Why So Mad? | FRIDAY FIELD NOTES
Order of Man
Ryan Michler
4.8 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Anger isn’t the enemy—it’s how we respond to it that matters. In this episode, Ryan Michler dives deep into understanding and managing anger, exploring why it arises and how it can be transformed into a productive force. He shares six powerful strategies to help you regulate emotions, bridge the integrity gap, and align your actions with your values. Whether it’s dealing with family, work, or personal challenges, learn how to turn anger into a tool for growth, leadership, and lasting impact.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
00:00 - Episode Introduction
00:48 - The Nature of Anger
02:36 - Responding Positively to Anger
04:45 - Courage to Disengage
06:57 - Bridging the Integrity Gap
12:00 - Eliminating Agitators
16:44 - Lowering Expectations, Not Standards
19:49 - Focusing on Internal Locus of Control
25:15 - Keeping Your Eye on the Prize
35:12 - Conclusion and Upcoming Episode
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| 0:00.0 | The integrity gap is the distance between what we know we ought to be doing and what we're |
| 0:05.8 | actually doing. |
| 0:06.6 | And when there's a discrepancy, it stirs up agitation with us. |
| 0:11.5 | It stirs up a sense of inferiority, a sense of a lack of self-confidence, insecurity, certainly, |
| 0:20.6 | impatience, and a short fuse. |
| 0:24.8 | At least it has for me and the other men that I've talked with, the thousands and thousands |
| 0:28.4 | of other men that I've talked with. |
| 0:31.3 | You're a man of action. |
| 0:33.0 | You live life to the fullest. |
| 0:34.5 | Embrace your fears and boldly chart your own path. |
| 0:37.2 | When life knocks you down, |
| 0:38.8 | you get back up one more time, every time. You are not easily deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient, |
| 0:45.8 | strong. This is your life. This is who you are. This is who you will become. At the end of the day, |
| 0:52.0 | and after all is said and done you can call yourself a man |
| 0:58.0 | As a man I think it's safe to assume that every single one of us has experienced anger and rage at some point in our lives |
| 1:05.0 | a lot of this comes from our internal belief system and how we respond to our emotions. A lot of it, frankly, |
| 1:12.7 | are due to factors beyond our control. But what I want to tell you is that it's crucial that |
| 1:17.3 | each and every one of us learn how to overcome our anger issues if we have any hope of leading |
| 1:23.1 | ourselves well and leading the people that we have a responsibility for well. I don't think, |
| 1:30.1 | and I never have believed that the emotion of anger is the problem. There are things in this world |
| 1:36.1 | and things that you're confronted with that you ought to be angry about. So the emotion is |
| 1:40.8 | never the problem. Your response to the emotion could potentially be a problem. |
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