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🗓️ 12 July 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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It's time to reclaim your strength and resilience. In this episode of Friday Field Notes, Ryan Michler tackles the urgent need for men to prepare for life's inevitable challenges—whether it's a divorce, job loss, or medical emergency. He discusses the pitfalls of taking the easy way out and the crucial role of mental, physical, and emotional resilience in safeguarding loved ones and thriving amid adversity.
Enough with the complaints! This episode is a wake-up call to adopt a solution-oriented mindset. Ryan explores how constant whining only reinforces weaknesses and stalls progress. He argues for the necessity of surrounding yourself with strong, positive individuals and receiving balanced advice that includes assertive male role models. It’s not about dismissing feminized perspectives but about creating a healthier, more robust masculine identity.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
(00:00) - Episode Intro
(00:40) - Building Mental, Physical, & Emotional Resilience
(09:06) - Overcoming Weakness and Seeking Masculinity
(14:30) - Developing Masculine Strength Through Discomfort
(25:59) - Building Masculine Resilience and Fortitude
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0:16.0 | Stop complaining. Just stop. I know things are hard. I know things can be challenging. I know life doesn't always go your way. I know you might find yourself in a really uncomfortable situation. I know the hike that you might be on might be hot. I know that your boss might be an asshole. The more you complain, the more you validate your weakness. You're justifying and rationalizing why you're not doing what you want to be doing. |
0:25.0 | You're telling yourself it's hard. |
0:26.2 | You're making it harder than it needs to be. |
0:28.3 | Man, we don't complain. |
0:30.0 | You're a man of action. |
0:32.4 | You live life to the fullest. Embrace your fears and boldly |
0:35.4 | chart your own path. When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time, every time. |
0:40.7 | You are not easily deterred and defeated, rugged, resilient, strong. |
0:46.0 | This is your life. This is who you are. This is who you will become. |
0:50.0 | At the end of the day, and after all is said and done you can call yourself a man. |
0:57.0 | Man as you may know we live in a world of increasing weakness, increasing softness and fortunately in the ease of our modern times |
1:06.4 | we've been able to get away with it for the most part but when we're |
1:10.2 | confronted with something challenging or something confrontational or maybe even a life and death situation, |
1:17.0 | you're going to find out very quickly if you're prepared to deal with all that life has to deal you. |
1:25.0 | I get so frustrated when I see so many people taking the path of least resistance |
1:31.0 | and believing that nothing's ever going to happen or |
1:34.8 | finding themselves in a very dangerous and wanting position when it does. |
1:39.5 | And I'm talking about divorce, loss of a loved one, |
1:43.0 | medical complications, losing a job, |
1:46.3 | getting into a car accident, getting sued. |
1:49.2 | There are so many things that can happen to us |
1:51.4 | and unless we develop the mental, physical and emotional |
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