Order of Man - March 17, 2017


FFN 047： Building a Battle Plan


Episode Stats

Length

10 minutes

Words per Minute

200.03232

Word Count

2,063

Sentence Count

159

Misogynist Sentences

1


Summary

In this episode, Ryan talks about the importance of a battle plan, and why you should incorporate one into your life every single day. He also talks about what a man is and why it's important to have one.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest. Embrace your fears and boldly chart your own path.
00:00:06.020 When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time. Every time.
00:00:10.440 You are not easily deterred or defeated. Rugged. Resilient. Strong.
00:00:15.520 This is your life. This is who you are. This is who you will become.
00:00:19.760 At the end of the day, and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man.
00:00:24.720 Gentlemen, what is going on today? My name is Ryan Mickler, and I am the host and the founder of Order of Man.
00:00:30.520 I do not care how long you've been listening to this show. I'm glad you're here. I'm glad you're tuning in.
00:00:35.840 I'm glad to know that you're interested in being a better man, because that's what we're all about here.
00:00:40.140 But I do get a lot of questions about what being a better man even means.
00:00:44.440 What does that even look like?
00:00:45.740 At the end of the day, and after all the hats we wear, all the things that we do, a man is a protector, a provider, and a presider, a leader.
00:00:53.520 So knowing that, and knowing our mission of helping you show up more fully in your life and the lives of those you care about and have responsibility for,
00:01:01.120 our goal is to bring on the world's most successful men, we extract their valuable lessons, their insights, and then we deliver them straight to you.
00:01:08.920 But with that said, each week you also get to listen to me ramble, which is what you're doing now.
00:01:13.400 This is our Friday Field Notes show, but make sure you catch our interview show each Tuesday as well.
00:01:18.580 A couple of things before I talk with you about building your battle plan.
00:01:22.960 And we've got a Facebook group, which you can join at facebook.com slash groups slash Order of Man.
00:01:28.700 And we've also got a mastermind, which you can find out more about and join at orderofman.com slash Iron Council.
00:01:35.520 In the Facebook group, we talk about some of the concepts that I share here in the podcast.
00:01:39.600 And in the mastermind, we talk about, and most importantly, we apply those concepts that I and my guests talk about in this show.
00:01:47.420 So go check them out, and hopefully we'll see you in both.
00:01:50.240 Now let's talk about a battle plan.
00:01:52.420 I deliberately call this a battle plan because each and every week, you and I go to battle.
00:01:57.980 We battle in our careers.
00:01:59.660 We battle the naysayers.
00:02:01.120 We go to battle in our marriages.
00:02:02.480 We battle for our ability to build wealth.
00:02:04.960 We battle with temptations that will keep us from that healthy lifestyle that you and I are trying to live.
00:02:11.020 And it's important to know that this enemy is real.
00:02:14.540 The enemy is working against you.
00:02:16.860 The enemy does not want you to succeed.
00:02:19.140 Yes, there are external enemies that we will have to face.
00:02:22.100 But unless you're in a life or death struggle with a criminal or in war, the enemy that you and I are more likely to face can also be our greatest ally.
00:02:31.840 And that's the man that we look at in the mirror every single day.
00:02:35.500 And that man in the mirror wants everything right now.
00:02:39.480 He doesn't want to work for it, but he wants it.
00:02:41.920 He doesn't want to wait for it.
00:02:43.400 He doesn't want to have to exert any amount of effort towards that thing.
00:02:46.140 And wouldn't it be nice if we could have all the things that we want at this instant without having to put forth any effort?
00:02:52.400 Nice?
00:02:52.940 Yes.
00:02:53.360 Is it realistic?
00:02:54.680 Probably not.
00:02:55.580 So with that said, and knowing that you and I are working against ourselves, it is critical.
00:03:00.260 It's imperative that we consider coming up with a simple plan, a simple strategy that's going to allow us to combat that immediate gratification and the laziness that all of us fall prey to.
