, I'd like to know yours and Kip's experience
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with battling mediocrity when you're on an upward trajectory and those you love around you are
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content being averaged despite your outstanding example.
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I mean, I, I don't want to make too many assumptions, Charles. So I think for some of us,
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we ask this question because we care and we love those in our life and we don't want to see them
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mediocre. But part of my question also wonders is like, how are you battling mediocrity because those
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around you are mediocre and aren't getting after it?
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Yeah. I think that's your question. Sorry guys for, I'm just thinking out loud here.
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Yeah. That's your question. All right. How do we battle mediocrity when we're on an upward
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projectory, but those around us are content with being average? Be you. Like I would think more get
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connected to the why and the reason, the mission and your vision of what your, your upward projectory
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is all about and focus your attention there. Just focus on that. That way, when we have struggles and
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we have issues, you rise above them and you move on and you don't need everyone else to be getting
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after it because you see the bigger picture. It's clear to you. You understand the impact
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of you leveling up is, and you're willing to push through whether those around you are not.
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Now, here's the sad part is sometimes that's going to be lonely.
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You might have friends and buddies that are like, Hey, let's go out and let's go have fun. And it's
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like, no, I got a commitment. I go to bed at 10. I work out at 5 a.m. in the morning.
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And that's the price that you're going to have to be willing to pay and give up kind of some of the
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fun that comes with mediocrity and focus on delayed gratification and focus on doing the difficult
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things that maybe they're unwilling to do. And so it might be a little lonely. So just kind of keep
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that in mind. So connect to your, your bigger why, and then maybe not maybe start finding
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other people that are on the same path as you to be banning with. And, and, and that could be there
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to support you. Now, with that said, if you're looking at how do I influence them a little bit,
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you share, you show up joyfully and excited, not from the position of trying to change people,
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but genuinely like, man, I'm dude, I'm so excited. I lost this weight. I'm killing it. I'm getting
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faster. I've got this race. I'm so excited. Like share, share and let them see that light
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of being on a path. That's positive. Let them participate and support you by you sharing,
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right? You don't have to go into a closet. No one knows about it. And you're in a dark place. No,
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like share what you're about and what you're doing, but be okay with them not doing it because it's
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got to be their call. Start trying to find other people to ban with, get connected to their bigger
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purpose and why. So that way you can rise above those things. Charles, hopefully that answers your
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question. Charles Robinson. Charles, you get two questions in here. Come on, man. When it's not easy
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to walk away because it's someone that you love and want the best for, I would get clear on
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why it's not easy. And for me, it hasn't been easy. There's a level of discomfort on my side to walk
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away from someone because of how I feel and, and my concern that how they'll view me and et cetera.
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So there, there is a little element of selfishness when you need to walk away from someone that you
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love. But I think the key to this is having empathy for them, but getting very well connected to,
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we all have to decide things on our own. You know, I am as a weak analogy from a corporate
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perspective, you don't want your employees to execute on a task and do something because they're
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being compliant, right? When they're doing it, just because you asked them to, and they're just
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trying to be compliant, their success in that task will be mediocre because they're only doing it
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because you asked them to. And the minute they have difficulty or they reach roadblocks,
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they'll throw their hands up and it was never their idea. And I never liked this idea to begin
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with. And I knew it was the wrong idea and et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
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But when we make a decision for ourselves, when we are bought in and committed to what we're doing,
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we show up in a very powerful way. And, and we talk about this all the time in the council. We,
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you know, we're lighthouses, right? You, you can't force people to do things.
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Now we could, but it goes back to what I'm kind of saying. It's compliance, right? You don't want
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compliance. You want people to figure things out for themselves and be committed to what they're doing.
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Um, and so I, I would just focus on like getting clear to that, like, that's how it works.
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And so you staying around, right? You staying engaged in this relationship that you need to
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quote unquote, walk away from is not what's best for them. What's best for them is to,
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for them to figure things out on their own. Um, now I don't know what our definition of walk away is,
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right? Maybe it's removing someone from your life, um, for some reason or another, but I, I,
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I don't know, Charles, I guess I need more detail, but have empathy. Yeah. I was at the flying back
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from Boston yesterday and I was just looking at people just walking by and, um, I was looking at
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this guy and he was just walking by and it was, I don't know. I don't even know if I can explain
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this, but I just look at that guy and I'm like, that guy's me, but yeah, he, he was just a human
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that walked by and he was just this body that I, but that was a person with a soul and awareness and
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concerns and stresses and unique talents and all these amazing things. And he was just a person
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that if died today, I'd, I'd, I'd be not affected by when I even know.
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Um, so get, get connected to having empathy and, and seeing people as, as whole and complete,
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maybe not on the ideal path right now, or they're just learning and they're still letting life teach
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them some lessons. Um, and, and just really get connected, um, to that way of thinking
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and then get clear on why you're walking away and what does that mean? What are the reasons? Why are
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you doing it? All right. Michael, uh, Nan Ness tips or suggestions on how to make yourself more
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valuable in the marketplace. You can level up and make more money when you don't have much skill
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or education to lean back on, nor any money to pay for a course or a guru to learn something
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new because it's so, uh, tight every month. Okay. So limited funds to go get an education per se,
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or learning and trainings, but making yourself more valuable in the marketplace. So here's the deal.
