🔥 Episode Summary
What does healthy masculinity really look like today?
In this episode of Unmuted, Jeff Ross and Sandy Grigsby sit down with entrepreneur, husband, father and men's leadership advocate Joshua Mason to talk about brotherhood, accountability, humility, ownership and fatherhood. Drawing from his own experience growing up without a father in the home, Joshua shares why strong men still need other men around them — and why becoming better starts with taking responsibility for the things you can control.
💡 Key Takeaways
1. Men Need Brotherhood
Joshua explains that no success is created in isolation. Men need other men around them who can challenge them, raise their standards and help pull more out of them.
2. Accountability Creates Growth
Just like training with a partner can push you harder in the gym, the right community can help you go further in life, business, marriage and fatherhood.
3. Control Your Actions & Attitude
Joshua is already teaching his two young sons that there are two things they can control:
Their actions and their attitude.
That simple principle becomes a powerful foundation for ownership and personal responsibility.
4. Masculinity Requires Humility
Joshua challenges the idea that masculinity is just toughness or physical strength.
For him, strength also means humility, emotional control and having tough skin with a soft heart.
5. Ownership Starts In The Mind
Joshua describes ownership as a key part of masculinity, especially taking responsibility for your mindset, decisions and direction.
His reminder:
“I will mind my mind until my mind minds me.”
💬 Memorable Quotes
“No success was created in isolation.”
“The two things you can control are your actions and your attitude.”
“Humility always wins.”
“Observe the masses and do the opposite.”
⏱️ Key Moments
00:50 – Joshua's mission to help men
02:36 – Growing up without a father in the home
05:29 – Why brotherhood needs accountability
07:17 – Lifted men's group and “break bread, break a sweat”
09:31 – One overlooked struggle for men: sleep
12:59 – Actions and attitude
14:04 – Vote for the man you want to become
16:32 – Humility and masculinity
18:49 – Ownership of your mind
19:45 – “Observe the masses and do the opposite”
22:18 – How to connect with Lifted in Virginia Beach