Co-Host Emily McKay (https://mountaintoppodcast.com/coach) 25 years and one week ago, everyone's attention was on whether or not the dreaded Y2K bug was going to crash the world's computer systems and make planes fall out of the sky. And even as we partied like it was 1999, nobody's nose was buried in their smartphone because those hadn't come out yet. People weren't even texting each other. After all, if on the off chance you had texting on your phone, every message cost like sixty cents. Online dating was in its infancy, but already stigmatized as if any users were desperate losers who 'liked pina coladas'. Indeed, if a guy wanted to ask a woman out the best way to do that was in person (go figure) because picking up the phone and being confronted with an answering machine was just too stressful. But at least actual dating was still a thing rather than simply 'hooking up' or 'hanging out'. Nevertheless, getting quality dating advice from, well...anywhere? Forgettaboutit. Self-help of any kind on the still narrowband Internet was practically unheard of. Even what would become the PUA movement was still limited to 'underground' keyboard jockeys in chat rooms (!) trying to figure out tricks to 'game' women with. Social media was years away, and with it the rise of 'echo chambers' that would shape public opinion (and outrage) on all manner of ways men and women relate to each other. And yes, people were terrified of getting herpes and dying of AIDS, so sexual activity was approached very differently than it is today. Yes, a LOT has changed over the first quarter of the 21st century, and we cover the good, the bad and the ugly in this fast-paced and (actually) fun episode! Get in on all the action to be had at: https://mountaintoppodcast.com

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=== SNIPPETS FROM THE SUMMIT === Around New Year's every year, people tend to make New Year's resolutions. They typically last about two weeks. Well, with the dawn of 2025 the 21st century is already a quarter over. But even though life is short, it's long as well. What are you going to do with the next 75 years...or maybe beyond? Instead of simply trying to get rid of a bad habit, why not transform your entire life in a meaningful and long-lasting way? In this brief episode, I'll let you in on a brilliant Japanese secret that will help you secure your future and find far more fulfillment in it. More at https://mountaintoppodcast.com

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Co-Host Delora Guignion (https://mountaintoppodcast.com/delora) If you want to drive yourself nuts (and who really does?), you can knock yourself out trying to sort out the difference between masculinity and femininity, as opposed to masculine energy and feminine energy. Fortunately, you don't have to do that. All you need is this podcast episode. My returning guest is none other than the Mindset Mentor Delora Guignion from Ottawa, Canada. We indeed engage in a discussion about this heavy-duty topic, and it's guaranteed to really make you think. I mean, is everything we do--and everything we're about--really tied to our masculine and feminine nature? Can't there just be human nature? Well, maybe...maybe not. Delora and I will have to sort of agree to disagree in some ways, even though we really do agree on all the best-case scenarios for how people get along. But seriously, how are we as men in particular really hamstringing ourselves by not really understanding how femininity works? And why is it so many people--men and women alike--simply refuse to even acknowledge that men and women have different priorities and sensibilities, and that's probably okay? And that's just the warm-up. Are left-brained people in their masculine and right-brained people in their feminine? The ramifications of that question extend to almost every corner of life. All we really know is that when masculinity and femininity understand each other, whether they're left- or right-brained, we all get along better. And that, friends and neighbors, is a no-brainer. Have you cashed in your $20 gift card yet? That's our Christmas gift to you: https://mountaintoppodcast.com/giftcard

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=== SNIPPETS FROM THE SUMMIT === It's Christmas Eve, so what better time to bring a little joy to the world...especially the women of the world? So how do we do that? Well, when it comes to meeting and interacting with women most of us as men are continuously running a combo of thinking BIG (e.g. 'What can I impress her with?') and staying stoic and macho, lest we look like a simp. But how is that working out for you? In the real world, men who make women feel safe and comfortable with what I call 'warm levity' are the ones who get the girl. In this brief episode, I'll share a dead-simple strategy that's virtually foolproof in making women like you, feel attraction toward you and want more of you. More at https://mountaintoppodcast.com

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Co-Host Warwick Cairns (https://mountaintoppodcast.com/cairns) Well, you've heard me talk about how we as men tend to slip into the 'suburban sleepwalk' in this life. Everything is safe, sanitized and dinner comes from the supermarket or a fast-food joint. So along comes Warwick Cairns, author of a book called How To Live Dangerously, which exhorts us as men get back to our roots. That is, a life with a whole lot more danger in it. This is, of course, a wildly controversial stance in today's Western world. But our masculine nature craves it, and Warwick is still here to tell the story, so clearly what he talks about can be satisfied in us without killing ourselves over it. To start things off, Warwick wastes no time getting to how so much of what we think is 'dangerous' is actually relatively safe, while plenty of what we think is safe is actually pretty hazardous. What is it that distorts so many people's perceptions in this regard? And how has danger itself evolved within very recent human history? Of course, that has to affect our perception of it in principle as well. I mean, has post-modernity actually created its own form of 'danger' even as the world at large has gotten so much safer? All of that said, Warwick's book is on how to bring MORE danger into our lives. What does that mean? What is it he is actually advocating? And what is he personally doing that's so dangerous at age 62...and at what price? On the other hand, what's up with those guys who live incredibly dangerously and still somehow die of old age? And what's the true 'low hanging fruit' for people who want to start living dangerously? And last, but certainly not least, how dangerous is it really to approach women and ask them out? Download all the free goodies at https://mountaintoppodcast.com

