The Small Things are the Big Things, Learning to Listen, and Stop Digging Holes | ASK ME ANYTHING

Order of Man

Ryan Michler

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4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this week's Ask Me Anything, Ryan and Kipp tackle questions about rebuilding from loss, finding purpose, and leading your family with meaning. They discuss biblical masculinity, staying present with family, being reliable in relationships, and helping kids find purpose.

Ryan also shares lessons from his recent travels and interviews, emphasizing the value of simplicity, responsibility, and action. A thought-provoking, practical conversation for men striving to live intentionally and lead well.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 – Ryan's return and recent adventures
02:40 – YouTube update and setup
03:05 – Losing everything and rebuilding
13:05 – Biblical masculinity and fulfillment
20:59 – Listening, memory, and reliability in marriage
33:10 – Balancing ambition with being present
40:13 – Helping kids find purpose
47:12 – Framing and managing pain
53:48 – Closing thoughts and promotions

Transcript

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0:00.0	Men are generally pretty good at the big things.
0:03.0	You know what we're not good at, the little things.
0:05.0	Your wife says, hey, will you take out the trash cans this morning to the curb before you go to work? And you don't. Or she says, hey, on the way home, can you pick up a gallon of milk? Can you say, sure? And you don't. It's these little things that I think over time, it's like death by a thousand cuts. I think you have to be more intentional about the little things than you do about the big things.
0:25.6	Because the big things will get taken care of you.
0:27.6	It's in front of your face.
0:28.5	You'll see it.
0:29.3	But those little things, man, that is sinister.
0:33.3	Kip, what's up, man?
0:34.3	It's good to be back after being gone last week.
0:38.1	You would, excuse me, you and Jay handled it all on your own.
0:41.4	We tried.
0:42.6	How did it go?
0:43.8	I, you know, I'm following you on the social, so I'm pretty, pretty excited to hear, you know, your report back on why you missed our recording last week.
0:53.1	Oh, man, it was awesome. Yeah, I went to Kentucky and I met
0:56.2	with Dwayne Noel. And I've had this idea lately of just going to hang out with and spend
1:03.3	time with some of the men that I've interviewed, some other men that I want to be able to spend
1:07.2	some time with who are doing interesting manly stuff and uh duane is is is a
1:14.1	horseman and so i i messaged him i said hey let's do this we've been planning this for months
1:18.7	and uh we've both had to cancel once or twice but anyways we finally make it work and yeah i went
1:25.3	out there said just put me to work that's all i want just put me to work. That's all I want. Just put me to work.
1:28.0	And then I'll interview you in real time. We'll take some video and then we'll sit down at
1:32.1	some point and do do a podcast. So went out to his his property there in Kentucky, rural Kentucky.
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