You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest.

Embrace your fears. You can boldly charge your own path.

When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time.

Every time you are not easily deterred and defeated.

Rugged, resilient, strong.

This is your life. This is who you are.

This is who you will become. At the end of the day,

and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man.

Gentlemen, what is going on today? My name is Ryan Mickler.

I am the host and founder of this podcast and this movement.

I want to welcome you here to the best show in podcasting for men.

It is my goal to give you the tools,

and conversations, and resources, guidance, direction,

insight, everything that you might need to become a more capable man.

And that's exactly what we're going to be talking about on this Friday field notes.

We're going to be talking about adapting, evolving, growing, expanding, improving,

and generally getting better.

So we've got this show, your Friday field notes.

We've also got our interview show, which is me having conversations

with some of the most successful men on the planet.

These are New York Times bestselling authors, scholars, athletes, warriors, entrepreneurs,

any man who's had a successful story and has some insight to share with us.

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