Hello friends! How are you? It's a beautiful semi spring morning here in Utah, Saturday April 5th, 2025. It's just gorgeous outside. I included a photo of Mount Timpanogos at the end of this blogpost. This newsletter answers a question I was asked recently: What is the Modern Day Warrior Intensive really about? The one coming up starting next Friday, April 11th? Read on dear friends!
Band of Brothers
FROM THIS DAY TO THE ENDING OF THE WORLD,
BUT WE IN IT SHALL BE REMEMBER'D;
WE FEW, WE HAPPY FEW, WE BAND OF BROTHERS;
FOR HE TODAY THAT SHEDS HIS BLOOD WITH ME
SHALL BE MY BROTHER
-Henry V
My friend Elijah is coming to the Modern Day Warrior next week (starting April 11th, 2025) and he asked me to help him describe the event, so he can recruit more men to come.
This got me thinking, and I remember something a teacher of mine taught me: Do the Math.
Figure shit out for yourself. What really is the Modern Day Warrior Intensive? To me? What am I really doing here?
I’ve been through the wringer of marketing, saying things in such a way to capture the attention of my audience. But that all feels like bullshit here. Like… really… what is really going on here?
And so I wrote, and wrote, and wrote. Pages. All of it was good, but all of it was bullshit. It was just… ad copy.
It didn’t describe what I really do, what this is really about.
Then, that night, in the middle of the night I woke up and I realized what it was.
It’s a group of men, gathering together, to get real and raw, and deepen into the spiritual meaning of the masculine, of being a MAN in this world.
That’s all it is. Men getting together, like we did in the old times, out hunting, providing, gathering around the fire, a celebration, a feast for the masculine.
So it doesn’t matter if you are old or young. If you are an Elder, you need a group of good men to pass on your wise wisdom to, as well as gain their support in your later years. If you are young, come learn at the feet of the elders and give them your strength and youth.
I don’t care if your body isn’t working, you are fat, out of shape, and eat like shit. The solution is a group of good men supporting you.
I don’t care if your life is meaningless, and you have no roots, no overall direction. The solution is a group of good men challenging you.
I don’t care if your relationships are all burning down around you. The solution is a group of good men calling you on your bullshit.
I don’t care if your business is burning, or you can’t even find a job. The solution is a group of great men sharing their wisdom.
The most successful men in this world have a TRIBE OF OTHER MEN THEY BELONG TO SUPPORTING THEM.
A place to get real with the facts of your life, and raw with the emotions. To get relevant in your direction and focus on RESULTS.
It’s time for radical self-honesty and radical ownership of your life.
We all feel the fading of the masculine, as men are diminished and we are left wondering where the hell we stand in the midst of it. The old days of toxic men who were bullies and bastards is over. But we traded in some degree of strength when we became softer.
No one argues against the move toward equanimity, but at the same time something has been lost. And the answer isn’t about going back to the old days of “shut the hell up and bring me a turkey pot pie!”. It’s about moving forward into a new, deeper level of masculine presence, direction, and focus, as a tribe of men supporting each other, Elders, Youth, and those in between.
Power. Power in your body, clarity in your direction, tight and trustworthy in your connections, and abundant in your prosperity.
