In today's episode, Smitty and OB start with a couple exciting announcements. The first of which is a new Ronin Giveaway with some amazing merchandise on the line including Ronin Swag as well as Diesel Straps. Secondly, OB and Smitty gauge the interest in a Ronin Retreat led by last week's guest, Mike DeSanti.

The next topic they dive into is overcoming laziness by identifying the critical three things that are guaranteed to flatten obstacles in order to achieve more.

Next OB discusses a collection of ways to deal with "difficult people" in your life.

Lastly, Smitty rolls out his newest update to the Becoming Ronin handbook. *For a full list of show notes, timestamps & important links from this episode visit: Becoming Ronin Podcast

TIMESTAMPS

[0:00] Ronin Giveaway

[1:54] Ronin Retreat

[4:44] Intro

[14:54] Overcoming Laziness

[17:20] Preparation and Getting Ahead of Obstacles

[20:50] Recognizing Patterns to Avoid Friction

[26:44] Make a Snowball

[33:35] How to Deal With Difficult People

[35:00] Are they the difficult one, or am I?

[41:44] Asking questions to reveal base concerns

[52:14] The Ronin Journey

[52:44] Update to the Ronin Handbook