Meet Challenges Like a Man | FRIDAY FIELD NOTES

Order of Man

Ryan Michler

Business, Health, Leadership, Relationships, Man, Society & Culture, Intellect, Style, Lifestyle, Money, Selfdevelopment, Wealth, Fitness, Selfhelp, Nutrition

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this Friday Field Notes, Ryan dives into the inevitable challenges every man faces—and how you can rise above them. Being a male is a matter of birth, but being a man is earned through responsibility, capability, and leadership. Ryan outlines practical ways to prepare yourself mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually so that you can protect, provide, and preside when it matters most.

Whether it’s solving problems under pressure, anticipating threats, regulating emotions, or empowering others, this episode will challenge you to step up and live as the man you were meant to be.

SHOWNOTES

00:00 – Intro

00:10 – Not every male is a man: challenge defines manhood

02:34 – True leadership reveals itself when things go wrong

04:50 – The power of anticipation and situational awareness

09:23 – Building capability in every area of life

11:45 – Manhood as a profession: constantly improving yourself

14:08 – Emotional regulation and creating safety

16:20 – Helping others solve their own problems

18:47 – Sovereignty: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual strength

20:37 – Becoming the man people look to in crisis

22:30 – Promotion: Join the Iron Council

23:45 – Next week’s episode preview with Jack Carr

24:30 – Closing and grassroots call to share the podcast

What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

Why challenge is the defining feature of manhood
How to adopt the mindset of a problem-solver
The importance of anticipation and situational awareness
Building capability: financial, physical, and skill-based
Regulating your emotions and creating safety for others
Helping others solve their own problems
Why manhood is a profession that requires constant improvement

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're a man.
0:01.0	It's a profession.
0:02.0	And I wish more of us looked at it this way.
0:03.6	It's the profession of being a man.
0:05.3	And if it's our profession, then we should be thinking about ways we can constantly improve.
0:10.3	Make yourself capable in always, financially, mentally, emotionally, spiritually,
0:15.8	physically, go workout, go train, eat correctly, Feel your body right. Learn the marketable skills.
0:23.0	Get promotions. Start businesses. Learn how to network. Learn how to train. This is our job.
0:29.9	Men, challenge is inevitable in your life. Your ability to overcome the obstacles, the trials, the hurdles, the challenges that you face and that your family and your people face is what differentiates you from other individuals, males who are not men.
0:47.4	I firmly believe that it's those males who step up, who lead effectively, who problem solve, who overcome challenges are the ones who
0:56.8	rightfully are able to use the title of man. And if you're not stepping up to challenges and you're
1:06.2	not overcoming those hardships, then you are not doing what you're meant to be doing.
1:11.1	Our mission here and our motto is to protect, provide, and preside. It's to take care of yourself.
1:17.5	It's to be capable of providing for yourself and loved ones. It's to be able to care for those
1:22.8	who need you, who cannot potentially care for themselves. And it's your ability to lead as a man
1:28.6	in righteousness that really spells the difference between you being a man and you being a child
1:34.9	simply a male. And we've all heard the term that being a male is a matter of birthright,
1:41.7	but being a man is so much more. So today I'm going to talk with you about what you can do
1:45.6	to overcome challenges and hurdles and struggles in your life because that's what's going to make you
1:50.9	who you want to be, who your people need you to be, and the kind of man that you have the ability
1:55.6	to become. So number one, we have to get our mind right. If you can't get your mind wrapped around the idea that your job is to solve problems,
2:05.3	that your job is to look for things that could potentially go wrong,
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