FFN 051： Consistency Trumps Talent
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Summary
In this episode, Ryan talks about the importance of consistency and how it trumps talent every single time. He also talks about how to deal with adversity and what to do when things don't go your way. And how to handle yourself when you don't feel like doing it.
Transcript
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You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest, embrace your fears, and boldly chart
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your own path. When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time, every time.
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You are not easily deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient, strong. This is your life. This is who
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you are. This is who you will become. At the end of the day, and after all is said and done,
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you can call yourself a man. Gentlemen, what is going on today? My name is Ryan
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Mickler, and I am the host and founder of the podcast that you are listening to right now,
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The Order of Man. As always, whether you're new to the show or you're not, you've been
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around forever. I am glad that you're here. If you are new to the show, I want you to know
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that we also have an interview show, which is released each Tuesday, and we literally
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are interviewing the world's most successful men on the planet. Guys like Jocko Willing,
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Brett McKay, Tim Kennedy, Andy Frisilla, Grant Cardone, Lewis Howes, so many more. So if
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you would, guys, make sure you subscribe to the show, and while you're there, make sure
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you leave us an iTunes rating and review. We have had over 100 men leave reviews in the
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last couple of days, and we're really on a push to grow and expand the mission of The
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Order, and reviews go a long way in helping. As you can tell from my voice, guys, it's gone.
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Seasonal allergies started it, coaching my son's baseball teams, put it over the edge, but
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here I am, nonetheless, delivering the value that I told you I would. I'm going to keep
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this short and sweet today because it's a pretty simple subject we'll be covering, and
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also, of course, for the sake of my voice, I want to talk with you about consistency,
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consistency, consistency, and all we do is critical to our success. It trumps talent every single
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time, man. And the reason I want to talk with you about this today is because, again, you can
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hear it. My voice is shot. But when I started this podcast, and specifically the Friday Field
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Notes that you're listening to right now, I committed to delivering each and every Friday,
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not every other Friday, not when I feel good, not when the sun is shining, every single Friday,
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which means that although I don't want to be behind this microphone right now, I am committed
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to doing it. And my word is my bond. I see a lot of men out there who I would consider one pump
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jumps. These are the guys that go in, they swing for the fence. If they hit a home run, they stick
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around. If they strike out, they pull themselves from the game. It's easy to be good for a minute.
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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.
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But that's not what matters. It doesn't matter because everybody can do it then. What matters is how
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you handle yourself in adversity. What matters is what you do when things aren't going well.
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What matters is how you handle yourself when you don't feel like doing it, whatever it is.
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So what most guys will do is they'll go balls to the wall on that project once, once. And because
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their boss doesn't happen to recognize them that time, they quit. What most guys will do is they'll go
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into the gym for the first time in 10 years. And because they don't see immediate results,
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they go back to their couch potato ways. What most guys do is start that side project or that
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business, then realize nobody's beating down their door. So they throw in a towel. Guys,
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we're better than that. This is a matter of expectations. We've been led to believe by
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mass media and the internet gurus out there trying to sell their wares and their products and their
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courses and their services, that this is going to be easy. That connecting with your wife after years
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and even decades of neglect is just a matter of telling her you love her a few more times throughout
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the week. Or that after a lifetime of exerting no amount of physical energy, that you're going to be
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able to get up and run a marathon in the next 30 days. Or that the business that you want to start
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is going to blow up if you set up your Facebook page just the right way. Let's get real here.
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This is going to take hard work. But we as men, we don't shy away from hard work. In fact,
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if anything, we run to it. Not for the sake of it being hard, but because we know what real results
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take. And we're willing to enter that fray. We're willing to put it all on the line. And we're willing
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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
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might have some success in his life. But you show me a man that's a workhorse, a man that's fully
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committed to his marriage, fully committed to making that business work, fully committed to his health.
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And he's going to outlast any other man that comes along. And I'll show you a man that is guaranteed to
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succeed eventually. Men, I want you to know that I am in this thing for the long haul. I'm in this
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thing till the end. I've planted my flag behind the mission of order of man. I know exactly what
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it's going to take. And I'm willing to outlast every other podcaster, blogger, business owner,
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YouTuber, because I have to. I'm not the most talented. You aren't the most talented. Not one of
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us is the smartest man in the world. Not one of us is the wealthiest or the most connected.
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But one thing we have absolute control over is the desire and the ability to see this thing
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to the end. Gentlemen, that level of commitment, that level of consistency, that level of grit and
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toughness and mental fortitude and resiliency is what's going to ensure your success. That's all I've
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got for you today, brothers. You can bank on the fact that I will be here next week,
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barring my death. But until then, take action, plant that flag, stay consistent and become the man
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you are meant to be. Thank you for listening to the order of man podcast. You're ready to take
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charge of your life and be more of the man you were meant to be. We invite you to join the order