Order of Man - Men, Do Less...Better ｜ FRIDAY FIELD NOTES

00:00:00.000 Guys, I want you to be hyper effective in life.

00:00:02.520 Every single one of us are listening

00:00:04.080 to way too many podcasts.

00:00:05.700 We're reading way too many books.

00:00:07.520 We have way too many emails.

00:00:09.500 Our environment is a complete nightmare

00:00:11.740 with clutter and junk and chaos and nonsense.

00:00:15.260 I want you to spend some time this weekend

00:00:17.580 and it is an investment upfront,

00:00:19.340 but I promise you,

00:00:20.440 if you spend time in those five realms,

00:00:22.460 again, your physical possessions,

00:00:24.400 technology, your environment,

00:00:26.960 friends, family, and relationships, and work,

00:00:29.320 if you focus on those five things

00:00:31.060 and begin to cut out the unnecessary,

00:00:33.680 you're automatically going to become

00:00:35.260 that much more effective.

00:00:38.480 You're a man of action.

00:00:40.160 You live life to the fullest.

00:00:41.640 Embrace your fears and boldly chart your own path.

00:00:44.560 When life knocks you down,

00:00:45.900 you get back up one more time, every time.

00:00:48.980 You are not easily deterred or defeated.

00:00:51.240 Rugged, resilient, strong.

00:00:54.100 This is your life.

00:00:55.180 This is who you are.

00:00:56.600 This is who you will become.

00:00:57.900 At the end of the day,

00:00:59.460 and after all is said and done,

00:01:01.340 you can call yourself a man.

00:01:05.220 Men, if you're anything like me,

00:01:07.060 you are absolutely inundated with all the demands

00:01:10.500 and responsibilities, duties,

00:01:12.760 and frankly, just stuff of life.

00:01:16.060 The men I talk to, including myself,

00:01:17.920 are often consumed with things that don't matter,

00:01:21.100 distracted from what does,

00:01:22.840 and have a hard time distinguishing the difference

00:01:25.400 between the two, and as we continue to be distracted

00:01:29.100 and inundated with emails and technology

00:01:32.460 and our environmental space

00:01:34.460 and the amount of demands for our time,

00:01:38.000 attention, and energy,

00:01:39.620 it only creates a lot of frustration, contention,

00:01:42.960 maybe even resentment towards people,

00:01:45.660 animosity, and anxiety in your life.

00:01:47.880 And if we know one thing,

00:01:49.840 it's that all of those things lead to dissatisfaction,

00:01:53.440 frustration, lack of direction, lack of purpose,

00:01:56.840 sometimes lashing out to the people

00:01:58.880 that we care about most.

00:02:00.120 So today, what I wanna do is encourage you

00:02:02.580 to do less better, to do less things,

00:02:06.900 but to do those things better.

00:02:09.140 We're all aware of the analogy of going a mile wide

00:02:14.440 and an inch deep or going very narrow,

00:02:16.920 but going as deep as you can.

00:02:18.120 And I think the older I get

00:02:20.020 and the level of success in certain aspects of my life

00:02:24.900 that I've enjoyed,

00:02:25.640 I've realized that I want to do less

00:02:28.460 and I wanna do it on a deeper level.

00:02:30.860 I think it's more fulfilling.

00:02:32.340 I think it's more profitable.

00:02:33.820 I think it's more enjoyable.

00:02:34.980 And ultimately, it moves the needle further.

00:02:37.820 So I'm gonna share with you a couple of things,

00:02:40.120 five things, five arenas or areas of life

00:02:43.180 where you can start to do less, but do it better.

00:02:45.960 But before I do, I wanna mention one thing

00:02:48.420 in the spirit of doing less, but doing it better.

00:02:52.800 You are inundated constantly with the amount of events

00:02:56.640 and experiences and conferences that you can attend.

00:03:00.340 Attend, excuse me.

00:03:01.700 And I certainly understand that.

00:03:03.420 I've got so much travel planned this year

00:03:06.160 that it's a little frustrating at times

00:03:09.300 and anxiety ridden just thinking about it.

00:03:11.480 But if you're thinking about attending

00:03:13.620 just one event this year,

00:03:15.580 I would encourage you and ask or invite you

00:03:18.620 to join us at The Men's Forge in May,

00:03:21.740 just outside of St. Louis.

