Order of Man - July 29, 2016


FFN 014： 10 Books Every Man Should Read


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In this Friday Field Notes episode, Ryan talks about the 10 nonfiction books that every single man should read by the end of the year. He also provides some nonfiction book recommendations and links to interviews with some of his favorite authors.

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00:00:00.000 You're a man. You're committed to the work required to forge your own destiny.
00:00:04.600 Your blood, your sweat, your tears.
00:00:07.740 You will not be defeated. You cannot be deterred.
00:00:11.480 Nothing stands between you and the victory you seek.
00:00:14.640 You're a rock. Steadfast, resolute, and unwavering.
00:00:18.400 And, at the end of the day, the job will be done.
00:00:22.400 Welcome to your Friday Field Notes.
00:00:25.560 What's going on today, men? My name is Ryan Michler,
00:00:27.780 and I am the host and founder of Order of Men.
00:00:29.800 And, as always, I want to welcome you to the show today.
00:00:31.940 This is our Friday show. It's a short show of my ramblings each and every week.
00:00:35.340 And, these shows typically last between five to eight minutes, but today's is a little bit longer.
00:00:39.880 If you're interested now in our full show, make sure you subscribe to iTunes
00:00:43.560 or wherever you get your fix of podcasts so you never miss our Friday episode or our Tuesday show.
00:00:48.240 And, during our interview shows on Tuesday, we have conversations with some of the world's most successful people.
00:00:53.780 We've got Navy SEAL Jocko Willink, Art of Manliness as Brett McKay, Art of Charms, Jordan Harbinger,
00:00:59.680 Seal Fitz, Mark Devine, Spartan Race's Joe DeSena, just to name a few.
00:01:03.660 Now, today, I want to cover a topic that is near and dear to my heart.
00:01:07.460 It's books.
00:01:08.300 If you've followed me and Order of Man for any amount of time, you know that I am an avid reader.
00:01:13.200 I try to read between 40 to 50 books per year because I know how valuable new information is.
00:01:19.580 So, today, I want to share with you 10 books that every single man should read by the end of the year.
00:01:23.980 Now, let me put out this disclaimer.
00:01:25.960 These are my non-fiction book recommendations.
00:01:28.480 Without fail, whenever I give a book list, someone always wants to tell me that I don't have any fiction books on the list.
00:01:33.900 That's correct because, again, this is my non-fiction book list.
00:01:38.080 Now, a couple of resources that you need to be aware of before we get started, before I share with you these 10 resources,
00:01:42.960 is that I put an article out a couple of months ago about speed reading.
00:01:46.700 The tips I share in the article are the strategies and the tactics that I use to get through those 40 to 50 books every single year.
00:01:53.240 So, if you're interested in reading a little bit faster and also comprehending that information, go to orderofman.com slash speedread.
00:02:00.840 Second, if you want to gain access to all of the books that I mentioned today, head to orderofman.com slash FFN014.
00:02:09.540 As in Friday Field Notes 014.
00:02:12.400 All the links and the book recommendations that I mentioned today will be there.
00:02:16.540 And also, the links to interviews with a few of the authors of some of these books.
00:02:21.100 All right, with that said, let's just dive into this.
00:02:24.640 Now, these aren't in any particular order.
00:02:26.540 They're in the order that I pulled them off the bookshelf.
00:02:28.600 So, the first one is The War of Art.
00:02:31.440 You heard that right.
00:02:32.080 The War of Art by Steven Pressfield.
00:02:34.740 This is a great read for anybody in the creative space.
00:02:37.640 If you're creating art, whether that's content on a podcast or a blog or a social media outlet, or you're an artist,
00:02:43.660 or even if you're offering services of some kind, you will want to dig into this book.
00:02:48.100 It's a super quick read, and Steven digs into the mental obstacles and hurdles that get in the way of our success.
00:02:55.620 And he refers to it as the resistance, which you may have heard me say before.
00:02:59.380 So, if you've ever bumped up against some barriers, again, the resistance in your work,
00:03:03.260 this book will show you how to overcome those.
00:03:06.520 Next is Resilience by Eric Greitens.
