Why Every Man Must Advocate for Himself | FRIDAY FIELD NOTES
Order of Man
Ryan Michler
4.8 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Friday Field Notes, Ryan Michler discusses why every man must learn to advocate for himself. He explains how setting boundaries, communicating needs, and standing firm in convictions are essential for personal and professional success. Ryan challenges the belief that self-advocacy is selfish and presents compelling research on how men who stand up for themselves experience greater fulfillment, stronger relationships, and better health.
He also shares practical steps for asserting oneself in all areas of life. Tune in to learn how to take control of your mission, command respect, and lead with confidence.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 – Introduction
02:40 – No One is Coming to Save You
05:02 – Your Mission, Your Responsibility
09:51 – Your Strength Commands Respect
12:15 – Your Family and Community Need a Leader
17:09 – Weak Men Get Walked On, Strong Men Get Results
19:20 – Final Thoughts & Call to Action
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| 0:00.0 | Can I expect my daughter to stand up for herself in the wake of a situation like that? |
| 0:04.8 | If I'm not a man who's willing to stand up for myself, if I'm not showing her what that |
| 0:10.6 | actually looks like, because that can be a scary thing in the context of potential sexual |
| 0:15.8 | violence, in non-confrontational situations, it can be really hard to do. |
| 0:20.4 | But if your kids see you |
| 0:22.0 | advocating for yourself, standing up for yourself, sharing what you believe unapologetically, |
| 0:26.8 | they are much more likely, according to the evidence from the Father Involvement Research Alliance, |
| 0:31.0 | much more likely to be able to do it in their own lives. |
| 0:35.8 | You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest. Embrace your fears and boldly chart your own lives. You're a man of action. |
| 0:38.6 | You live life to the fullest. |
| 0:41.6 | Embrace your fears and boldly charge your own path. |
| 0:46.0 | When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time, every time. |
| 0:50.9 | You are not easily deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient, strong. |
| 0:52.2 | This is your life. |
| 0:53.6 | This is who you are. |
| 0:56.5 | 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. Men, the other day I stated on |
| 1:07.0 | one of our Ask Me Anythings that it's crucial for a man to learn how to advocate for himself. |
| 1:13.5 | If you have boundaries and rules and expectations of the way that you'll be treated and you left |
| 1:19.2 | those things unsaid and the boundaries not upholded, then essentially what you're teaching yourself |
| 1:26.7 | more or the same as everybody else is that |
| 1:30.4 | you are not worth advocating for. And you'll continue to allow yourself to be walked over, |
| 1:36.3 | to be trampled on, to be disrespected, and ultimately not live the life that you desire. |
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