The Ammon Venema Podcast

Garrett and I disucss this interestingly named chapter in "12 Rules for Life". We discuss how us as humans increase our potential and advance by exploring the capacity we posses to move further and further by engaging with danger in small doses to push the limits of our abilities. The only way that we are able to grow is to willingly engage with the potentially dangerous unknown and to overcome it...

We discuss the importance of speaking clearly and in order to communicate effectively and articulately what you mean. By doing so we can cut down on many inconvenient or unnecessary misunderstandings as so many of our problems with others is due to our inablility to communicate effectively or understand one another. We explore this idea and give our own personal thoughts on areas where we could do...

On today's episode Garrett and I discuss Rule 09 of 12 Rules for Life. The topic is about how when talking to a person you should listen to them carefully as they may know something that you don't. Oftentimes in conversations with one another we can find ourselves trying to prove a point, to "win" rather than to listen and learn. We tend to seek only the answers that support our perspectives and v...

In today's episode we discuss the importance of telling the truth and how deep the effects of a seemingly harmless lie may be. We discuss the impact that lies can have on our personal lives and how the big lies that corrupt and distort our society are made up of many little lies on an individual level and how by participating in those lies you betray yourself. Join us in this conversation a we bre...

This episode concludes our conversation on rule #7. We discuss the areas that seem to have held the most meaning for us in our individual lives and what makes the pursuit of those particular endeavors worth the hardship. So often we think that things shouldn't be hard and wish that things sometimes could just be easy but in this episode we explore why struggle is inevitable and more so why it is a...

This is one of my favorite chapters in this book. Garrett and I take a deep dive into this chapter and try and figure out what pursuits bring the most meaning in life and the importance of choosing those endeavors rather than over the short term, immediately gratifying pursuits that are all around us. There was a lot to talk about with this discussion so this is part 1 of 2. To be continued...

Oftentimes we see people eager to speak out against perceived injustices and flaws of society and the world around them but how many of us actually look within ourselves to address the flaws that reside within our own Beings? In this episode Garrett and I discuss how we can have the greatest impact for changing the world's insufficiencies by first addressing the personal shortcomings within each o...

In today's episode Garrett and I discuss the topic of parenting and the importance taking on your role as a parent. We discuss the role that a parent is supposed to play in their children's lives and how important it is to not sacrifice the parental relationship in order to become your child's friend. Join us, a couple of childless guys, in discovering what it means to be a parent and the potentia...

Garrett and I discuss chapter 5 in Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life book. We talk about how we tend to compare ourselves to others and who we think we should be in relation to them rather than focusing on who we were yesterday and taking steps to be better than our previous selves one day at a time. Even if those steps only make us incrementally better, small improvements compound into greater...

Friends can have a profound impact on how we live our lives. In this episode Garrett and I discuss the importance of the friends around you and the qualities that you should look for in a good friend as well as how you can be the best type of friend to those around you as well. Join us in our search into how we can be better friends to those closest to us and encourage them to pursue the best.

Garrett and I discuss the second rule in Jordan Peterson's "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos". We talk about the importance of taking care of yourself and discuss why it is so important and how it can impact those around you. We highly recommend purchasing his book if you find you are interested in these discussions. A few places they can be found is on The Daily Wire store or Amazon.

Garrett and I start our discussion of the first rule in Jordan Peterson's "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos". We discuss the topic of the chapter and break down the ideas expressed within to see what each of us discovered in our reading of the chapter and set the tone for the podcast going forward. I hope you enjoy the discussion and find it useful!

This is the first official episode of my podcast endeavor and is just simply a conversation with a dear friend of mine, Shane Jessop. I have known Shane for a number of years and asked him to sit down with me so that we could have a conversation where he could tell us a little about himself and discuss our thoughts on a variety of topics. I hope you all enjoy the discussion and stick with us for m...