164: A Man's Responsibility to Future Generations | Matt Labrum
Order of Man
Ryan Michler
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🗓️ 8 May 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This one is special to me. As most of you know, I grew up without a permanent father figure in my life. I've mentioned in the past that there was a select group of men who helped mold and shape me into the man that I am today. I'm not sure there is another man in my young life who was as influential as my guest today. His name is Matt Labrum and he was my high school football and baseball coach.
Today, we talk about his influence in my life and thousands of other young men's lives, the power of allowing kids to fail (including some failures of my own), why competitive sports are so valuable in a young man's life, why he cut his entire team from the football program, and a man's responsibility to future generations.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
- The power of allowing kids to fail
- Why competition is critical for young men
- How winners continue to find a way to win
- The politics of raising children and coaching
- Pros and cons of coaching your own children
- Our obligation as men to give back to future generations
- How sports are about so much more than the game
- Why one high school football coach cut his entire team
- The difference between being a parent and being a defender
- How to raise boys through the power of competitive sports
MATT LABRUM
Men, I did this interview a little while ago and I've been anxiously waiting to release it to you. Every single one of us has some very influential people in our lives. Today, I'm talking with probably the most influential man in mine, especially as a young boy learning to become a man. He is a high school educator. He has been teaching for more than two decades and, in addition to that, he is a high school baseball coach (when I was in school, he was the head football, basketball, and baseball coach).
He gained some national attention several years ago after cutting his entire football team from the program for grade and attendance issues, and how his team was showing up in the community and at school.
This is a man I admire and respect as he shaped a lot of who I was as a young man and who I am still becoming. He never took it easy on me. We talk about two experiences in particular during this conversation but I never doubted how much he cared about my progress and the progress of the boys under his care.
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| 0:00.0 | This one is special for me. As most of you know, I grew up without a permanent father figure in my life. |
| 0:04.9 | I've mentioned in the past that there was a select group of men who helped mold and shape me into the man that I am today. |
| 0:11.2 | I'm not sure there is another man in my young life who was as influential as my guest today. His name is Matt Labrum, |
| 0:18.8 | and he was my high school football and baseball coach. |
| 0:22.0 | Today we talk about his influence in my life and thousands of other young men's lives. |
| 0:26.4 | The power of allowing kids to fail, including some failures of my own, |
| 0:30.4 | why competitive sports are so valuable in a young man's life, |
| 0:33.8 | why he cut his entire team from the football program a few years ago, |
| 0:38.0 | and demands responsibility to future generations. |
| 0:41.0 | You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest. |
| 0:43.8 | Embrace your fears and boldly charge your own path. When life knocks you down, |
| 0:48.2 | you get back up one more time, every time. |
| 0:51.2 | You are not easily deterred or defeated. |
| 0:53.5 | You are rugged, resilient, strong. |
| 0:56.3 | This is your life. This is who you are. This is who you will become. |
| 1:00.7 | At the end of the day, and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man. |
| 1:05.9 | Gentlemen, what is going on today? My name is Ryan Mickler, |
| 1:09.1 | and I am the host and founder of this podcast, The Order of Man. |
| 1:12.7 | Guys, this is a show about becoming a better man, |
| 1:16.3 | and I have got one of my favorite, if not my favorite interview to date. |
| 1:21.1 | Now, we've done over 160 episodes, and I haven't been more excited about releasing an episode than I am about this one. |
| 1:28.3 | I mentioned a minute ago, this is my high school football and baseball coach. |
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