We do need to be authentic and it is okay for men to have bad days and it is okay for you to express your

emotions in a constructive and positive way. There's a lot of people that get this concept of

stoicism wrong. That it's the suppression of emotion. That's not how I interpret stoicism.

To me it's understanding your emotions and then formulating a response or a behavior that will move your life in the right

direction. Kip, what's up, man? Great to have you here on this Friday afternoon, trying to close

out the week, and we've got a big, big lacrosse tournament. My two oldest boys are big into lacrosse. And they won their

first game last night. And my oldest had, uh, 10 points. So he had four goals and six assists. So

he tore it up yesterday. He did really, really good. And he almost killed a kid, which was kind of

hilarious. It's funny because there's a, since it's a tournament, the team that was playing next after

them was on the sideline that the teams aren't.

In lacrosse, both teams are on the same side of the field.

So the other side of the field is completely open.

And so they were warming up and stuff on the other side. And lacrosse is cool because for the most part, teams are really cool to each other. And they support each other. And they like to jackjaw, of course, and they're competitive. But they also like to cheer each other on. And my oldest breckin laid this kid out. Clean check. Lay this. mean, absolutely. Like, picked him up off the ground, decleted him. He fell down. He whacked the back of his head. And he kind of just like went limp. And all the guys on the sideline are like, ooh, that was awesome. And the kids just sprawled out, almost unconscious, laid there. And he did

get up on his own volition. But I was like, I think my son just killed a kid. Yeah, I remember one of

my older boys, he played lacrosse in his first year. It was funny because, you know, he's enjoying it.

Like he's, he's like, this is fun.

And then he learns that he can actually check people as long as he's holding the stick

correctly.

And then all of a sudden, like his face lit up.

He's like, ah, like his enjoyment and low cross drastically changed once he realized he

could do that.

Because at first he was getting penalized and stuff and he was like this sucks and then he realized like oh i just need to hold my stick

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