Order of Man - FFN 051： Consistency Trumps Talent

00:00:00.000 You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest, embrace your fears, and boldly chart

00:00:05.000 your own path. 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. This is your life. This is who

00:00:17.240 you are. This is who you will become. At the end of the day, and after all is said and done,

00:00:22.800 you can call yourself a man. Gentlemen, what is going on today? My name is Ryan

00:00:27.360 Mickler, and I am the host and founder of the podcast that you are listening to right now,

00:00:31.500 The Order of Man. As always, whether you're new to the show or you're not, you've been

00:00:36.260 around forever. I am glad that you're here. If you are new to the show, I want you to know

00:00:41.360 that we also have an interview show, which is released each Tuesday, and we literally

00:00:45.100 are interviewing the world's most successful men on the planet. Guys like Jocko Willing,

00:00:49.520 Brett McKay, Tim Kennedy, Andy Frisilla, Grant Cardone, Lewis Howes, so many more. So if

00:00:54.880 you would, guys, make sure you subscribe to the show, and while you're there, make sure

00:00:58.600 you leave us an iTunes rating and review. We have had over 100 men leave reviews in the

00:01:04.920 last couple of days, and we're really on a push to grow and expand the mission of The

00:01:10.160 Order, and reviews go a long way in helping. As you can tell from my voice, guys, it's gone.

00:01:14.980 Seasonal allergies started it, coaching my son's baseball teams, put it over the edge, but

00:01:20.480 here I am, nonetheless, delivering the value that I told you I would. I'm going to keep

00:01:25.320 this short and sweet today because it's a pretty simple subject we'll be covering, and

00:01:29.280 also, of course, for the sake of my voice, I want to talk with you about consistency,

00:01:33.800 consistency, consistency, and all we do is critical to our success. It trumps talent every single

00:01:41.060 time, man. And the reason I want to talk with you about this today is because, again, you can

00:01:45.920 hear it. My voice is shot. But when I started this podcast, and specifically the Friday Field

00:01:51.580 Notes that you're listening to right now, I committed to delivering each and every Friday,

00:01:57.380 not every other Friday, not when I feel good, not when the sun is shining, every single Friday,

00:02:05.020 which means that although I don't want to be behind this microphone right now, I am committed

00:02:09.800 to doing it. And my word is my bond. I see a lot of men out there who I would consider one pump

00:02:16.820 jumps. These are the guys that go in, they swing for the fence. If they hit a home run, they stick

00:02:21.260 around. If they strike out, they pull themselves from the game. It's easy to be good for a minute.

00:02:27.360 It's easy to be on your game when the stars are aligned. It's easy to slay it when you're in the zone.

00:02:33.480 But that's not what matters. It doesn't matter because everybody can do it then. What matters is how

00:02:39.320 you handle yourself in adversity. What matters is what you do when things aren't going well.

00:02:44.640 What matters is how you handle yourself when you don't feel like doing it, whatever it is.

00:02:51.420 So what most guys will do is they'll go balls to the wall on that project once, once. And because

00:02:58.640 their boss doesn't happen to recognize them that time, they quit. What most guys will do is they'll go

00:03:03.960 into the gym for the first time in 10 years. And because they don't see immediate results,

00:03:08.820 they go back to their couch potato ways. What most guys do is start that side project or that

00:03:14.800 business, then realize nobody's beating down their door. So they throw in a towel. Guys,

00:03:19.920 we're better than that. This is a matter of expectations. We've been led to believe by

00:03:25.700 mass media and the internet gurus out there trying to sell their wares and their products and their

00:03:31.540 courses and their services, that this is going to be easy. That connecting with your wife after years

00:03:37.220 and even decades of neglect is just a matter of telling her you love her a few more times throughout

00:03:42.580 the week. Or that after a lifetime of exerting no amount of physical energy, that you're going to be

00:03:48.160 able to get up and run a marathon in the next 30 days. Or that the business that you want to start

00:03:52.880 is going to blow up if you set up your Facebook page just the right way. Let's get real here.

00:03:59.140 This is going to take hard work. But we as men, we don't shy away from hard work. In fact,

00:04:05.060 if anything, we run to it. Not for the sake of it being hard, but because we know what real results

00:04:11.020 take. And we're willing to enter that fray. We're willing to put it all on the line. And we're willing

00:04:17.160 to do it for a very, very long time. You show me a man that's talented and I'll show you a man that

00:04:26.160 might have some success in his life. But you show me a man that's a workhorse, a man that's fully

00:04:31.400 committed to his marriage, fully committed to making that business work, fully committed to his health.

00:04:38.700 And he's going to outlast any other man that comes along. And I'll show you a man that is guaranteed to

00:04:44.980 succeed eventually. Men, I want you to know that I am in this thing for the long haul. I'm in this

00:04:51.000 thing till the end. I've planted my flag behind the mission of order of man. I know exactly what

00:04:57.380 it's going to take. And I'm willing to outlast every other podcaster, blogger, business owner,

00:05:03.120 YouTuber, because I have to. I'm not the most talented. You aren't the most talented. Not one of

00:05:10.080 us is the smartest man in the world. Not one of us is the wealthiest or the most connected.

00:05:14.980 But one thing we have absolute control over is the desire and the ability to see this thing

00:05:22.540 to the end. Gentlemen, that level of commitment, that level of consistency, that level of grit and

00:05:30.940 toughness and mental fortitude and resiliency is what's going to ensure your success. That's all I've

00:05:38.320 got for you today, brothers. You can bank on the fact that I will be here next week,

00:05:42.940 barring my death. But until then, take action, plant that flag, stay consistent and become the man

00:05:51.540 you are meant to be. Thank you for listening to the order of man podcast. You're ready to take

00:05:56.980 charge of your life and be more of the man you were meant to be. We invite you to join the order

00:06:01.620 order of man dot com.

Order of Man - April 14, 2017

FFN 051： Consistency Trumps Talent

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