You're a man. You're committed to the work required to forge your own destiny.

You're blood. You're sweat. You're tears.

You will not be defeated. You cannot be deterred.

Nothing stands between you and the victory you seek.

You're a rock. Steadfast, resolute and unwavering.

And at the end of the day, the job will be done.

Welcome to your Friday Field Notes.

Then what's going on today? My name is Ryan Nicola and I am the host and founder of Order of Man.

Now, if you're listening to this podcast for the first time, I am glad you're here.

I'm glad everyone of you are here.

But I do want to give you a quick heads up if this is the first show you've listened to.

This is a short show that we do each and every Friday.

But we also have a longer interview type show. We release each Tuesday.

I've interviewed Joe Descenton with Spartan Races, Brett McKay with Art of Manliness,

and Jocco Willink, author of Extreme Ownership, just to name a few.

So be sure to subscribe and leave us an iTunes rating and review while you're there at OrderOfMan.com.

Slash iTunes so you don't miss any of the Friday Field Notes or the interview shows that we do each Tuesday.

Now, since this is a short show, we just get right into the discussion because I don't have a lot of time to get my point across.

Today, I want to talk with you about what I referred to as the age of fragility.

And if you don't know by now, we are currently living in that area.

You cannot turn around, watch the media, or even have a conversation with anyone these days without running across this virus, this plague of fragility that we are currently experiencing.

Seem someone's always hurt or injured or they're having a difficult time mentally with something they're experiencing, or they're offended by a few simple words to the point of having a difficult time functioning in society.

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