GREAT MEN

GREAT MEN

w/ Shane Sams

The Great Men Podcast is where good men gather to become great on their terms. It’s not about "getting better." You're already good enough. It’s about stepping into your masculine rhythm, growing stronger, and defining greatness for yourself.

Listen to raw, real conversations with Great Men — about frameworks, philosophies, and tools that actually help you grow in work, relationships, fatherhood, and life.

🎧 Start listening to powerful conversations with Great Men on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube.

🔥 Go deeper inside the Great Men Brotherhood with full access to bonus conversations, episode frameworks, and tactical tools. (Learn more below)

New episodes every Sunday.

They gave you a script.
Now burn it.
Light your own fire.

Everyone tries to tell you what you need to become a great man. 

But let's get real for a minute.

You don’t need another chest-thumping “wake up your inner warrior king” cosplay alpha bro circle jerk.

You don’t need another overpriced wannabe guru life coach yelling at you to “man up” and "get your shit together" — while he stares into the abyss at night, pretending his life isn’t actually a train wreck.

You don't need another soft-ass therapy group where grown men sit around talking about how sad they are - for years - but never actually change anything.

And you sure as hell don’t need another repackaged course full of masks, labels, and someone else’s checklist of what it means to be a good husband, a good dad, a good entrepreneur, a good worker — or even a good man.

With all the noise out there, good men forget what the masculine craves...

They made you good.
Now, make yourself great.

What the masculine really wants is rhythm, not curriculum. 

A spark of something real — not another checklist to chase.
Brotherhood, not a bro fest.

The masculine craves freedom —
and the power to define greatness for himself.

Not your parents' definition. Not your hometown's.
Not your church’s. Not your job's. Not your peer's.
Not your partner’s. Not even your kids’.

Their script made you the good man you are. But only you can define what it means to become a Great Man.

Your masculine soul doesn't want another script to follow.
It wants a fire — a life — to build.
It wants a rhythm to live inside.
It wants to stop performing — and finally choose purpose.

It’s time to remember who you are — and what YOU truly want.
It’s time to step across the threshold — and into the fire.

Enter the Great Men Brotherhood...

All alone, a good man's fire will consume him.

The pressures and emotions of life — anger, frustration, fear, failures, regret — left unchecked, can set fire to everything he’s worked to build.

It will destroy his focus. It will burn down his marriage.
It will engulf his children. It will consume his purpose.
It will hollow out his soul.

The masculine was never meant to burn alone. It was meant to gather around a fire — to help each other tend it, tame it, and build something that lasts. The Great Men Brotherhood is here to help you tend your fire. To help you manage it, master it — and forge it into a force that sustains you for a lifetime.

A fire that warms your family.
A fire that powers your work with passion.
A fire that burns inside you in YOUR pursuit of YOUR defined greatness.

Empowered men feel their fire without fear.
They tame it. They honor it. They rise from it.

Through brotherhood, masculine rhythm, timeless rituals, primal truths, and ancient wisdom.

This is place good men become Great Men — together...

Here’s What’s Waiting For You Inside
The Great Men Brotherhood...

Brother,

Your life is a fire.
And that fire has a rhythm.

You gather what you need.
You spark with energy and purpose.
You stoke the flames through action and momentum.
Sometimes the fire rages — and you must tame it.
Sometimes it glows with peace and gratitude — and you tend it.
Sometimes it burns low — just embers and smoke.

This is the masculine rhythm.
Not theory. Not hype. Just real life.

This is presence.  This is an opportunity.

To end the war within yourself. And find peace without.

Without masks.
Without checklists.
Without other people's expectations.

Inside the Brotherhood, you’ll learn to master that rhythm —
and build a life that’s fully yours.

The Great Men Brotherhood isn’t about chasing hype, stacking badges, or adding more noise to your life.
It’s about creating real change — through real brotherhood, real rhythm, real wisdom, and real results.

When you step inside, you get access to everything you need to build YOUR life —
on YOUR terms.

✅ The Great Men Community — A private space where men walk together through the fire. No judgment. No performance. Just real connection, real growth, and real support.

✅ The Great Men Project — A practical toolkit for creating personal transformation through timeless frameworks, simple rituals, and sacred masculine rhythm. Choose your own adventure, build your fire, build your life. A growing collection of tactical tools, frameworks, journaling prompts, and ancient practices for mastering your mind, your mission, your relationships, and your soul.

