Many of us have been in some horrible circumstances between war and rioting, home invasion, active

shooter situations, natural disasters, civil unrest, and of course so much more.

I think it's becoming increasingly common to find ourselves in life and death struggles,

and we must not be unprepared for when that day arrives.

My guest today might clever formally in the Special Forces and CIA contractor joins me

today to talk about ensuring we are prepared should we encounter one of these moments.

We discuss his latest book prepared, increasing risk tolerance, fortifying your home and

equipping your vehicle, the importance of self discipline, also paranoia and the lob diminishing

returns, peacocking, something we've heard about in the past for safety, policing each other,

and ultimately surviving worst case scenarios.

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.

Gentlemen, what is going on today?

My name is Ryan Mickler.

I'm your host and the founder of the Order of Man podcast and movement.

You probably know if you've been with us for any amount of time what we're all about

here, it's my goal to give you interesting conversations that are going to serve you

in some way and give you the information that you can take and you can apply in your

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