In this week’s ASK ME ANYTHING, Ryan Michler and Kipp Sorensen take on your questions from the Iron Council and Order of Man Facebook Group. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. ⠀ SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (0:00) Episode Intro (11:20) What is a leadership trait you admire? (24:35) What do each of your children say about you when you’re not in the room? (31:14) Best piece of advice for someone going through divorce, and what is the hardest part about going through...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you feel like you’re not reaching your full potential? So many men know there is more to life and more to what they’re capable of doing. But, at times, we all fail to realize what we know, deep down within us, that we can accomplish. So, what then do we lack if we know what we want but fail to obtain it. I believe the answer is systems to ensure that we’re on the path to success. My guest believes that as well. His name is Jeff Karp . He is a biomedical engineer at Harvard Medical School and ...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler discusses dressing for success, common misconceptions about this concept, and how to elevate how you look and present yourself. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (0:00) Episode intro (10:30) Looking like a slob will deter someone from reaching out and trying to further engage with you (11:28) Make sure what you are wearing is in alignment with who you want to be (12:58) Investing in your...
Mar 22, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s ASK ME ANYTHING, Ryan Michler and Kipp Sorensen take on your questions from the Iron Council and Order of Man Facebook Group. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (0:00) Episode Intro (18:49) Is there a happy middle ground in planning your day, and tips to improve on day to day organization? (25:33) Have you felt frustration in your kids bushing your boundaries, and how do you combat it? (31:35) Best way to find a new part...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Men are called to lead. But too many men lack the skillset to do it effectively. That’s the badnews. The good news is that much of the skillset required to lead can be learned, developed,and harnessed to serve the people you care about. It’s just a matter of whether or not mendecide to invest in the tools available to better their lives and the lives of the people around them. My guests today, Ryan Hawkand Brook Cupps, know a lot about the tools required as they areboth extremely successful in l...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler discusses SIX Key things you can incorporate into your life to get you back on track when you screw up. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS You must realize that you can’t undo the past—own the mistake Begin to make amends Ask for expectations when it is appropriate Changing your behavior Have check ins Having your own personal after action review Battle Planners: Pick yours up today! Orde...
Mar 15, 2024•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s ASK ME ANYTHING, Ryan Michler and Kipp Sorensen take on your questions from the Iron Council and Order of Man Facebook Group. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. ⠀ SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (0:00) Episode Intro (20:54) What are the differences between the periods of pushing hard towards your goals to the point of overextending oneself and experiencing mental burnout? (36:48) If someone had started listening to the OOM pod years ago but stopped, sh...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hollywood is at the forefront of the sexualization of society. Unfortunately, many in the entertainment industry just aren’t willing to speak up and against what is taking place and working to combat that sexualization and the increasing pornography epidemic. But it’s not only that, much of the way we see culture is shaped through the lens of what Hollywood wants to promote, not necessarily what we want to see. My guest today has been inside since he was just a boy. His name is Ricky Schroder an...
Mar 12, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler discusses the SIX key things that you can do to find your battle to fight, and why it’s important to have a battle. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS SIX key things that you can do to find your battle: Questions to ask yourself to find your fight (see below) Creating your plan What’s your next first step? Continue to make yourself more capable Enlist other men into your battle Look at th...
Mar 08, 2024•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s ASK ME ANYTHING, Ryan Michler and Kipp Sorensen take on your questions from the Iron Council and Order of Man Facebook Group. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. ⠀ SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (17:54) Do you ever feel yourself feeling cynical about the world, and how do you overcome that feeling? (25:06) What are some strategies around building self worth outside of what’s going on at work? (29:35) At what age do you take a boy from being provided fo...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast You know as well as I do the world needs more capable men. Inherently, we all want to do right by the people we love and care about, but the question is, are we doing anything about it? It can be a challenge to take care of ourselves with all the demands of life but the demands of life require that we operate at our fullest potential. My guest today, Jason Khalipa , is a man who knows all too well what it takes to succeed at the highest level and be there for our people. He is a Crossfit Games C...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler talks about the concept of sovereignty and the four realms of our lives that it encompasses. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 4 realms of sovereignty in our lives Faith: Is it your sovereignty, or God’s sovereignty? Friends and family: Having integrity in yourself Fitness: Are you exactly where you want to be? Finances: Getting yourself out of debt Order of Man Merchandise. Pick yours u...
Mar 01, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s ASK ME ANYTHING, Ryan Michler and Kipp Sorensen take on your questions from the Iron Council and Order of Man Facebook Group. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. ⠀ SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (10:34) What are the top three things to be prepared for when things go awry? (19:54) What is your soul crushing MMA move? (22:14) Have you ever pressure tapped (MMA)? (25:16) What kind of filters do you use in the decision making process, if any? (39:02) Is th...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our conversation today is a great follow-up to the conversation we had with Hollywood actor and producer, Kevin Sorbo, last week. We have to fight the issues where they are and, right now, entertainment and sports are at the front of the battleground to capture, and re-define what manliness looks like in the west today. I’m not interested in letting that happen and neither are my guests, Jake Crain, Blain Crain, and David Cone . They are the hosts of Crain & Company where they discuss cultural c...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler discusses what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 5 Things to be aware of when starting a business It’s going to take a lot of time and energy up front, and become more efficient overtime. Additional costs continue to accrue. You’re going to make mistakes along the way. Learning how to communicate with all sorts of different people. There’s a challe...