00:03:23.700 It's very clear that men are struggling.

00:03:26.820 They do not connect with other men.

00:03:28.800 They're isolated.

00:03:29.900 They're alone.

00:03:31.260 They don't have people to be accountable to.

00:03:33.840 They don't have others to hold accountable.

00:03:36.280 There's no brotherhood.

00:03:37.080 There's no camaraderie and outside of the military service

00:03:40.640 or sports or other activities like hunting,

00:03:44.720 maybe there's just not a way for men to connect.

00:03:47.540 When you join us at The Men's Forge,

00:03:50.540 May 1st through the 4th, 2025,

00:03:52.800 you're going to walk away with friendships

00:03:54.740 that have the potential to be lifelong friendships.

00:03:58.180 I only say that because I've seen it

00:04:00.100 with the guys that attend our events

00:04:01.760 that they are bonded and united over certain goals,

00:04:07.500 shared visions for their lives,

00:04:09.900 and also shared struggles.

00:04:12.160 And if you go with the 200 other men

00:04:14.320 who are going to be at that event

00:04:15.360 and you walk away with one or two

00:04:17.360 or three good relationships with solid men

00:04:19.860 who want the same things you do,

00:04:21.780 then that's an event well worth it.

00:04:23.440 So check it out.

00:04:24.140 It's at themensforge.com.

00:04:26.400 That's themensforge.com.

00:04:28.760 Again, that's May 1st through the 4th, 2025.

00:04:31.220 That is the one event

00:04:32.680 that you ought to consider joining this year.

00:04:35.760 All right, guys, let's jump into this.

00:04:37.200 Again, I'm going to talk about five realms.

00:04:38.680 The first realm I'm going to talk with you about

00:04:40.200 is your physical space.

00:04:41.900 When it comes to doing less but doing it better,

00:04:43.960 you really need to cut out

00:04:45.240 the physical clutter of your life.

00:04:48.100 I'll give you an example.

00:04:49.540 Maybe this applies to you

00:04:50.600 or maybe it applies to somebody you know,

00:04:52.620 but you're going to lunch with a friend.

00:04:55.120 Maybe it's a colleague.

00:04:56.400 And he says, why don't we take my car?

00:04:58.180 You go to his car.

00:04:59.240 You go open the door.

00:05:00.260 And it is an absolute mess.

00:05:02.260 There's McDonald's trash bags lying around.

00:05:05.940 There's paperwork.

00:05:07.840 There's bags.

00:05:09.100 And there's toys from the kids

00:05:10.840 and just a whole bunch of crap

00:05:12.460 sitting on the front seat,

00:05:13.640 so much so that you can't even sit down

00:05:16.300 until the guy decides he's going to, like,

00:05:17.860 start to kind of clean up the clutter

00:05:19.220 and move that stuff back. 0.93

00:05:20.360 And even when he gets it cleaned up,

00:05:21.940 you're worried about sitting down

00:05:23.400 because who knows,

00:05:24.320 you might be sitting on a two-month-old French fry

00:05:28.360 or stale ketchup that's been sitting there

00:05:30.460 for who knows how long.

00:05:33.080 It's a common occurrence that I see

00:05:36.620 when I get into people's vehicles.

00:05:38.820 And I can't help but think that this person

00:05:42.000 just is cluttered.

00:05:43.420 They have chaos and confusion

00:05:44.960 and noise and nonsense in their life.

00:05:47.840 I would suggest that you keep your space

00:05:49.740 and your environment clean.

00:05:51.540 Have a yard sale.

00:05:53.140 Get rid of the things that you don't need.

00:05:54.360 Go through your closet.

00:05:55.380 If you go through your closet

00:05:56.460 and you see items of clothing

00:05:58.000 that you haven't worn for six months

00:05:59.660 or even a year,

00:06:00.780 then donate that.

00:06:01.980 Get rid of that.

00:06:02.640 You don't need that in your life.

00:06:03.880 One of the adages that I've often heard

00:06:06.760 and I subscribe to is that

00:06:08.560 what you own, owns you.

00:06:10.920 So every piece of clothing,

00:06:13.600 every piece of technology,

00:06:16.460 every painting,

00:06:17.860 or in my case, skull.

00:06:19.720 I've got a couple of skulls

00:06:20.860 from animals that I've hunted over the years

00:06:22.560 sitting there.

