Thank you for your contributions to the community. I love seeing your contributions! @Jon Andrus @Bart Merrell @Renee Mohr @Adam Parry @Amy Koford

🪑 If you could sit on this bench for one hour and talk with anyone from your past… who would it be? They could be living or dead. A parent. A mentor. A friend you lost touch with. Or maybe a version of yourself from years ago. Now here’s the real question 👇 What would you ask them? What would you wish you had said? What truth do you think they would tell you that you’re avoiding right now? Most men don’t drift because they lack information. They drift because there are unfinished conversations living in their chest. This exercise isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about clarity. Sometimes the wisdom we’re chasing forward… is already waiting for us behind us. 👇 Your turn (don’t overthink it): • Who would you sit with? • Why them? • What’s the one question you’d ask? Say it out loud here. You never know who else needs to read it.

23 days ago, I asked you how many podcasts you want to appear on this year. @Bart Merrell said 80 @Jon Andrus said 6 and @Renee Mohr said she already has 12... So far we have booked for you @Aleksandra Ceho - 14 @Jenny C. Cohen - 11 @Willie Blake - 22 @Bart Merrell - 5 @Chris Shurian - 5 Tiffani Janowitz - 9 Brayden Black - 11 How are you doing with your goals?

Quitting your worst habit will change your life faster than starting your best habit. Most men try to stack good habits on top of a leaking foundation. Early mornings. Cold plunges. Journals. New workouts. All good things. But if you’re still: - Doom scrolling late at night - Drinking more than you should - Numbing out instead of dealing with stress - Carrying resentment, bitterness, or unchecked anger - Avoiding hard conversations - Letting negative self-talk run unchecked You’re pouring water into a bucket with a hole in the bottom. Stop the leak before you fill the bucket. One habit. One leak. That thing you already know is costing you energy, peace, discipline, and leadership at home. You don’t need 10 new habits right now. You need to remove the one that’s draining you. 👉 Question for the brotherhood: What’s the ONE habit you know you need to quit this year? Drop it below if you’re willing to own it. And if you want help plugging the leak, you know where to find me. Strength. Purpose. Legacy. Be the Rebel.

My 13 year old son was running the mitre saw. We needed 37 boards cut to size in order for the construction of the back deck not to come to a screeching halt. He'd never operated power tools before, and is one of the most cautious people I have ever known. He won't even watch Fail-Army on Youtube because he doesn't want to watch people get hurt. And yet, there he was when I walked out to the back deck. Grandpa had given him a tutorial, and left him at it, with gloves, ear and eye protection. I started helping him move boards around, but I let him lead the project. By the end, the confidence was there. I asked him this morning what moved him from SCARED, to JUST FINE (his words) He told me just two things: 1. Reassurance 2. Experience I would also add that instruction was a pivotal part of that. 1. Instruction 2. Reassurance 3. Experience When we learn to speak confidently, the ingredients are the same. Get instruction, Get reassurance, Gain Experience. That last one though - there are no shortcuts, there are no quick fixes, there are no workarounds. YOU have to put in the hours. YOU have to do the heavy lifting. YOU have to be the one to turn on the camera, and open your mouth. So if you want to get better at speaking, if you want to get booked on more stages, if you want to speak more - you must speak more.