00:03:09.140 Eric Greitens is a retired Navy SEAL.
00:03:11.260 The book is actually written in an interesting format.
00:03:13.700 Essentially, it's the correspondence between him and a SEAL brother who's struggling adapting to civilian life after time served in the SEALs.
00:03:21.580 Now, I never personally experienced the struggle that he talks about in the book after my time in the military,
00:03:26.760 but I do know that this is something a lot of veterans deal with after tours and deployments.
00:03:31.800 But the book isn't just for veterans.
00:03:33.540 It's for anyone who's ever experienced hardship in their life and needs some help in overcoming it.
00:03:39.520 So, check that out.
00:03:40.620 The next one, Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday.
00:03:43.440 This is a follow-up book to Ryan's incredible book, which I'm sure you've heard of and read, The Obstacle is the Way.
00:03:49.240 In Ego is the Enemy, Ryan teaches us why our egos are probably the single biggest hindrance to our success
00:03:55.600 and, more importantly, how we can remove or at least to a minimum reduce our egos.
00:04:00.140 So, he shares with us how we have a tendency to be our own worst enemy
00:04:02.860 and why the alternative to ego and pride, which is humility, is a better approach to life.
00:04:08.120 If you are interested, you can check out one of our highest downloaded podcast interviews
00:04:12.100 with Ryan Holiday at orderofman.com slash 065.
00:04:17.740 Now, the next book, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.
00:04:22.300 If you've listened to me for any amount of time, you know that I recommend this book
00:04:26.540 as probably my favorite business, leadership, and self-development book.
00:04:31.520 I had an incredible interview with Jocko Willink.
00:04:33.440 That interview can be found at orderofman.com slash 060 about this book.
00:04:39.060 The retired Navy SEAL commander of Task Unit Bruiser, Jocko Willink, and Leif Babin
00:04:42.920 extract the lessons they've learned from the battlefield in Ramadi, Iraq,
00:04:46.400 and coincidentally, we had some overlap of deployments.
00:04:49.600 They were getting to Ramadi as I was leaving, but if you pick one book from this list,
00:04:54.360 this is probably the one that you should read.
00:04:56.120 People are going to help you stop making excuses and take full ownership of every single element
00:05:02.040 of your life.
00:05:03.540 Next, The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone.
00:05:06.400 If you're not following Grant Cardone, you should be.
00:05:08.760 This man is all about thinking big, like 10X big.
00:05:12.060 In this book, Grant talks about why thinking big, bigger than you've ever thought before,
00:05:17.240 is the key to massive success in your life.
00:05:19.220 He teaches us it's going to take bigger goals, bigger risk, more resources, more energy,
00:05:23.380 and more time to create the life that we really want.
00:05:26.560 So if you know in your life you need to think bigger than where you are right now, this
00:05:30.060 is the book that you want to read.
00:05:31.780 Next, The One Thing by Gary Keller.
00:05:34.600 Gary Keller has created, if you're not familiar with him, an incredible real estate force to
00:05:39.680 be reckoned with.
00:05:40.560 And in this book, he shares with us some strategies for focusing on the things that are extremely,
00:05:45.860 extremely important to help us accomplish big things in our life.
00:05:48.460 I recommend this book all the time, guys.
00:05:50.660 And I use the lessons every single day in my daily and my weekly planning, which if you're
00:05:56.940 interested in those, can be found at orderofman.com slash battle plan.
00:06:01.220 The next book is The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.
00:06:05.440 Every single one of us knows creating and actually sticking to habits is the key to success.
00:06:10.620 But how many of us can actually say that we do it?
00:06:12.720 Or at least to the degree that we should.
00:06:14.240 In The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg shares with us the formula for creating any new habit
00:06:20.040 in our lives and how we can actually reprogram our brains to stick with these new habits that
00:06:25.740 we want to implement.
00:06:26.660 So make sure you check it out.
00:06:27.900 The next book, Mansfield Book of Manly Men by Stephen Mansfield.
00:06:31.360 This is a great book on what it means to be a man.
00:06:34.020 And this is a question that I've been trying to answer for the past year and a half.