00:06:24.100 Everything that we own,

00:06:25.480 owns a piece of us.

00:06:26.720 And you need to ask yourself,

00:06:28.160 are these things,

00:06:29.240 and they are just things,

00:06:30.980 items that I'm willing to invest in,

00:06:33.640 even if they're just sitting there,

00:06:34.980 it is occupying your time, space,

00:06:37.380 energy, attention, and resources.

00:06:39.280 So go through,

00:06:40.240 clean out your garage,

00:06:41.920 get rid of the old bikes,

00:06:43.400 get rid of the old clothes,

00:06:45.040 go through the junk drawer

00:06:46.560 that you have in your kitchen

00:06:48.340 like every single person

00:06:49.860 in America might have,

00:06:51.800 and clean that out.

00:06:53.900 Get rid of old batteries

00:06:55.220 and cables that you've had

00:06:56.800 for decades

00:06:58.420 that you're never going to use again.

00:07:01.100 Get rid of all of that

00:07:02.460 because the less stuff that you have,

00:07:04.840 the more you can occupy

00:07:06.160 your time and attention

00:07:07.180 on the things that actually matter.

00:07:08.920 You're not going to be spending

00:07:09.980 a lot of time cleaning.

00:07:11.180 You're not going to be frustrated

00:07:12.340 with all the things

00:07:13.260 that are laying around.

00:07:14.140 You're not going to be stepping over

00:07:15.620 items in your house

00:07:17.680 to get to what you need to do.

00:07:20.040 Old dishes that you don't need

00:07:21.740 or don't use anymore.

00:07:23.480 Cleaning out the refrigerator

00:07:25.900 from food that's been there forever.

00:07:28.800 Take some time this weekend,

00:07:30.740 clean up your physical space.

00:07:32.060 You don't need to do everything.

00:07:33.440 Maybe you choose one aspect

00:07:34.940 of your physical realm

00:07:36.480 on a weekly basis

00:07:38.620 and you say,

00:07:39.300 I'm going to clean out the fridge.

00:07:40.300 It's going to take me

00:07:41.100 30 minutes, 40 minutes.

00:07:42.640 I'm going to clean out the fridge

00:07:43.580 or I'm going to clean up

00:07:44.840 the drawers in my closet

00:07:46.040 or I'm going to go through the closet

00:07:47.700 and get rid of the clothes

00:07:48.700 or I'm going to take this afternoon,

00:07:51.140 just clean out the car,

00:07:52.980 give it a deep clean,

00:07:54.040 vacuum it all out,

00:07:54.980 pick up all the old French fries

00:07:56.200 that are wedged

00:07:56.740 and stuck between the seats,

00:07:58.000 clean up all that junk

00:07:58.820 that's sitting on your front seat

00:07:59.900 so people can actually get in

00:08:01.280 and enjoy a nice ride with you.

00:08:03.720 But clean up your physical space.

00:08:05.680 Number two, technology.

00:08:08.440 We have so many apps.

00:08:10.080 We have so many programs.

00:08:11.440 We have so many notifications.

00:08:13.140 We get so many emails.

00:08:14.740 We get spam all the time.

00:08:16.840 And then we have,

00:08:17.960 like I said earlier,

00:08:18.820 those cables and old cameras

00:08:21.240 and outdated phones

00:08:22.500 that we'll never tap into again.

00:08:24.380 And again, it's just,

00:08:25.180 it's taking up space.

00:08:27.120 Get rid of all of that.

00:08:29.560 Get rid of all the apps.

00:08:30.800 There's programs

00:08:31.460 that you can actually go in

00:08:32.580 and see.

00:08:33.220 It'll calculate

00:08:33.940 what subscriptions you're paying for.

00:08:36.460 In many cases,

00:08:37.360 you have hundred

00:08:38.360 or hundreds of dollars

00:08:40.440 worth of subscriptions

00:08:42.240 that you don't even remember

00:08:43.800 signing up for or paying for.

00:08:45.640 So go into your phone,

00:08:47.380 pull up subscriptions,

00:08:49.000 see what you're actually paying for,

00:08:50.940 cancel outdated ones,

00:08:52.240 get rid of apps

00:08:52.960 that you're no longer using.

00:08:54.620 I also turn off my notifications.

00:08:57.880 I don't get notifications.

