How Attached Do You Get To Your Own Inventions?
Guest post by Alain Hunkins Mark has a dilemma on his hands. He’s just published a new eBook, and wants to use it on his landing page to build his email subscriber base. As a friend and colleague, Mark asked me to go to the website and download the eBook, and give him some feedback. The book content is great: clear, concise, and relevant. The design of the book looks top-notch too. The download process needs some work. It takes...
Drawing Forth a New World
by Boysen Hodgson Devin Lafferty is a young man who recently went through the ManKind Project’s New Warrior Training Adventure in New England. I met him at a recent Homecoming event, celebrating and recognizing the men who completed our most recent training and honoring their families and friends who made it possible. Homecomings are always powerful for me. I get the opportunity to meet and speak with men who have a fire in...
The Surprising Skill Successful Coaches Share
Guest post from Alain Hunkins On Saturday, I got to be a guinea pig in an experiment on leadership, coaching, and motivation. I didn’t plan for this. It just worked out that way. The laboratory? My local CrossFit gym. The experiment? A group workout, where were matched up to work in teams of two. Saturday’s workout was a 5000 meter row on the rowing machine. It was set up so that each team member would row 500 meters, then we’d hop...
My Experience Is Not My Son’s
by Greg Tapler My tolerance is not my son’s tolerance, he will build his own boundaries. My patience is not my son’s patience, he will find his own peace. My anger is not my son’s anger, he will experience his own betrayal. My fear is not my son’s fear, he will find his own demons. My wants are not my son’s wants, he will discover his own satisfaction. My stories are not my son’s stories, he will walk his own journey. My grief is not...
Winter Wood Fund #StandWithStandingRock
EDITOR’S NOTE: Numerous ManKind Project men have been on the ground at #StandingRock in support of the water-protectors. Several truck loads of supplies have been collected and brought to the camp from MKP men and significant funds have been sent to help with immediate needs. In the New England community, an I-Group stepped up to support by sourcing and purchasing firewood (inspected and permitted) from a nearby state to be...
MKP Men Take Action and Stand with Standing Rock in a Good Way
by Ryan Gatling Greetings to all my New Warrior Brothers – This is a call to action, a call to service, a call to protection of the Realm, the world, the Earth Mother and perhaps the soul of this nation. Men of vision and purpose, integrity and power, compassion and passion … Listen! As you are all aware, for more than two centuries, the Native people of this land have long been marginalized, they have seen their welfare...
How to Really Connect with Your Partner and Other Human Beings
Here’s how to save your neck and relationships and get much more out of life… – – – See the author’s TEDx Talk on Creating Extraordinary Intimacy in a Shut Down World – – – One thing I can say with absolute certainty is that we humans crave connection. Whether it is with other people, our pets or even nature the desire to connect is very much part of our innate wiring. So how...
Slow Down, Or Else
When it comes to your relationship the “slow lane” is much better –here’s why… – – – See the author’s TEDx Talk on Creating Extraordinary Intimacy in a Shut Down World – – – If you live anywhere near a city, ongoing road construction is a way of life. For most people it’s an annoyance, a hurdle one must go through to get to our intended destination. When you...
God Help You if You Ever Find “The One”
Here’s why the surest way to NOT find a compatible mate is to look for “The One”…
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Relationships
Great relationships just don’t happen, they are carefully nurtured… – – – See the author’s TEDx Talk on Creating Extraordinary Intimacy in a Shut Down World – – – I woke up this morning wrapped fully within the warmth of my partner’s embrace as she continued to sleep serenely. As I gazed at her beautiful countenance and wondered what I was going to write about for my weekly...
Lessons from my Mom, Judy
Guest post by Rob Peck, www.zestworks.com Judy Peck taught me (mainly by modeling) the efficacy of a few short phrases to instill trust, and inspire loyalty. To be fair, some of the following I learned from my old man, Art Peck- who thankfully is still alive and kicking, and continuing my education. And while I’m at it, a special shout out to my sister, Wendy- who is literally and figuratively the shining image of her beautiful...
Need An Excuse Not To Change Your Culture?
Um, hold on a second, just let me close the door to my office. The conversation was about to get a bit more interesting. I was on the phone with the Jan, the head of Human Resources of a privately held consumer products company. The company had notched 102 straight years of profit- until this last year. It was their first losing year ever. I was working with them to assess their current state, with a special focus on the company...
Undressing for Success in the Bedroom
Here is one simple thing you can do that will tremendously enhance your lovemaking and bond for each other… – – – See the author’s TEDx Talk on Creating Extraordinary Intimacy in a Shut Down World – – – What I’m about to share with you has led to countless hours of exquisite lovemaking and a deeper emotional bond and appreciation between my partner and me. It is so ridiculously simple...
The Blue Flame of Anger
In my world anger is expensive fuel. Despite its extraordinary cost anger is expedient when compressed and used sparingly with discretion. Caution! Storage is problematic. Anger expands when contained and pressure relief is critical. Increased levels of compression can be explosive. The popular myth that anger must be suppressed or “managed” needs serious rewriting. This strategy if adhered to rigidly can lead to toxic levels of...
How do we ‘Shape the Future’ together? the 4 Story-Changes
by Chris Kyle Shaping the Future: Living Your Purpose in Chaotic Times live online training being held on October 11th at 5:00 pm PDT / 8:00 pm EDT (share this event with your friends here: www.purposefromchaos.com). First, let me explain what I mean by ‘shaping the future.’ We can either be in constant reaction-mode to whatever is happening in our world — both at the local level in our personal lives and at the global level...
Sex is Everywhere, Just Don’t Talk About It
We will all be living in the dark shadows until we can talk about sex openly and authentically –here’s why… – – – See the author’s TEDx Talk on Creating Extraordinary Intimacy in a Shut Down World – – – Want to know how to mess people up big time? It’s easy. Just constantly remind them of their second most powerful innate drive and then make it socially unacceptable to even...
5 Important Reasons To Avoid Irony and Sarcasm
Morons should kill themselves. When you read that, what’s your reaction? What do you think? How do you feel? What judgments do you make? That first sentence was tweeted, as was this one: Cyclist almost killed my dog this morning. He fell off and yelled at me. I hope he broke his f—ing arm. But wait, there’s more. This tweet was in reference to an allegedly neglectful mother: Tie her tubes. Now. All three tweets were...
I Just Came Out and I’m Not Gay
Every single one of us has the opportunity to “come out” whether we are LGBTIA or not; here’s why… – – – I had the recent privilege of being one of the speakers at the University of Nevada TEDx event. Lesbian singer and song writer Jennifer Knapp was another featured speaker who I befriended. Her talk and music was about what it was like to come out as lesbian while catering her music to...
6 Threats Keeping You From Innovating
Innovation: Creating value by doing something better by doing it a new or different way. That “something better” could be many things: A new product A refined process An improved way to collaborate Innovation doesn’t have to mean a radical change -incremental tweaks are innovative, too. Given this broad definition of innovation, everyone can be innovative. It’s not limited to a select, creative few. We both...
Why Teaching Your Kids To Do Their Best Isn’t As Easy As It Sounds
Embed from Getty Images As a parent I want my son to do his very best at everything he tries; not because I think it’ll make him the next super bowl MVP or the next highest-paid endorser for Nike, Reebok or Under Armor; more because it’ll help him achieve whatever he wants out of life – or at least walk away knowing he gave it his all. Asking your child to give it their best sounds pretty simple, right? I mean what’s so hard about...
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