✅  Full Podcast Episodes and Bonus Content — Unlock exclusive Great Men Podcast interviews, behind-the-scenes conversations, frameworks, and tools you can immediately apply to your life and work.

✅ The Great Men Library — A growing archive of full-length interviews, bonus content, and personal frameworks from Great Men who are breaking scripts and building lives on their terms.

✅ Monthly Gatherings — Live online sessions where the Brotherhood gathers to ground each other, share victories, ground down, and keep the fires burning strong.

✅ Challenges, Invitations, and Journeys — Simple but powerful actions you can take each month to keep building momentum, growing your fire, and becoming the man you  want to be. These are not more items on your to do list. These are invitations, not obligations, for growth in the brotherhood.

✅ Private Framework Trainings — Focused deep dives into the Story, Spark, and Rhythm frameworks that fuel lasting masculine growth — available only to Brotherhood members.

✅ Priority Access to Live Great Men Retreats — Get first access to future live retreats and gatherings — where men step deeper into fire, brotherhood, and greatness together. Initiation gatherings are first come, first serve, and fill up fast. Great Men Brothers get first access to sign up for each event.

🔥 The Journey You Take Inside...

✅ Create rhythm in your work, your health, your relationships, and your inner life.
✅ Build real friendships with men who are serious about living differently.
✅ Learn ancient and modern frameworks that help you harness your fire and build the life you choose.
✅ Stop performing — and start living.
✅ Step off the hamster wheel of motivation, checklist masculinity, and fake brotherhood.

🔥 Step into the fire...

When you step inside the Great Men Brotherhood,
you stop walking alone.
You stop guessing.
You stop fighting a battle you were never meant to fight solo.

You start building —
your fire, your life, your greatness.

On your terms.
In your rhythm.
In Brotherhood.

👉 Scroll down to choose your path and join the Brotherhood today.

Frequently Asked Questions

❓ “Is this just another ‘wake up at 4am and take a cold shower’ alpha bro club?”

Hell no. 

You won’t be judged by your abs, your squat PR, or your willingness to scream affirmations in the mirror at sunrise.

We’re not here to turn you into a Spartan or pretend we are Navy Seals.

We’re here to help you remember who you are — and build a life you want.

❓ “Is this some sad circle where everyone cries and shares their childhood wounds for 3 hours?”

Also no. 

You can feel your emotions here — emotional intelligence is a core value of this community — but we don’t sit in them forever. 

We feel them, name them, tame them, and move forward.
Together.
This is Brotherhood, not therapy cosplay.

❓ “Is this religious?”

Nope.  Not political either.
Save that for your crazy uncle at Thanksgiving.

Spiritual? Sometimes, yeah.
Rooted? Always.
Burning with purpose and meaning?
More than anything else.

But we’re not preaching doctrine. We honor all faiths and wisdom traditions — or none.
You won’t find strict creeds, dogma, guilt, or shame here.

Just rhythm, fire, and real human growth. 
Good men becoming great in their own way.
We all bring a piece of the puzzle together.

❓ “Is this going to fix me?”

You’re not broken, brother.
Just buried under scripts, expectations, and checklists you never asked for.

You don’t need fixing.
You need fire.
You need rhythm.

You need brothers who see you and accept you where you are in your journey.
You need space to stop performing and start living.
That’s what we offer.

❓ “Is this just another ‘10-step program’ or endless self-help course?”

Nope. 
There are no modules to unlock.
No checklists to chase.
No wannabe guru coaches yelling at you as a stand in for accountability.

Just timeless frameworks, ancient and modern wisdom, sacred rhythm, and a Brotherhood that walks with you through the fire.
Simple.
Powerful.
Human.

The Great Men Journey is a choose your own adventure, packed with tools you need to unlock your vision of greatness.  A growing library of resources and community of men in pursuit of their version of greatness. 

No homework or busywork inside.

❓ “Do I have to share my deepest secrets with strangers?”

Only if you want to.
You're a grown ass man, you don't 'have' to do anything. 
And any wannabe guru that tells you you 'should' do this or you 'have to' do that is probably a prick on a power trip. 

This isn’t forced vulnerability theater.

Share what you want, when you want.
Help how you can, when you can.

You’re not performing here.
You’re becoming. 

Everything here is an invitation, not an obligation.

❓ “Is this just a Facebook group with a fancy name?”

Absolutely not.
Facebook groups are a toxic trash heap of garbage. 

Great Men build our own spaces — no distractions, no ads, no algorithm.
Just men.

