Job Search Lessons From Super Bowl 46
by Jeff Altman Another fabulous game to watch and although I am a Giants fan, there are things I noticed about each team and how they played and prepared that I believe are extremely valuable when applied to job hunting. 1. The value of a system Each team operates within a system with nothing left to chance. The Giants loss key players during the offseason and were able to draft, sign prepare replacements that proved valuable. Travis...
Feeding the Wolf
by Stephen Simmer Many years ago I heard a talk by Bernie Glassman, the Zen teacher. He was describing the influence of an enlightened person. He said that if we were all in a room and an enraged person suddenly entered, we would all feel a surge of anger. If a person came in having a panic attack, we would all feel anxious. And if an enlightened person entered the room, before he even uttered a word, we would all feel some measure of...
Exciting News from Central America
Those of us in the U.S. who have been following the unfolding story of The MKP Costa Rica Initiative received some great news this week. The MKP men there are on the verge of holding their very first New Warrior Training Adventure! The weekend will be November 30-December 2, 2012. The Costa Rica Initiative has successfully held PIT weekends in the past and sent men to NWTAs in the United States. Now they will be able to offer this...
The HELP Factor
by Steve Harper I’m on a deadline with my script for Covert Affairs. First draft is due this Friday, so I’m taking a few minutes out of my writing time to create this article. Getting help is essential in my process. Even with this script, (especially with this script?) I’m loathe to go it alone. I’ve reached out for help at almost every step of the process. Research? I’ve asked several friends, read books, found videos, talked to...
The King’s Speech: A Masculinity Movies Review
No warm bosoms in the Royal Palace The best and most important scenes of “The King’s Speech” feature speech therapist Lionel and king to be Bertie (aka Prince Albert) alone in some form of conversation. One of my most favourite of these scenes arrive after Bertie’s dad King George V has died. Bertie comes to […]
Groceries & Gratitude
Yesterday, Alexander, Miranda and I spent the first part of the afternoon at the grocery store. Grocery shopping with young children (or at least my young children) is generally a frenetic experience. Little hands pull products off of the shelf, little feet push the shopping cart as if they’re operating under the influence, little […]
Pink Floyd As Relationship Experts?
Ok, if you’re not a Pink Floyd fan – and/or haven’t listened to the Dark Side Of The Moon album (it’s been pointed out to me recently, by the way, how badly I’m dating myself by even using the term “album”) – this article may take you a bit more time to get in […]
Finding Stillness: Embarking on a Six Day Zen Retreat
I’ve never done this before: willingly embarked on a multi-day meditation retreat. It has been something the I have wanted to do for seemingly a lifetime now, beginning with boyhood visions of emulating Kwai Chang Caine, the character in the … Continue reading →
Homme-Training – Psychologies Magazine – France
Nearly fifty thousand men have passed through the doors leading them into a powerful once-in-a-lifetime experience that we call The New Warrior Training Adventure. Sometimes our familiarity with ‘the weekend’ can lead us to forget just how unique and world rocking this event is for those who have never experienced it. We at the ManKind Project Journal are happy to see an article in “Psychologies”, a magazine...
The Power of Habit
by Ravenspen Do you find yourself automatically doing things you don’t want to? Do you wish you could do some activities effortlessly and automatically without struggling to force yourself into them because they are “good for you”? Welcome to the world of Human Habits. Habits are not an ingrained automatic pattern of behavior, according to New York Times business writer Charles Duhigg. They are just as learned as...
Living Heaven On Earth?
Once upon a time, Buddha was quoted (or paraphrased) as saying, “Life is suffering.” In contrast, many years ago, someone taught me that “Suffering is optional.” Somewhere in between that observation and what we long for as possibilities in our lives is a middle ground that beautifully holds the tension and exhilaration of how to […]
Documenting Reconciliation in Kenya
by Boysen Hodgson In 2007 Patrick Mureithi traveled to Rwanda with the opportunity to film a reconciliation process between perpetrators and victims of violence in the Rwandan genocide. The experience had a deep and lasting impact. He created a documentary film based on that experience called “ICYIZERE:hope” (see the preview below). “ICYIZERE:hope” trailer from Patrick Mureithi on Vimeo. Focusing on Kenya...
The Ripple Effect
by Ravenspen Men in the ManKind Project may sometimes be tempted to think that our work, words and impact do not extend beyond our own small circles of New Warrior Brothers. But like the proverbial stone dropped into a pond, the ripple effect of our ability to shine the light of common sense reality on ourselves and our situations spreads far beyond our own expectation. Men whom we have facilitated and mentored have themselves, in...
To Thine Own Self Be True
I was facilitating one of my men’s groups recently, and one of the topics that came up as a “hot button” was how to navigate the slippery slope of getting needs met while not appearing needy, and what are even “appropriate” needs to look to your partner to satisfy/support. This gets so tricky, because we […]
Chimpanzee Politics
[This article originally appeared in the Hardwired Humans Newsletter.] by Andrew O’Keeffe Gillard versus Rudd in Australia. Romney versus Santorum in the US. Figan versus Goblin in the forests of Gombe. Power contests for progression in the hierarchy are a natural dynamic of social species. While organisation politics might be more subtle, there are important lessons for leaders in understanding and using power. The similarity...
Mission: Finding Your Own Piece of the Puzzle
Many men and women all over the planet seek clarity and inspiration to find and begin to work on their mission in life. But sweeping “Mission Statements” can overwhelm us to the point where we just never get around to taking the first step. Yet all of us can discover how to make a start by looking within and discovering just how we, as individuals, can bring our own unique talents to the challenge of transforming our...
A New Warrior Looks at Fathers and Sons
We in the ManKind Project spend a lot of our time and energy talking about the relationship between fathers and sons. Its gold and its shadows. Anyone trying to shed more light on the fascinating topic of this critical aspect of being a man is doing a service to all humanity. One such individual is Scott Woerner, a New Warrior brother currently training as a psychologist, working in a Men’s Trauma program and doing research on...
Delight Should Be…Well, Delightful
In a recent NY Times article, reporter Steve Lohr shares the lessons learned by those who worked closely with Steve Jobs. The first lesson: Do Whatever It Takes to Delight Customers What company doesn’t promise “Customer Satisfaction”? Everyone who wants to stay in business. But there’s a big gap between what’s promised and what’s delivered. […]
What is That?
Sent to us by Eivind Skjellum, the Journal’s film editor. This needs no introduction. Eivind Skjellum is the founder of
Communication: How Men and Women Show Up in Emotional Intelligence
Patricia Clason, public speaker, radio and television interviewer and personal coach – recently compiled some research on how men and women seem to communicate, or fail to, as the case may be. While her conclusions are necessarily generalizations, even myths have a core of truth to them, which is why such stories survive. How we perceive the “other” half of humanity as men and women effects our lives on a daily...
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