00:08:59.280 My phone doesn't ring

00:09:00.300 or at least it doesn't tell me

00:09:02.620 when it's ringing.

00:09:03.700 I don't get notifications

00:09:05.140 when I get a new email

00:09:06.260 or get something on social media.

00:09:08.060 Absolutely zero notifications

00:09:09.660 on my phone

00:09:10.500 because I want to be able

00:09:12.620 to control when I check my emails

00:09:16.000 or when I check social media

00:09:17.700 because I do it in time blocks

00:09:20.120 where I might not be interested

00:09:21.240 in checking social media

00:09:22.340 every two minutes,

00:09:23.160 but I can check it for 20

00:09:24.780 sometime this afternoon.

00:09:27.160 Same thing with emails.

00:09:28.480 When you go through an email

00:09:29.520 and you get a spam,

00:09:30.480 don't just delete it,

00:09:31.380 block it 0.94

00:09:31.860 or unsubscribe if you need to.

00:09:34.140 If it's not serving you

00:09:35.420 in any way,

00:09:36.200 unsubscribe.

00:09:37.520 Get rid of it,

00:09:38.660 block it, 0.97

00:09:39.420 block the spam,

00:09:40.260 unsubscribe from newsletters

00:09:41.820 that you've been part of

00:09:43.120 that are no longer

00:09:43.740 serving you in any way

00:09:45.060 and clean up your email.

00:09:48.120 My goal

00:09:48.680 at the end of every single day

00:09:51.120 is to have my inbox

00:09:52.660 no less than 10,

00:09:53.920 or excuse me,

00:09:54.380 no more than 10 emails

00:09:56.700 in my inbox

00:09:58.120 and I only have those 10

00:09:59.300 because they might be

00:10:00.360 open emails

00:10:01.640 that I,

00:10:02.060 you know,

00:10:02.460 still need to do something with.

00:10:03.780 But again,

00:10:05.200 minimalize your life.

00:10:06.620 Get rid of everything

00:10:07.380 that you possibly can

00:10:08.480 with regards to technology.

00:10:10.540 Get out that bin

00:10:11.380 that you've had sitting in storage

00:10:13.220 for probably 20 years

00:10:15.060 at this point.

00:10:16.140 Go through all the cables,

00:10:17.400 go through all the outdated technology,

00:10:19.220 donate it,

00:10:19.720 throw it away,

00:10:20.220 get rid of it,

00:10:21.060 do whatever you need to do

00:10:22.100 and clean up

00:10:24.880 your technological clutter.

00:10:27.140 Next is your environment.

00:10:28.940 And we kind of talked about this

00:10:30.340 in the realm

00:10:30.740 of your physical space,

00:10:32.060 but set up your environment

00:10:34.460 in a way

00:10:35.140 that is conducive

00:10:36.080 to what you're trying

00:10:37.040 to accomplish.

00:10:37.980 And if you don't know

00:10:39.100 what that is,

00:10:39.800 then that tells me

00:10:40.920 that you're not real serious

00:10:42.620 about what it is

00:10:43.780 you want to accomplish.

00:10:45.440 For example,

00:10:46.280 when I go into the gym

00:10:47.820 every morning,

00:10:49.160 the gym is set up

00:10:50.260 in a thoughtful,

00:10:51.660 very coherent way

00:10:52.940 in order to produce

00:10:54.140 a desired result.

00:10:55.540 And I know

00:10:56.280 when I go into the gym

00:10:57.220 what the pattern is.

00:10:58.600 Now,

00:10:58.840 I may not have known

00:10:59.560 that when I first started,

00:11:00.660 but I go through

00:11:01.520 a pattern

00:11:02.120 each and every day

00:11:03.060 in the most efficient

00:11:04.620 and effective

00:11:05.260 manner possible.

00:11:07.120 I do that

00:11:08.120 so that I don't have

00:11:09.420 to think about

00:11:10.460 all of this stuff

00:11:12.580 of where do I go next

00:11:13.580 and what do I do here

00:11:14.380 and when do I go here?

00:11:15.200 I don't want any of that.

00:11:16.800 All of that needs

00:11:17.380 to be simplified

00:11:18.100 so it frees up my time

00:11:19.740 for the things

00:11:20.800 that I've identified

00:11:21.540 that truly matter.