00:03:12.400 This is the plan I call a battle plan, and it consists of three very simple sections.
00:03:18.440 I don't care if you take notes about this podcast.
00:03:21.060 I don't care if you draft your own battle plan.
00:03:23.220 I don't care if you download a free digital copy of the battle plan I use, which if you are interested, you can get at orderofman.com slash battle plan.
00:03:30.740 You could also buy our physical annual battle planner.
00:03:34.180 That's at orderofman.com slash battle planner.
00:03:37.660 But what I do care about is that you incorporate this type of planning that I'm going to share with you today into your life.
00:03:43.760 And this isn't something that you do once a year or once a quarter at the end of every year.
00:03:48.880 This is something that you do every single day without fail because that is what it takes.
00:03:54.780 It's going to take relentless discipline in scheduling out some time every day to complete this battle plan.
00:04:01.560 I know it's difficult to schedule.
00:04:04.160 It's especially difficult if you're not used to coordinating this time in your day for planning.
00:04:09.300 But I know that as I've incorporated even just 15 to 20 to 30 minutes in the morning to come up with a plan of attack that I have so much more effective results throughout the day and throughout my week and throughout my life.
00:04:23.020 So I want to get real tactical with you here as I walk through what needs to be included in this type of planning.
00:04:28.540 Again, there's three major components.
00:04:30.360 So let's break this down.
00:04:31.540 First, there's your non-negotiables.
00:04:33.580 These are the activities that you do day in and day out without fail.
00:04:37.900 Things that you've identified as helping you get your mind right and your body right and your soul for conquering the remainder of your day.
00:04:47.580 So as for me and my non-negotiables, to give you an example, I actually use Hal Elrod's Miracle Morning.
00:04:52.820 I know a lot of you guys are familiar with that.
00:04:54.840 I actually did an interview with Hal, which is at orderofman.com slash 070.
00:05:01.720 And those six things that I do every single morning.
00:05:04.460 First, exercise, meditation, reading, journaling, planning, and visualization.
00:05:12.480 So you can incorporate those into your daily life or something completely different or a mixture or a combination.
00:05:17.620 You're going to have to experiment to see what's going to work for you.
00:05:20.380 But I would recommend that you make a chart so that you can literally check these things off as you get them completed.
00:05:25.880 There's just something about checking these things off a list.
00:05:28.700 The next component is your daily task section.
00:05:32.920 These are the items that you need to get done today.
00:05:35.920 You may have a list of five or six things.
00:05:39.000 You may have a list of a lot more.
00:05:41.200 Either way, you need to write down the things that you need to get done.
00:05:44.380 If you don't, and I know this has been true for me, you're just going to lose track of what you need to get done.
00:05:49.120 So I like to keep a running list of calls I need to make or blog posts or podcasts that I need to complete, emails that I might need to send, those type of things.
00:05:59.120 But writing this stuff down makes it significantly more likely that I will get it done.
00:06:04.420 And it also helps me to prioritize what items I need to get done first.
00:06:08.180 If you can't see all of this stuff in one location, I promise you, I guarantee you, you are going to run a very inefficient lifestyle.
00:06:18.560 A lot of people will ask me about prioritization and what they should get done first.
00:06:22.820 My prioritization strategy is very simple.
00:06:25.180 I pick the task from that list that I can get done with the least amount of effort that will yield the highest results.
00:06:32.800 What can I get done right now that will require the least amount of effort and yield the highest results?
00:06:38.580 That's it.
00:06:38.960 That's how I do it.
00:06:39.960 And once I've completed that task, I check it off that list.
00:06:42.740 And only then do I move on to the next thing because this allows for maximum flexibility throughout the day.
00:06:48.540 You're not pigeonholing yourself into tasks and times that they need to be completed.
