Building a band of brothers is something we hear a lot about with a few of us as men actually take the time to do it

We all know no man is an island

But how do you actually enlist the help of the men around you today?

I talk with New York Times best-selling author Steven Mansfield about identifying men who will help you on your journey

How to approach them some common pitfalls to avoid and how you can be successful on your own quest to build your band of brothers

Your 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 or 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

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Check out all of their great grooming gear and make sure you use the coupon code OrderOfMan for 15% off your total order. Now let's get to the show today as always. I'm glad you're here with us. We're talking about all things manly in this show from being a stronger leader, a more connected father and husband, a better business owner, and at the end of the day, a better man. Specifically today we're talking about building your band of brothers a tribe, a fraternity, a collection of men who will not let each other down. But first I want you to know that you can get all the show notes in the links.

And that everything that we talk about for this show at orderamand.com slash 076 and second, make sure if you haven't already that you join our closed men's Facebook group for a deeper conversation about this show at Facebook.com slash groups slash order of man. Now I want to introduce to my guest today, Mr. Steven Mansfield. He is a New York Times best selling author and a popular speaker who advises leaders worldwide. He's also a regular commentator on Fox News and CNN. He's written celebrated biographies of Booker T Washington, George Whitfield, Winston

Churchill, Pope Benedict and Abraham Lincoln among others. Steven's book Mansfield book of Manly Men, which you can hear more about in a previous interview at orderamand.com slash 038 has inspired men's events around the world. Steven speaks widely about men, leadership faith, the lessons of history, and the forces that shape modern culture. And today he's here to talk with us about building your band of brothers.

Steven, thanks for joining me on this show today for part two of our discussion. Hey, I'm looking forward to it.

So the last time you came on, I'll have to look. I don't know exactly when it was, but we talked about your book Mansfield book of Manly Men. That's a tongue twister. So I've got to make sure I say that right.

And now we're here to talk about the companion, the follow up, which is building your band of brothers, which is a topic in a conversation. I know a lot of guys are really interested in having. So I'm looking forward to delving into this one. Right.

So tell me a little bit about the premise behind the book. And then we'll get into it a little bit more. Well, as you know, when I wrote Mansfield's book of Manly Men, it really kind of blew up.

Part of it was that some major media figures got behind it, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck and some other people and they began talking about it.

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