Raising Lions in a World That Breeds Lambs | Angus Reid

26:18It gives clarity and clarity gives reason and purpose for all your actions. And you start auditing what you're doing every day. And is it moving you closer? And without a target, how do you know? And you know, and I know we run into this problem. The whole world now is trying to feel good. And feel good is the vaguest notion you've ever had. And as a target, you never hit. You know, just that's just a constant dopamine rush to feel good. We want to be good. And to be good, we have to know what that takes, what that means. You said you need measurable targets. and I write about it in the book and those targets will move throughout time but every moment you have to have reason and purpose for your actions.

26:50Why am I doing, I'm doing this to get here and review, maybe I gotta tweak that, that's fine. I'm not moving closer, good, we'll change and it gives your actions purpose and it gives you purpose and it's something you said about high agency, it's something I speak to our team all the time, our high school kids all the time. We talked about some kids are born with more money in the bank from daddy and more connections and whatever and that's life, okay? And I always tell the kids, more important than having the advantage is being the advantage. And that's who you are. Because if you have an advantage, you can lose that advantage.

27:22And then you don't have anything anymore. And if you have an advantage, someone else can get that same advantage, right? In tech, in business, you got the advantage because of this. Sooner or later, someone else is going to have that too. And now what do you got? But if you are the advantage, you're, as you spoke of, a high agency person that is always able to see reality and make whatever adjustment is needed to keep moving closer to the target that you have selected. That's a unique skill that can be learned by everybody. But we got to get away from wanting to feel good. That clouds everything.

27:50You want to be good. And to be good is this is what I want. This is what it takes. This is what it doesn't take. Now, every action, are you doing these things or not? It's very simple when I coach strength training or diet. These foods will help you. These won't. If you're eating them, you're not getting close to where you want to get to. Feels good. That's irrelevant. You want to be here. You want to be good. and you and I know there is no better feeling in the world than becoming who you set out to become who you've decided you know and I said a big too you don't want to be someone you don't want to be happy you want to be doing what you've decided to do and later if it's not what you like anymore you choose again but every moment you are actually living your life you're not just existing trying to feel good chasing the next dopamine hit or whatever guru has told you will make your life happy become somebody of purpose That is rare today.

28:40It's rare. Yeah. And the worst part is when we find someone in our life who has a purpose, it's so attractive. Incredible. Even if their purpose isn't something you're even interested in. Just when you see somebody with purpose and passion for something, you're interested. You could completely disagree with it. You're interested though. You want to know what they have to say. You want to hear them. You want to like I love and this is going to sound crazy to everyone listening who is a longtime listener, but I love listening to AOC. I love listening to it. And I'll tell you why. I honestly believe that she is doing what she honestly believes is best for this country.

29:22Now, some of her peers on the Democratic side, I do not think that's true. I think there's that thing that's true of Republicans, too. So I think of a lot of politicians, most politicians, they are there for, I think, primarily selfish or self-oriented reasons, or they went and got corrupted very easily. However, with her, I think that her, I think she's, her viewpoint, what she's been taught, what her belief systems are bananas. is, but I'm very attracted from a personal psychology, from a human psychology perspective, not, you know, the other type of, not physical attraction, whatever, but like, I'm attracted by the way she communicates, the passion that she brings, how she takes these topics, which have no receipts.

30:03I mean, she's basically selling, she's selling air, right? I mean, like all of the philosophy that she is espousing has zero receipts behind it. And if anything, the receipts are net negative, right? These are things that have been shown through history to drive you right into the mountain. However, she believes them and she passionately conveys them. So you're attracted to the passion even if you don't agree, yet so few of us, to your point, grab onto purpose and passion. And then we wonder why no one is attracted to what we're doing, why no one wants to come work for our company or why no one wants to hire us to do a keynote or listens to our podcast or whatever our thing is.

