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

Embrace your fears and 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.

What is going on today? My name is Ryan Mickler,

and I am the host and founder of this podcast.

I want to welcome you, whether you're here for the very first time,

or you've been tuning in for the past three, three and a half years,

we need more men in this fight than ever.

I talk about it being a fight because it is.

I think there's this dismissal and attack against what it means to be a man

and masculinity altogether, which is the topic of the conversation I want to have with you today,

which we'll get into here in a minute.

Now, if you are new, let me give you a quick synopsis of what this show is about.

I am interviewing the world's most successful men,

New York Times bestselling authors, athletes, scholars, warriors.

If they've got an interesting story, if they're successful in life,

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