CRAIG BALLANTYNE | When Discipline Becomes Too Fragile
Order of Man
Ryan Michler
4.8 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
You're listening to a men's self-help podcast so it's safe to assume that you're interested in becoming more disciplined, structured, and productive. But there is a side of discipline that many of the self-help gurus won't talk to you about – when discipline becomes a liability more than an asset.
My guest today, Craig Ballantyne, joins me to talk about what that even means, what it looks like, and what to do about it. We also cover why it's so important that you plan your days out months in advance, how to keep yourself from distractions but building in flexibility to your day, how much a man can get done in what he calls, "slivers of time," and why you should never paint yourself into a box you don't belong.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 - Introduction
01:12 - Discipline and rigidity: the downside of structure
03:30 - Parenthood, resilience, and slivers of time
07:30 - The balance between discipline and flexibility
10:00 - Craig's life in Mexico and bilingual family life
14:30 - Managing distractions and time boundaries
17:30 - The true cost of meetings and decision-focused teams
21:00 - Structuring family and bedtime routines
25:00 - Delegation, priorities, and focusing on purpose
28:00 - Fear of delegation and how to fill your reclaimed time
30:00 - Deep work, planning, and monthly focus blocks
35:00 - Combating boredom and sustaining focus
37:00 - The myth of "always enjoying the grind"
41:00 - Planning the next month and long-term thinking
46:00 - Changing self-talk and removing limiting language
49:00 - Childhood patterns and self-imposed boxes
51:00 - Overcoming introversion and building social confidence
55:00 - Selflessness, service, and growth through discomfort
56:00 - Craig's books and where to connect
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to a men's self-help podcast, so it's safe to assume that you're interested in becoming more disciplined, structured, and productive. |
| 0:10.0 | But there is a side of discipline that many of the self-help gurus will not talk with you about, and that is when discipline becomes a liability more than an asset. |
| 0:22.5 | My guest today, Craig Ballantyne, |
| 0:28.0 | joins me to talk about what that even means, what it looks like, and what to do about it. |
| 0:32.1 | We also cover why it's so important that you plan your days out months in advance, |
| 0:40.5 | how to keep yourself from distractions, but building flexibility into your day, how much a man can get done and what he calls slivers of time and why you should never paint yourself into a box you don't belong. |
| 0:46.0 | You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest. Embrace your fears and boldly chart your |
| 0:50.9 | own path. When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time, every time. |
| 0:56.2 | You are not easily deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient, strong. |
| 1:01.3 | This is your life. |
| 1:02.4 | This is who you are. |
| 1:03.8 | This is who you will become. |
| 1:05.5 | At the end of the day, and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man. |
| 1:11.7 | Gentlemen, welcome to the Order of Man podcast. I am your host. I'm also the founder of this |
| 1:16.3 | movement to reclaim and restore masculinity. And we've been going strong for 10 years now. |
| 1:21.9 | Very excited that you're tuning in, very excited for this conversation, and also very hopeful |
| 1:26.7 | and optimistic about the growth that we've |
| 1:29.9 | been experiencing lately and what I see happening is we roll into the remainder of 2025 into |
| 1:35.9 | 2006. I've got some big plans. I'm going to start introducing and rolling out to you. So |
| 1:41.5 | stay tuned. And also, if you would, make sure, I'm just going to ask |
| 1:45.5 | this real quick before we get into it. If you would just leave a rating and review for this podcast, |
| 1:49.7 | we're getting close to, I want to say last time I looked about 9,000 reviews on Apple Podcasts. |
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