Jan 18, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 13 segments
In this episode of **Get Cancelled**, Bryan, Kellen, and Thad unpack why **communication is the backbone of every relationship** and why genuine connection requires more than surface-level advice or…
Bryan SmithHostKellen CowanHostThadPanelist
I think knowing you're there, but also I think a really big thing that people are dealing with, and this is important, is what you do, how you step when you get there.
not in it just be like just do this just do that give them answers and it's like you know and one of the people i was talking to this is when this epiphany this epiphany came to me is like do you think that i got up one day and decided to be here you you know a lot of people like do you think i made this logical decision for all this stupidness to happen for me to be here if i would have done that Reminds me of this meme I saw the other day that was actually really funny, but it makes sense.
It's a husband standing up and it's a wife laying on the ground like in a fetal position.
And when I was having this message exchange with this guy a couple of days ago, when he said that to me, he was like, look, I didn't get up.
decide to be here of course a series of my decisions got me here but he said also dude he goes you know me i never made those decisions with the intention to end up here they were pretty well thought out decisions a few mistakes but also well thought out decisions and still Make
a mistake.
Yeah, still.
And I
think that it gets important for people to understand that the old general, just get up and do it, just do it.
I don't know if you have to necessarily know why you're there, but you definitely need more than just do this to get there.
I think that's what becomes important around leadership, mentorship, having people around, relationships that care.
There's plenty of people out there just posting and saying and telling you, just do this, just do that.
I think knowing you're there, but also I think a really big thing that people are dealing with, and this is important, is what you do, how you step when you get there.
not in it just be like just do this just do that give them answers and it's like you know and one of the people i was talking to this is when this epiphany this epiphany came to me is like do you think that i got up one day and decided to be here you you know a lot of people like do you think i made this logical decision for all this stupidness to happen for me to be here if i would have done that Reminds me of this meme I saw the other day that was actually really funny, but it makes sense.
It's a husband standing up and it's a wife laying on the ground like in a fetal position.
And when I was having this message exchange with this guy a couple of days ago, when he said that to me, he was like, look, I didn't get up.
decide to be here of course a series of my decisions got me here but he said also dude he goes you know me i never made those decisions with the intention to end up here they were pretty well thought out decisions a few mistakes but also well thought out decisions and still Make
a mistake.
Yeah, still.
And I
think that it gets important for people to understand that the old general, just get up and do it, just do it.
I don't know if you have to necessarily know why you're there, but you definitely need more than just do this to get there.
I think that's what becomes important around leadership, mentorship, having people around, relationships that care.
There's plenty of people out there just posting and saying and telling you, just do this, just do that.
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