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=== SNIPPETS FROM THE SUMMIT === Confidence is the very foundation of success with women. But do we just one day become confident? Is it just a decision we make or a switch we flip? Of course not. There are stages of confidence...a continuum, if you will. In this episode I'll reveal what those are, and why most of them are part of a good solid progression toward ultimate confidence. But beware...two of the steps should be skipped altogether, even if most guys don't realize it. More at https://mountaintoppodcast.com

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Co-Host John O'Brien (https://mountaintoppoodcast.com/rude) My first-time guest is executive coach, author, speaker and university instructor John O'Brien, whose book Rudeness Rehab caught my eye immediately. After all, there's no doubt that common civility has taken a dive in our culture over the past several decades, right? I mean, as men it's perfectly good to be a bit rough around the edges and be assertive when we need to, but dude...it's like people have lost all sense of being decent to each other nowadays. Along with that, even simple self-awareness and regard for others has gone out the window. What happened there? Surely, it's not all easily passed off as the fault of social media and COVID, right? And more importantly, how do we reclaim civility as men without looking like some sort of passive milquetoast pansy or something? Well, the first step, of course, is to clearly define what we're talking about here when we refer to 'incivility'. How does incivility wreak havoc at home, at work, in our social lives and when relating to women? And even if we have our own selves under control, what are the best ways to better manage rudeness in others? I mean, are so many people being rude and socially inept on purpose, or is self-awareness still at an all-time low out there? And aren't there just some people out there who really want to get at you? How do you keep your composure with them? Or should you? And is who we are when we're around the people we're most comfortable with who we really are? And who are--perhaps ironically--the least civil people in our entire life? What advice would John give to guys who are going out meeting women, but finding most of them to be rude? Get in on the latest Masterclass and more at https://mountaintoppodcast.com

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=== SNIPPETS FROM THE SUMMIT === Have you noticed a different vibe out there in the world lately? Of course you have...we ALL have. Now that the election cycle is over, people are talking and acting differently. Are they even THINKING differently? In this brief episode, I'll explain the psychology behind what's going on, and why it's affecting women in particular...all for the better. Most importantly, what should YOU be doing as a man in response to this current zeitgeist RIGHT NOW, and going into 2025? More at https://mountaintoppodcast.com

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Co-Host Derek Loudermilk (https://mountaintoppodcast.com/derek) My long-time friend and returning guest Derek Loudermilk may be the most curious guys I know. Every time I talk to him, he has been exploring and considering the kind of ideas that few men dare to. So what's the latest way Derek's creative approach to life positively affect YOUR fortunes with women? Well, a lot of times we think of being successful with women as 'getting lucky', even as most reputable dating experts would proudly proclaim that luck has nothing to do with it. But wait a minute...what if you can proactively--and intentionally--engineer what most people would chalk up as pure luck? Well, Derek believes he's uncovered realistic, practical ways to do exactly that. What's more, he describes how to make miracles happen...again with intention rather than waiting around for happenstance. For example, what if you could go from where you are right now to the state of being you desire without having to wait a period of time and/or acquire newer, more complicated skills? Could you make a 'quantum leap' to getting better with women...miraculously? Would that be attributable to pure luck? How does Derek get positive responses to unreasonable requests? And how does what you speak of affect your actual reality? For example, could it be that people who identify closely with their disease or disorder are actually perpetuating their illness? I mean, how are we programming ourselves to be unlucky? And what are the practical steps to turn that around so we're luckier than ever? Get in on the masterclasses, talk to me for free for 25 minutes and more at https://mountaintoppodcast.com

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=== SNIPPETS FROM THE SUMMIT === We as men are primally wired to seek purpose and meaning in life. But for better or worse, most of us are also hard-wired in another way that blocks us from finding it. It doesn't have to be that way, though. In this brief episode I'll reveal a whole new, out-of-the-box way of thinking about purpose that will not only supercharge your ability to find purpose, but will most likely greatly increase your fulfillment in whatever you accomplish and however you make the world a better place. Best of all, it's an easier and less stressful an approach to it all. More at https://mountaintoppodcast.com

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