As men, we need to reclaim what it means to be a man in a society that has completely lost sight of it. In this episode, Ryan talks about the importance of building a thriving tribe and how you can do so.
00:00:00.000You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest. Embrace your fears and boldly chart your own path.
00:00:06.020When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time. Every time.
00:00:10.480You are not easily deterred or defeated. Rugged. Resilient. Strong.
00:00:15.500This is your life. This is who you are. This is who you will become.
00:00:19.760At the end of the day, and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man.
00:00:24.720Hey, gentlemen. What is going on today? My name is Ryan Michler, and I am the host and founder of the Order of Man movement and this podcast.
00:00:33.400Guys, I'm glad that you are one of the hundreds of thousands of men who listen to this podcast each and every month.
00:00:39.080But truth be told, we need more men in this fight.
00:00:42.440And if you've been listening to this podcast for any amount of time, you're here for a reason.
00:00:47.080You are likely finding value in what we're doing here.
00:00:50.040If you didn't, I don't think you'd be here.
00:00:51.500And I believe that if you have something of value, the best thing that you can do is share it.
00:00:56.840Share it with the people that you know. Share it with the world.
00:00:59.200It's what I've been doing over the past three years, and it's what I ask you to do.
00:01:04.040Share this with your friends, your brothers, your colleagues, your co-workers, your neighbors, your dad.
00:01:10.580And at the end of the day, if you just invite one man who you know that would benefit from what we're doing here,
00:01:16.580we turn this into millions of men inside this brotherhood tackling real issues and reclaiming what it means to be a man in a society that has completely, completely lost sight of it.
00:02:04.480And I don't have any other announcements today.
00:02:06.380The only announcement that I had is that I ask you to share this podcast and movement.
00:02:10.540So, let's just jump right into the topic of this week's Friday Field Notes.
00:02:15.300I want to talk with you about building a thriving tribe.
00:02:18.380Now, this may be a conversation geared towards those who are working to build their own businesses, social media tribes, whatever it may be, like we've done here.
00:02:26.740But really, it's for any man who wants to lead.
00:02:32.400So, whether you're leading a tribe of hundreds of thousands that spans the entire planet, like we are here, or you've been tasked with leading a new project at work, or you've got a wife and children to protect, provide, and preside for, or you're a coach or a school teacher, or you're in the military, whether you're going to school, we all have tribes to lead.
00:02:52.140And today, I'm going to walk you through a few key insights that have helped me build this tribe.
00:02:57.360This tribe is significantly larger and more significant than I ever could have imagined.
00:03:02.140And the first thing I wanted to share with you is that you need to care.
00:03:05.720All right? You need to care about your tribe.
00:03:07.560It's a shame, I know, that I even need to mention this, but I bring it up first for a reason.
00:03:12.060Because if you don't care about your tribe, you will never succeed, at least not in the long term.
00:03:16.820Sure, you might be able to trick a few people into believing that you have their best interest at heart, but I can assure you that unless you genuinely do, you will be found out.
00:03:27.300So, put your tribe's needs at the forefront of your mind.
00:03:30.720Really have a desire to help and see them win in a way that's important to them.
00:03:36.520And if you can't do that, at a minimum, then nothing else I'm going to share with you today will even matter.
00:03:41.880So, make sure you are caring about your tribe.
00:03:45.240Number two is know your tribe's concerns.
00:03:48.240Your job as a leader is to address the concerns of your tribe.
00:03:52.540But in order to do that, you have to know what concerns they actually have.
00:04:03.560Take a look at the most influential leaders in history, and I think you'll quickly recognize that their ability to solve their tribe's problems put them at the front of the pack.
00:04:13.660Whether you're referring to Martin Luther King Jr. or Steve Jobs, Gandhi, George Washington, Jesus Christ, Henry Ford, Bill Gates, Winston Churchill, even Hitler.
00:04:26.240They all had the ability to solve the concerns of the people they were leading.
00:04:32.180Although, disclaimer here, I would add that Hitler violated the first rule I mentioned a minute ago, as well as many others.
00:04:39.420But if you want to lead effectively, gentlemen, you have to know your tribe's concerns.
00:04:44.960What are the people that you are serving worried about?
00:04:48.000Whether that's your family, your clients, your colleagues, your coworkers, what are they worried about?
00:04:52.580And then address those concerns accordingly.
00:04:58.080And let's just take a lesson out of the order of man playbook right here.
00:05:00.860One of the most common comments I get when I make a post or publish an article about masculinity is, quote unquote, well, this applies to women too.
00:05:53.480In fact, if anything, I think that should be taken as a compliment.
00:05:57.500I care so much about my audience that I craft and deliver a message so that it connects with the people that I'm working to serve.
00:06:04.300The burden of articulating a message like I am here or the message that you're delivering falls upon you and me as the deliverer of that message.
00:06:12.220It's not the burden of the receiver of the message.
00:06:15.500So if you aren't getting any traction with your family or your coworkers or employees or clients, I'd have you consider that maybe you aren't speaking their language and to focus on delivering a message in a way that they'll be able to receive it.
00:06:30.660Number four, guys, be ruthlessly consistent.
00:06:34.520It is amazing how distracted that we have become as individuals.
00:06:38.800You have heard it been called the bright, shiny object syndrome.
00:06:42.440I mean, how often have you been hopped up and excited to start some new venture only to wake up the very next morning, less than 24 hours with absolutely zero desire to follow through on it.
00:06:53.480If you're anything like me, that happens to you all the time.
00:06:56.040Look, if you want to succeed at building a thriving tribe, you have to be consistent in your actions over years and years and years long after that thrill of the new venture wears off.
00:07:08.520This is, to me, the single greatest differentiating factor between our organization, Order of Man, and the dozens, if not hundreds of other movements around men that started about the same time that I did.
00:07:21.860I'm not smarter. I'm not smarter. I'm not better connected or more capable or better financed.
00:07:27.920I'm just really, really good at being robotic about the actions I take to build a movement.
00:07:33.740That is all. Think about this podcast alone.
00:07:36.940We've done over 160 interview episodes and over 100 Friday field notes.
00:07:42.300That means in three and a half years, I have not missed a single podcast episode, not a single one.
00:07:50.960That's what's required. That's what it takes to be successful.
00:07:56.140All right. The last thing I want to share with you guys is that you need to become a tribesman.
00:08:00.880What do I mean by this? I want you to take a look at my life for a second.
00:08:05.980Think about the truck I drive. Think about the dog I own, which is a German shepherd.
00:08:11.400If you don't know, imagine my glorious beard.
00:08:14.820Think about what I do for fun, which is CrossFit and hunting and woodworking.
00:08:18.860What clothes do I wear? How do I communicate? What's my background?
00:10:12.620Some of you are going to think that this message is so simplistic that you're going to completely overlook the simple truths that I've shared today.
00:10:21.280I've turned this business and this movement into multiple six figures using those five strategies.