30:39It's like because you're just existing. You're just putting things out to put them out. What gets you fired up in the morning? What is the thing that just, when you do that thing, you can't think of anything else? Like, and this has been a big eye-opener for me with ADHD. I think we talked about it last time, but, you know, diagnosed three years ago, I have very severe, like, pin to the top ADHD. And, you know, at first I was like, eh, you know, what does that mean? Whatever I kind of, you know, the idea kind of fits. But as I've gotten into what it actually is, it's that oftentimes people with ADHD, their brains were wired to be hunters or warriors, right?

31:20And not that that's not, I'm not trying to position that self as like I'm some sort of special hunter or warrior, but like 20 % of the population has this difference in brain chemistry and structure. And the idea is on the things that you are interested in and passionate about, you become hyper-focused, more focused than a normie can possibly get to. However, the opposite is also true. On the things that you're not passionate about, you become, you could give two shits and you have no ability to placate someone, which is probably anyone who's ever had a conversation with me about something that I wasn't interested in, you're well aware of what that looks like.

31:55Although I do try very hard. And my point in getting to that is like, what that has taught me is how important being that unique, driven, purposeful person is. And we've talked about Jordan Peterson before. I think we may have even talked about in the last podcast. He is the one that opened me up to this idea of be a monster, right? Become a monster. Know how to use the sword. Know how to shoot a gun. Know some sort of martial art. Have intelligence. Have energy. Have aggression. But then learn how to control it in a way that allows you to live this purpose-filled life. because if you can do that, then you have the skills, the confidence, the agency to be who you need to be while focusing on a mission.

32:43And I think so many, so many, this idea of toxic masculinity and hyper-aggression and, you know, boys aren't allowed to rough house in the halls anymore and all these different things, right? There's, they've lost that. They're almost afraid, I think, and I'm reading between the two leaves, not a licensed psychologist here, but to me, I almost see like a fear of being aggressive. Like when I tell my son, you know, because he, I told you, he doesn't have this natural killer instinct, but highly talented. I've seen it in moments, right? So like I used to say on the basketball court with him, Duke's going to suck, his name's Duke, until he gets hit the first time.

33:25Once he gets hit and he, like all of a sudden that, that trigger in his brain of holding back, he's holding back, he's holding back. All of a sudden he gets hit and that adrenaline drops into his system. And now he's a killer. Now he's crossing dudes up and shooting. And I'm like, dude, why do you need permission to go out and be that person? Why do you have to get hit or have somebody say something to you? And I think it's because they're almost fearful of, and it's almost like they don't understand what positive, you know, like what non-toxic aggression. All right, people, serious question time.

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35:13We're people out there working with youth and we see what we see mostly. And one thing I really view is kids have never been more talented. They've never been more athletic. They've never been stronger. They've never been smarter. Our kids are smart. Like kids are smart and sharp. But I see a general lack of courage and confidence. And so they play safe. And you can say, well, nobody wants to get caught on social media. It's before that. It's this, I think you're right, this fear of saying, this is who I am. This is what I'm going to do. And I'm going to own it. But this is where I'm headed with life.

35:51and everybody is just scared to stand out. And I think part of the blame is we have institutionalized everything they've done. So they've just played by the rules. They've done what they're told. They're good at what they're told to do. They get good grades because they played the rules right. Where, you know, we didn't have as much structure when we were growing up. So you had to figure it out and you needed to develop courage or you were on the bench or you weren't invited out or you didn't get a date or you didn't get invited to the party. And that took courage to put yourself out there and try to get in with the cool guys or ask that girl or show up.

36:22And it's like, you're going to get booed. Yeah, but I want to go. And that's been dulled down to a point that they do what, they speak when they're asked. They answer the way they're supposed to answer. And they're very good. They're very intelligent. But that whole like, this is how I'm going to do it. And I'm probably going to get in trouble, but I'll learn from that and adapt and move on. And I think that has just been, it's been raised out of them. And that's our fault. And that is our fault. That's not us. You know, because you see it. I, I, kids, nobody's happy when, when, when, when you're muting yourself, when you're dulling yourself down.

