We all have to go through the pain and suffering that life throws at us.  It is inevitable, something is going to go wrong from time to time, and you need to be able to navigate through those issues and come out on top.  Maybe some of you are in a serious amount of pain now due to something that is going on?  Whatever your situation, I’d like to talk about the mindset that we use in the book and how it might help, because I think it might be helpful for everyone.

Is there something holding you back from being the man that you want to be?  Do you feel there is something stopping you from meeting and connecting with a great lady?  Do you feel there is something preventing you from starting the family that you envision having?  In this episode, we will talk about self-perception.

In a couple prior episodes, I mentioned that I wanted you to conduct yourself in a way in this pandemic that when you look back, you will be proud of everything you did over the whole duration of it.  You’ll be proud of how you conducted yourself at every step.  I still mean every word of that suggestion, but I feel like I need to expand on how I think about having a sense of pride more broadly.

Independent thinking.   What are you?  Are you a democrat, republican, progressive, conservative, liberal, socialist, communist, right, left, or evangelical?  Is that all that there is?  Do you have to fit within these labels?  Is there another way?  What are you?  Who are you?  Please be careful about letting other people’s labels define you.  I feel quite the opposite about the whole subject.  In this week’s episode, I make the case for and, extol the virtues of, independent thinking.

I recently was reading about how winter is when depression hits the largest number of people, and this is the first time in most of our lifetimes that we have been dealing with something like the pandemic over that normally gloomy winter period.  So, some people out there are hurting more than normal due to everything that is going on out there, and some of those folks might be you, or someone you care about.  So today I want to talk about this issue from a slightly different viewpoint.  I want to talk about the idea of quitting under adversity.

Respect.  Genuine respect.  Today I want to talk about how key, how crucial, paying respect is to success in your process of meeting and connecting with great women.  I mean showing respect to the lady.  I mean showing respect to her family and friends.  

Handling Conflict.  Conflicts, disagreements and disputes are part of life, and always will be, no matter who you are, how much money you have, or what you situation is in life.  How to best handle conflict, anger, and disagreement using key principles from the book is what we dig into in this week’s episode.

Men: Should you or should you not get married?  Is someone trying to pressure you into marriage now?  I talk a lot about a man’s various responsibilities in life in the book and on this podcast because a major part of my thesis is that is vital to success in many areas, including success with women.  But where does marriage fit into that philosophy?  We will take a thorough look at this crucial subject, something that you are very likely to encounter at some point in your life, in this week’s episode. 

In this episode I want to talk about dating safety - specifically for men.  There is plenty of information and advice available online and elsewhere about safety concerns for women, and rightfully so.    Guys need to be careful out there as well.  Men can be robbed, or cheated, or harmed.  We’ll cover all of the basics, plus some other things that aren’t so well known that can cause you real problems.