Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] It is a man's duty to be a protector to everyone around him. And that's what we're talking about today on the Warrior Kings podcast. Stick around. Hello and welcome to the Warrior Kings podcast. I'm your host, Michael Riggs, here to assist you on your journey to living a fully optimized life as a man. So again, welcome. Welcome to the Warrior Kings podcast. It's good to talk to you today. It's good to be back today if it's your first time here. My name is Michael Riggs. I'm a full time author, artist and entrepreneur, husband and father of five. And I say all of the things that most men don't want to hear. So if that's not your thing, if that's something you're not into, definitely get out of here. Don't subscribe to this podcast, but hey, if it is, if you want to level up every aspect of your life as a man, that's what we do here every week. So like I said, welcome. Last week on the episode we had some audio issues. There was some really bad echo and we're actually working on getting that fixed. I hope that it's better this time because the mic is positioned a little better in front of my mouth. I put it lower before, now it's right in front of me like it used to be. So I'm hoping that that makes a huge difference. We're working on some sound panels and stuff to kind of dampen the echo in the room. So hopefully the audio will be sound way more crisp really soon. I want to remind you guys really quick that in the description of these podcast episodes is the mailing list where you can get exclusive content emails directly for me to inspire you every week. Definitely get signed up for that mailing list and another reminder as well that the book Warrior husband is coming January 1st and it's up for pre order right now in ebook. That's my book on how to be a better husband. It's on Amazon right now for pre order coming out January 1st. And I'm going to be sending some content from that book in those emails, like some sneak peeks, some information, some reminders, stuff like that. And I'm going to be building a book launch team to ensure that book's success. So if you want to be a part of that, definitely reach out to me. I'm going to have some information directly out about that soon on the podcast. I'm going to be talking about it and I'm definitely going to be talking about it in those Emails. So if that's something that interests you, if you want to be a part of the Warrior Husband book launch team, definitely sign up for that mailing list. Today we're expanding on the chapter of the protector from the book Warrior King. This book right here, it actually has a different cover now, but if you're not familiar with it, Warrior King is my first non fiction book that I wrote. It's Warrior, Warrior King, Unlocking masculinity, manliness and the warrior spirit within. And it's written to inspire men all over the world to level up their lives. What it means to be a man, how to live a fully optimized, honorable life as a man. It's basically a seven level course and that's available pretty much everywhere. You can find it on Amazon as well an ebook, paperback and audiobook. The seven levels in that book are the primal, the listener, the wise man, the lover, the protector, the warrior, and the King. But these episodes are for everyone. It just kind of expands on the chapters of that book. So even if you never read that book, there's some valuable information in this, this episode. So I'm glad you're here today. So without further ado, let's dive right into it. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight. Psalm 144, the Bible. It is a man's duty to protect the people around him. I'm going to say that again. It is a man's duty to protect the people around him. It is a man's duty to protect his family. It is a man's duty to protect complete strangers. Everywhere you go. You must know that people are safer simply because you are around. If we were to raise our boys up with this trait, there's no denying that the world would be a safer place, whether we choose to acknowledge it or not. The world is a threat. People are a threat. And it's getting worse. It's just a fact. We could be in denial about this all day long until we're faced with this unfortunate reality the hard way. But it's true. It's simply true. How many atrocities could be prevented if it was common knowledge that almost every man in a room was ready and willing to do anything necessary to stop someone if they were going to try something stupid? What if men didn't flee from danger, but rushed toward it head on in order to save as many lives as possible? What if this was the norm? What if the righteous hero was more common than the villain? It is not beyond you or reserved for fictional characters to be a weapon of righteousness, it's simply who you are as a man. It's part of your design. Anything less than this is cowardice. And so I gotta ask you, is your family safer when you're home? Do you make the rounds in the evening to make sure that all the doors and windows are locked? Are you present and alert in public places? Do the people in your family and in your circle feel safer when you're around? Having the ability to be dangerous and reserving that dangerous of yourself until it's necessary to unleash it is part of being a man. Men should be dangerous. And I know that there are a lot of people that would be offended by that statement. Should I say that men should harm others? No. But what I am saying is they should definitely have the ability to. And we spoke in a previous episode about channeling the warrior spirit and expressing it in the right ways. If you don't feel dangerous in the sense that if evil tried to stand up to you, you would be a force to be reckoned with, you have some work to do. The dangerous side of you that is ready to defend others is reserved and patient, dormant but ready. Wholes bolstered but locked and loaded. The idea is to make it just such a natural part of yourself that it's just part of who you are. You don't want to decide that you're a protector and you're a tough guy and start walking around with your arms but out talking in the deepest voice that you possibly can. No, it's just part of who you are. It's natural. You're just dangerous. You're just ready. You're yourself, but you're just ready to defend and protect others at any given time. Right? The world would have you believe that the job of protecting others is reserved for other people. You know, the police are just a phone call away and the military is out of sight and out of mind. And while we're incredibly blessed to have these men and women, women to protect us, as men, it is our duty to protect others until they can get there or even when they aren't accessible. You must be ready to fight and you must be ready to defend. You never know when you will need to do these things. Those of you with the blessing of having sons raise them to be protectors as well. Dangerous situations are becoming more and more common. I hope and I pray that someday this isn't the case anymore. But there are many lost people out there that are influenced by evil. And that is why it is so important now more than ever to raise your sons to become men and initiate them into manhood so