Ryan Michler Got His House In Order of Man via Personal Responsibility

Wes Schaeffer
June 21, 2017

How personal responsibility helped this man go from taking orders to the Order of Man

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Personal responsibility is the key to success in life
People allow excuses to slow them down
People allow themselves to become victims
He grew up without a father and floundered
He and his wife “called it quits” four years into their marriage…but they fought for their marriage and are now celebrating 13 years
Was in Ramadi, Iraq, from 2005-2006 and got into financial planning for about 9 years
Still has that practice that he started about three years ago…but he always felt out of place in that field
Now his wife notices that he is more present with his clients than when he started out on his own
He walked away from six figures of golden handcuffs
Immediately started making more money
Started Order of Man two years ago
He started “Wealth Anatomy” podcast as a financial advisor
About 20 episodes in, he realized he loved the medium but wanted to expand the conversation beyond the financial industry
He just shifted and renamed the podcast
He went to a men’s style conference
He had “low expectations” with the new podcast. He had a successful financial planning business and just wanted to do his own thing.
Reached out to guests with bigger tribes, and the show grew
After 8-9 months of doing this as a hobby, his wife came to him and saw his energy, but he was spending a lot of time on it at the expense of his financial business
Launched the “Iron Council” in Nov 2015 and made $1,000…but grew it from there
Jan 2016, it really took off

Started as a 12-week course with 12 men.
- He just took action.
- The lack of details and specifics didn’t hold him back.
- Created a private Facebook Group
- Created weekly assignments for the members
Has a Closed but free Facebook Group and had about 1,000 members and promoted the course to them
Still has 7 of the first 12 in the group 18 months later
Still experiments with his content sharing…focus on the end result, and enjoy the journey
Starts with his private group and opens the conversation to his personal profile
Facebook will suggest Groups, and that is helping him gain 150-200 member requests per day
He mentioned the group on his podcast for 7-8 months, and that helped him get those first 1,000 members
Why have a closed group on Facebook vs. allowing anyone to join, including women?
He’s not taking on new financial clients…but he’s getting more and more referrals
Stop looking for the easy button
Why you need to plant your flag
Six months into their marriage, he was deployed for 18 months, and it was hard
Maybe six months after their first child was born, he lost his way
He blamed her for their issues…
They were separated for about three months when he realized he had to work on himself
- Money
- Health
- Self
She responded to his positive growth and taking ownership
You have it in you to overcome adversity