00:11:23.960 Same thing with regards

00:11:25.160 to your schedule.

00:11:26.620 You know,

00:11:26.880 if you have a reoccurring

00:11:27.940 schedule every week or two,

00:11:29.320 just put it on the calendar

00:11:30.380 as a reoccurring schedule.

00:11:32.880 Have conversations

00:11:33.920 with people about

00:11:34.920 when you're available

00:11:35.860 and when you're not.

00:11:37.580 Create some boundaries.

00:11:38.680 If you have employees,

00:11:39.880 for example,

00:11:40.480 who need your time

00:11:41.580 and attention every day,

00:11:43.500 maybe you tell them,

00:11:44.280 hey, I'm not available

00:11:45.160 every day all day

00:11:46.400 but I am available

00:11:47.240 on Tuesdays and Thursdays

00:11:48.600 from two to five

00:11:49.440 or whatever your time is.

00:11:51.980 You have to get rid of

00:11:53.320 the demands

00:11:54.640 for your time and attention.

00:11:56.100 You have to set boundaries

00:11:57.320 with people

00:11:57.960 and I don't think

00:11:59.240 that when people

00:11:59.920 step over your boundaries,

00:12:01.340 they're doing it maliciously.

00:12:03.260 In many ways,

00:12:04.300 they may not even know

00:12:05.640 that it's a boundary

00:12:06.320 because you failed

00:12:07.400 to communicate it

00:12:08.400 and in other ways,

00:12:09.860 they're so consumed

00:12:10.680 and worried about

00:12:11.500 what they have going on

00:12:12.580 that they don't even consider

00:12:13.680 what you might have going on.

00:12:15.500 It doesn't make them malicious.

00:12:17.420 It just means

00:12:18.020 you need to be protective

00:12:19.120 of your environment,

00:12:20.520 including your time,

00:12:21.680 your calendar,

00:12:22.280 and your schedule.

00:12:23.700 All right,

00:12:24.020 let's go to family and friends.

00:12:25.260 This one can be a hard one

00:12:26.760 because there are people

00:12:28.380 in your life

00:12:29.060 who you need

00:12:30.840 to spend less time with.

00:12:32.360 They're toxic people.

00:12:33.780 They're negative people.

00:12:35.540 They're the energy vampires.

00:12:37.580 They're the people

00:12:38.060 who always want to take from you

00:12:39.900 and never give anything in return.

00:12:41.500 They're making bad choices.

00:12:43.140 They're acting like losers.

00:12:44.740 And if you're like most of the men

00:12:47.020 that I hear from,

00:12:47.760 when they identify somebody like this,

00:12:49.960 there's a deep-seated sense

00:12:51.420 of loyalty to these people.

00:12:53.440 And I can appreciate that.

00:12:54.980 I can even respect that.

00:12:56.300 But that doesn't mean

00:12:57.240 it's serving you well.

00:12:58.760 So who are those people specifically?

00:13:01.520 Who are the friends

00:13:02.260 that have been around forever

00:13:03.320 that you were friends with

00:13:04.260 in high school

00:13:04.840 that you just probably

00:13:05.840 shouldn't be spending

00:13:06.560 any more time with?

00:13:07.380 And what I suggest

00:13:09.480 with those types of relationships

00:13:11.060 is you start

00:13:11.980 to compartmentalize them.

00:13:13.680 So if there's a family member,

00:13:15.280 for example,

00:13:15.820 that you just don't get along with,

00:13:17.440 that you always are

00:13:18.080 just so frustrated with,

00:13:20.060 maybe it's their politics

00:13:22.120 or maybe it's their attitude

00:13:23.400 or maybe it's their demeanor

00:13:24.960 or how they treat you

00:13:26.420 or other people around you,

00:13:28.600 that's fine.

00:13:29.420 I can compartmentalize

00:13:31.020 those people,

00:13:31.840 especially if it's family.

00:13:32.860 There's going to be times

00:13:34.160 where they're going

00:13:35.140 to be involved

00:13:36.020 in your life

00:13:36.620 in some capacity.

00:13:37.560 Maybe it's a Super Bowl party

00:13:38.800 for the entire family

00:13:40.260 or Thanksgiving

00:13:40.880 or holidays.

00:13:42.360 Okay, compartmentalize that.

