If I walk into a room and I can't tell

who's in charge, I assume it's me. This

is probably the most motivating

statement that I ever heard from one of

my mentors probably five or six years

ago. And I think it's so true because

everybody's always looking for what

somebody else is going to do. They're

waiting for somebody else to step up and

take charge of the situation. You'll

hear people say stuff like, "You know

what they should do? you know, you know,

I can't believe they haven't done this

yet. I can't believe they let that

happen. Who's going to do something

about this? And they never they never

just assume that it's them that should

take charge, that it's them that should

be the catalyst in this situation. You

know, it could go for your health, it

could go for a job situation, it could

go for changing your community, it could

go for just espousing ideas, right?

There's plenty of uh political

volatility going on right now, as you

could say, and plenty of people are just

cool with keeping their thoughts

themselves and letting all this garbage

fester around in the ecosystem and

whatnot. But same deal, like everybody's

as far as health goes, everybody's

always talking about, I can't believe

that they allow this to be in the food.

I can't believe that this is the water

that they're giving us. Everything that

you need is available somewhere as far

as you know choosing the most anabolic

foods. Everything that's going to

supercharge your hormonal function so

you can transform from the inside out.

It's available. You just have to think

two steps ahead. You just have to think

for yourself a little bit instead of

being uh you know instead of just

accepting what you're handed what

they're handing to the masses rather

handing to the people that aren't going

to think for themselves. And that's what

I want to impress upon you in this video

is to just think for yourself, right?

Instead of thinking, okay, who's going

to step up and do this? Assume that it's

you. Nobody is going to take charge in

in a lot of situations, right? Like

everybody's going to wait around until

something happens. But sometimes you

just got to be able to see the

opportunity as it stands in front of

you. And this this goes into what I

would like to call um and and what I've

I've really tried to embody in my life

as uh extreme ownership. There's a book

by Jaco Willink which goes into this in

depth which I highly recommend that you

you read and or get the audio book. I

first read this and and listened to it

when I was in uh insurance sales back in

I believe 2020 is when I would listen to

this book specifically. Um, and it's

it's something that's been used in

different sales organizations, but also

uh when I was down in St. Louis, uh,

back in May with the Modern Exodus, that

was one of the main books that they

recommend to everybody in their staff at

First Form, First Form headquarters down

in St. Louis. Andy Fcella is a beast and

he's one of the people that really tries

to live by this concept of extreme

ownership. And that's not necessarily

just taking charge, but also taking

accountability when it's not even fair,

okay? Cuz a lot of the stuff that that

goes on regarding health, right? A lot

of the stuff that we have available to

us today, it's kind of unfair that these

are the choices that we have to eat in

terms of food versus like, you know, 100

years ago, it was all organic, holistic,

like, you know, grass-fed. It wasn't

processed. There wasn't a bunch of seed

oils pumped into it. You know, it

wasn't, you know, cooked and and baked

with like microwaves and all these

different EMFs. There's all sorts of

different tangents I could go on right

now. And it just is kind of unfortunate

and unfair that we have to think a

little bit harder and pay extra money so

that we don't have poison in our food.

That's honestly a truth bomb if you

think about it. But though it is not

fair, that doesn't matter. What good is

it going to do for you? Just talking

about how unfair it is. That's like the

epitome of the victim mindset is just

whining about it. Whining without any uh

intention of going after it and like

tackling the the problem, right? And and

trying to advance the situation to

something bigger, better that you would

actually uh en enjoy, right? So though

it is unfair, who cares? Okay. extreme

ownership like in this book um you know

by Jaco Willink he talks about in

different uh you know missions and

whatnot in the I believe it was the the

Navy Seals um they basically had to

accept ex accept accountability for

messups and screw-ups that weren't even

their fault, right? Like if you're at

the top of the chain of command and

somebody else on your team screws up, is

it their fault or is it your fault?

Right now, you could very well say that

it is their fault. Like, I did all this

different stuff and they still screwed

up. But what good does that do to you?

