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

Your blood, your sweat, your tears.

You will not be defeated. You cannot be deterred.

Nothing stands between you and the victory you seek.

You are rock, steadfast, resolute, and unwavering.

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

Welcome to your Friday Field Notes.

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

I'm glad you're back with us if you've been with us for a while now.

And if you're new here, welcome to our podcast where we talk about all things.

Manly, I'm sure you know by now this is our short show and it's released each Friday

to help you get some motivation or me just rambling for a couple of minutes about some of my thoughts throughout the week.

But make sure you subscribe to our show at Order of Man.com slash iTunes.

So you don't miss a Friday Field Notes or our full interview show that's released each Tuesday.

We've got some killer guest lined up each and every week with the goal of helping you to become a better man

in the areas of relationships and your health and your wealth and your business and so much more.

So let's just jump right into my thoughts this week.

And that is the power of appreciation everywhere I look.

I see negativity. I'm sure it's the same for you as well.

Whether that's Facebook or the news or magazines everywhere is negativity.

And I think it's probably human nature to look for the problems in this world.

Specifically, I think we as men are more guilty of it than females.

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