Guys, every once in a while you meet somebody so special that you know you just need to connect with this person more and today I have the opportunity to share my conversation with one of those people Sydney Smith.

I met him very, very briefly at a 5k last year and then earlier this year I had a chance to spend a couple hours hiking down a mountainside while shooting our bows at the total archery challenge.

And that really doesn't sound that special until you learn that Sid is a double amputee and does his walking and running and everything else that he does what you learn about on prosthetics.

So today we talk about overcoming the fear that he faced as he made the decision to have his legs amputated, focusing on the positives of life, learning to appreciate what we have, getting used to pain, and then ultimately turning what could be a tragedy into triumph.

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, 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 and I am the host and the founder of this podcast, The Order of Man.

I want to welcome you as I always do, whether you're new or you've been with us for any amount of time, I'm glad that you're here. We need more men in this fight.

And trust me, it is a fight. It's a fight to reclaim and restore masculinity. I believe that there is a vocal minority that wants to dictate the tone of the conversation.

And I think it's up to us as noble and strong, honorable men to be dictating that conversation and to be talking about what it really means to be a man and giving you all the tools and the guidance and the direction and the skill sets and the conversations, which is what this podcast is all about to help you become a more effective father, husband, business owner, community leader, whatever

facet of life you're showing up as a man, it's my goal to equip you with the tools that you need in order to be more effective and more productive in those areas of your life.

So we've been going strong for about three and a half years now and guys we could not do without you. I appreciate you sharing this with the men in your life.

I appreciate the ratings and the reviews and the conversations. You guys are buying books, you're supporting the show, you're sharing it with your friends and the people that you care about.

It's evident, it's obvious that you're doing those things because we continue to see the growth within this podcast and organization and mission in general, which again is to reclaim and restore masculinity.

So I want to thank you for that first and foremost. We've got a very, very powerful show for you today. One of my favorites with a man who I've got to spend a little time with over the past year or so, not a whole lot of time.

But man, every time I talk with this gentleman, I am more and more inspired by who he is, how he shows up and what he does.

We're going to get into that in a minute in the meantime. I do want to mention our show sponsors and my friends over at Origin and specifically Pete Roberts. I just learned that he's in the hospital.

He's down and out. I think he went a little too hard after having some injuries that he was nursing. He went a little too hard and he's in the hospital. So we hope him a speedy recovery.

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