00:13:43.980 I don't need to spend

00:13:44.820 more time outside

00:13:45.760 of what we're doing here

00:13:46.740 for that.

00:13:47.860 Same thing at work.

00:13:49.660 How many of you

00:13:50.320 have co-workers

00:13:51.240 who are miserable people

00:13:54.120 and you just don't want

00:13:55.800 to spend any amount of time

00:13:57.480 more than you have to

00:13:58.600 but for whatever reason

00:14:00.320 you feel obligated to

00:14:01.580 because of the company

00:14:03.360 Christmas party

00:14:04.360 or everybody's going out

00:14:06.180 for dinner on Friday night

00:14:07.880 after work.

00:14:08.700 You don't need to be involved

00:14:10.360 in that stuff.

00:14:11.240 If you want to,

00:14:12.100 that's fine

00:14:12.620 but there's going to be

00:14:13.860 people at work

00:14:14.520 that you're just obligated

00:14:15.580 to work with

00:14:16.160 and that's fine

00:14:16.980 and that is compartmentalized

00:14:18.980 and that will be the extent

00:14:20.480 of your relationship.

00:14:22.820 That is a hard thing to do

00:14:25.340 in many ways

00:14:26.420 but cutting out time

00:14:28.080 from people

00:14:29.300 who are just taking time

00:14:30.780 and not adding any value

00:14:32.320 into your life

00:14:33.060 is a huge, huge return

00:14:36.420 on your investment

00:14:38.120 of energy spent

00:14:39.040 and inventorying

00:14:40.180 where you're wasting time

00:14:42.560 and what this allows you

00:14:45.000 to do

00:14:45.500 in the realm

00:14:47.000 of what we're talking about

00:14:47.840 doing less

00:14:48.340 but doing it better

00:14:49.060 is it allows you

00:14:50.260 to focus on the relationships

00:14:51.380 that truly matter.

00:14:52.720 If you're spending time

00:14:54.260 on that loser

00:14:55.580 from high school

00:14:56.700 that you never really

00:14:57.460 kind of separated from,

00:14:58.920 well that's detracting

00:15:01.480 from the relationship

00:15:03.000 you have with your wife

00:15:03.980 or the time

00:15:04.940 that you get to spend

00:15:05.680 with your kids

00:15:06.620 and if you have that time

00:15:08.580 reclaimed and recovered

00:15:09.780 now you're able

00:15:10.680 to do better

00:15:11.500 to do more

00:15:12.560 with fewer people.

00:15:15.120 Alright guys

00:15:15.880 and the last one here

00:15:16.900 is work.

00:15:19.280 When I say work

00:15:20.080 it's not just

00:15:20.900 your current work

00:15:22.540 but it might be

00:15:23.140 other opportunities

00:15:24.080 maybe it's a side hustle

00:15:25.560 or a side business

00:15:26.560 that you have going on.

00:15:27.800 you have to learn

00:15:29.020 how to get rid

00:15:29.940 of everything

00:15:30.520 that you possibly can

00:15:31.940 that either you don't

00:15:32.840 want to be doing

00:15:33.500 or you shouldn't be doing.

00:15:35.360 If you don't want to do it

00:15:36.920 well sometimes

00:15:38.120 we're obligated to

00:15:39.320 and in those cases

00:15:40.800 I would say

00:15:41.420 be as systematic

00:15:42.240 as possible.

00:15:44.080 Invest in resources

00:15:45.220 invest in other people

00:15:47.280 who can help you

00:15:48.140 identify

00:15:48.680 how you can make

00:15:49.800 this more streamlined

00:15:50.640 or more effective

00:15:51.880 but always look

00:15:53.820 for those opportunities

00:15:54.640 for the things

00:15:55.600 that you don't want to do

00:15:57.200 but have to get done

00:15:58.000 to do them more effectively

00:15:59.080 and then there's going

00:16:00.400 to be other things

00:16:01.660 that you just

00:16:03.340 shouldn't be doing them.

00:16:04.480 For example

00:16:05.020 I should not be doing

00:16:06.080 my taxes

00:16:06.660 so if I'm spending

00:16:08.280 any amount of time

00:16:09.200 doing taxes

00:16:09.920 I'm wasting my time

00:16:12.180 I'm wasting my money

00:16:13.240 I'm wasting my energy

00:16:14.280 I'm wasting my resources

00:16:15.420 and I'm making myself

00:16:16.580 miserable.

