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ποΈ 31 October 2025
β±οΈ 19 minutes
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In this week's Friday Field Notes, Ryan Michler explores the importance of building meaningful male friendships and creating your own "band of brothers." Drawing from personal experiences, including his annual hunting trip in Minnesota, Ryan breaks down five key principles for cultivating brotherhood - working toward a shared goal, finding common activities, embracing challenge, engaging in banter, and showing up consistently.
He reminds men that strong friendships don't just happen - they're built through shared effort, loyalty, and reliability. Listeners will walk away with practical strategies for deepening male bonds and strengthening their sense of purpose and connection.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 β Introduction: The Power of Male Friendships
02:17 β Work Toward a Common Goal or Enemy
04:38 β Find Shared Hobbies and Activities
07:56 β Embrace Challenge and Growth
09:24 β Banter, Insults, and Testing Bonds
11:54 β Consistency and Predictability
16:35 β Recap: The Five Keys to Male Friendship
17:12 β The Iron Council Brotherhood
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| 0:00.0 | Men, I can't tell you how often I hear from other guys who are looking to build male friendship. |
| 0:05.9 | It's amazing to me at how few men actually have real, powerful friendships, a band of brothers, |
| 0:14.2 | and other men in their corner to help them overcome adversity and struggle and challenge, |
| 0:20.2 | and just to enjoy and have a more fulfilling life. |
| 0:24.0 | Today I'm going to share with you five things that you can incorporate into your daily life |
| 0:28.0 | to ensure that you are building a powerful band of brothers and you're building male friendships |
| 0:32.6 | that will not only serve you will also serve them as well. I feel like it's imperative. And I didn't always feel |
| 0:39.2 | this way, but I've realized that as I get older, as I've been through more challenges and adversity |
| 0:45.2 | in life, some self-inflicted, some not. And just the fact that I want to be around other men |
| 0:52.0 | who understand what I'm going through, understand what it is to be a man, who understand the challenges of leading a family, |
| 0:58.5 | leading a business, trying to serve in your community, and also just have a sounding board |
| 1:03.1 | for personal and professional growth and development. Now, you might hear a little bit of a |
| 1:08.4 | different audio in this podcast. That's because right now, as of this recording, I've got a little portable microphone. I'm in Minnesota right now, and I'm hunting with some friends. There's 10 of us out here, 10 others out here, and we are hunting. We do this hunt every year. I believe this is my seventh year now. And so I've been hunting with these guys for a long time. And it got me thinking about how much fun we have, how we push and challenge each other, |
| 1:31.8 | and how I always leave this camp edified and uplifted and a better man than I was before I got here. |
| 1:39.1 | Before I get into it, I also want to mention that we've got our good friends over at Montana Knife Company. |
| 1:44.2 | I was fortunate enough this morning, as again, as of this recording, to kill a deer with my bow out here in Minnesota. |
| 1:51.6 | And of course, I used my 100% Made American Knife by Montana Knife Company. |
| 1:56.5 | I told you I would. |
| 1:57.6 | It's coming together nicely on this hunt. |
| 1:59.4 | And hopefully I've got one more tag |
| 2:00.9 | to fill. So hopefully I'll get that done here this evening or tomorrow. So check them out. |
| 2:06.0 | Montanaknife company.com. If you want a good knife for the field when you're hunting, |
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