Wiser, WE must move FORWARD. 

- The leader who doesn't want the job is often the best man for the job.

The Lord has brought me through so much this last year. May He graciously and powerfully bring me through to His desired end for His glory. May many be saved through the testimony. Please pray for me. Amen.

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” George Washington.

You may not want to be a leader but you were designed to be one. I appreciate all you do. Keep up the fight, brother!

The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone. They try, so very hard, to mind their own business and provide for themselves and those they love. They resist every impulse to fight back, knowing the forced and permanent change of life that will come from it. They know that the moment they fight back, their lives as they have lived them, are over. The moment the Men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. Which is why, when forced to take up violence, these Men who wanted to be left alone, fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives. They fight with raw hate, and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting at politics and terror. TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy… but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.” - Author Unknown

John and WPS Team, I’m a new Warrior Poet this year. And you have been a huge blessing to me and my family. Keep God preeminent and keep fighting the good fight. 👊🏼

As a vet who homeschools and homesteads, find what you like doing and keep it as simple as possible.

100% agree the more alone time spent with God recharges you with life, keep up the good work brother God bless 💪💪👍👍

All the stuff you learned this year about our country and government I have pretty much known for several years. But burnout ..... This year is the first year I have truly experienced burnout. You are 💯 right about not being able to out source leadership. I had gotten involved in numerous leadership roles in and around my community and this year I had just gotten spread way to thin. I tried to teach others to take up the leadership roles that I was going to have to step down from, but literally no one steps up. People want the title without the responsibility. They fail to understand that the roles that were built up took tremendous amounts of discipline, work and money.

“I hate what my country has become because of my love for what it used to be.” This has become my standard response to anyone who asks me if I am patriotic or a proud American. I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who feels this way and who recognizes what has been going on. Thank you for saying what needs to be said.

1 Peter 4:10 - As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Wow. This video completely spoke to me. On a physical and spiritual level. I have experienced the lonely walk (as a leader) and the burn out (well…as someone much needed). I have a lovely wife, 11 children, a business with 6 or so employees, we do street ministry and some in church as well. On top of that learning to be a warrior poet and transmit that to my boys. (And girls) What I’ve learned from this video: You walk alone and that’s ok. Don’t do it to get “thank yous” lead because you love. And, go pray more to recharge. I’m feeling inspired! God bless.

Cheers to moving forward with wisdom and respect for our heritage.

Freedom isn't the ability to do whatever you want, freedom is the ability to do the right thing. God bless you, do the next right thing.

Awesome job John! I really look up to you and admire who you are. I've been an earlier follower of you and your channel. Your humility shows through and it seems to me to be your strength. Thank you for being the leader and example many of us seek to be in our own lives. God Bless you and Yours!

As a geezer & Nam vet, this is also how I am feeling about our country for the first time!

So true, true leaders walk alone because they have to make the decisions no one else can or is willing to make.

Romans 8:38-39 has come up so many times this week for me. Definitely runs along side John's message today: 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. And "Die Hard" is NOT a Christmas movie!!!! ha ha

Looking forward to 2024 warrior poet society.

Bro... Warrior Poet Society should start touring the U.S. to complete some Ultra-Marathons. Announce your tour dates and we can have open air meet ups of the WPS tribes around the U.S. Cause ya know, you gotta bring a crew to those kinds a things. It could be a civillian brotherhood bananza.

Amen brother!

What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear.

Love this channel .

Right on point John!

New Mercies every morning.

John, you've grown into the Citizen that the Warrior you've been never knew we needed. Welcome to the old soldier club.

In my second year as a head coach in college. Literally learning the same things this year too. Thanks for sharing your experience. Cool stuff

Hi, new to the channel. I got your name from the HOA interview with Amy Fuehl. Two quick things. 1. I have been saying "comfort kills" for a while now. It is what I tell myself when I work out. And no, I do not win that battle as often as I should. 2. I knew our society was in trouble long ago when two things happened. First, two stories came out together, one about Planned Parenthood selling aborted babies for parts, and another about a woman who shot a lion on a safari. People got angry about the lion, and barely responded to the Planned Parenthood story. Second, when I learned there were Congressmen considering legalizing "aborting" a baby after birth, I realized just how soulless and sick our politicians truly are. Keep up the great work, and I am glad I am able to be a part of this. God bless!

