Kids don’t just need screen limits—they need real-world play to grow strong minds and healthy confidence. Without play, they miss out on building imagination, solving problems, and learning how to work with others. Dads play a big role in bringing that back. 

When fathers vanish, so does the foundation of masculinity. This episode unpacks how fatherhood—especially in broken families—is not just about presence but about principles, persistence, and pain. The difference between a boy who becomes a man and one who never leaves the basement may come down to one thing: did a father light the path, even when his son wouldn’t follow? 

“Literally every moment is an opportunity for you to show up in a loving, caring, compassionate, strong way as you.” 

“Modern medicine is great for keeping you alive, but they can’t teach you how to live well.” 

“If you are broke, you have to rely on daddy government.” 

“True self-confidence can only be gained through self-discipline.” 

“Be the hard man, be the virtuous one, be the disciplined one.” 

“Every time you make commitments and you hold them you get stronger. And every time you make commitments and you break them you get weaker.” 

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” 

“All you got to do… as long as the method that you’re doing helps you feel good while you’re thinking about what you have or what you want or both—you’re doing it right.” 

“A lot of times guys get stuck in the ego trap and they do stuff that actually feels good but doesn’t move the needle on anything.” 

“The most significant thing I ever learned was that 95% of my daily thoughts and actions are unconscious.” 

“All I’ve done is I’ve tried to take past experiences of pain that I’ve learned from and pour them in the other men who I’ve come to terms with.” 

“All I’ve done is I’ve tried to take past experiences of pain that I’ve learned from and pour them in the other men who I’ve come to terms with.” 

“Modern medicine is great for keeping you alive, but they can’t teach you how to live well.” 

“If you can tie your passion in with your brand, with your identity, that’s something that you’ll be more motivated and have that discipline to follow through on because it’s a part of who you are.”