As men, we tend to go to extremes in different areas of our lives. This can be a good thing when applied appropriately, but many of us struggle with different types of extremism in our everyday lives.

On today’s show, we discuss some of the common extremisms many guys struggle with. These are simple attitudes that can hurt us as we try to build a thriving life.

We also give a simple attitude adjustment near the end of the show to help you fight against extremism in your life.

Many men use this to justify not trying

This attitude can ignore the learning process

This attitude is seen in the blaze of glory mentality

We focus on going big in every area of our lives

The problem is we often look at regular everyday life as not “enough”

We use this attitude to justify sacrificing the important areas of our lives to reach a “pinnacle” of success

There are certain areas this attitude applies, but it can’t be in every area

Some men use this attitude to brag about the grind so they feel better about themselves

In the end, we often pick the wrong area to give everything we’ve got and ignore the important areas of our lives: Relationships, health, growth, financial wisdom

Momentum is what builds lasting success and we build momentum with small daily decisions

We want to build the daily habits of success that will give us a solid foundation for success

Once we build the habits, they become ingrained into our lives and a part of who we are as men

What are your top habits that pour into your long-term success?

What habits are you building that you can carry on your journey?

Your legacy is how you lived your life, not the reputation that follows you after you die

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Discouragement is easy to fall into in our society today. With the rise of social media and worldwide connectedness, we often find examples of guys who do things better than us. This means we have to fight against it actively. If we aren’t careful, we can fall into a place of discouragement where we stay busy but don’t live purposefully.

On today’s show, we discuss the cycles of discouragement and why we get to this place. As we recognize the mindset, we can begin to fight against it.

Many men get to a place of frustration and declare, “I’m going to CHANGE!”

Then they come up with some crazy plan which often ends in failure

This puts them right back to the start but with more frustration

They eventually develop a lack of belief in their ability to change

Our discouragement grows when we take everything in a hyper-personal way

“I’m fat because I’m a failure” “I’m poor because I’m lazy”

There is a place for taking personal responsibility, but does everything have to be personal?

We have to learn to separate who we are as men from what we do as men

Our sense of failure often derives from our Unrealistic expectations

We battle this by learning to approach setbacks differently

Defining the problem

Trading condemnation for curiosity: Curiosity asks, “Why I fail?”; Condemnation assumes it’s all our fault

Get help

Quit trying to fix multiple things to get better in

Pick one thing to get better at and focus your energy on that

Get curious about past failures and seek to learn from them instead of ignoring them

Quit trying to lone-wolf fix things in your life

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The lone wolf man is a persona that isn’t real. When you look at most movies about lone wolf men, they have a pretty sad life. Sure, they could kill people and win the day, but at what cost? There is also the reality that none of them became great warriors alone. The movies will often show a backstory where they had a guide train them for their adventures.

Too many men think they have to battle everything in their lives alone. They see it as a sign of weakness to ask for help. We want to show how this attitude hurts us and how we can overcome it and build strong resilient lives.

Pride

We idolize heroes of the past

The quest for glory and other people’s respect

We get weird by ourselves

We try to do too much

We get an attitude of everyone against me

We don’t trust

Our capacity won’t grow, by ourselves

Others can call us higher and push us

Serve Others

Avoid building a Loner Life

Seek to have real relationships and not just virtual ones

Quit buying the lie of doing it by yourself!

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• Learn about the 4 fundamentals of a Successful Life

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