36:55And so of course I got to take some medication and then you get older, you drink or do dogs because it doesn't feel good to not be who you really know you should be. But now you get to an age where you don't even know how, where do you start? It's been so knocked out of you, you know, courage, you can push the point that it almost is gone. And it's like, you know, you missed going, you know, we used to, that was the midlife crisis problem for our generation of 50. You're like, I hate my life. I got all the money in the cars. But now they're hitting it at 18 going, I don't even like myself. And because they never had the courage to try to find out who they want to be and go for it.

37:26Yeah, that's exactly it. They've never tried to be who they are. Risk has been removed, right? As you said, we let you win without trying. Yes. So why would I try? And then you realize that's where the enjoyment is. But it's too late now because I don't have the courage anymore. Well, dude, you probably see this in your football. the I today parents willingness to go to a coach and complain about playing time or where they're playing or all these different things I would be mortified regardless of what was happening on the team regardless of the coach hated me didn't play treated me unfairly held me to no matter what was going on if one of my parents actually went to my coach and had some shit to say I would be like I would be mortified I would be absolutely like just it would be it would be awful and um today they're just like oh my kid's not gonna have playing time I'm gonna go talk to the coach what's up homie is your brother here tell your brother to come down here too say hi to Mr.

38:33Angus This is my buddy. He wrote the book. This is Colty. This is my younger son, Colty. And then this is Duke, the one that's reading your book. What's up, Duke? How are you, bud? Hi. Duke. So this is Angus. He's writing. He's writing. He wrote Teenager, right? Great. Great. Thanks, buddy. Thanks. So Colty, I just want Duke to talk to Mr. Angus for a couple minutes just about the book that he's reading. So, Duke, is there any particular, like, what's one big takeaway that you've had from the book so far while you're putting your book report together? So, I just actually finished my book report.

39:12And one of my big takeaways was don't give up and always work hard. So you have a former professional athlete, now a high-level coach, won awards, won a Grey Cup, like very high-performing athlete. Do you have any questions for him about the book or about what you read? Or was there anything that came to your mind that you'd like to ask him, being that you have this very unique opportunity here? There's no wrong answer. So anything that comes to mind? So like, so like in the book, and it says like when you quit football, like what year did you start playing it again? So I was in the eighth grade and, and I quit cause it was tough.

39:55It was hard and it sucked and equipment was no fun and everybody had already played before. And I quit cause it was hard. And I thought, I thought fun was supposed to be easy because I was 13 years old and life had been pretty easy up to that point. I never played again until grade 11. And that took that long. I had the health issue that happened in grade nine with my appendix. And then it took that many years to build courage up, to get back into that fight. And not until grade 11, which is a late time to do it. And it was terrifying and scary. But if I didn't build the courage to start, I wouldn't be here today.

40:25So that's a long gap for a lot of people. I didn't have friends and didn't feel a part of anything. And I wasn't achieving anything. And life sucked in grade nine and grade 10, watching TV all day and avoiding struggle and avoiding challenge. So it was the 11th grade I came back and I sucked again. but I made a commitment this time and I decided to get better every day and shocking what happens, what compounds over time when you put in the work. So yeah, 11th grade is when I started again. Any more questions? You gotta have one more. Just one more? Well, you can ask more if you have more. Okay.

40:58What year did you start playing football? So that was, I was in grade 11, so let's call it that. I don't know, what was that now? I'm an old man now, so that would have been like 1991. Do you mean pro football? Yeah, yeah. 2001 was my rookie season. I retired in 2014, so I played 13 years. I was center, and that was about 90 pounds ago. Even that 300 pounds, I was the smallest guy in the league at what I did. So, I mean, remarkably small to be able to pull that off. So I was playing a game amongst giants, doing what I could to get out there and not just hang with them, but beat them as much as best I could.

