How to Be A Man (and I’m not talking about money...)

Friends,

What a year. 

Can’t think of a time in my life that’s had so many incredible ups and downs. 

Saying it’s been a complicated year doesn’t quite cut it. Maybe you’ve had years like this. Or maybe, like me, you’re in the middle of a mess right now.

If so, you know that so much of what really matters in life comes down to legacy.  

As you reflect over the holidays, I hope you’ll spend some time thinking about what, ultimately, really matters: doing what it takes in your life to be a good husband, a loving father, a loyal friend, and an encouraging boss. 

And, if you’re like me, you’ll be thinking about how much farther you’ve got to go to leave the kind of legacy you want to leave, in all of these ways. There’s always more you can do. The work never ends. 

We often talk about legacies in financial terms – that’s what Porter & Co. is all about, after all – but for many successful men, money is actually the easy part. 

I definitely want my legacy to be about far more than just some coins – even if they’re Bitcoins! 

I think about the legacy my dad created. Men of my father’s generation were men of action. And men of routines. Their consistency spoke loudest. We watched them getting up early every morning, paying the bills, taking care of us when we were sick, putting money aside for the future (like my own dad, who faithfully invested in Coca-Cola)...and they didn’t say much. But we watched. And we learned.

Hopefully, I’ve passed on those lessons – how to be strong, how to be a provider, how to protect your family, how to keep working until the job is done – to my boys. And hopefully you’ve done the same for yours. 

This year, I want to pass on something very special to you. It’s more than an idea – it’s part of the legacy I’m trying to build. I hope it will become part of your legacy too because it symbolizes to me all of the things that are so important about being a man: consistency, strength, resilience, tradition, excellence.