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Order of Man

Ryan Michler

Business, Health, Leadership, Relationships, Man, Society & Culture, Intellect, Style, Lifestyle, Money, Selfdevelopment, Wealth, Fitness, Selfhelp, Nutrition

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Join Ryan Michler and Kipp Sorensen in this engaging AMA episode of the Order of Man podcast. They kick off with light-hearted banter on Labor Day plans and "fake holidays," then dive into a headline sparking debate: Cracker Barrel's logo change and why people fixate on trivial issues.

Listener questions cover helping kids handle bullies, pacing new relationships, picky eaters, prioritizing battle plan tactics, monetizing podcasts, hard-fought life lessons, and staying focused amid chaos. Packed with practical advice on masculinity, family, and self-improvement.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 - Opening Banter and Setup
00:58 - Weekend Plans and Labor Day Discussion
02:45 - Headline: Cracker Barrel Logo Controversy
11:50 - Helping Kids Navigate Bullies
25:11 - Pacing a New Relationship
37:23 - Dealing with Picky Eaters
40:38 - Prioritizing Battle Plan Tactics
43:23 - Monetizing Podcasts and Iron Council Origins
45:45 - Biggest Hard-Fought Lessons
01:07:22 - Maintaining Focus in Crises
01:21:49 - Episode Wrap-Up and Calls to Action

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0:00.0	You've got your process, you've got the priorities, you've made decisions, you've got the right people involved, you've looked at what resources need to happen, and now you're going to act on that. And then once you act, this is why it's called a loop, you act, and then you go right back, did this work? Now we're back in observation. Did this work? What impact did it make with my family? What impact did it make with my business? What impact did it make with my family what impacted it make with my business what impacted it make with my health and you
0:24.3	go through the process again the UDUILU is powerful you're a man of action
0:30.5	you live life to the fullest embrace your fears and boldly charge your own
0:34.8	path when life knocks you down you get back up one more time,
0:38.3	every time. You are not easily deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient, strong. This is your life.
0:46.3	This is who you are. This is who you will become. At the end of the day, and after all is said and done,
0:52.3	you can call yourself a man. Kip, what's up, brother? Good to see you. Glad we could do this Monday morning. Very excited after a long, productive weekend. Maybe not that long, but definitely productive to get back to things. So good to see you, man. Yeah. Got to buckle down last weekend, right? Because we have holiday weekend coming up. You have plans for
1:11.6	Labor Day? I do, yeah. Fake holidays are always interesting to me. This is one I consider a fake
1:19.3	holiday. That's why I brought it up. I talked to people about this. Yeah. I actually am going to be
1:24.4	taking Labor Day as if that should be a holiday off this year.
1:29.8	My girlfriend's coming down with her kids, so we're going to spend the weekend together with my kids, her kids.
1:35.1	There is a big local fair where I am and parade and all the things.
1:41.1	So we're going to do that.
1:42.1	And then I'm going to take Monday off for Labor Day.
1:45.5	And by the way, fake holidays,
1:47.0	let me just explain what that means.
1:49.3	Government holidays.
1:50.4	That's what that means to me.
1:52.8	Now, look, I know a lot of other holidays
1:56.1	are now recognized by the government.
1:57.9	That's not what I'm saying.
1:58.9	The birth of Christ is not a fake holiday.
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