Developing the Warrior Within
The Art of Manliness
The Art of Manliness
4.7 • 14.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
As a member of the Ottawa Tribe and someone who's worked with over five hundred tribal nations, my guest has long been inspired by his Native American culture and heritage, particularly the tradition of native warriors. And he thinks those warriors have much to teach all modern people about work, life, and leadership.
His name is D.J. Vanas and he's the author of The Warrior Within: Own Your Power to Serve, Fight, Protect, and Heal. Today on the show, D.J. explains what the warrior spirit is, and how important it is for everyone to cultivate, especially those who want to lead, serve, and live with a purpose bigger than the self. He takes principles of Native American tradition and philosophy, including living off the land, taking a vision quest, counting coup, being a firekeeper, and developing toughness, and shows how they apply to anyone who's looking to develop resilience, achieve their goals, and make a positive impact on the world.
Resources Related to the Podcast- Ottawa Tribe
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- Podcast #633: The World and Vision of Lakota Medicine Man Black Elk
- AoM Article: You May Be Strong, But Are You Tough?
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| 0:00.0 | For Ret McKay here and welcome to the edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast. |
| 0:10.8 | As a member of the Ottawa Tribe and someone who's worked with over 500 tribal nations, |
| 0:14.5 | my guest has long been inspired by his Native American culture and heritage, particularly |
| 0:18.4 | the tradition of Native warriors. |
| 0:20.2 | Andy thinks those warriors have much to teach all modern people about work, life, and leadership. |
| 0:24.5 | His name is DJ Vanis and he's the author of The Warrior Within, Own Your Power to Serve, |
| 0:28.8 | Fight, Protect, and Heal. |
| 0:30.3 | Today on the show, DJ explains what the warrior spirit is and how important it is for everyone |
| 0:34.2 | to cultivate, especially those who want to lead, serve, and live with the purpose bigger |
| 0:38.2 | than the self. |
| 0:39.2 | He takes principles of Native American tradition and philosophy, including living off the land, |
| 0:43.4 | taking a vision quest, counting coup, being a fire keeper, and developing toughness, and |
| 0:47.9 | shows how they apply to anyone who's looking to develop resilience, achieve their goals, |
| 0:51.5 | and make a positive impact on the world. |
| 0:53.6 | And after the show's over, check out our show notes at aawm.ias-woreerspirate. |
| 1:11.8 | All right, DJ Vanis, welcome to the show. |
| 1:14.7 | Thank you so much for having me, Brett. |
| 1:16.2 | So you got a book out called The Warrior Within, Own Your Power to Serve, Fight, Protect, |
| 1:20.8 | and Heal. |
| 1:21.8 | We're going to talk about this book today, I really enjoyed it. |
| 1:23.9 | Let's talk about your background first. |
| 1:25.4 | You are a speaker and a leadership consultant. |
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