Because you really can't take control

over your life until you take

accountability for everything that

happens in your life and exactly where

you are today. You can't be talking

about, oh, I'm in this position because

of this, this, or that. It's all because

of you. All right? Assume that it's you

that got you to this place. Because if

it's not you that got you to this place,

then what's going on? Are you just at

the whim of the world? Are you ever

going to have control over your health

or your your career, your family, right?

Like your your social circle? Are you

ever going to have control over any of

that stuff if it's not really your your

um you know your fault per se? And just

accept that it is your fault, right?

Like you have the job you do because of

the decisions you made prior to this and

don't be thinking about, okay, I got

fired from the situation where it wasn't

actually fair. Like there probably was a

way to prevent that. even things that

did work out for you. Um, that arguably

is your fault as well. Like all the

successes in your world, in your life,

you can take accountability for those

and get pumped up by those, right? But

you also have to take accountability for

all the failures because that's just

kind of the balance of life, right? Like

things are going to work out and things

are not going to work out. But that

doesn't change the mindset and that

doesn't change the plan of attack. You

should always be looking to take control

of the situation and accept

accountability for where you are.

Because if you're not, then you're just

going to be one of these people that's

complaining about the government, right?

You're you're complaining about women.

You're complaining about how how this

little girl hurt you so bad, how the

government, you know, is is is

infringing on your freedom and all this

different stuff. You can take care of

yourself. Okay? It's not anybody else's

fault, but your own the the uh

discomfort that you're experiencing in

life right now. You may have not wanted

it to happen. I'm not saying that you're

inflicting this stuff on yourself

personally, but that's just how it goes.

Um, and I think everybody's just got to

take a step back every now and again and

just think about, okay, am I really just

going through the motions and listening

to what everybody else is telling me to

do? Am I just f like are these my real

goals? Are these the things that I

actually want for myself or is it just

because the world is telling me that I

want it? Right? Like I was talking about

Sydney Sweeney the other day with a

friend of mine and um I there's some

sort of feud going on in the in the uh

media right now about I don't know some

ad or something like that. I wasn't even

talking about that. I was explaining how

she's not even the most attractive girl

you've ever seen, right? but she's like

the poster child for the hottest woman

on earth or something like that. She's

only hot because the media tells you

that she is. And the more that the media

tells you that she is and everybody

agrees with the media, the more you'll

start to believe it and you start to be

at the whim of the world. So, are you

really, you know, in control of your

thoughts? Are you are you actually like

striving towards the things that you

want in life or are you just kind of

swimming in the wake of whatever the the

global machine is pushing for? Okay. Are

you just kind of suffering through your

genetics? Right? Are you a hard gainer?

Are you predisposed to being bigger

boned or or whatever narrative that your

family has been has been reiterating

generation after generation? You could

be the like Ed Milelet. You could be the

one that changes your bloodline forever

if you take advantage of the opportunity

that you've got every single day. Okay?

You've got an opportunity to ch like you

you don't have to keep following the

motions that you've been following even

right now. You might be be feeling like

you're you're making some pretty good

progress in life, but is it is it the

perfect path? Is it the most optimal

path for right now? Is it a straight

shot to your goal? I was we we were uh

talking around the fire the other night.

I actually made another video at that

specific fire. After that video was

done, we ripped for another like three

three hours or so. Um but in that video,

uh or not in the video, but afterwards,

I was asking my friends like, "What's

the most radical thing that you could do

right now?" Like I'm always trying to

think about this because it it really is

easy to just all of a sudden get into

the motions, right? You're just you're

doing what you need to do to make money.

You're you're feeding yourself the same

foods every day. You're going to the

same places with the same friends. And

it's tough to think about, okay, am I

actually enjoying this? Am I actually

like progressing from this? Am I

actually um am I actually getting what

like the the the worth for for the

effort that I'm putting in that I think

I should get and it can be a really good

um way to shake up the box, right? If

you just think about what's the most

radical thing that I could do right now

to shake things up and to start to move

towards things at a different vantage

point, right? And just wrapping this

back around to the extreme ownership

example, you will very much slip into

these these little lols or these little

like, you know, motions, we can call

them. Um, like without even realizing it

and and that's kind of by definition,

it's just going to happen over and over

and over. I'm getting roasted by these

flies. I got to go inside in a second.