Talking.
Working.
Partnering.
Parenting.
Growing.
Gathering.

Together.

A real fire pit, not the digital dumpster fire that is social media.
Stop the scroll.
Step into the fire.

❓ “Is this a cult?”

100% yes.
Kool-aid served on Sundays.
Just kidding.
No it's not a cult.
No robes, no chanting, no compounds. 

You keep your name, your beliefs, and your freedom.

If anything, this is a deprogramming the cults of expectations, checklists, and to do lists society forces on men our entire lives.

We help you burn the scripts the world handed you — not hand you a new one. 

We offer the tools to write your own definition of greatness.
Nothing more.

❓ “Do I need to be in crisis to join?”
 

No, you don’t have to be in crisis to join.
And, you are welcome if you are.

You might be thriving.
You might be surviving.
All good men have at times soared with the eagles,
slithered with the snakes, and been everywhere in between.

And all good men are welcome.

Enter the Brotherhood no matter what season of the masculine rhythm you're in.

Lonely? You're seen here.
Excited? LFG.
Angry? Frustrated? Step into the fire. We will feel it with you.
Happy, content, grateful? Pull up a chair. Light a cigar.
Anxious? Depressed? Come find the support you need.

However you are feeling, you are welcome here.

Only you can move through the rhythm of your life.
The choice is whether you do it alone…
or beside men who will walk with you — with wisdom, listening, and real example.

This is a place to bring your journey and your emotions.
To be seen.
To be heard.
To be reminded: you’re not alone.
And to be encouraged — forward, through it all.

You're a good man, you are enough, right now.
Come as you are.
Become who YOU want to be.

❓ “I already love my life and things are going great. Is the Brotherhood for me?”

Yes.
In fact, this is the best time to step in.

The masculine rhythm isn’t about struggle — it includes joy, peace, power, and momentum too.
Tend is a sacred part of the fire: gratitude, reflection, strength, clarity.

When your fire’s burning bright, that’s when you gather the most.
That’s when you share what you’ve learned.
And it's when you can make the biggest impadct
That’s when you pour into others — and sharpen your own edge by walking alongside other men.

And when life shifts — as it always does —
the Brotherhood is already there.
You’re not showing up from scratch.
You’re rooted. Ready. Seen.

You don’t join the Brotherhood because you’re lost.
You join because you're on the path — and you want to walk it with others who are walking it too.

❓ “I’m already in therapy. Will this interfere?”

Not at all. 
Therapy helps you process the past.
This helps you build the future.

We fully support men going to therapy.
And, after you talk the talk, we help you walk the walk.
We’re all about integration and action.
Do both.

You’ll go further, faster.

❓ “I’m busy. Is this going to be one more thing I feel guilty for not doing?”

No guilt. No pressure. No homework.
We offer Invitations, not obligations.

You show up when you can.
You take what you need.
You give what you’re able.

We’re not here to add weight.
We’re here to help you pick up heavy things.

The Great Men Brotherhood is built on rhythm, not a rat race.
On purpose, not just participation.
On energy, not expectations.

Come as you are.
Go when you please.
Return when you’re ready.
This fire will be here.

❓ “Will I be expected to pretend I’m happy and successful all the time?”

God, no. What man is!

We have forums called Embers and Smoke for a reason.

You can show up tired, pissed, unsure, anxious or sad.
We want this to be a place you can go WHEN you are in an off rhythm.

We also want you to share wins, contentment, happiness, and joy.
This is a brotherhood that embraces the full human masculine experience.

We don’t need your highlight reel.
We just want you to be real.

❓ “I don’t have it all figured out yet. Am I ‘Great Man’ material?”

Who the hell does have it all figured out?
No one. 

That’s exactly why you belong here.

You’re not expected to have it figured out.
You’re just expected to show up real — and willing to grow.

We are here to learn from each other.
Find the pieces of wisdom that apply to our own life.
To be open.
To be curious.
To seek answers, not have all the answers.
To construct our on definition of greatness.

This is a journey. Your quest. There is no figuring it all out.
And any other group that promises to have 'the secret' or to have 'figured it all out' is full of shit.

Is this community packed with good men, tools, frameworks, and resources to help you learn more?
Absolutely.

Good men become great by starting, not by waiting until they're ready.
You start by entering the Great Men Brotherhood today.

❓“Is this for married men only, or can I join if I’m single, separated, or divorced?”