41:32Every single time I had a chance. so one question that I had for you Angus with um with Duke was like he's still growing into his body right so sometimes he'll play against kids at the same level who just have matured faster they're bigger they're stronger they're faster like in the sixth grade um you know you have these you have fairly large disparities and where kids are in their physical development so if you are gonna like if you were coaching someone like Duke who incredibly talented skills wise but is still growing into his body. How would you recommend he approach playing the game and playing kids who maybe are a little more physically gifted being that that was a lot of your career was you being the smallest guy on the field, but being able to compete with these guys, like what did you do and how did you approach that kind of physical difference to be as successful as you were?

42:26So it's a good point. When I got to the pro level, I had a great coach. I wrote my first book about thank you coach. And he, he always shared with me something that's always stuck. The comforting crux is that perfect technique can win against anyone. It doesn't mean you will win against anyone every time, but your saving grace is playing the position you are playing the very best technical ability as possible. So whatever you're being taught, the technique and the fundamentals, perfecting that will always give you the best chance. Because you and I both know the better the athlete, the better the probability there's laziness in terms of fundamentals because they don't need it, particularly at a young age.

43:04They're fast, so they just run faster than everyone. They jump. You see it in every sport. That won't change even the higher level you get. Your saving grace is spending your focus, doing it the right way you've been taught to the very best of your ability. I will say, you go compete against them. You'll beat them sometimes. You won't, but all you're measuring are you getting better. The problem a lot of people have is, I couldn't beat this guy, but you got better and that's the long game that matters you're using them to improve yourself and that's hard for people to measure you want to win every game you go into but the real goal is are you constantly getting better and you playing as better opponents that's going to make you forced to not try to play their game is to play your game better which is technically sound knowing the game inside out making the right decisions you keep improving that you'll always be able to compete against anybody any more questions?

43:58no All right. Hey, thank you. Thanks for coming in and thanks for reading the book. That means a lot. That's awesome. Yeah. He said he really liked it, which is, which is awesome. And, uh, I'm glad that I'm glad that we got to do that from a timing perspective. Cause, um, uh, I had been telling him about you and just, you know, that we were going to have a chat and everything. So, uh, I'm glad you got to talk. So, so dude, the, the book in general, like, is this geared towards teenagers? Like Duke reading it? Is it for parents on talking to teenagers? Like, or is it really something where we get the book and maybe you read it with your teenager, with your kids or in conjunction and you kind of talk through it together?

44:35What's your best case scenario there? So the initial thing is it's written for teenagers to read so they might actually read it. So it's teenager language in terms of ease of digestion, but hopefully it takes a long time to fully digest it. But teenagers should engage it. It's not deep, deep, deep dives, but I wanna have every chapter is a universal lesson that's applicable to a teenager. Funny thing is though, Ryan, they're universal lessons. So when an adult picks it up, they're going to challenge themselves thinking stuff through right where they are in life. But the perfect goal for me is teenagers that are on teams and groups and clubs do it like a book study.

45:09And there's a coach, a teacher that reads it who they'll probably benefit from it. But I have follow-up workbooks coming out now where they all engage in group discussions amongst themselves. So they start auditing their life and who my friends are. Where do I want to go? What am I good at? What do I like to do that I'm too scared to even try? and how do we formulate your playbook, shall we say, so you get going. So teenagers can read it on their own if they want inspiration, but it's designed to challenge you to think through your life right now as a teenager. Adults, parents can read it. It might give you insights, conversation starters, but this is written so teens will actually hopefully read the book and not just read it, but engage it like your son did and then follow up and reflect and start mapping out their life and making decisions and challenging themselves and all stuff we've talked about.

45:51Taking risks, giving a shot, going all in on yourself, betting on yourself and formulating your team. Who are you around? What are the mentors you need to find? Who are your friends you've got to drop? Who are your friends you've got to find? What do you need to do that's going to help you get there that you're terrified to do, but you know you've got to do it? And how can you find people that are doing it to make that path easier? Choosing better mentors and heroes and inspirations. Who do you got? What are you following on your social media feeds? Are these people losers? Are they actually giving you insights or inspiration or tangible proof to move on?

