Ken Rideout

So I wish there was an easy answer, but it's like Jocko's book, you know, take an extreme, extreme responsibility.

You have to take extreme responsibility for yourself.

You're only doing this once.

Your physique, the way you take care of yourself, that's a byproduct of hard work.

but that tells another person everything they need to know about you.

No one wants to do business with someone who comes in all disheveled and sloppy and they look like they don't care about themselves.

Your mental and physical health is your number one responsibility in the world.

It has to come before even your family because if you don't take care of yourself,

they're going to take care of you.

That's my biggest fear is that my children have to worry about me.

I want to be like the pillar of strength until I can't do it anymore.

And to me, that's like much later in life.

And I want them to recognize that their dad was there showing up, honoring himself and showing up with confidence and showing up like a dad is supposed to.

Like, that's my dad over there.

If there's any problems, my dad's going to settle it.

And it's not about being tough, but it's like,

taking responsibility for yourself in a way that looks like, yeah, I care deeply about the things that are important to me and there is no bigger.

We all have that responsibility from the cradle to the grave.

No one can tell you, Ed, to go work out today.

No one can tell you what to eat for breakfast.