Both Michael and I forgot if I was going to ask him questions or he was going to ask me questions, so we did a little of both. As usual, we covered quite a spectrum, from two different generations. My fathers journey into Instagram Career path vs. following your passions Jet man and the cost of taking risks USA Waterpolo day at Navy SEAL training video Enjoy! Today's Sponsors: Pique: Get 20% off + a FREE rechargeable frother and glass beaker with your first purchase with my link https://Piquelife.com/CLEAREDHOT Bubs Naturals: https://www.bubsnaturals.com/ -BUBS IS THE ONLY BRAND THAT IS 100% NSF for SPORT CERTIFIED AND Whole30 Approved. -BUBS is the purest form of collagen, sustainably sourced from grassfed and pasture raised cows in southern Brazil -Keto and Paleo Diet Approved -Heat tolerant, you can put it in anything! USE CODE CLEARED HOT FOR 20% OFF YOUR NEXT PURCHASE
Chapter 1: What are the key highlights of today's Q&A?
Good morning, everybody. Friday, we made it through another week. What would be better than Q&A heading into the weekend? How about Q&A with Michael as well? I don't even remember how we structure it because Michael and I had argued about it. Am I asking him questions? Do we do the questions together? Is it negligent discharge? Is it full auto? So here's what we did.
I asked him a question that I got submitted. He asked me a question. We bounced back and forth a little bit. And that's pretty much how we did it. So that's what today's episode is going to be. I guess it's just Full Auto Friday with Michael and Andy. Before we get into it, stay with me. Let me pay the bills. Today's episode is brought to you by Peak.
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Chapter 2: How did Michael's father end up on Instagram?
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north and south west of the smoke west of the smoke okay copy west of the smoke i'm looking at danger close now tell me when we're ready okay good what was your
You realize my dad with an Instagram account is almost the same as the Russians putting a monkey into space, right? I don't even know if there's a technical difference between those two things.
As far as technological leaps go, it's about the same.
So I'm sitting on the couch last night with the ween, of course, because he's my couch buddy, getting into the new. It's not even new. I like to wait until there's a good four to six seasons of a show before I really commit. And I don't know why we found the Jack Ryan Amazon one. So I'm in season two, episode five. It's not a big deal. The ween's there.
He doesn't really care about the show, if I'm being honest. He just likes passing out on the couch. You know this because you're the ween watcher. And I get a text from you. Yeah. I'll read the exact text. I might as well. Dude. Vaughn is live on Instagram right now. My response was, what? With several exclamation points. Or he was. It's not working now. That's what you said.
Because I furiously got onto Instagram because I wasn't following him, to be honest. Because I thought it was going to be a joke. Because to review, he doesn't know how Instagram ended up on his phone.
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Chapter 3: What challenges come with balancing career and passion?
Oh, yeah, Buster's.
I think Buster would just, if somebody randomly got in his truck and drove off, Buster would just be like, hey, do you have dinner set up for me tonight? As long as I have kibble, like, let's roll, dude. Yeah. Yeah. So he sits there. I got an Instagram message Monday night from the woman who shared the seat next to him on the flight home.
Really?
Yeah. Interesting. Okay. She happened to be in the coffee shop doing a business meeting the next day. So it actually was a net positive. She's like, oh, I've heard about your podcast and your sister and this, that. And all I just wrote back was, I'm sorry. I hope he didn't. chat your ear off, which he probably did. Apparently he re the same woman reached out to my sister for hormonal stuff.
Cause my sister's kind of shifted into medical practice stuff. She does from end of life to like, let's keep up alive longer. Yeah.
Look at that making connections. All right. Whatever.
I feel like I've put out the appropriate amount of warnings.
Yeah, I think so. You've warned people very thoroughly. No one believes me. Yeah. Your time is coming. I still don't really believe you, but I'm anxious to see what happens, what comes of this.
What comes of this is the man that you and I both know because we spend time with him off the air. And the things that he says and does are going to end up on Instagram. Yeah.
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Chapter 4: How can taking risks lead to personal growth?
Yeah.
We might be able to make you like a dull spoon.
Yeah. And like, which people understand coming from you, that's a huge compliment.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm at best a rusty fork. See what I mean? We're still in the cutlery drawer.
We've yet to upgrade to the knife section.
Well, what about, so one of the questions I hate, I don't hate this question. I think it's an unrealistic question. I got asked it a bunch when I was growing up. And I wonder if your generation is still being asked. People will say to kids, what do you want to be when you grow up? And Young kids say a firefighter or a police officer or an astronaut.
And almost nobody does that because we'd have so many firefighters and police officers and astronauts. It's almost as if somebody at the age of, call it seven, that you ask that question to has absolutely no clue what they want to do with their life. I'm 47. I don't know what I want to do with my life. Is there still an emphasis on people picking a specific career for your generation?
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Chapter 5: What should you consider when changing careers?
