Frank Miniter, New York Times Bestselling Author and Executive Editor of American Hunter Magazine, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! Frank talks about what it means to be a man in this day-in-age, a man’s rite of passage, manly survival tips, and how to be a man despite society’s current backlash against masculinity. We talk about feminism, masculinity, how to be a man, and his experiences over the years becoming the man he is today. If you’re wondering what it means to be a man in the 21st century and what you can do today to embrace your manliness, check this episode out now!
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In our episode we go over:
- How Frank became the Executive Editor of American Hunter Magazine and Outdoor Life Magazine
- What life was like for Frank growing up and the things he used to do as a boy that many kids don’t do anymore
- The Running of The Bulls that Frank ran and why he did such a crazy event like this
- The rite of passage that The Running of The Bulls is and why so many people have these types of “entries” into manhood
- Why so many boys and men are trying to prove themselves all the time
- Whether or not this desire to prove oneself is a healthy thing
- Sports and the role they play in the lives of men
- Why men need an outlet to by physical and dominant
- Doing a sport like boxing or wrestling and how this can build character in a man
- The fact that society has shunned men in the past few decades and where this came from
- What we as men can do to take back our masculinity and be who we were truly meant to be
- The feminist movement and why so many women have this wrong
- Why quotas and laws that try to make things equal are not the solution for true equality
- Why men are typically better than women at doing physical tasks and why women are typically better than men at doing mental or emotional tasks
- The outliers to this general rule and why they should be the ones to do what they’re naturally inclined to do (not everyone else)
- How to fight off a bear
- Frank’s multiple run-ins with bears and how he managed to not be bear-food even when a few of them charged at him
- Having respect, being humble, and not feeling like the world owes you anything
- Frank’s NYT bestselling book The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide and why it’s one of my all-time favorite books
- Frank’s best hunting tips and why hunters are more in touch with nature than the rest of us
- Frank’s tips for starting a fire and why you should always carry a fire-starter of some sort
- The best tools and accessories for going out into the wilderness
Check out Frank on:
Website: frankminiter.com
Book: amazon.com/ultimate-mans-survival-guide
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