Emotionally Mature Men Enjoy These 7 Benefits

True fulfillment comes from within. Inner work has been defined as the psychological and spiritual practice of diving deep into your inner self for the purposes of self-exploration, self-understanding, healing, and spiritual transformation. I know, you’re a pragmatic and logical individual who avoids “woo-woo” like the plague — and I’m with you. I like things that I…

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7 Mindsets To Break The Negative Patterns Holding You Back

Many of us hold ourselves back with negative beliefs about ourselves or our abilities. Here’s how to overcome them. How many people do you think are capable of more than they’re currently doing? Odds are, the first person who came to mind reading that was yourself. It’s okay, everyone feels that way now and then. We…

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To Find “The One” You Must First Become “The One”

We don’t attract what we desire, we attract what we project. Dating is difficult. There are a lot of people out there who don’t (or can’t) properly communicate, who aren’t looking for real commitment, or who aren’t even sure what a healthy relationship looks like at this point. Dating apps are frustrating, messages don’t get…

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The Greatest Wealth Is Time With Those We Love

Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to create a life. Priorities shift over the years. The older we get, the more we understand the real value of time and the freedom to spend it with those we love the most. Family, friends, significant others. In the times of Covid, we have…

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You are ruled by your habits, here’s how to make sure that’s a good thing

Aristotle said that excellence is a habit, but he said that about 2,000 years before Wendy Wood followed 2,000 people around and observed their daily activities and neurology. This study found that 40-45% of our daily decisions aren’t decisions at all, but habits. Routines. Anyone who’s ever forgotten how they got to (or from) work…

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11 Life Habits More Men Should Embrace

As we grow older, it’s always interesting to tie our actions and beliefs back to things we observed while we were growing up. Those who were older around us – whether it be parents, grandparents, guardians, or fiends, influence(d) our view of the world in ways that, at the time, we wouldn’t have recognized. As…

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We Can’t Be Better Partners Until We Become Better Men

It’s been awhile since I’ve written something on here and I wanted to come back with a strong and unfiltered opinion. What else is new, right? It certainly seems to me that men are letting themselves slip. One could argue that women aren’t holding high enough standards for men when it comes to dating, relationships,…

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If Happiness is Your Goal, You’ve Got the Wrong Goal

Ah, the pursuit of happiness. Life, liberty, and all that. This may be a bit controversial, but hear me out. Finding or creating happiness should not actually be your ultimate goal in life. “But James, why?!” Well, I’m glad you asked. You don’t need to hear this from me or anyone else because you’ve experienced…

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If you feel lost and unfulfilled, it’s probably because you’re not disciplining yourself

What builds confidence in a person? Notice the word “builds” in that question. Confidence is not a magical personality trait that you either have, or you don’t. Fulfillment is not a lottery prize that some people feel, and others are deprived of. Direction in life is not a navigation system implanted in some of us…

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If the new Gillette #TheBestMenCanBe campaign offends you, you’re the problem

Just in case you’ve not yet come across Gillette’s new #TheBestMenCanBe campaign, here is the one minute and 49 second short film: The commercial is designed to encourage men to set better examples in society and step up to support others in doing the same. To stop making the same old excuses for bullying, violence,…

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