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Like, uh, books are virtually free, right? Like we can go to a public bookstore. You can download even
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audible books from your local library. You can read books and there's a lot, especially in the text
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space that you can learn, sign up for trials and demos and all kinds of free software and other
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things to learn. You can even use the computers at the library to learn. There are ways to learn
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for sure. And, and I would focus on not thinking you need the opportunity placed before you and the job
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place before you for you to level up, get experience and then make good money. I actually think that you
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could do enough research and growth on your own to really set yourself up to get into an entry level
00:30:18.160
position. Because what that tells me, Michael, if you came to me and you're like, you know, I'll keep,
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I want a job in, in consulting. And we look at your resume and it's like zero experience,
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but you came to me with that answer. And it's like, Hey, I've been running a tight ship. I didn't
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have the money to go to bootcamps and go to college or whatever, but I've self-taught. I've
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read these books. I've been doing this. I've been learning these things and, and you, and learned
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them well enough that you have an opinion about stuff. What does that tell me that you are hungry?
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Oh, you're hungry and you are humble. One of the top two traits that we look for when we hire people
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because possibilities become endless when we're hungry and we're humble and we care. And you are
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caring by putting in the effort to learn and grow. So I would focus, man, focus on growth,
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focus on learning, whatever it is that you want to learn, whatever career path you want to go into
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and get passionate about it, have some conviction around it so much that you could talk to it
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passionately. And that's going to resonate, um, on potential job interviews. And then I'd focus on
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whether it's side hustling to get some experience, or you may have to, you know, jump in entry level
00:31:45.700
or even look at paid internships. I know they don't pay as high, but maybe they pay close to
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what you're doing today. And that might be an avenue for you to get some experience as well.
00:31:58.420
Gabriel Rosenblum, what do you think is the biggest issue our country is facing? Transgender movement,
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the promotion and admiration of criminality, illegal immigration, divorce, fatherless homes,
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et cetera. I think, you know, the answer it's fatherless homes. It's single parent homes.
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I actually think that addresses the other issues. Yeah. Statistically. It probably does drastically.
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Dr. Warren Farrell's book, the boy crisis breaks down tons of the percentages of the probability of
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kids going to jail, being suicidal, suicidal depression, et cetera, when there's not a father
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in the home. And if you're a father that's in the home, don't think that you're the father in the
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home and you've already like addressed your part of the share. You got to show up powerfully in the
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home. So don't like get, you know, don't pass out of like, Oh, I'm showing up. I'm there, but I'm a
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stick. Be active father in the home. I think that's the biggest issue. I think the other issue
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Gabriel is, um, that I put there as far those homes. The next I'd put victim mentality, the lack of
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ownership and the belief that it is within your control. And then the last would be identity crisis.
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We are so wrapped up in thinking our value as a human is based upon popularity, based upon
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being quote unquote special and less about the actions and the results that we get in this world.
00:33:47.540
And people go running around, you know, thinking they're valuable by virtual signaling or I'm part
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of this class or whatever. It's like, no, you're not, you're not, you have the potential. You,
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you are valuable based upon your possibility and your potential, but until you act on it,
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you're contributing zero. And, and I would even argue, and this may be harsh, so I'm going to say it
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anyway, who cares? If you're not contributing in a positive way, then you're, then you're taken away.
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Not a contributing zero. You're bringing other people down. And, and I don't think,
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I don't think people see it that way. They, I even think in corporate America, I think they,
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I get a job and I'm in this department and they like latch onto this, like mediocrity of like,
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well, I'm valuable. Cause I show what results have you shown? What the hell are you doing about it?
00:34:50.700
Pride flags. I'm going to go on a tangent. They drive me mad. Why do they drive me mad? Here's
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the argument. The argument will be, well, Kip, by raising it, it's about the kids. They're suicidal.
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And this is our way of saying that we like support them. Right. And that, that we care really.
00:35:08.820
Okay. So let, let me, let me get this clear. If you are suicidal, what we want to do is perpetuate
00:35:18.480
the idea of seeking outside approval as a form of validation for your intrinsic value to the world.
00:35:28.120
Really? Is that what we teach our kids? Oh, son, you're depressed. Oh, well, let's try to get more
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likes on, uh, on social media and, and, and, you know, and, and all these, see, all these people are
00:35:43.620
liking your, your, your posts. So see, son, you're, you're, you're meaningful. You're valuable. You're loved.
00:35:49.420
No, you're not. And those people hitting the like or raising the flag, but yet don't know the person
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don't know the individual that's depressed. Doesn't know anything about them. They're not doing shit.
