I honestly believe that every time you do something antithetical to what you know you should be doing,

a little piece of your soul dies. In fact, it has to, because if it didn't, you wouldn't be able to live with yourself for your own indiscretions. So you have one

of two choices when you screw up. You can be a psychopath and pretend as if something didn't

happen and dull your emotions and dull who you are as a human being or you could

acknowledge it and feel the guilt associated with it and then correct your

behavior.

You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest, embrace your fears, and boldly

chart 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.

Failure is a natural and inevitable part of life.

It's not really a matter of if you will fail, it's a matter of when and how you will fail, and I think most importantly, what will you do in those moments of failure?

Because at that time when you fail, whether it's something seemingly insignificant or something

crucial and important to your well-being, what you do in that moment is what defines you as a man.

So many men on social media and everywhere else,

guys that don't know you essentially will judge you and mock you and ridicule you

and belittle you and put you down as you fail without a willingness to acknowledge their own failures in life.

These are people that don't know you, don't know the nuances of your circumstances or situation, but there are other people who are deeply impacted by the mistakes that we make,

whether it's small or major,

we need to be able to correct our mistakes, fix our mistakes, and then drive on in confidence. Now the reason I'm talking about this today is because I am met with so many men on a daily basis,

whether it's in personal interactions or social media interactions or men inside of our Iron Council who talk with me about their own personal failures and what they should do to drive on and move forward with confidence in life.

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