Ken Rideout | Mindset, Discipline & Why Not You? (PART 2)
Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
#939. In Part 2, Ken Rideout gets into the mindset that took him from rock bottom… to doing things most people wouldn’t even attempt. We talk about why the hard path is usually the one that actually pays off, the truth about discipline (and why motivation isn’t enough), and how fear of embarrassment holds so many people back before they even start.
Ken opens up about some of the most embarrassing and painful moments of his life—from being publicly humiliated as a kid to the thoughts that followed—and how those moments shaped the way he thinks today.
We also get into obsession, identity, and whether it’s possible to truly change your mindset… even if you feel stuck. This part is full of perspective shifts, tough love, and the kind of honesty that might just make you rethink what you’re capable of.
Part 1 was the story… Part 2 is the takeaway!
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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
- (6:00) Why fear of embarrassment is the biggest thing holding people back
- (15:43) The most humiliating moment of his life—and how it shaped everything after.
- (39:40) The emotional moment he won the world championship.
- (42:35) The “why not you” mentality that can completely change how you see yourself.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Off the Vine is brought to you by Tonal. Right now Tonal is offering our listeners |
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| 0:18.8 | You're listening to Off the Vine with Caitlin Bristow. |
| 0:23.3 | Hey, Vino's real quick. |
| 0:24.9 | If you are listening right now, which obviously you are, you wouldn't be hearing this, |
| 0:28.1 | can you hit the subscribe or follow button on whatever platform you're on? |
| 0:31.8 | Please, that one simple thing helps more than you even realize it allows me to keep growing on this podcast and making these episodes the best they can possibly be obviously for you. That's the only favorite I'm going to ever ask. Okay, it truly means the world to me. Thank you. Now let's get into it. Okay, Vinas, welcome back to part two of my conversation with Ken Wrightout. I love this conversation. If you haven't listened to part one yet, pause this and go back because you're going to want the full story leading into this. |
| 0:57.1 | In this part, we get even deeper into everything, his mindset, the defining moments, and honestly, |
| 1:01.3 | some of the most powerful takeaways from our entire conversation. So let's get right back into it. |
| 1:05.9 | For people like who are such go getters, I feel like it's so important to have both. |
| 1:10.3 | Like you are such a go-getter |
| 1:11.5 | in work and business and exercise. And to match that with like a go-getter and trying to be a |
| 1:18.0 | better person all the time is really important. So I'm glad that you are into that. |
| 1:22.4 | Thank you. But I would say that the go-getter and the all um, all the kinds of things that you just said, |
| 1:28.1 | those are survival tools. |
| 1:29.5 | Like when I haven't lived my life like that, that's, I hope people are listening to this. |
| 1:34.5 | I get it on the surface, I can seem very aggressive and a go-getter and I'm doing all this. |
| 1:38.7 | When I haven't done that and stayed on the gas and being aggressive with everything that I do, |
| 1:43.2 | I'm looking for relief |
| 1:45.1 | through drugs and other shortcuts. |
| 1:47.5 | And the easy road has never paid well. |
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