190: Ryan Michler on Strength and Humility
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
What does it mean to be a man? Ryan Michler, creator and host of the "Order of Man" Podcast, is studying that question. He's not doling out advice from a pedestal, but from a near decade long struggle to get his life, and marriage, in order. One thing he discovered was that the best men don't put up a front of invincibility. Do the things that scare you, not to convince yourself that you're brave and valorous, but because this is the fast track to growth and self knowledge. Find out exactly what it takes to be a great human, this Spartan Up! What does it mean to be a man? Ryan Michler, creator and host of the "Order of Man" Podcast, is studying that question. He's not doling out advice from a pedestal, but from a near decade long struggle to get his life, and marriage, in order. One thing he discovered was that the best men don't put up a front of invincibility. Do the things that scare you, not to convince yourself that you're brave and valorous, but because this is the fast track to growth and self knowledge. Find out exactly what it takes to be a great human, this Spartan Up!
Lessons: 1. If you want to help others, start by getting your own house is in order.
2. The position of strength is one of humility: knowing what you don't know, admitting it, and being eager to learn.
3. Give yourself permission to experiment, to fail and grow through the process.
Links: Order of Man - http://www.orderofman.com/
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Hosts: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra Alexandra, and Col. Tim Nye.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by 4 Sigma-C |
| 0:02.0 | Join the mushroom coffee revolution at 4-Sigmatic.com slash Spartan. |
| 0:10.0 | So we're going to go talk to Ryan Mitchell. I think you guys are going to enjoy him. You might just because of the beard so you guys can bond a little bit. |
| 0:16.8 | Brothers and beards. Brothers and beards. |
| 0:18.8 | Here's a guy. He's a little more impressive than Mike. Here's a guy who's put together, Order of Man. and he's out there and he's trying to tell men how to be men |
| 0:26.1 | the lost art of being manly and more than just chopping wood and being strong and stuff more |
| 0:31.8 | spiritual all those types of things so anyway I |
| 0:34.4 | think he's got a lot of good lessons for us all both men and women so anyway |
| 0:39.7 | we'll go give him a listening any any secrets we'll learn I think we will we'll learn their secrets of manliness |
| 0:44.5 | here's a secret that's Joe I'm separate colonel and I Johnny and marrying behind the |
| 0:49.3 | camera now the secret showed to the back that's good I'm glad |
| 0:52.3 | you're all right show to the back that's because you were right. I'm glad to. Welcome back to Spartan Up Podcast. We are at the Olympic Village Lodge here in Squaw Valley. |
| 1:10.0 | This was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics we're sitting right in the room where |
| 1:13.2 | incredible people were introduced so we're gonna introduce an incredible |
| 1:15.8 | person we have Ryan Mickler from Order of Man is that correct that's right yep |
| 1:19.8 | fantastic and so to tell us about Order Man. |
| 1:23.2 | Let's start right at the start. |
| 1:24.2 | So what, what are you all about? |
| 1:26.2 | Yeah, so Order of Man is an organization. |
| 1:28.2 | Really, our goal is to help men become better men. |
| 1:30.5 | So we focus on anything from influence to leadership to |
| 1:34.0 | fitness to mindset anything that's going to help a man be a better father, a |
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