What Men Need – Part 3
As stated in part 1 and 2, men need work and need to be on a path to pour out your best value in exchange for the best return available. Return can mean money, certainly, but clearly isn’t the whole picture. But it is an important measuring stick on keeping up with external forces as viewed through an internal lens. Let me unpack that: One’s life is an internal (mental, emotional, psychological, spiritual) endeavor that exists in an external (biological, physical, economic, political) world. In Part 3, I’ll attempt to take a longer view of man in the external [...]
What Men Need – Part 2
Money. Men need to have a positive relationship with money and it’s not sufficient to say that the more money a man has the more positive the relationship. No, the entire history of mankind is replete with stories of the highs and lows of this complex relationship. Obviously the concept of money is soaked in positive and negative overtones and implications. The world is constantly in a money chase with tremendous good and unspeakable evil as result. Insofar as I sell money for a living, I have thought long and hard about money. I’m in the mortgage business and [...]
What Men Need – Part 1
Men are fairly simple creatures. Our “needs” are straightforward if we are “in” them; rather, if we have those “need” elements actively working in our life, then our life is moving forward. However, if those elements are not present, our life becomes more complicated, angst ridden, and lacking in direction. I suppose then I must define “needs” as I mean them so as to separate them from mere wants and desires. A man’s need is something that must be present in order for him to fulfill himself without which a man cannot become what he is capable of. It [...]
Don’t let Your Frog Boil
You all have heard about Boiled Frog Syndrome right? Put a frog in a pan of boiling water and it jumps out immediately because of the immediate pain. But put it in tepid water and slowly turn up the heat and the frog will cook to death because it won’t notice the gradual changes in temperature. I’m not sure if it’s true, but The Syndrome is universally acknowledged as an analogy worth knowing. You don’t want to be caught unaware that you’re boiling to death and one day wake up and your metaphorically-mixed goose is cooked. I remember coming [...]
Feel the Fear
I asked Ironman Lou “Why do you hesitate?” with respect to his girlfriend. He replied: "Fear...Fear that there is someone better out there for me, fear that it will end in divorce, fear that I'm taking on a liability and not an asset. Concerned that I do not have that head over heels feeling (which I've never really had with anyone), concerned that I am not 100% and they say you need to be 100% or that you'll know when the time is right.” Ironman Adam sent me this to an email exchange about fear and excuses: "When I encounter [...]
What a Woman Needs part 3
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23 This 3-part discussion, “What a Woman Needs”, is intended to provide you insights into the woman you have taken to become your suitable helper, the one you’ve empowered to speak into your life, and who you’ve promised to love, honor, and cherish till death do you part. Those words, * love * honor * cherish, generally are taken as feelings and perspectives - where you look upon your wife through loving eyes; you honor her with a gentle touch; [...]