In this week's episode, John continues to introduce his F6 Formula, with an emphasis on friendships. The focus is on three questions surrounding the tendency of men having fewer friendships as they age.

1. Why do men go from having friends to having no friends?

2. The consequences of not having friends.

3. How can we go from no friends to having healthy friendships?

(01:25) Resources to aid knowledge of male friendship.

(02:43) The difficulty men have with maintaining friendships as they age.

(03:29) The underlying foundation of the lack of male friendships.

(04:08) The consequence of developmental change - males are deprived of friendships that can help them.

(04:56) Male relationships and how they work - 3 lessons about relationships.

(08:31) Speak the truth in love.

(11:19) Why we have a friendship drought of every proportion for men.

(14:52) How to develop friendships with other guys.

(25:59) The positive influence of male to male friendships.

(28:25) An action step to empower young and older males - how to be expressive.

QUOTES:

"Social connections are very good for us and loneliness kills." "It's not just the number of friends that you have, and whether or not you're in a committed relationship, but it's the quality of your close relationships that matter."

"Good relationships don't just protect our bodies, they protect our brains. Great relationships help keep you mentally alert and push away the onset of memory decline."

"In order to truly be a great man, to be a person of character and worth and someone worth emulating, I can be that guy. I can't be that alpha male and do that."

"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." - Jim Rohn

USEFUL RESOURCES

1. "Building Your Band of Brothers" by Stephen Mansfield - https://tinyurl.com/BuildingaBandofBrothers 

2. "Mansfield's Book of Manly Men" by Stephen Mansfield - https://tinyurl.com/MansfieldsBookofManlyMen 

3. "Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships" by Geoffrey Greif - https://tinyurl.com/BuddySystemUMF 

4. "Breaking the Male Code: Unlocking the Power of Friendship" by Robert Garfield -https://tinyurl.com/BreakingtheMaleCode 

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EPISODE CREDITS

Intro music provided by Tony Palacios - https://www.instagram.com/tonytonedog/ 

Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/