46:22so it's good for anybody but it is written for teenagers specifically yeah I can't wait for the workbook because when you were telling me about it because I was like I'm gonna get a workbook for each one of us for like my younger son Duke uh my younger son Colt Duke and myself and I like I want to make it part of our routine is the three of us working through this together because you know I've said this before on the show and I believe it like a lot of my like I've always been a reader. I've always been a massive consumer. I've always thought about stuff I'd like to believe at a deeper level, but I didn't start really focusing on discipline, formance, commitment, like these, these, these mental models, these, these ideas, these concepts to drive success until I was in like my mid thirties.

47:08And I, I, I think to myself, like, what could I have become? And I, and I don't have a regret. This isn't like a greffo feeling. It's a thought experiment. like what could I have become if I learned those same lessons at 12, 13, 14, 15 even if they didn't sink in the same way that they did in my mid-30s or I wasn't as motivated because I hadn't had enough life experience yet to fully understand them just getting those ideas in front of me at that age and and having them you know work through them and have to think through them do I then pick them back up do one maybe I integrate them immediately and you know all my a while, this dreams come true, or two, when I'm ready earlier in my life, they snap back to me as tools in my toolkit that I can pull up and bring in and utilize versus, you know, kind of having to hit, not rock bottom, but have like a bad moment in my life, be the impetus to say, I'm going to get my shit together and become the best version of myself at 35 or whatever I was, right?

48:05So I think that's incredible. And I also love the idea, especially with the workbook, because in going through this with Duke and like I said, I haven't read the whole thing, but I've read a lot of parts of it as I've gone through his book report with him. Like the workbook to me marries, okay, so my son read this book, that's amazing. Hopefully some of those ideas digested. The workbook is more like, what did you digest? What didn't you? And how do we actually put it into play? And can you start to teach it back to me? Can you start to talk these terms back to me? and that's where it really starts to sink in.

48:42I think doing a workbook for this was an incredible idea and I'm very happy that you did. Well, I wanted it to be more than just a fun read and they got inspired. You and I, we keynote and listen, the backstory of this whole book was I do corporate speaking now but 25 years of my life since I started playing pro was speaking to teenagers, high schools. I did school talks for decades and so I wanted to sort of package everything I'd ever shared with them into one piece because I can't do that forever anymore And really, the reality is I wrote this book for my three young boys. Because one day they're not going to listen to Dad directly, but Dad wrote a book that's pretty cool.

49:16And here's all the messaging, all the wisdom I can bestow. Kind of third-party regurgitates you because it's cool because it's in a book. And the workbook is more than just reading something now. Now you've got to not just reflect. It's going to force you to build your playbook. This was my story. They're universal lessons. Take them. Build your story now. And again, we spoke about this earlier. here, you know, make a decision of who you want to become. Pick a tangible target, not just saying I'm going to be a good person. Pick an outlet. Pick sports, it's business, it's science, it's music. Just pick something so we can create a target which will give reason and purpose now to all your actions.

49:54And you start auditing. Now you've got to start finding your friends, your mentors, your teacher. You've got to find everybody and you fill your day with every action that's going to marshal you towards your goal. And once you do that, whether that's where you want to become or not, you have the playbook on how to move towards something and you put it into something else. It doesn't matter, right? And I try to build the framework as this is how you navigate life. Pick whatever the hell you want right now. You're a teenager. Pick something. Make in the team. You're not going to do that for the rest of your life, but how to get from A to B will be the exact same playbook to get from A to B anywhere.

50:27You're just going to plug in different variables as you get older. So yeah, an adult reads this and they're probably going to have to go, yeah, I got to start hanging out with people that are already better than what I'm doing because I'm already the best in my group. That's not helping me. Like I have a whole chapter on super friends, the ones you're trying to keep up with. You don't have those. You will never achieve what you can because you're already coasting. You know, all the little things that matter and whether, whether it's a teenager trying to make the team and I hung out with buddies that were stronger and faster than me and I was trying to keep up with them.