Um, but you you got to be able to come

to that's one thing that I I've been

telling all my clients is like, okay,

every now and again, like you you might

have these goals about getting shredded,

getting a six-pack, getting some big

shoulders, you know, some arms, right?

Some some Vtaper so you got that good

shoulder to waist ratio. So, it's like

eye-catching. People people are drawn to

you. like the the biological hardware

inside of women is is hardwired to like

catch you're going to catch her eye if

you have a better shoulder to waist

ratio. Um, if you want to get towards

those goals, you got to be able to come

to and realize, okay, these these things

that I'm doing every single day, these

inputs, these little these little uh,

you know, deposits, so to speak, uh,

that I am putting towards this goal,

like is this the best option for me

right now? Is this the most realistic

uh, opportunity or like vehicle in order

to get there? Um, I'm always talking

about, okay, what's what's the not the

the quickest way to get to a goal,

what's what's the um, you know, not what

is the most efficient or the the the

uh the highest

I wouldn't even say that high leverage

is a problem. All I'm saying is a lot of

people talk about, okay, David Gogggins

works out seven days a week, twice a

day, you know, crazy marathon every

single day, eating very little food to

stay shredded because he's locked in and

he's that guy. That might not be the

best option for everybody, right? Like

some people, it might make more sense to

do what I do, which is just three days a

week of weight training, Monday,

Wednesday, Friday, and focus on the

foods that that are going to supercharge

my hormonal health, my testosterone, my

thyroid, which controls my metabolism,

and you know, improving my dopamine so

that my prolactin stays low and I'm

never lethargic or brain fogged and and

uh, you know, sad, right? A lot of

people just feel sad nowadays. is they

feel they get into these lulls where

they're going through the motions and

they're just like, "Man, I feel like I

have a a certain lens over my life. I

feel dull, so to speak." You got to be

able to come to and realize which parts

of the process are actually creating

that result because it is your fault one

way or another. All right? It might not

be fair. It might, you know, it might

not make sense to you right now why you

ended up here, but it is your

responsibility to figure out how to

actually manipulate the situation so you

can start moving in the direction that

you want to go in the the path of re

least resistance so that you can

actually get to your goal, hit your

dream physique, get your dream state of

health so that this doesn't keep

cluttering your mind, right? you would

likely be able to use all the mental

clutter that is, you know, fogging your

brain about your physique or your

testosterone or whatever else is going

on with your health right now. You would

likely be able to use that on other

things like advancing your career,

finding a girl, right? Working on your

social skills because it's not just the

physique. That's probably a truth bomb,

too, is once you get shredded, that's

not the end game. That's like where the

work really begins. Okay? I I I

mentioned this at the event that we did

in in New York City back in November

last year. Once you get jacked, like

that is truly where personal development

begins because that is like the the

foundation that everything else is going

to be built upon. You got the

discipline. You've got the energy, the

vitality, the brain power, mental focus.

Now you can actually think straight. Now

you can actually know when to step up

and take advantage and take control of

the situation. Assume that it's you in

control, right? If you can't tell who's

in charge, assume that it's you. And

regardless of what else is going on in

your environment, what your friends or

your family or your girl is saying,

don't follow what they are doing if you

know at your core that it's wrong.

That's probably the most important thing

regarding leadership. I just watched a

video by Dwayne Null recently, you know,

a couple hours ago. He was talking about

there's a difference between leadership

and authority. Leadership is about

leading the path, right? You're going to

go in that direction whether anybody's

going to follow you or not because you

know that's the right way. So make those

distinctions in your life. Assume that

it's you and stop making excuses for why

you are where you are today. All right.

Peace.