Let’s talk about hierarchy — because frankly, I’m sick and tired of watching it get dragged through the mud.

It comes up all the time in men’s groups.
Ego battles. Power struggles. Passive resistance to another man’s leadership. You can feel it in the room — that under-the-surface tension, where no one wants to follow, and everyone thinks they know best.

I understand the wound. I understand the resistance. But this is bigger than one man’s ego.

Hierarchy is a reality.
It always has been. And if we don’t reclaim it consciously, it will keep being used against us — by broken institutions, corrupt leaders, and shallow cultural forces that don’t care whether we become strong, only whether we stay obedient or pacified.

We need to reclaim it — not as domination, but as right order.
Not as force, but as service to something higher.

As Above, So Below

I’m not here to tell any man to bow down to another just because he’s told to. I believe every man must walk first and foremost with his own conscience, in dialogue with something higher.

Call it God. Truth. Spirit. Honour. It doesn’t matter the label — what matters is that it sits above all earthly authority. That’s the only real “top” of the hierarchy.

But once that’s in place — once a man is grounded in something transcendent — then we must learn how to order ourselves here. On the ground. In our lives. In our work. In our communities.

That means we need hierarchy. Not for dominance. But for clarity, structure, and movement.

Why It Matters in The Noble’s Path

The Noble’s Path is not just a loose community of like-minded men. It’s not a podcast club or a place to play at brotherhood.

It’s a living training ground. For men who want to walk in integrity, build real strength, and step into the roles they’re being called toward — in family, in community, and beyond.

We’re not here to create dependency.
We’re here to forge leadership.
And no man can lead well who has never learned to follow.

Our hierarchy is built on earned trust and proven service, not on titles or charisma. You’re not expected to obey blindly. You are expected to discern well and choose to engage with men who are further along the path in specific areas.

Because that’s how you grow.

And when your time comes, you’ll be expected to carry that same responsibility — not with ego, but with honour.

A NECESSARY RESET

Because this matters — because the damage is real and the cost of confusion is too high — I recently made the decision to remove every man from The Noble’s Path and start again.

Not as a punishment. As a reset.

Too many were still dragging in old cultural patterns — passive resistance, lukewarm engagement, ego battles masked as feedback. I could feel the drift. And I knew if I didn’t act, it would rot the core of the work.

So I drew a line.

Every man must now reapply. Not to prove he’s perfect — but to show he’s willing. Willing to be shaped. Willing to grow. Willing to engage with clear cultural standards and healthy relational norms, so we can actually build something strong.

I’m not interested in managing a men’s group where no one truly follows and no one dares to lead.

I’m building a brotherhood. A real one.
With the backbone to stand upright — and the humility to walk the path, together.

This is about integrity.
About standards.
About building something that can last.

A Word on Authority

Let me say this plainly:

I’m not rich. I’m not famous. I’m not the world’s greatest technician or warrior.

But I know what I am.

I’ve been running businesses for over a decade. I’ve walked through failure and rebuilding. I’ve built communities from nothing. I’ve stood in front of men and said what others were too afraid to say — not to provoke, but to serve.

I’ve also done something most men never do: I’ve created space.

I’ve stepped back from the noise — the constant activity, the cultural programming, the addictive cycles of modern life.
I’ve carved out silence. Stillness. Time to think. Time to see.
And I did it by design.

That distance has given me perspective. I see more clearly than most — not because I’m better, but because I’ve paid the price of clarity.

And with that clarity has come responsibility.

It enabled me to protect my family during the Covid fear-marketing campaign.

It’s why I homeschool my daughter.

Its why I grow and support locally grown food.

I’ve accepted the burden of growing into the kind of leader our country is going to need.

I am a leader in training. Not complete. Not perfect. But committed.

And that’s what I’m calling every man inside The Noble’s Path to embrace:
Not perfection. But the path.
Not pretending to lead — but preparing to.

Because if not us — then who?

Practising for the Future

Look around — the old systems are falling apart. People don’t trust their leaders. Communities are fragmented. Men are isolated, addicted, unsure what role they’re meant to play.

But there’s something simmering under the surface. You can feel it.
A hunger. A stirring. A readiness to build something better.

And when the time comes — when society is crying out for leadership — it won’t be the loudest men who rise. It will be the ones who’ve trained. The ones who understand structure. Who’ve lived under healthy hierarchy, and learned how to lead it.

That’s what we’re practising.

Final Word

Most men resist hierarchy because they think it’s about oppression.
But it’s not hierarchy that enslaves.
It’s ignorance. It’s cowardice. It’s the refusal to grow.

We’re not building control. We’re building order in service of freedom.

And if that makes your spine straighten — if something in you knows this is what’s needed — then you’ve already taken your first step.

You’re not alone.

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