016 How to be a Successful Man

<h2><strong>What is it to be & feel successful as a man</strong></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This topic sits central to basically everything we do. It’s the one thing - not, one of many, actually - that we tend to have a ‘just part of life’ that we don’t even question.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">SUCCESS.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But what is it even? To be a successful man? The unspoken cultural agreement in the West looks something like: He earns ‘good’ money, has a ‘good job, has nice things as a result, such as a house and car. Bonus points for power, status, and happy marriage but can also be a sexually talented bachelor. Sometimes both at the same time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to manhood, son, that’s your blueprint. Try your best to live up to it. And don’t worry if it doesn’t feel like you, go for it anyway because otherwise, well, I mean, otherwise,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">you won’t be a success.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And obviously, f I’m not a success, I’m a failure by default.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And this is how it has been for so long, the glorified measure of success as a man, that has sent many a man chasing more and more and more and never really landing in a place that is actually meaningful.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He never connected any of those things to personal meaning - to what they provide for him, apart from feelings of success because they’re the socially agreed-upon measures. And with that, the socially agreed upon respect and approval for achieving such things.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Or the men that can’t reach them, and so pile endless pressure and expectation on top of themselves trying to collect more of this, often missing what is in front of them all along; relationships, family, LIFE.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is what I cover in today’s episode - what is success