A Man's Guide to Taking Risk | FRIDAY FIELD NOTES
Order of Man
Ryan Michler
4.8 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this Friday Field Notes episode, Ryan Michler explores what it truly means for men to take risks and why it's essential for growth, leadership, and purpose. He outlines the importance of knowing your "why," weighing risk versus reward, hedging your bets, and preparing every area of your life before making bold moves. Ryan also emphasizes the need for courage, resilience, and guidance from mentors. This conversation is a practical and powerful guide for men who want to step into greater responsibility, push past fear, and live with meaning while taking calculated, righteous risks.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:14 Big goals and the role of risk
02:24 The importance of knowing your why
07:03 Measuring risk versus reward
09:27 Hedging your bets
11:50 Getting your house in order
14:16 SWOT analysis for decision-making
16:37 The mandate to take righteous risk
18:55 Coaching opportunities and Iron Council
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| 0:00.0 | you leave, if you just quit today, you just march and storm into your boss's office and say, |
| 0:04.0 | I quit and you burn all the bridges on the way out, that's a huge unnecessary risk. And again, |
| 0:09.8 | I'm not telling you not to pursue the new venture, but what you could do, and this is what I did |
| 0:14.3 | when I started Order of Man, I was still doing financial planning while I was doing Order of Man. |
| 0:20.0 | So I was doing both. And I had to bust my tail |
| 0:22.7 | every single morning and every single evening so that I could make sure I got the hours in needed |
| 0:27.5 | to grow this movement, to grow this business. I talk with so many men who have big goals and |
| 0:33.8 | big dreams and desires and wishes for their life, whether it's building a relationship |
| 0:39.1 | with a woman and a family, to starting a business, to getting in shape, to exploring the world, |
| 0:45.0 | and having adventures. Every man I've ever talked with has some sort of vision for what his future |
| 0:52.2 | holds to varying degrees. |
| 0:55.3 | But that said, most of the men that I talk with are not willing to take the risks necessary to achieve their goals, dreams, and desires. |
| 1:04.7 | So today I want to share with you some tools that you can use, some mindsets, and some insight that I've personally used in my own life to build a family, |
| 1:13.5 | to starting multiple businesses, and really building the type of life that I desire. |
| 1:18.6 | And ultimately, gentlemen, that's what I want for you. |
| 1:20.8 | I want you to have the kind of life and purpose and meaning and fulfillment so that you can |
| 1:27.0 | serve people, you can create memories, |
| 1:30.7 | and you can have the experience out of this thing we call life for yourself. |
| 1:35.0 | So let's talk about taking risks. |
| 1:36.5 | Now, I think it's well known at this point and well documented that men have a greater |
| 1:41.7 | propensity for taking risks. |
| 1:43.7 | And it should be that way. |
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