00:16:17.540 What I ought to be doing

00:16:18.880 is podcasting

00:16:20.460 talking with our guests

00:16:22.140 doing Friday field notes

00:16:23.480 being involved

00:16:24.180 in our iron council

00:16:25.040 putting together events

00:16:26.160 like the force

00:16:26.760 that we have coming up

00:16:27.600 in May

00:16:28.000 those are the things

00:16:29.720 I should be focused on.

00:16:31.240 Now the taxes

00:16:31.720 have to get done

00:16:32.460 the bookkeeping

00:16:33.500 has to get done

00:16:34.280 the marketing strategy

00:16:36.040 has to get done

00:16:36.880 but I don't need

00:16:38.220 to be the person

00:16:38.820 who does that.

00:16:40.220 So for a man

00:16:41.620 who wants to be

00:16:42.320 hyper effective

00:16:43.100 in business

00:16:43.720 the best thing

00:16:44.580 that you can do

00:16:45.220 is begin to identify

00:16:46.500 who are the best people

00:16:48.140 within your current

00:16:49.520 organization

00:16:50.160 or people you know

00:16:51.560 who would actually

00:16:52.820 do a better job

00:16:53.900 at that thing

00:16:54.540 than you can

00:16:55.360 hiring an accountant

00:16:56.380 for example

00:16:57.300 yes it costs money

00:16:59.480 but it also saves you

00:17:01.140 time, money, energy

00:17:02.140 and a headache

00:17:02.680 and it allows you

00:17:03.680 to go out

00:17:04.840 and do something

00:17:05.360 that might generate revenue.

00:17:07.300 How good are you

00:17:07.940 at delegating?

00:17:09.140 How good are you

00:17:10.080 at identifying people

00:17:11.180 who are better at things

00:17:12.360 than you are?

00:17:13.560 How good are you

00:17:14.440 at casting vision

00:17:15.820 enlisting others

00:17:17.020 in the movement

00:17:17.580 of your business?

00:17:19.820 If you can't get

00:17:20.920 those things right

00:17:21.700 then you're going

00:17:22.140 to be doing everything.