What did I, what do I want to do? And I could answer it and people like, you're never going to be able to do that. And in my mind, I was like, you can go fuck yourself and you can go fuck yourself and you can go fuck yourself. But now as I get out of the military, absolute hot mess of trying to figure things out, I still have bounced around. I'm still adding shit to the,
Rolodex, if you will, of things that I'm doing. And I've just stopped caring because I know it's, what I've determined is I have to only work for myself. That's my guiding principle. And I guess that's what goes back to, what do you think you want to do? And your friends, largely your friends. Yeah.
I mean, for me, like I said, I don't, I haven't found one thing Well, jujitsu. I mean, that's the one thing that I really, really am passionate about.
How come you're not very good at it?
Passion doesn't quite equate to skill. In your case. Yeah, especially in my case. I'm joking.
You're actually quite good at jujitsu. I can't. It pisses me off that you guys, many people have found it at your age. And I found it literally at 40. Yeah. You guys can fuck off. Yeah, I found that in 19. I mean, good on you, man. Passionate, but I tell you what, in being around some gyms now, and obviously my wife is a coach at a gym, you're working for yourself.
I think that's one you could really burn out on. Yeah. Cause you're not really doing jujitsu. Well, I think you could lose the passion for it and it can become a profession. And then I think everybody suffers if it gets to that point. Cause you're kind of mailing it in.
Yeah. And so that's kind of what I, I've tossed that around in my head that I'm not really sure, but again, like I'm just not sure at this point.
And sometimes it's better to keep your passions at a non-professional level.
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Chapter 6: How do generational views on work differ?
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Back to the show. I just saw this video, I think on like Instagram. Oh my God. That just is, we'll never see that video again. No, it's gone.
Whoa, what's desktop two? Go back up to that. We have such a poor understanding. Okay, that's just where we're at. Find the video again. Yeah, I'm looking. Oh, here it is. We have such a poor understanding of the electronics.
It's just so janky. Okay. So apparently this is our, I can already tell this is over in Dubai or wherever it's an Emirates aircraft.
And actually really tough to tell where it's at since it says Dubai on the carbon fiber wing. Yeah. Yeah. I think this is Vincent Fred.
Aviation history was made when two experienced Jetman Dubai daredevils flew in formation with an Emirates Airbus A380 jumbo jet.
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Chapter 7: What is the value of pursuing your passions?
Clearly you're confused. I'm saying we get you down to the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls. We have miles put you through an unreasonably short first jump course. We'll do a PCA, which is a pilot shoot assist. So we'll handle all the technical stuff. You just have to find it inside of you to let go of the railing and jump forward.
I'm afraid of heights. So that actually would probably be pretty difficult.
Trust me. I'll be sweet talking you on the edge too. Perfect. Thank you. Commentary is going to be all about, are you sure you have what it takes? Do you know enough to do this safely? Do you want to die today?
How long before I can pull the parachute?
We are taking care of that for you on the first one. On the bridge, you have about four and a half seconds. It's 486 feet from the top of the railing to the ground. PCA, pilot, shoot, assist, meaning somebody's holding on to that. So as you jump, it will pull your parachute off your back for you.
Oh, that's nice.
You are just responsible for letting go and pushing.
Okay. I mean, physically, it's very easy to do that. The mental part is what's going to get me. I'll coach you through it. Great. Thank you. A lot of positive reinforcement. Oh, I'm sure. Yeah, I'm sure. We need to do a video series. Michael risks his life for content.
We could call that episode. We have to get into the simulator and watch you just kill everybody on a 787. That would be so fun. I cannot wait to do that. We'll figure that out. What else do we need to add, though? I'll take you for a tandem. Yeah, we got to have you. We need to have you jump off the Pariah Bridge. What else would scare the fuck out of you? You've already flown in the helicopter.
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Chapter 8: How can hobbies influence your professional life?
Do you think we should use special operations against the cartels?
I don't know. I think it's a similar situation to the war on terror where we're not actually fighting a state.
We won. Terror doesn't exist.
All right, exactly.
Terror has been erased from the dictionary.
It doesn't exist anymore. It's just the war now. Yeah. um but we're not fighting a state or a concrete enemy so i think the boundaries are so loose we can say oh yep that's a cartel member we're going to do that now and then it's another 20-year engagement in a country in a foreign country that at the end goal there is no end goal you can just move the goal post and continue to change
Would the 20-year engagement be worth it given – so in the other examples you gave, the GWAT, if you will, those were not countries that neighbored ours. If you think about it, people really sleep on the fact that the geography that we were – By luck, you and I born in this country. I have no say in it whatsoever. The Pacific and Atlantic Ocean provide such an immense barrier of protection.
Yeah, we're very fortunate.
We are incredibly fortunate, right? Canada, it's all going to work itself out. Canadians, don't worry about it. No one's going to actually try to make you the 51st state, I think. Mexico, same thing. Mexico touches our southern border. Does it make it more viable to engage in something for 20 years because of the proximity?
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