In This Episode:
On this episode of the Achieve Results NOW! Podcast, hosts Mark Cardone and Theron Feidt tackle a massive, cornerstone warrior value: Samurai Honor. Honor is often looked at as an old-timey, outdated word that is missing in modern culture, but it simply means the daily act of aligning your actions with your moral principles.
True honor requires a heavy dose of courage and confidence—two traits that no one possesses at the starting line. Confidence is a muscle built over time by executing small, difficult tasks. Theron notes that while it is completely appropriate to "fake" confidence when trying something new like public speaking, the small steps of action are what eventually turn that performance into real, internal confidence.
Mark and Theron challenge listeners to check if their actions actually back up their claims. If you claim to value community or raising positive kids, your daily schedule must reflect that standard. The hosts lay out a practical, 3-step modern blueprint to help you live a life of true warrior honor.
1. Honor Your Commitments (Build Your Tracking System) 🎯
Your word is your bond. Honorable people do what they say they are going to do, while people-pleasers generate short-term emotional hype but ultimately drop the ball.
- Kill the Filler Phrases: Stop telling random acquaintances, "We should get together sometime," if you have absolutely no intention of following through.
- Leverage Technology: In 2026, there is zero excuse for letting a commitment "slip your mind." Back when Theron's mom used original Post-it notes, tracking required manual effort. Today, smartphones allow you to set multiple layered reminders (a day before, two hours before, five minutes before). If you aren't tracking your commitments, you simply don't care enough about them.
- The Workplace Ripple Effect: If an employee requires four or five reminders to complete a basic task, a leader will stop trusting them with responsibilities. When budget cuts arrive, guess who is the first to go? If you do fail or fall behind, have an immediate, honest conversation to take ownership and correct the course.
2. Keep Your Principles in Small Everyday Decisions 🏛️
Drawing from James Clear's Atomic Habits, every single action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become in the future. Honor means keeping your core principles at the forefront of your quiet, daily moments.
- Principles Over Opinions: Focusing heavily on objective principles instead of loud opinions places you far ahead of the game. It allows you to recognize when someone else is right, even if you personally dislike them.
- The Black Belt Standard: Theron shares that the dojo has utilized the six principles of a black belt—including modesty, courtesy, and integrity—at the end of every class for decades. He is currently in his 43rd year of teaching martial arts and has watched generations of children grow into honorable adults by keeping these reminders active. Stand up for what is right, protect those in danger, and never sway from your principles just because a room full of people disagrees with you.
3. Respect Others, Even When You Disagree 🤝
True honor means treating people with deep respect even when they stand on the polar opposite side of an issue, an argument, or a presidential election.
- The Combat Sports Metaphor: Watch any professional boxing, MMA, or kickboxing match. Before the clock starts, the fighters tap gloves and bow. They spend years training and respect each other's lifestyle, even while fighting fiercely in the ring. Modern public discourse needs that same warrior boundary.
- Unravel the Knot: An argument is a tight knot. When two people pull aggressively in opposite directions, the knot only gets tighter and more bunched up. Honorable leaders sit down to unravel the knot together.
- Value Different Perspectives: As Dale Carnegie famously noted in How to Win Friends and Influence People, you cannot win an argument. Even if you "win" verbally, you lose the relationship. Listen to understand why someone feels the way they do based on their 30 or 40 years of lifestyle and upbringing. You don't have to compromise your values to keep an open mind and learn from someone else's perspective.
The Takeaway: A friend who honors you will actively defend your name in your absence. Start by holding your own daily habits to an honorable standard, respect the perspectives of those around you, and let your follow-through do the talking.
ARN Suggested Reading:
Blessings In the Bullshit: A Guided Journal for Finding the BEST In Every Day – by Mark Cardone & Theron Feidt
https://www.amazon.com/Blessings-Bullshit-Guided-Journal-Finding/dp/B09FP35ZXX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=blessings+in+the+bullshit&qid=1632233840&sr=8-1
Full List of Recommended Books: https://www.achieveresultsnow.com/readers-are-leaders
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