I completely agree. Peace only comes from God. Thank you John and War Poets for your service to God and humanity. Fight evil with good, for God is good. I still believe better days are ahead! God bless America!

I want thank the Lord for finding this Chanel Wish I could talk to you for about 20 minutes I’m a vet

I tried to reason "why" certain things happen but I remember they are already written brother. ✝️

Liberty is the bulwark, foundation and essence freedom. Liberty is the true measure of depth of our freedom!

What a great role model you are. So glad I found your channel.

This is one of the most functional, helpful videos I've seen of your, SIr! Thank you!

I’m working on growing my own food on a hunting property which will increase my freedom. Takes years to develop trees, bushes, and vines for food, years to improve compacted soil and build up good soil through crop rotation. You have to start years in advance of need.

Having good counsel is so important for a leader, weather that leader leads by choice or not. Especially if that counsel is someone who doesn't stand to gain anything from the success of the person they are counseling. A father, for instance, just once good things for his son. Father figures can be great counselors.

"We are people of an idea." That hits hard. One heart, one mind, one strength.

If you have no capacity for violence, then you are a healthy productive citizen: a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath-a wolf. But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? Then you are a sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero’s path. That means that a sheepdog cannot “take out its teeth.” In gun rights terms, this means that gun owners should never go anywhere without a concealed firearm: “If you are a warrior who is legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that the bad man will not come today. "And the wolf will come. ~ an “old war veteran”

Mr. John, Sir, you're the kind of Leader this country needs.

Truer words have never been spoken.

Thank you John for your transparency. Lord forgive us and God have mercy on our country. We have become a den of iniquity and land of opportunity to criminals. Be vigilant because I believe things are going to get bumpy this year.

"You can't outsource certain aspects of leadership, and so leaders, in the end, must walk alone." Good word.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for a friend. -John 15:13

“This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense." Winston Churchill. Keep up the lords work. Keep up the good fight. Never give in.

John's walking the good path. Keep it up brother.

Appreciate you speaking the hard truth!!

“Anything with more than one head is a monster.” Man that’s a great way to word the aspect of leadership

I've felt this deeply this year as well.

2023 has beat me into the earth. Had to change job locations to the place I blame my father's early death on Family drama on new levels Injuries slowing me down from doing the things i need to do But I sit here with my grand child grateful he is here

You’re a good soul John. Love your viewpoints.

Hey John, pretty sure you won't read this, but if you do, thanks for reading my TED talk (sarcasm). I am a moderate and Libertarian and I personally disagree with many of your views, but I still like to hear what people I disagree with have to say. I respect you a lot and hope you still are willing to hear your "opponent's" perspective as well. I also raised my right hand and served overseas in the Army, and I love my country. I, too, am worried about our political discourse, and I hope we can all get back to the proverbial table and be willing to listen more than we speak. Thanks for everything and hope 2024 is great for both of us, and our country. 🇺🇲

Thank you for all that you have done and your continued challenges to be better while being a man of character in a dark world. May you and your family have a blessed 2024 that is even more fruitful and impactful!

Appreciate everything that was said, especially your view of our government. I have been saying the exact same thing for years now to so many people and have been waiting to hear your view on the subject. Thanks brother.

Holy s%?!… at the beginning you precisely described what’s going on down here in Brazil.

Thank you for keeping it 💯

Appreciate all the work you do!!! Thank you

ABSOLUTELY, completely and fully hit the nail on the head Brother!!!

Me too, brother. Me too...

Seeing how awesome you are at life makes me realize how much I suck.

Yup!

Congratulations on the wins this year! Voted for WPS every chance I got in the Gundies this year, so hopefully more wins to come.

Best video I have watched in 2023. Simply profound, powerful and brilliant.

Ain’t seen nothing yet, just wait until 2024 !!! .

"Free from addiction" ..... I wish. Still haven't made it there.

BRAVO! Well said sir.

