Money Mindsets That Wipeout Wealth | FRIDAY FIELD NOTES
Order of Man
Ryan Michler
4.8 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
As we head into 2026, Ryan Michler breaks down 10 destructive money mindsets that quietly sabotage men's ability to build real wealth.
Drawing from his experience as a former financial advisor, Ryan explains why income is not the same as wealth, how debt has been falsely normalized, and why outsourcing responsibility for your finances is a losing strategy. He challenges the belief that "more money will fix everything" and dismantles the idea that your situation is somehow different from everyone else's.
This episode is a hard-hitting call to take ownership of your financial decisions, develop discipline, and shift your focus from chasing money to creating real value in the world.
Key Topics Covered
- Why procrastination destroys wealth faster than bad investments
- The difference between earning money and building wealth
- How debt has been normalized - and why it's costing you freedom
- Why outsourcing your finances weakens your sovereignty
- The danger of entitlement-based spending ("I deserve this")
- Why more money magnifies problems instead of fixing them
- Investing vs. gambling - and why doing nothing is the riskiest move
- Why you must understand money instead of delegating it
- The myth of being "special" or financially different
- Why money isn't the problem - behavior and priorities are
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| 0:00.0 | I know a lot of very dysfunctional people, myself included in some of those, who learn how to make money, because wealth requires discipline. You can hear people talk about what's worked well and what hasn't worked well. And then guys will say, well, my situation's different. No, it isn't. You're not special. Okay? You are not special. Okay. You're not extraordinary. You're not unique. You're not special. You're the same as everybody else. And you know what? Money decisions don't care about yourself perceived exceptionalism. Men as a former financial advisor and somebody who at the risk of sounding a little egotistical and arrogant that has always been good |
| 0:39.9 | with his money, I can't help but think as we roll into 2026 that there are some mindsets that |
| 0:46.2 | are wiping out your wealth. They're keeping you from building prosperity in abundance in your |
| 0:52.6 | life. They're keeping you enslaved to the shackles of debt. |
| 0:56.3 | They're keeping you dissatisfied and frustrated. |
| 0:59.9 | And when you're dealing with money issues, |
| 1:04.1 | and most of it stems from the thoughts that we have around this little green piece of paper |
| 1:09.7 | that we call money. and increasingly the X's |
| 1:13.1 | and O's in the digital space, it permeates negatively every aspect of your life. It really messes |
| 1:21.8 | with your relationships. It messes with your psyche. It messes with your self-confidence. |
| 1:26.8 | It keeps you frustrated and contentious |
| 1:30.8 | and resentful. And it drives wedges between you and the people that you love. I wish it weren't |
| 1:38.7 | the case, but it is. And what I wanted to share with you is 10 money mindsets that are wrecking, just demolishing your |
| 1:50.1 | ability to build wealth in your life. So let's just jump right into it. Number one is the I'll |
| 1:55.0 | deal with it later mentality. So many men procrastinate. And I understand you're frustrated, you're confused, |
| 2:03.7 | you, you think people are out to get you, you don't feel like you're getting paid what you |
| 2:10.1 | deserve, you think people are taking advantage of you. And some of that is true. But if you think |
| 2:15.0 | to yourself that I'm going to deal with this down the road |
| 2:17.8 | because I don't have the capacity or margin or space to deal with it now, you won't. You just won't. |
| 2:26.6 | Most people, I think in life, believe that they're going to deal with things later when things |
| 2:33.0 | are good, when things are comfortable, |
| 2:34.6 | when the situation is different and you won't. |
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