FFN 090： A Code of Conduct
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Summary
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock. Every great society and every great movement agrees to adhere to a set of rules and guidelines, a code of conduct, if you will.
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 Michler,
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and I am the host and founder of this podcast, The Order of Man. This is a show dedicated to
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reclaiming what it means to be a man. To that end, we interview the world's most successful men.
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We extract their knowledge, their wisdom, and then we share it with you through this podcast.
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That said, you also get to listen to me, whether you want to or not, each and every Friday in this,
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your Friday field notes. Also, just to put a little bug in your ear, I'm excited about this. We are
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going to be launching a third show each and every week where we'll be interviewing some of my
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brothers inside the Iron Council. These are ordinary guys like you and me doing some extraordinary
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things to produce big results in our lives. We're going to be calling that show In the Trenches.
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So look out for that in the coming weeks, in the coming months. Now, today, I wanted to share with
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you a little bit about the power of a code of conduct for the way in which you operate in your
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life. This is actually an excerpt from my new book coming out in February. It's titled Sovereignty,
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The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Men. If you are interested in knowing when it's available,
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head to orderofman.com book. Guys, I can't even begin to describe how excited I am to get this book
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in your hands. It's been a bit of an emotional roller coaster completing it, and we're only two
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weeks away or so from making it available to you. In it, I cover the battle all of us as men are
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fighting, the mission we have in being here, the code of conduct in which we ought to consider adhering
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to in our lives, and a very, very specific planning strategy called the battle plan, which will help
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you produce big results in your life. Again, you can head to orderofman.com book to be notified when
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it's available. In the meantime, guys, again, here is a quick excerpt of the book regarding the code
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of conduct. Part three, the code of conduct. In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters
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of principle, stand like a rock. Thomas Jefferson. Every great society and every great movement agrees
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to adhere to a set of rules and a set of guidelines, a code of conduct, if you will. Romans adhered to
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romanatas or mas maiorum, which means the custom of the ancestors. Although this code was unwritten,
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these models, practices, and traditions shaped much of Roman behavior. Among the personal virtues Roman
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aspired to live up to were mercy, dignity, tenacity, frugality, industriousness, and truthfulness.
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Among the public virtues Romans strived to adhere to were abundance, equity, prosperity, confidence,
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justice, and freedom. Dating back even further, 1754 BC, we find the code of Hammurabi from the
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ancient Babylonian people. This code of 282 laws can be found on seven and a half feet tall stone
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monuments and covers everything from slander to trade to slavery and theft to the duties of workers
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and divorce. Christians adhere to the Ten Commandments. Members of the medical community swear to uphold the
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Hippocratic Oath. Warriors of every nation and every time period have all lived up to a code,
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from the Spartan army's code of honor and discipline to medieval knight's code of chivalry to the
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Japanese samurai's Bushido, or way of the warrior. When I joined the military, I was expected to
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memorize the code of the United States Fighting Force, which illustrated the way we as soldiers were
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to conduct ourselves on the battlefield and in captivity. Even pirates adhered to a code, which came to
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be known as the Articles of Agreement. The pirates' article of agreement covered everything from
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discipline, to division of stolen items, to desertion, to the hierarchy of the ship's commanding
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crew. Too many men live their lives without a personal code of conduct for the way they will
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conduct themselves in any given situation, in any given environment. Consider, for example, the man
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who steps out on his wife. In hindsight, and after the excitement has died down, he will justify his
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actions because he has temporarily lost himself. He forgot who he was. He let the heat of the moment
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get to him. I've heard men balk at the notion of a code of conduct. Many men believe the idea
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that living to a set of self-imposed guidelines somehow places unnecessary restrictions on them.
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On the surface, this makes sense. Rules, regulations, and guidelines are, by definition,
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restrictive. But I'd have you consider that the healthy, constructive guidelines we establish
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enable us to live fuller, richer lives than living free from the burden of these limitations.
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Take, for example, the man who decides to consume whatever food, drinks, and substances he feels
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so inclined to consume in any given moment. Does this man not increase the chance of developing a
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crippling medical condition, decreasing his standard of living, and or shortening his years? Which is
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worse, imposing a set of standards on yourself or suffering the consequence of doing whatever the
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hell you feel like? In part three, we break down the sovereign man's code of conduct. We looked at
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the what in part two, the mission. Now we're going to uncover the how. It is through the 13 virtues we
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highlight that you maximize your ability to live a sovereign life and effectively carry out your
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mission to protect, provide, and preside. In addition to the code we cover, you will also learn
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the mindset required to master each virtue. And where most books end with information, we encourage
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you to use this section as a field manual for your day-to-day operations. For this reason, we've also
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included a set of skills that you will be challenged to engage in on your journey to become the master
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of your heart and mind. My journey from rock bottom to what has become the best days of my life has
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been a long, slow process. I've had my share of ups and downs along the way. These 13 virtues have been
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my guiding compass to keep me on the narrow path of the sovereign man. Gentlemen, there again is just
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a short snippet from the book on operating and living by a code of conduct. I hope that you enjoyed
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that brief section. If you want to know when the book is available, head to orderofman.com book where
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you can download the introductory chapter and sign up to be notified when the book goes live. Again,
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I can't wait to get this in your hands. I know it's going to change lives and it's been such a rewarding
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process for me to go through. I'm excited to finally put this thing into action. Thanks for being here with
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me today, gentlemen. This movement would not be nearly what it is today without you tuning in each
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and every week and sharing the message of the order. Until next week, take action and become the man you
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are meant to be. Thank you for listening to the Order of Man podcast. You're ready to take charge of
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your life and be more of the man you were meant to be. We invite you to join the order at orderofman.com.