This Book Will Make You Dangerous: The Irreverent Guide For Men Who Refuse to Settle

One of the reasons I was stuck is because I believed I needed to predict the future. I believed I needed to find the perfect plan that wouldn’t fail. I believed I had to figure out how everything was going to directly pay off financially. I believed I needed to have it all figured out before I got started. I was doing everything I could to minimize

When we understand that this first stage is the worst, then we can choose to act quickly to relieve that tension. We can choose to be bold, to step into power, and engage our challenges sooner rather than later.

So let’s ask ourselves: If we’re going to overcome this challenge, what would our montage look like? What would we need to practice and learn and create in order to tackle this challenge?

Well, what if the other uncomfortable experiences in our lives — feeling bored or stressed or drained or trapped or isolated — could be used to give us similar information? If we don’t like the way we feel, what if we didn’t choose to dismiss or numb or distract ourselves from that feeling?

When We Don’t Know What’s Important, Everything Seems Important

Be Open and Firm When we practice being open and firm, we stay open to the impact our actions may have while also staying firm in what we want.

They spend more time criticizing and complaining and pointing out what they don’t want instead of (1) clarifying what they do want and (2) taking responsibility to create what they want for themselves.

What would make it energizing? What would make it playful?

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