All good men are welcome — no matter where you are in life or love.

Married, divorced, separated, dating, single and focused…
You don’t need a ring to pull up a seat by this fire.

Good men need other men when they are working on their marriage.
And men need other men perhaps even more when it falls apart.
Life happens to the best of men.  No judgment or shame.

This isn’t a “husband club” — it’s a brotherhood.
Your relationship status doesn’t define your value, your path, or your potential.
What matters is that you’re a good man who wants to grow — on your terms.

This is a space for honest conversations, support, and accountability…
no matter what season you’re in.

You belong here.

❓ “What’s this going to cost me?”

Less than Netflix.
(Where we often choose to watch Great Men instead of becoming one.)

Less than DoorDash.
(Where we often choose to eat our emotions instead of feeling, taming, and owning them.)

Less than that stack of unused supplements.
(You’re not low on magnesium — you’re low on momentum.)

Nothing — if you choose
(The Brotherhood has an all-access free tier.)

The real question is... what’s the cost of NOT entering the Brotherhood?

Staying stuck? The Status Quo? 

Yes — this is a for-profit business.
So we do have paid thresholds to enter.
Because money makes the mission possible.

And, this Brotherhood was built for ALL good men
who are ready to become Great —
on their terms.

Entering the brotherhood is simple.

Pay What You Want — Based on Where You Are (see below)

No countdown timers. No fake scarcity. No upsells on the next page. No bullshit.

You are in total control of your journey (and what you pay) at all times.

All are welcome to gather around this fire.

Thresholds of Brotherhood...

Every man who joins the Great Men Brotherhood — no matter how much he pays — gets the same access.

✅ Full access to the Community
✅ Full access to the podcast bonuses and community tools
✅ Full access to the Great Men Project
✅ Full access to challenges, calls, training, and events inside the Brotherhood

The only difference is the order in which you’re invited to live events.
The Groundbreaking get first access.
Then the Growing.
Then the Grounded.
Then the Gathered.

That’s it.

That's the only difference 

If Everyone Gets Full Access, Why Offer Multiple Thresholds?

Because we believe in something radical:
Every good man should have access to a fire — no matter what’s in his bank account.

We don’t believe money should be a barrier to Brotherhood.
But we also believe men rise when they contribute.
People who pay, pay attention.
Generous men grow into greatness.

So we created a system that reflects those beiefs:

The Thresholds of Brotherhood

Pay Nothing — The Gathered (Free)

You're here. That’s enough. Step into the fire when you're ready.

If money’s tight, or you are just not sure what we are all about yet, you’re still welcome here.
Don't let payment or anything else stop you from entering the brotherhood.
This threshold gives you full access to everything inside the Brotherhood — no strings, no shame.
Come as you are. Gather around the fire with other good men becoming great on their terms.
All we ask is your real name, email, and phone number — so we know who’s around the fire.

Pay Your Way — The Gritty ($10/month)

You’re building your fire — and showing up for yourself.

You’re steady. You’re showing up. You’re doing your part.
This threshold is for the man who says, “I’ve got me.”
You’re carrying your torch — and helping keep the Brotherhood strong.
People who pay, pay attention — and your contribution fuels your momentum.

Pay It Forward — The Growing ($20/month)

Your generosity opens the door for another good man.

You’re not just here for yourself — you’re here for others, too.
This threshold covers your membership and sponsors another brother.
Your generosity grows the fire — more brothers, more wisdom, more momentum for everyone.
You’ll receive early access to live event tickets, right after the Groundbreakers.

Pave the Way — The Groundbreaking ($50/month)

You’re not just tending your fire — you’re lighting the path for others.
This threshold covers five men: yourself and four brothers entering the fire.
Designed for leaders, and men serious about their own Greatness and impacting others.
You fund the mission. You lead by example. You get first access to all live event tickets.
You’re first in line — and first in the fire.

Enter the Brotherhood on your own terms...

If you’re showing up, doing the work, and tending your fire — you belong here.

This is a Brotherhood.
Not a transaction.
Not a funnel.
Not a marketing gimmick.

There are no order bumps. There are no upsells on the next page.
You can cancel or change your membership threshold at any time.
There will be opportunities to attend live events later.

But right here. Right now.
Pay want you can, what you want, or nothing at all.

Cross the threshold that feels right for you.
Enter the brotherhood as a good man. 
And become great on your terms!

It's time to step into the fire!

Shane Sams
Founder, GreatMen.org