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🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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In this Ask Me Anything episode, Ryan and Kipp kick things off with a lighthearted but revealing conversation before diving into listener questions on purpose, vision, balance, and meaning.
They explore why men struggle to articulate what they want, how early conditioning shapes silence, and what happens when men open up and feel shut down. The discussion also tackles work-life balance, daily meaning versus long-term purpose, and why purpose is built through action, not found through thinking alone.
00:00 Christmas Check-In and Opening Banter
01:12 Viral Knife Story and Public Reactions
09:42 AMA Begins: Getting the Most from the Iron Council
16:57 Vision vs Character Traits
19:34 Why Men Are Conditioned Not to Want
20:17 What Happens When Men Open Up
30:53 Work, Home, and Community Balance
39:20 Finding Meaning in the Mundane
47:29 Purpose Is Built Through Action
50:16 Christmas Reflections and Closing Remarks
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| 0:00.0 | in romantic relationships where the minute a man shares what he needs, he's looked at as weak. Oh, you need attention? What kind of man needs attention? Now, I don't think a woman's going to say it as overtly as that, but that's what her messaging is. If a guy says, hey, babe, I really want to connect on a deeper level. And she's like, well, something doesn't go your way. You tell me about |
| 0:22.0 | all the things that you need. And so what ends up happening is she ends up shutting a man down. And so |
| 0:26.5 | he buries it and he stuffs it. And then she says, why doesn't he share his emotions? |
| 0:33.3 | Kip, what's up, man? So good to see. We are as of the release of this podcast on Christmas Eve. So Merry Christmas a little bit early. Yeah, Merry Christmas as well. Are you, are you all, I hope at this point you're already because it's tomorrow. So yeah, we're recording this about three or four days early. So if you're like most men or myself, |
| 0:56.0 | you're not completely ready yet. No, there's always something, right? But, um, yeah, I like, |
| 1:02.8 | I used to beat myself up like, oh, you know, this is how it should be. I should be better prepared. |
| 1:07.0 | It's like, yeah, but would I, do I really want to? Do I want to be wrapping presents like in November? Not really. Like I kind of like the hustle and the bustle of it and focusing on giving for others during the month and things like that. So it's all good, man. But it's been a good holiday season so far. How about you? Yeah, really good. I was actually going to tell you, I saw that you had a post that went absolutely viral several weeks ago. |
| 1:33.4 | And I meant to bring it up. |
| 1:34.5 | And I forgot to bring that up. |
| 1:36.3 | It's crazy, huh? |
| 1:37.6 | So what's so tell what the video was. |
| 1:40.8 | I don't know what it was, but tell them what the video was. |
| 1:43.4 | And then I'm actually |
| 1:44.4 | really curious, what was the ramifications of like tens of millions of people watching this video? |
| 1:52.7 | Yeah, it's, it's wild. So the scenario is this. You know, we went downtown to go to a comedy |
| 1:58.6 | show, the wife and I. |
| 2:05.5 | I have everyday carry, typically, a number of items. |
| 2:08.9 | I did a good job on the bigger items. |
| 2:12.6 | And I get up to the metal detectors at the Delta Center. |
| 2:15.0 | And I, like, check my pockets, make sure they're empty. |
| 2:15.9 | And I have my knife. And I'm like yeah you've got to be |
| 2:18.1 | joking and and and the guy's like oh I can throw it away for you and I'm like uh no you're not |
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