We're at McCay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

So what is character?

We always talk about we want to develop good character.

What exactly does that mean?

And once you figure out what good character is, how do we go about developing it?

Well, those are the questions my guest tries to answer in his book, Forces of Character.

His name is Chad Hennings and if you're a Dallas Cowboys fan you probably know who he is.

Guys that amazing career went to the Air Force Academy, served in the Persian Gulf as an A-10 pilot,

came back from the Persian Gulf War and played for the Dallas Cowboys for several seasons and won for Super Bowl,

or three Super Bowl championships in four years.

And in his book, Forces of Character, Chad interviews and talks to different people that he's interactive throughout his life,

high profile individuals, Supreme Court justices, football coaches, you name it, he's talked to them,

and he asks them what character means to them and how they went about developing character themselves,

as well as in their own family or with the individuals that they led either on a sports team or in business, etc.

So, without further ado, Chad Hennings and Forces of Character.

Chad Hennings, welcome to the show.

Hey, pleasure me on, thanks for having me on.

So your new book is called Forces of Character, where you interview friends, associates, mentors that have been involved in your life in some way or another about what character means and what it means to live a life of character.

What was the impetus behind this book? Was there something to happen in your life that you felt like you needed to write this?

You know, I think it's all the things that we are consistently bombarded with day and day out,

whether that be through the media, through relationships, through whatever, where I just see character lacking,

whether that's watching political debates, you know, in this political season approaching the presidential election to athletes on the field,

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