Nick Freitas

So we need more people in this space to actually stand up and be strong, but also acknowledge what young men have been going through.

Well, there's five categories I talk about, right?

And it's the spiritual, the emotional, the intellectual, the physical, and the professional.

And these are things that you constantly develop all throughout your life.

So I remember when I was a young man, I wanted to serve in the military.

Why?

I wanted to test myself.

I wanted to test myself intellectually.

I wanted to test myself physically.

I wanted to put myself to the test and prove that I could be the sort of man that could protect and provide and be able to respond correctly in a crisis situation.

so one of the things i tell young men to do is you need to take your faith seriously because what you believe about god will shape the rest of your world view intellectually you need to study it doesn't need to it doesn't mean you need to be an academic it just means you need to be the sort of person that people can count on for wise counsel

Physically, I always tell men, look, get to the gym, right?

You don't have to be an Adonis.

Men should have a violent hobby, learn how to shoot, learn how to fight.

And the reason why I say this is so important is we may live in a civilization where you can get by through life pretty safe without having to do

difficult physical things, you will feel more confident about yourself if you are capable of dangerous physical things.

And the things I like to tell young husbands or young fathers is, can you imagine your wife or child being in a dangerous situation and the only way you could help them is by calling another man with those capabilities to come and protect them?

If you don't want to feel that way, then go get after it, right?

And then it's also the professional.

It's developing capabilities, developing marketable capabilities so that you can be there for yourself, for your family, for your friends when they're in need.