00:06:37.260 But in this book, Stephen Mansfield breaks down what it actually means to be a man using
00:06:41.560 four manly maxims he's identified every man should be living by.
00:06:45.060 And he also breaks down some key virtues that we should strive to live by as well.
00:06:49.260 So if you're interested in checking out my interview with Stephen Mansfield,
00:06:52.400 you can find that interview at orderofman.com slash 038.
00:06:56.120 I'm actually curious to listen to that one myself as it was done quite a bit ago.
00:07:00.360 So I'm wondering how far I've come since then.
00:07:02.340 But if you've ever struggled with a question of what it means to be a man and how you can
00:07:05.660 be more of a man, Stephen is going to answer that for you.
00:07:08.800 Now, the next book is Relentless by Tim Grover.
00:07:11.800 Guys, this is a no nonsense.
00:07:13.280 It's a powerful book.
00:07:14.280 It's written by Tim Grover, who is the trainer to the likes of Michael Jordan, Dwayne Wade,
00:07:19.020 Charles Barkley, Kobe Bryant, a ton more.
00:07:21.520 Tim gets in your face about what it will take to help you succeed on a massive level in every
00:07:26.920 area of your life.
00:07:27.720 I really enjoyed getting to peek inside the training regimen and requirements of some of
00:07:30.800 the world's best athletes.
00:07:32.640 And he also does a great job of sharing with the reader how those lessons actually transfer
00:07:37.520 over into the lives of an everyday guy like you and me.
00:07:39.740 So this book is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.
00:07:43.580 And then the last book, guys, that I want to share with you, number 10, again, not in any
00:07:47.060 order, is The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod.
00:07:50.460 For those of you who have listened to me, you know that I am a huge proponent of planning
00:07:54.680 out your day.
00:07:55.740 The bottom line is that unless you plan out your day, you're never going to succeed at
00:08:00.260 the level you desire.
00:08:01.000 So Hal Elrod, the author of The Miracle Morning, breaks down the science of a perfect start
00:08:05.620 to your day, how you can eliminate the things that are keeping you from starting the day
00:08:09.900 off right, and how to make the most, again, of every single day.
00:08:13.080 I did an interview with Hal, and it is, guys, the single highest download episode to date.
00:08:18.560 So you'll want to check it out at orderofman.com slash 070.
00:08:22.580 So there you have it.
00:08:23.620 My book recommendations for the remainder of 2016.
00:08:26.800 Let me just break these down again real quick for you.
00:08:28.600 The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Resilience by Eric Greitens, Ego is the Enemy by Ryan
00:08:33.900 Holiday, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, The 10x Rule by Grant Cardone,
00:08:39.720 The One Thing by Gary Keller, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Mansfield Book of Manly
00:08:45.000 Men by Steven Mansfield, Relentless by Tim Grover, and The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod.
00:08:51.120 Make sure you buy these books, guys.
00:08:52.580 Make sure you read these books.
00:08:53.620 Make sure you implement their teachings in your life because knowledge is only power when it
00:08:58.140 is applied.
00:08:59.100 So again, you can go to orderofman.com slash FFN014 for the links to the interviews I mentioned
00:09:07.080 and access also to the books so you can buy them yourselves.
00:09:09.880 Last thing, guys, if you're interested in exploring these concepts further, you do need
00:09:13.560 to consider joining the Iron Council.
00:09:14.920 This is a group of men all working together to help each other succeed.
00:09:18.220 Next week, we're going to be implementing what I refer to as our 12-week battle plan where
00:09:22.440 we're going to lay out our objectives over the next 12 weeks, identify the tactics to
00:09:26.740 meet them, and then hold each other accountable in success.
00:09:29.620 So you can learn more at orderofman.com slash Iron Council, and I hope to see you there.
00:09:34.160 In the meantime, guys, take action this week and live manfully.
00:09:38.140 Those are your Friday Field Notes.
00:09:40.040 Now it's time to crush your excuses, own your choices, accept responsibility, and live manfully.
00:09:46.300 Learn how at orderofman.com forward slash Field Notes.
00:09:52.440 Thank you.