50:51So I became better at weightlifting and training because I want to hang out with them. No different than business or life, right? Do you have all these ingredients? It's the recipe, right? And, and a teenager can use it right now. just like a parent can use it right now, just like a business leader can use it right now, but I wanted to do something in teenage language so they don't have to wait till they're 30, as you said, to be like, should I wish I knew some of this stuff when I was younger? Here it is in my teenage world, although it was 30 years removed and the world might be different, we're the same.

51:20We're all still, we were all kids scared. Are we good enough? Do we have friends? Are we cool? I want to be something, but I don't know if I can. It's never going to end. Yes, you can. This is what it takes. And the cost is courage. The rest of it, I can tell you. The cost is courage. And in wanting something enough that you're going to take that first step and then we can roll. Yeah, I don't know who originally said this, but I heard Ed Milet say it the other day and it was a great reminder. He just said, in case you need to hear this, action creates confidence. Confidence doesn't create action.

51:53Correct. Motion creates emotion, not the other way around. Yes. And like, I think when you say that, people are probably listening to this going like, oh, I've heard that before. or oh, that makes sense. But I think we forget that. We forget it even as adults, right? We're like, man, I just, I'm not sure if I should do this or I'm not sure. We have all these, you know, feelings of insecurity or doubt or et cetera. And it's like, you know, actually Gary Vee, I think is the one who has said this the most, this particular version of it, which is just like, you have to be willing to be terrible if you want to be amazing.

52:27Like you're never going to be amazing if you're not willing to be terrible for a period of time. And that period of time might be super short. And it may be when you're five, or it may be when you're 12, or it may be when you're 45. It doesn't really matter. But if you're not willing to be terrible, even for a short period of time, you have no chance of being amazing. Because even if, like you said, you have a natural step ahead, whether it's just God given athletic ability, or it's money, or it's parents' connections, or school you went to, whatever, right? if you aren't willing if you aren't still willing to be terrible you're you're only ever going to be that good you're only ever going to be as good as that initial like as that initial piece of luck that you had you're you're born in luck gave you that's all you're gonna that's that's the top and that person is gonna have that person who who we may look at uh think about like the nba star who plays one season in the nba and then they're gone right we're going oh my god you got to play one season in the NBA, I would have loved to play.

53:26And in their mind, what they're saying is when, when it's dark at night, regardless of what they say on the microphone is like, God, if only I had insert things they didn't do to play that next year. Right. So, so there's regardless of where you start or what God given advantages you have, we're all wired to want to be better. And if we, if we, if we aren't willing to be that awful version of ourselves or a version that isn't as good as is expected of us, maybe is a better way to put it, then we'll never get past that and truly see how good we could be. And we forget that. We forget that that action is the only way to confidence.

54:03It's funny, Ryan. It takes us right back to the beginning of our conversation where we said the gap between, you know, generally the left and the right is everybody wants this because it's human nature. We want, we have to be willing to accept that that requires doing. And I think for the most part, you know, the end of the day, doing requires courage to start, Just go. It's going to suck. Just get going. Get going and learn. Get better as you will never get better thinking your way to the end. You'll only get better doing. And you adapt and go and get going. Well, it's going to take a long time.

54:32It's going to take longer if you wait till tomorrow. Start and adjust course accordingly. But every step you'll become better and you'll learn and you'll equate. And every lesson you can apply, if you move your target later, you know who you are now and you know what you can handle. But, you know, everybody wants. The question is, are you going to do? And you know, the book is going to give you ideas and tips, but at the end of the day, have to, we have to install with our youth courage again. Go. Oh, what if, what if, what if what? Go, go. What if I fall over? You will fall over. Yeah. Go and you'll get up.

