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Order of Man

Ryan Michler

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4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Ask Me Anything series, Ryan Michler and Kipp Sorenson dive into hard-hitting questions from listeners about fatherhood, masculinity, personal growth, and navigating life’s toughest transitions. They discuss what it means to be a man in today’s culture, the power of physical discipline, balancing martial arts training, and overcoming shame and failure.

With raw honesty and practical insight, they challenge men to take ownership, build resilience, and lead with purpose—especially when life demands a reinvention from the ground up.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
00:00 News & personal updates
14:22 Devotional roles: husband, father, son
22:43 Thoughts on Liver King
28:18 Balancing jiu-jitsu with other martial arts
34:47 Leading yourself through life transitions
42:43 Fitness and its impact on mindset and leadership
52:53 Training goals into your 50s, 60s & 70s
55:34 Identity, inner dialogue, and breakthrough moments

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0:00.0	Don't let God humble you.
0:02.9	And what I mean by that is if you wait until God humbles you, it's going to be a lot more
0:07.8	painful than if you do it yourself preemptively.
0:10.7	Because he has a really good way of teaching you lessons that stick.
0:15.8	So you want to talk about getting punched in the face repeatedly?
0:19.3	Let God handle your humility. And you'll figure
0:23.7	out really quick, I don't want to learn my lesson that way anymore. So you should be preemptive
0:28.8	in your humility. You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest. Embrace your fears
0:35.3	and boldly chart your own path. When life knocks you down,
0:38.7	you get back up one more time, every time. You are not easily deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient,
0:45.9	strong. This is your life. This is who you are. This is who you will become. At the end of the day,
0:52.0	and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man.
0:57.0	Tip, it looks like you're still in Hawaii. Are you just going to become a permanent resident?
1:02.0	Or like, what's your plan over there?
1:04.0	If it were up for my wife and kids, yeah.
1:07.0	You know, it's really great. One of my daughters, for whatever reason, she's been on this kick of I want to live in
1:13.6	Spain.
1:14.6	Oh, really?
1:15.6	Have you guys been to Spain?
1:16.6	Yeah.
1:17.6	Yeah.
1:18.6	And she's like, when I get older, I'm moving to Spain.
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