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

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So I made a commitment at that time that I still hold to this day, which is this: relax and find the fun. I remind myself before each call that if I’m coming from a place of service, then I’m willing to be fired in any given session. Sure, getting fired may suck, but playing it safe is a far bigger threat to my business in the long term.

Aliveness is a deep state of presence. Aliveness is where we feel our fire and experience a state of flow. And this doesn’t happen if we’re playing it safe. I believe we call this aliveness because there’s a small part of us at risk of “dying” — but not necessarily in a literal way.

When evolutionary biologists talk about success, they don’t describe Ferraris and yachts and taking private jets out to Burning Man. They talk about our ability to adapt in order to avoid danger.

Throughout this book, I’ve been banging the drum about how our experiences of freedom, aliveness, love, and peace are the focus. About how no matter what, goals and outcomes and accomplishments are all theories or strategies to empower us to live from this place.

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draining is because we have a belief, an expectation, a rule that’s been screwed into our skulls. I have to do it this way. This is just how it’s done.16 This can cover everything from how we choose to exercise to how we create prospects for our business to how we have sex with our partner to how we spend time with our family. We settle for the dra

am I going to recognize that what I truly want — to have a stronger, more expansive experience of life — means that I’ll feel a little discomfort from time to time? Am I going to recognize that I’m a…

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