00:06:53.460 So again, this is ultimate flexibility.
00:06:55.700 The third component of this planning is your daily objectives.
00:06:59.800 I know this might sound, as I talk about this, similar to your daily tasks, but it's not.
00:07:04.360 Tasks are those to-dos that you have to get completed in order to reach your objectives, your goals.
00:07:11.460 So when it comes to my daily objectives, simplicity.
00:07:14.160 Guys, simplicity is always key here.
00:07:16.300 I don't need to hit a home run after home run after home run.
00:07:20.020 I just need to get on base as many times as possible.
00:07:23.140 This is how you succeed.
00:07:24.600 Sustained periods of execution.
00:07:27.480 Small and simple tasks.
00:07:28.800 So when it comes to my daily objectives, I focus on four key areas.
00:07:33.240 So the first is condition, which is health.
00:07:36.100 The second is what I call calibration.
00:07:38.020 This is focusing on yourself, your mind, and your soul.
00:07:41.200 The third is connection, which is relationships.
00:07:44.000 And the fourth is contribution, which is wealth building and providing value to this world.
00:07:47.960 So I come up with one, just one, very specific objective in each of these categories
00:07:54.440 for every single day that will help me move closer to what I would consider success.
00:07:59.660 So for example, if we're talking about condition, which again is health, I might choose to go for a run with my 20 pound weighted vest.
00:08:08.040 When it comes to calibration, which is getting the mind and the soul right, I might choose to go shooting for 30 minutes or so by myself to get my head cleared.
00:08:18.040 When it comes to connection, I might play catch with my son for 30 minutes.
00:08:22.360 And when it comes to contribution, maybe I choose to balance my checkbook.
00:08:28.220 Those are just examples.
00:08:29.580 Of course, you can make it whatever is going to work for you.
00:08:31.280 But compounding again, these very small steps day after day after day is going to eventually yield huge results in your life.
00:08:40.780 You don't even have to think about that result.
00:08:42.460 They will just be produced through those sustained activities.
00:08:45.940 So there it is.
00:08:46.960 That is my daily planning strategy.
00:08:49.080 I know it sounds simple or that you might even be thinking, oh, that's a lot.
00:08:52.280 I don't know how to do all that stuff, especially if you haven't done this type of planning in the past.
00:08:55.720 So let me just share a couple of resources again that we've made available that I think will help you.
00:09:01.600 First, there is a free digital copy.
00:09:04.420 It's free.
00:09:05.480 It's of our battle plan.
00:09:06.580 You can download that at orderman.com slash battle plan.
00:09:09.620 You can print it out.
00:09:10.700 You can fill it out on your computer.
00:09:12.460 Just do that each and every week.
00:09:14.200 Also, we have made a journal available.
00:09:16.720 I will say there's not very many of these left, but it's got 52 weekly battle plan pages.
00:09:22.120 It's a leather bound journal.
00:09:23.220 The notebook insert is actually replaceable.
00:09:26.020 So when you get through 52 weeks, so you get through your year, you just order another insert
00:09:31.180 and throw it right into that leather bound journal.
00:09:33.660 And it's got the Order of Man logo embossed on that.
00:09:36.040 So if you're interested in that version, you can pick that up at orderman.com slash battle planner, battle planner.
00:09:42.660 So guys, please understand that you need to take your planning seriously.
00:09:46.920 If you truly want to accomplish the big things that I know you want to accomplish,
00:09:50.100 I have these conversations with you every single day.
00:09:52.280 You're going to have to plan accordingly.
00:09:55.160 And this very simple planning strategy that I shared today has literally transformed my life.
00:10:00.600 So I'll look forward to talk with you next week.
00:10:02.840 But until then, make a plan, take action on that plan and become the man you were meant to be.
00:10:08.660 Thank you for listening to the Order of Man podcast.
00:10:11.580 You're ready to take charge of your life and be more of the man you were meant to be.
00:10:15.300 We invite you to join the Order at orderofman.com.