00:17:23.380 You're going

00:17:23.900 to be the janitor

00:17:24.700 you're going

00:17:25.100 to be the accountant

00:17:26.060 you're going

00:17:26.460 to be the web designer

00:17:27.460 you're going

00:17:27.820 to be the marketer

00:17:28.740 you're going

00:17:29.020 to be the front

00:17:30.200 facing man

00:17:30.860 of the organization

00:17:31.680 you're going

00:17:33.200 to be doing it all

00:17:34.020 you're going

00:17:34.320 to be the legal

00:17:34.860 department

00:17:35.380 and the HR

00:17:36.200 department

00:17:36.720 don't do that

00:17:37.700 guys

00:17:38.080 get rid of that

00:17:39.700 stuff as quickly

00:17:40.560 as you can

00:17:41.140 and we do that

00:17:42.000 through the art

00:17:43.040 of delegation

00:17:43.880 guys

00:17:45.120 I want you

00:17:45.760 to be hyper

00:17:46.300 effective in life

00:17:47.220 but the reality

00:17:48.500 is is that

00:17:49.140 every single

00:17:49.720 one of us

00:17:50.260 are listening

00:17:50.760 to way too

00:17:51.420 many podcasts

00:17:52.240 we're reading

00:17:53.040 way too many books

00:17:54.120 we have way too

00:17:55.140 many emails

00:17:55.800 our environment

00:17:56.840 is a complete

00:17:57.760 nightmare

00:17:58.420 with clutter

00:17:59.220 and junk

00:17:59.940 and chaos

00:18:00.620 and nonsense

00:18:01.260 we're getting

00:18:03.620 hung up

00:18:04.300 on relationships

00:18:05.640 that we should

00:18:06.300 no longer have

00:18:07.300 or at least

00:18:07.920 minimize

00:18:08.720 to some degree

00:18:09.740 in our life

00:18:10.520 we're inundated

00:18:11.460 with emails

00:18:12.160 and technology

00:18:13.120 and old phones

00:18:15.300 and all the other

00:18:16.220 things that I shared

00:18:17.040 with you today

00:18:17.560 I want you

00:18:18.740 to spend

00:18:19.140 some time

00:18:19.900 this weekend

00:18:20.620 and it is

00:18:21.200 an investment

00:18:21.660 up front

00:18:22.200 but I promise

00:18:23.000 you

00:18:23.240 if you spend

00:18:24.260 time in those

00:18:25.060 five realms

00:18:25.700 again your

00:18:26.240 physical space

00:18:27.260 or I should

00:18:28.800 just say

00:18:29.240 your physical

00:18:29.840 possessions

00:18:30.420 technology

00:18:31.820 your environment

00:18:33.480 friends

00:18:34.540 family relationships

00:18:35.580 and work

00:18:36.560 if you focus

00:18:38.260 on those five

00:18:38.860 things and begin

00:18:39.720 to cut out

00:18:40.520 the unnecessary

00:18:41.420 you're automatically

00:18:42.620 going to become

00:18:43.400 that much more

00:18:44.060 effective

00:18:44.480 and when a man

00:18:46.020 is effective

00:18:46.540 he's more

00:18:47.620 valuable

00:18:48.040 and when a man

00:18:49.120 is more valuable

00:18:50.060 he has a deep

00:18:51.640 sense of

00:18:52.420 satisfaction

00:18:53.060 pride

00:18:53.820 and fulfillment

00:18:54.680 in his life

00:18:55.540 which isn't that

00:18:56.780 what we all want

00:18:57.480 don't we all want

00:18:58.800 to be proud

00:18:59.300 of the work

00:18:59.720 we're doing

00:19:00.160 don't we all

00:19:01.180 want to add

00:19:01.720 value to the

00:19:02.400 people that we

00:19:02.940 care about

00:19:03.500 don't we want

00:19:04.300 to engage

00:19:05.320 in activities

00:19:06.100 and hobbies

00:19:06.760 and career

00:19:07.300 aspirations

00:19:07.880 that light

00:19:08.520 a fire

00:19:08.980 within us

00:19:09.740 don't do

00:19:11.220 the things

00:19:11.780 that don't

00:19:12.380 allow that

00:19:13.120 to happen

00:19:13.660 it's detracting

00:19:15.260 it's making

00:19:16.260 you inferior

00:19:17.420 it's producing

00:19:18.600 way inferior

00:19:20.860 results

00:19:21.340 than what

00:19:21.940 you're capable

00:19:22.480 of

00:19:22.840 and again

00:19:23.940 do less

00:19:24.860 do less

00:19:25.660 guys

00:19:25.960 but just

00:19:26.580 do that

00:19:27.000 less

00:19:27.360 better

00:19:28.000 and it

00:19:28.480 will produce

00:19:28.800 better results

00:19:29.360 for you

00:19:29.720 again

00:19:30.520 just want

00:19:30.940 to reiterate

00:19:31.340 if you're

00:19:31.800 looking for

00:19:32.140 that one

00:19:32.740 event to go

00:19:33.420 to this year

00:19:34.000 themensforge.com

00:19:35.620 may 1st

00:19:36.660 through the 4th

00:19:37.180 we've got a

00:19:37.620 great lineup

00:19:38.180 of speakers

00:19:38.680 and I want

00:19:39.440 you there

00:19:39.820 that's may 1st

00:19:40.680 through the 4th

00:19:41.300 themensforge.com

00:19:43.740 alright guys

00:19:45.080 that's all I've

00:19:45.980 got for you

00:19:46.300 today

00:19:46.560 you have

00:19:47.160 your marching

00:19:47.540 orders for

00:19:48.020 this weekend

00:19:48.480 until next

00:19:49.560 week go out

00:19:50.020 there take

00:19:50.380 action

00:19:50.840 do less

00:19:52.220 better

00:19:52.820 and become

00:19:53.740 the man

00:19:54.040 you are

00:19:54.780 meant to be

00:19:55.360 thank you

00:19:59.900 for listening

00:20:00.300 to the order

00:20:00.840 of man

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00:20:02.060 you're ready

00:20:02.740 to take

00:20:03.120 charge of

00:20:03.580 your life

00:20:04.020 and be more

00:20:04.740 of the man

00:20:05.160 you were

00:20:05.500 meant to be

00:20:06.060 we invite

00:20:06.880 you to join

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Order of Man - February 14, 2025

Men, Do Less...Better ｜ FRIDAY FIELD NOTES

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