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The kind of work I do requires thinking on two levels at once
The kind of work I do requires thinking on two levels at once. On one level, I’m dealing with real individuals and their very real problems, emotional pain, dy...
"What if I can't have children?
"What if I can't have children?" If, for one reason or another, you're not going to have children, maybe you can't physically, or maybe you never found the rig...
When you're old, what are you going to talk about?
When you're old, what are you going to talk about? When you're sitting in the nursing home, a third of your life is spent in old age, that is a long time, what...
I have a friend with a great story
I have a friend with a great story. He helped an older man who owned a very primitive factory producing liqueurs. The man took a shine to him and, when he retir...
We live in an age of infinite options
We live in an age of infinite options. Every week, there’s a new strategy. A new guru. A new tool. A new way of thinking. It feels exciting. Empowering. As if...
Every political ideology is self-destruction at a different speed
Every political ideology is self-destruction at a different speed. Some destroy you fast. Others take a few generations. But the end is the same: extinction. ...
Every young man should have a hard, dirty job in his late teens
Every young man should have a hard, dirty job in his late teens. Start at sixteen or seventeen during the summers. Shovel gravel. Haul lumber. Dig trenches. St...
How Did We Become an Underfathered Society?
How did we get here, into a world where so many men and women are underfathered? Where boys grow up without strong models of mature masculinity… And girls grow...
That’s a beautiful sentiment
That’s a beautiful sentiment. In fact, it makes perfect sense. Imagine a database that shows a person’s genetic closeness score to you, and you can choose to b...
Dear Boomers, Let me let you in on a little secret: no one is retiring ever...
The retirement Ponzi scheme is over. Unless you saved exceptionally well or raised enough children to care for you, no one is retiring ever again — and the Boomers have only themselves to blame.
Pride in our civilization and in our people is essential to create within us...
Pride in our civilization and in our people is essential to create within us the desire to make more of our people for the continuance of our civilization. Per...
These are classic manipulation tactics used by the government to silence...
These are classic manipulation tactics used by the government to silence victims and protect itself. If this were happening to me or my family, I’d: � Circle ...
We’re not facing history’s first population collapse
We’re not facing history’s first population collapse. It’s happened before. That’s part of why, historically, having children was seen as a civic duty, ike payi...
A certain mindset—and its group evolutionary strategy—will always push its luck...
A certain mindset—and its group evolutionary strategy—will always push its luck until that luck runs out. When men and society finally move to restore order, th...
If Trump pairs the tariffs with a massive reduction in U
If Trump pairs the tariffs with a massive reduction in U.S. regulations, the effect would be to bring production back to the U.S. However, without cutting regul...
In my coaching, I teach my clients to live joyful lives
In my coaching, I teach my clients to live joyful lives. But I’ve noticed something. Very often, there’s a society-wide confusion between happiness, joy, and s...
Your husband wants to help you, but he wants to help you as a man, from his...
Your husband wants to help you, but he wants to help you as a man, from his position and responsibility as a husband and father. If you want his help, you don’...
Don’t take financial advice from broke people
Don’t take financial advice from broke people. Don’t take relationship advice from the chronically single. Don’t take marriage advice from the divorced or miser...
Imagine what your life could feel like if you could express yourself with...
Imagine what your life could feel like if you could express yourself with clarity, calm, and confidence in every situation, and also understand others on a deep...
The issue isn't merely that men and women haven't been taught how to be...
The issue isn't merely that men and women haven't been taught how to be husbands, fathers, wives, or mothers; it's also that they have been psychologically mani...