Feb 23, 2024•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s ASK ME ANYTHING, Ryan Michler and Steve Baumgartner take on your questions from the Iron Council and Order of Man Facebook Group. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (0:00) Episode Intro (8:09) How important is hazing, and how do you know that it’s gone too far? (14:36) How do you make habits that contribute to having discipline and consistency. (24:17) When you’ve taken on a lot of responsibilities and start to feel like...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s no great surprise that many of our cultural institutions are actively rallying against masculinity and the virtues that made this country great. Nowhere is that truer and more accurate than with the Hollywood elites who shape much of the cultural ideology that is so pervasive in society today. Today, I am joined by actor, Kevin Sorbo , to talk about what it looks like from the inside and how he (and others) are working to shift the cultural and societal conversation happening there. Today, ...
Feb 20, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler discusses the concept of not settling. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 5 Ways You Can Develop Your Courage Look at life as a game Making more courageous decisions today Surround yourself with courageous individuals Practice being courageous We can hedge the risk in our lives by operating in abundance and developing sovereignty Battle Planners are back in stock. Pick yours up today! Ord...
Feb 16, 2024•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler discusses the importance of actually doing the work and not just planning and thinking about it. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (2:16) What do you think stops men from deciding to make improvements today? (22:14) How long have Kipp and Ryan known each other? (30:31) Talk about forgiveness of yourself and others and the impact that it has on the work around us. (45:46) What are the thr...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today is a man who spent 15 years behind bars trying to figure out how to get out of the destructive patterns and habits he had acquired growing up with violence, gangs, and drugs. And, although not all of us have been convicted and segregated from society, I think each and every one of us can relate with what it takes to overcome adversity and setback. He goes by the name of Che and, today, we talk about emotional control, learning to forgive yourself for past wrongdoings, in what ways...
Feb 13, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler discusses the concept of not settling. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 5 mindsets you can incorporate to ensure that you aren’t settling Believe that you are worth more than you think you are No one owes us anything ou’re either growing or dying in life You already have everything you need to succeed in life Some people will want you to succeed and others will not Battle Planners are b...
Feb 09, 2024•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s ASK ME ANYTHING, Ryan Michler and Alan Placer take on your questions from the Iron Council and Order of Man Facebook Group. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. ⠀ SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (4:02) What advice can you give to men trying to start their own business, and the first steps to venturing into self-employment? (12:00) What are the first three things you would do if you were to start a brand new business without using any of your current fund...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today is a man who is not only comfortable with violence, but he’s also comfortable with empathy, compassion, and forgiveness. And, I think that is EXACTLY what makes us men – the ability to administer violence and the capacity to restrain ourselves and harness it for good. His name is Victor Marx , a high-risk humanitarian. And, today he is here to talk about what is really going to down in Israel, the risk it poses to the United States, the fight of good and evil in society today, sur...
Feb 06, 2024•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler asks one simple question: What would the man I want to be do? Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS How to become the man that you want to be: You must identify who that man is Ask yourself what you notice about other men that you respect. Detach yourself from the result Battle Planners are back in stock. Pick yours up today! Order Ryan's new book, The Masculinity Manifesto . For more inform...
Feb 02, 2024•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s ASK ME ANYTHING, Ryan Michler and Kipp Sorensen take on your questions from the Iron Council and Order of Man Facebook Group. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. ⠀ SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (0:00) Episode intro ⠀ (8:33) What are some of the best ways to strengthen and improve consistency? (19:02) How do you recover from burnout, and what are some ways to combat imposter syndrome when taking on a moonshot goal? (32:43) Who are your top 3-5 bucket l...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast So many men aspire to build a thriving, rewarding business. They’re dissatisfied with their work and know there is something more to both their personal and professional lives. But very few men know how to do it. My guest today, Noah Kagan , is a man who does as he has a track-record of creating multiple million-dollar organizations. And, he’s here to peel back the curtain and show us how in his newest book, The Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in...
Jan 30, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler discusses why it’s so important that you learn to ask for what you want in life. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS FIVE key things that you can incorporate in order to ask for what you want Know what you want. Know what you offer. Avoid attaching your worth to rejection. Ask for feedback. Experiment with asking for things in low consequence environments. Battle Planners are back in stock...
Jan 26, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s ASK ME ANYTHING, Ryan Michler and Shawn Villalovos take on your questions from the Iron Council and Order of Man Facebook Group. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. ⠀ SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (0:00) Episode Intro (2:06) What are the nutrient dense and high protein items you utilize for your diet? (15:14) When did you both realize that you had a desire to make a difference in the lives of men? (32:34) Is there any way to get the word out there to ...
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast I don’t really believe there is an excuse to be broke in today’s society. But there are factors that contribute to both the mindset and the behaviors that keep many men from financial prosperity. But once you become a man, I think your excuses expire. You, after all, are responsible for your own financial abundance and prosperity. In fact, it’s one of the core tenants of manliness – to provide. Today, I’m joined by Dave Ramsay Personality, George Kamel , to talk about what keeps us from achievin...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s FRIDAY FIELD NOTES, Ryan Michler discusses telling yourself the truth, why it’s important, and how you can incorporate the truth into your life. Hit Ryan up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share what’s working in your life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS FIVE tactics to becoming more honest You have to make a commitment to the truth regardless of any pain involved. Quantify your results. Surround yourself with truth tellers. Do not let your emotions sabotage you. Tell the truth to other people....
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