they don't end up becoming lost, broken, evil men. Raise your sons to be protectors. Teach them to be the one that pretty girls feel safer around. The one who doesn't let anyone go anywhere alone at night. Teach them to be the one that when at school, if someone decides to do some sort of crazy violent acts, they say, hell no, not while I'm around. And I'm not a teacher of self defense tactics or how to use them, but these resources are widely available and I encourage you to pursue them for the benefit of the safety of yourself and everyone around you. And this could be a way of connecting with your children and spending time with them as well. Take some martial arts and self defense courses with them. You can learn at the same time as you're teaching them to defend themselves and others. I often think about the modern dorky guys who think that owning weapons and having security is crazy. Actually, in fact, I worry about them because they don't live here with the rest of us on planet Earth. I'm sorry, dude, but I have seen bad things happen in the world. I know bad things happen in the world. And if you think that protecting your family and the people around you is crazy, you live in a fantasy land, dude. Now I will say that my overexposure to reality has put me a little bit more on the paranoid side and I'm not recommending that necessarily. But what I am saying is, be a little more cautious, bro. Have a security system and plan in place and pray that you never have to use it. Protect your children, protect your woman. I'll tell you right now, if anybody ever tried to break in my home and harm my family, they better decapitate me. I'd shoot them quicker than they could say, ouch. I'll keep coming back. If you take my arms, I'm coming back with legs. If you take my legs, I'm coming back with teeth. I'll come back from the dead, buddy. Don't play with me. I pray that never ever happens. I'm not speaking that into reality in any way. But the world is crooked and we gotta be on the defense. And not only from the physical dangers. We have to be guarded in our minds and our spirits as well. Protect your mind, body and spirit from the ways of this world. And protect others by influencing them to protect their minds, bodies and spirits from the ways of this world. Protect your mind from negativity and evil. And don't consume negative media in music. Focus on the good and the positive and don't let any negativity into your space and protect your spirit in the same way. You know what? One of the best ways to teach anyone anything is by being the example. Example. The men around you will want to be protectors when they see you being protective. Your sons will want to be protectors when you set the example of what strong, honorable men do. You know, a lot of people live in this fantasy land where nothing bad ever happens or bad things happen in the world. They're aware of that. But not to me. I'm special. Bad things don't happen in my life. Right. You know, there was a long time ago that my daughters were with their grandpa and he had this classic car, and he took them out on a ride in it, and they pulled back up into the driveway. I was unaware at the time. And I noticed that they were just flopping around in the car, no seat belts or anything. And I got kind of ticked off. I was like, what are you doing? They're. They don't even have seat belts on. Like, how hard is it just to buckle their seat belt? And I mentioned it, and their grandma was like, oh, we used to do it all the time. It's. It's always been okay. It's never happened. I'm like, it's always been okay because you didn't crash and die yet. You can't just stop protecting yourself because nothing bad has ever happened yet. That just means it hasn't happened yet. So if you're one of those people that never wears your seatbelt and you're like, it's always been fine. It's only fine because you didn't crash and die yet. Wear your seat belt, dumbass ass. But like I said, it is a man's duty to protect. Okay, I'm going to change that up a little bit. It is a man's duty to protect himself. It is a man's duty to protect his family. It is a man's duty to protect everyone around him, Even complete strangers. Become a weapon of righteousness. Make the righteous hero more common than the villain. If we raise our boys up in this way to be protectors, far less atrocities will happen in the world. Far less bad things will happen to good people in the world, because they will be ready when evil strikes. If you want to expand on this topic further, in the book Warrior King, I talk about how women innately desire security and a strong protector, and how that innate trait has been passed down to us from countless generations of people who came before us before modern times. Modern life is so comfortable. People had to fight for survival. It was absolutely necessary for a man to be a strong protector and provider. And I expand in that book on the importance of being a protector and an honorable man, as well as everything else pretty much about how to be an honorable man and how to look a fully optimized life as a man. It's all in that book, in those seven levels. So like I said, if you want to expand on this topic further, grab a copy of that book. It's available on Amazon and ebook, paperback and audiobook. That book is Warrior King Unlocking Masculinity, Manliness and the Warrior Spirit within by Michael Riggs. But yeah, it's good to talk to you guys today. There's not much more to say on this subject. I think I pretty much summed it up. So it's a little bit of a shorter episode if it's your first time here. My time limit kind of jumps all over the place because I'm very passionate about what I talk about and I. I say what I say. You know what I mean? I don't stick to a certain time limit or anything like that. I get the information out that I want to get out and then I say, hey, I think they got it. You know what I mean? So I'm so glad that I reached you guys today. I hope you got something out of this episode. I hope that it inspired you to be more of a protector in your life, to be ready to protect the people around you. It's so important. Especially. Well, you know, there is no especially. You should always want to protect others. It is your duty as a man. That's all I got to say about that. If you enjoyed this podcast, if you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast. I want to hear from you. Definitely comment as well. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. All that good stuff. I love you guys. I'm proud of you. You are going to do great things in this life. There are great things in store for you. If you're listening to this podcast. You are one of those people who wants to level up their life, who wants to level up every aspect of your life. That means that you are seeking. That means you are taking steps. And if you are doing that, if you consistently stay on that path and don't give up, no matter how hard it gets, there are great things in store for you in this life. Life, a life of overflowing abundance awaits you. I truly believe that, man, you listening to this right now. You have a purpose and a destiny. There are great things in store for you in this life.
[00:11:35] Next one. Thanks, guys. Bye.
