Perhaps adversity is what makes us who we are. Perhaps we're better for having to overcome difficulties. Perhaps the small decisions and choices we make - every day - define who we become as a man.

This conversation is with a man who has decided that, despite any heartaches, illness, and the myriad of challenges we all face, he will wake up each day with a purposeful and hopeful countenance.

That doesn't mean it's easy. It just takes practice.

In what is and will become an annual tradition, we hear from different men about the lessons they learned from their fathers.

Lessons of action, of words, of what was done, or what was not done.

What are lessons you've learned? What lessons are you passing on? If you have children, are you dropping pearls for them to learn from? If you don't have children, are you leaving a legacy or mentorship to other young men?

We all have the duty of teaching lessons to the next generation. The question is...what are yours?

What is your appetite for risk?

Some men have a life where they seek out new adventures, explore strange new worlds, and boldly go into their futures. And for someone like Brian, it's been how he's lived his whole life.

And if you're like that, what do you show your children as a lifestyle to live? And if you have boys, what does it teach them about courage, risk-taking, and a perspective of the world?

This conversation is with a man who has lived with a manageable dose of risk his whole life...and in the course of doing so, has had marvelous adventures. And, he's teaching his boys to do the same.