55:08Go. I will be with you, but I will not do it for you. I will be with you, but I will not do it for you. And I will, I will challenge you and clap for you and cheer for you, but you're going to have to learn to get up and then go more and we always what if to the negative we never what if to the positive why are fearful creatures we're terrified humans are fearful by nature we need to over and i think back to your point you know the news social media they lead with terrifying headlines headlines because it gets our attention we're scared so we need more inspiration we need more people like you said we're drawn to people that say i don't care i'm going anyways wow that's incredible that person can do that.

55:46We all can, but we listen to all the noise because the noise knows what grabs our attention is fear and fear impedes action. Nobody moves forward scared unless you have to. Voluntarily, no, when you're scared, you retreat. That's what we do. Fearful people, Sean, you need, your purpose has to be greater than what you're scared of. And that's why to me, I can't tell you what to do because I don't know what's going to override fear. Only, you know, like you said with your ADHD, when you find what you're focused on, I don't care what's in front of me. I'm plowing forward. And so the only way for some people to find that is to tinker.

56:19Get busy doing stuff. Don't like it. Throw it out. Do the next thing. Throw it out. Do the next thing. Oh, I love this. Then go. This will override fear because this is you. You found an outlet. Like I said in the book, you know, you know more about where the future's headed than I do with AI and this whole world. Everybody's scared. Everybody's scared. And I had a long talk to my dad who's 83 years old. And he goes, Angus, you know, I'm really scared for your kids. I said, I'm not. My kids are eight, six, and eight months old. I'm kind of scared for kids that are 25 right now because they were raised on a playbook that isn't the same anymore.

56:53They don't know what to do. In about 10 years, every 50 years, there's been a whole revolution of how the world changes. My kids will flourish because we'll have adjusted and they'll be of age to rip through the new way of living our lives and earning money. Just like when the industrial revolution was going to destroy everybody, it made everybody rich that adapted. The hard part is an adjustment. We'll move forward. I said, look, just keep getting better. This too will pass. Are you going to be on the other side though? The only way to be the other side is to keep going. Like don't, fear impedes everybody and it keeps you looking around.

57:23Just pick something and keep diving forward with it. Just get better. We'll keep going. Dude, I could talk to you for hours. I love our conversations. I do want to drive everyone to your Instagram. I know you post a lot of stuff about football, but you also post a lot of motivational stuff. Guys, Angus' Instagram is absolutely blown up with these football videos that you're doing. So if your kid plays football, absolutely follow Angus. I'll have the link in the description. But you also post a lot of motivational stuff. And for anyone out there who puts on events, Angus is one of my most recommended keynote speakers.

57:57When everyone asks me, hey, do you know somebody? You are always on the list. There is no person out there who brings the energy, the connection, the insights, but also just a genuine giving a shit for the audience and what they get out of it. And I've seen you speak live twice now. I don't normally stop and watch speakers, but I sit right in the back. I watch every word. I love the way you do your thing. Incredible speaker. So besides, say, like the Instagram, et cetera, like where, if someone wants to just get in your world, I'll have links to the book as well. Show notes, scroll down. Where can people get involved in your world?

58:34I'm on X, AngusRead64, LinkedIn, you can find me. My website is AngusRead.ca. And my keynote speaking's there, but on the book section with teenager, you can link and buy the book through Amazon or bulk orders through me. But my real push here, Ryan, is to challenge local corporations and business leaders to sponsor. I don't want kids buying my book. I don't want your money. I want companies in their area to say, listen, I got a boys and girls club here. I got my kids' baseball team. I got, you know, the school where my son goes to, I want to sponsor them getting their 50 books. They get the workbooks.

59:10And listen, you sponsor enough books, I'll do a keynote online for that company complimentary because you help my cause, I'll help your company. No problem. All that information is on my website at angstread.ca. You just click teenager books. It's all their corporate sponsorships. Do something good in your community. Give kids that fighting chance they need, and I'll be there to support it all the way. I love it, bro. I appreciate the hell out of you. You're one of my favorite people. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me on, man. Keep doing what you're doing, Ryan. We need more people like you in this world.

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