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You're not providing any value. If you guys hate something, if you don't like something,
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if you think something should be changed, regurgitating social media posts is not the way
00:36:20.020
you do it. You care, you know, in this, in this conversation, Gabriel, we're talking about
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father's homes. You care about father's homes. If you guys are in agreement with me, you're like,
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yeah, Kip, that's a big problem. Awesome. How many boys in your neighborhood don't have a father in
00:36:33.300
the home? And what are you doing to help? Are you coaching the little league team?
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Are you, are you coaching a team? Oh no. Only if my son's on the team, why not? If this is
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important to you, why aren't you doing it? We can run our mouths all day, man. I I'm just on this
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tangent. Like I'm so tired of everybody like staying, they give a shit about something, but yet doing
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nothing about it. So I would challenge even myself, this goes both ways. What am I doing about it?
00:37:09.500
We got to get off the bench and actually start playing the game and get on the court and make
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a difference and not just yell from the bench. That's not how it works. Ryan O'Hare, last question.
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Kip, a lot of your AMA answers include a commentary on how you show up and the energy and the vibe you're
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projecting on your family. I've had a feeling that I need to work on this. And this past weekend,
00:37:36.320
I got some visible visibility into what it is like from the other side. Can you and Mickler please
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provide some techniques you use to project a positive energy, especially when you're cranking
00:37:48.420
on the tasks around the house? How do you catch yourself if you are projecting frustration and
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stress? I've thought about taking the snow white advice whistle while you work, but my whistling
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might be more nails on chalkboard and less dad fun to be around. I like it, Ryan.
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And let me approach the answer from the perspective of I am the hypocrite at most.
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I don't do this very well. I do this from time to time. I'm aware of it and I struggle with this.
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And I don't know any better way of saying it than when I do this best, it's when I let go.
00:38:29.020
I let go of what was stressing me out earlier in the day. I'm letting go of the house not being
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perfect. I'm letting go of expectations and I am just present. And I just focus on being present.
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And I can be present and clean the house. So what do I do? House is a mess, right? House is a mess.
00:38:52.980
I come home, wife's out doing something. I want it clean. My default mentality is like, hey,
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pick up your shit. You know what I mean? Start yelling at people. Kids, really quick. Everyone
00:39:05.200
coming to the family room. So we all sit on the couch. All right, guys, really important. I want the
00:39:10.660
house clean. So what do we need to do? Let's make a list. What needs to be clean? Kika goes,
00:39:17.200
oh, the kitchens are okay. Awesome. Dishes. Put that on list. We're going to make a list of all
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the things. All right. Do we think we can get these all like almost like a challenge, like mission
00:39:26.480
impossible? You know, even like get quiet. Do we think we can do this? Do we think we can get this
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before mom gets home? No, I don't think we can. All right. What do we think we can accomplish?
00:39:38.000
And then what should our reward be? Right? Kind of back to what I was talking about earlier.
00:39:46.000
We don't want them doing it out of compliance. We want them to do it because they want to.
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How do we get them to want to clean the room? And for kids, it is make it fun.
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Now, the problem is, is it going to take twice as long, Ryan, to clean the house? Yeah, it is.
00:40:07.140
It would have been a lot quicker if you just got that shit done. You walked around like a pissed
00:40:11.820
off old man and yell at your kids, probably. But what's the long-term game? And I got this from
00:40:18.580
Ryan years ago, right? Do you want the room clean? Is that really the plan? Is that the goal?
00:40:24.400
The answer is no. The long game is to teach your children the value of taking care of their things,
00:40:34.400
being clean, being organized, being organized, and the value of doing something that they don't want
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to do and reach the delayed gratification of accomplishing something that was originally
00:40:50.120
not something fun. That is the game, right? That's the long-term strategy that we're going for.
00:40:56.640
So maybe pause, focus on why do I care? Let go of the expectations, focus on, all right,
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what am I trying to accomplish here? And it's not cleaning the house, even though that's how I feel
00:41:09.800
by default. And then figure out a way to make it fun and be playful with it. I'm a music guy.
00:41:16.440
I blast music, you know, maybe like, hey, clean the house. Everyone has to clean the house using
00:41:23.280
the hoverboard or like, I don't know, something silly like scooters or whatever, right? Or
00:41:30.000
something and, and, and, and, or come up with a reward of what you're all going to go out and get
00:41:36.020
ice cream. Once the house is all clean, make it about pleasing mom, about serving someone else,
00:41:40.860
not serving you, but serving mom and making her happy, how excited she's going to be.
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There's some ideas. Gentlemen, hopefully these questions resonate with you guys. I know it's
00:41:50.420
not as fun when it's a solo without Sean or Ryan, but we make do, we don't, we've never missed
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an episode. Ryan takes huge pride in us honoring that commitment. And so you guys got me today,
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but appreciate the questions. Hopefully they resonated. Continue the conversation, right? If,
00:42:10.640
if you didn't like one of these ping me and let's chat it out more and, or,
00:42:16.440
if you want to get someone else's point of view, send them the podcast, say, Hey, listen to this
00:42:20.560
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00:42:26.700
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