Thank you John for all the content, greatly enjoy watching you guys. Also I loved that IFAQ video, hilarious sir. Merry Christmas!

John is saying out loud what I've been thinking for nearly all of 2023. Let's do what we can to make a different in the coming year, and set that counter swing in motion.

John, I think this is the second time you’ve mentioned that leaders walk alone as a sailing instructor and Captain, leading my crew, through all kinds of situations. At the end of of the day, I still never feel quite like part of the group, even though I spend many days at a time with my students. Capt. Angela

Jon….love the content. Love your messaging. And I hate to say this, but as much as I love this country I too served for 14 plus years….we haven’t been the good guys since that fateful day in Dallas in 1963 when “they” assasinated a sitting President live on world broadcast tv. Keep on doing what you do. Also wanted to say it was cool to hear you go behind the warrior poet curtain and talk about your journey/life on Shawn Ryan’s show. You’re a solid American. I appreciate you Brother. Merry Christmas Happy New Year and God bless you and your family. Hope I never have to see you on the high ground. 🤙🏻🫡

Welcome aboard brother. God bless you.

Sad times. But also great that all the corruption is coming to light if we can actually course correct

Ordered the WPSN rifle...waiting in anticipation

I so pray that you are correct on the big counter swing.

That opening! 🤯🙌🏼🙌🏼

Another great video!!!

Well said

John, by way of a reminder. You said that you need to spend more time in prayer to “recharge “ yourself. Many Christians believe that spending time in prayer that you could be “doing” other things. As a reminder, spending time in prayer you are doing something, and I would say the most important thing.

i was born in '45 - maybe with wisdom. John U are a great teacher. Focus on HER - shes so cute... u make beautiful children. SHE will be by your side - when u are old.... which happens quickly. BEFORE I retired at 70. my wife came down with cancer, now C free BUT had a heart attack weeks after Cancer was gone. therefore the past 8 - 9 years have been spent at many many appointments. PLAY NOW have fun now (even with your humor). ENJOY life. God bless u keep your eyes on HIM.

Yes sir, without even hearing the whole video!!!

John I love what you have been doing! I look forward to being in one of your classes and possibly going on one of your adventures. May the Lord Bless your family, Amen!

The more I’ve leaned into the Lord recently, the more I’ve seen how short I’ve fallen from the man he has called me to be. The world is very good at distracting us, but NOTHING will stop the Lords plan from coming to fruition. I’m personally really trying to keep my eyes focused on him, and being thankful for the many many blessing La he’s bestowed upon me. My family and this beautiful country I was blessed to be born into are a couple of those. My children are young, and to any new fathers out there, soak it in and lean into that blessing. Children are an incredible gift. Love your sermons you’re posting John. Keep it up brother.

Great video thanks for the share and taking the risk on parts for helping us build. Definitely checking them out.

Move forward but never forget.

The IFAK intro was by far the funniest for WPS (probably the funniest I'd seen all year from any youtube content). Absolutely hilarious. I ended up ditching the eye drops of of my IFAK. I was like why the heck am I carrying this? lol

Great video

One of the things that I learned as an NCO in the Air Force was the difference between being a leader and a manager. With an MS in Management, I always strove to be a leader and not just a manager during my 30+ years in hospital administration.

We must never forget when they coerced the children for use as shields to temporarily and marginally "protect" adults,

Finally John. Finally you see it.

Great video and hell yeah One must have negative & positive feedback to grow and be better! With only one of either there becomes CHAOS.

John, I love your book and what you are about. 2024 is most likely going to be a shitshow and I pray for all of humanity.

Jeff is an awesome dude, talked to our class in Mountains before going up (10-10). Much love from the Badmuthers of Attack Co. RLTW

Comfort is the enemy of progress

Yes,fed up !

Subscribed.

Some are born into leadership. Others have it thrust upon them.

Good video.

As followers of Jesus, spending time in His Presence is where our inner strength comes from.

Well said sir I feel exactly the same way we need a major overhaul in our government

That's good. We need our time with God to rest and recharge. We also receive from him our direction and mission.

Merry Christ mass to you all