Podcasts - Ryan Stephens

Podcasts are a great way to dive deeper into what, and how, a person thinks.

I’ve been a guest on a handful of podcasts over the last couple of years.

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Ryan Stephens Podcasts

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Here’s a list of the podcasts, including some featured discussion topics, that I’ve had the privilege of being on:

The Truth Experiment Podcast (2021)

Time stamps are for 1.2x speed.

(2:16) – How I identified my purpose
(4:54) – How I align my priorities around my purpose
(7:45) – Why personal finance is important to me
(8:37) – Habits I try to practice daily
(10:10) – The books I recommend most often
(12:15) – What brings me joy in life
(14:14) – What my relationship with my father is like
(19:10) – The Stephens’ family commandments
(21:50) – My thoughts on raising kids in a rapidly changing world
(24:20) – My biggest fears and goals associated with being a father
(28:30) – How to build an audience on social media
(31:40) – How I go about content creation and posting so consistently
(35:22) – The Dialed In Men newsletter
(37:25) – Should everyone develop a personal brand online?
(39:50) – How I have monetized my side hustles
(42:45) – Summary: 1% better every day; focus on things that compound

Hypefury Presents (2021)

Why I’ve kept my day job despite multiple people encouraging me to go out on my own
How I separated myself from smart peers in graduate school
Why it’s so important to start/have a side hustle
How I landed my first job in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis
Why my wife and I started DialedInMen.com
Why men are suffering in modern society
What makes a great re-tweet and how to get me to re-tweet your content
The importance of changing your mind
Why it’s critical to avoid analysis paralysis and “just start”
Tips for growing your Twitter followers (I’m at 30K+ right now)
A candid conversation around “what’s next” for me

The Danny Miranda Podcast (2020)

Why most top performers are “weird”
How blogging/writing online has changed in 12+ years
Why my wife and I went on a run for our first date
Our family values and why we took the time to capture/share them
How to help you kids be independent thinkers
What to do when you kid asks a question you don’t know the answer to
When we would consider giving our kids a smart phone
What you learn when you “put yourself out there” (working with the garage door open)
Why feedback is so hard to come by these days
Choosing the uncomfortable/difficult path vs. the easy path
Why I wish coaches and mentors would’ve pushed me harder
Why doing hard things makes other things more attainable and easier to choose
The two books I gift/recommend most often and the life philosophy that emerges as a result (i.e. life is short and you can’t control what happens to you, but you can control how you react to it)
Choosing activities and habits with positive 2nd and 3rd order consequences
Why I write and share my thoughts I online
The fact that you should read and consume with the intent to create
Why writing, thinking and reading should be daily habits
Why direction matters more than speed
Goals vs. systems
The book that has made me consider having a 3rd kid
Investing in things that compound (besides $$$)—our relationships, our health, etc.
Why taking care of yourself now will matter late in life
Determining what matters to you and being deliberate about focusing on those things and ignoring things that don’t fall in that bucket

The Fox 🦊 is Dialed in 📺with Ryan Stephens (2019)

His introduction to “motivational twitter”
Self-improvement tweets as reminders to live with purpose
How to retain what you read
The Horsemen of Relationship Apocalypse
What is “commonplace book” and why you should keep one
How to treat your twitter and blog as a journal for your best ideas
Factors which contribute to the significant suicide rate in males
The importance of community in an age of isolation
Sedentary lifestyle and the contemporary man
Disconnection from craftsmanship as detrimental to the psyche
Exercise and specific benefits to mental well-being
Evolutionary biology and the postmodern condition
The rise of “hate watching/listening” and the weaponization of rage
The myth of multitasking
Imperative of a “dopamine fast” to success and mental wellness
How to overcome perfectionism and the consequent “freeze” response to stress
The mental trick to overcoming perfectionism
A key factor which immunizes against trauma becoming PTSD

Path to Manliness (2019)

How and why my wife and I started Dialed In Men
Growing your business and as a person in front of an online audience
The joys of fatherhood
Investing in things, beyond money, that compound: habits, relationships, and more
Dopamine fasts and now necessary they are for balance and mental health
Doing things that have negative 1st order consequences, but positive 2nd and 3rd other consequences and the positive impact that has on your life

Conversation with Jose Rosado (2019)

(3:08) – Why you should start a side hustle
(6:39) – How do you juggle your family, your day job and your side hustle?
(9:40) – What would you say to people struggling to find time?
(11:52) – What are the most important things you do to improve your business?
(14:00) – How do you surround yourself with people with the “wealth” mindset?
(16:51) – How do you approach successful people online?
(21:18) – What books would you recommend people starting out in online business should read?
(24:02) – The James Clear refund lesson on integrity and abundance mindset
(27:18) – The difference between doing something and reading about doing something
(30:13) – How Jose scaled from website design to ebooks and courses
(32:24) – Having a goal of making money vs. having a goal of helping people
(33:23) – Creating your tribe–your 1,000 true fans
(34:52) – How to provide value on the Internet
(41:08) – Facilitating connections to others who can help them “level up”
(43:20) – How to make money quickly on Twitter
(49:48) – Diversifying your income streams (and why that’s important)
(52:02) – The importance of having both depth and breath in a career
(54:24) – Making yourself recession proof and the power of being underemployed
(57:11) – The cost (or lack thereof) of starting to earn online
(1:05:10) – Strategies for providing value and growing your Twitter account
(1:14:40) – How to connect with an influencer and ask better questions to get the type of answers that will help you move the needle in your own life
(1:18:40) – How to nail the formal interview process and get your dream job
(1:21:30) – Applying this top performer strategy to copywriting and online business
(1:23:40) – Skills that translate to success across disciplines and help in all aspects of life
(1:28:33) – How to break free from your excuses
(1:32:10) – What you learn from old people at the end of their life
(1:38:37) – Why I still work a “day” job and haven’t gone out on my own
(1:42:28) – Ryan’s final “pep talk” for listeners

Leveling Up Your Life : Family Edition – Men of Character Conference (2018)

In this talk, I discuss how I try and keep my life dialed in while navigating the responsibilities of marriage and fatherhood. I shared our family’s 10 Commandments. After the presentation, Bill and I have a Q&A on fatherhood and navigating the challenges of parenting. I actually think the Q&A is the best part of this conversation. It starts around 13:25 if you’d prefer to skip the presentation.

Personal Finance Advice: My Conversation on Masculine Design (2017)

Why people don’t understand personal finance (fear that they’re “doing it” wrong, are behind their peers, should already know these things, etc.)
Some of the crazy things I did to save money (washing Ziploc bags, taking extra napkins from fast food restaurants, wearing old clothes, etc.)
The importance of tracking purchases and spending consciously
The similarities between fitness and finance (hint: it’s “personal”)
The problem with credit card debt and how to eliminate it as effectively possible
Why it’s so important to start investing as early as possible
Focusing on ‘big’ wins (i.e. a good credit score that gets you a low APR on a home mortgage will save you infinitely more than cutting back your coffee habit)
How to “find” extra money (insurance and cell phone providers)
Some 401K and Roth IRA basics
The best ways to improve your finances (get a raise, start a side hustle, etc.)
The important of diversifying your investments and your revenue streams

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