9 Life Lessons For Young Men
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1 Do not accept responsibility without authority.
Society wants to emotionally blackmail you into accepting responsibility at every corner without any authority or compensation for you carrying this burden. Reject it.
Society wants to emotionally blackmail you into accepting responsibility at every corner without any authority or compensation for you carrying this burden. Reject it.
Always ask âwhatâs in it for meâ and if the answer is ânothingâ then donât follow through. Nobody is going to look out for your interests, so you better start doing that yourself.
2 Trust your guts.
If you get an off feeling about it, go with your guts. Donât let someone tell you what to do when your spirit does not align. Train your instincts with experience and knowledge. Do things, experiment, and youâll get better and better at discerning...
If you get an off feeling about it, go with your guts. Donât let someone tell you what to do when your spirit does not align. Train your instincts with experience and knowledge. Do things, experiment, and youâll get better and better at discerning...
...what is legit and total bullshit. The best meter for gauging things is you, but before that meter is reliable you must optimize it. The way to do that is not by reading books but by experimenting. The more experience you have, the more accurate your instincts will get.
3 Donât let anyone shame you for making mistakes.
Your past mistakes do not define you. What matters is what the hell youâre up to now and how youâre handling things. The pace youâre at right now and where your priorities are.
Your past mistakes do not define you. What matters is what the hell youâre up to now and how youâre handling things. The pace youâre at right now and where your priorities are.
You canât change the past, but you can create a better future, a fantastic one. Better to stop existing than keep dwelling on your past fuck ups. So what, everyone makes mistakes, are you gonna let it define you, or are you gonna use it as an entertainment story when you make it?
Cut off anybody who tries to bring your past fuck ups back to memory and try to shame you for it.
4 Date how you want.
If you like slim women, then date slim women. If you want to marry a virgin, then marry a virgin. Nobody should tell you what the fuck to do with your dating life. Dating single mothers do not make you manlier, and youâre not doing society any good.
If you like slim women, then date slim women. If you want to marry a virgin, then marry a virgin. Nobody should tell you what the fuck to do with your dating life. Dating single mothers do not make you manlier, and youâre not doing society any good.
You work for the kind of life you want to live; you should be free to choose what that life is, even if itâs marrying 20 wives with 2 kids each. That is your business.
5 Learn manipulation.
I cannot emphasize this enough. There are a lot of people who think learning manipulation is a feminine thing to do. Thatâs probably one of the most brain-dead assumptions out there.
I cannot emphasize this enough. There are a lot of people who think learning manipulation is a feminine thing to do. Thatâs probably one of the most brain-dead assumptions out there.
Having a suit of armor in a battleground isnât feminine; itâs the logical thing to do. If you refuse to protect yourself, you will get hit. Refusing to play the game does not make you immune to its effects, and you will bear the consequences of your nonchalance.
6 Make loads of money.
You canât achieve much in life without money. Ideas are the engine, money is the fuel. You need money to bring thoughts to reality. You can only live the kind of life you want if you have the money to support it.
You canât achieve much in life without money. Ideas are the engine, money is the fuel. You need money to bring thoughts to reality. You can only live the kind of life you want if you have the money to support it.
Learn your trade, master it, and make loads of money. Forget about partying every weekend, youâll have lots of time to party after you get rich. Donât get distracted by women either, theyâre a fine hobby to have, but money first.
Itâs very hard for the opinions of a poor man to be taken seriously, and at the end of the day, if youâre poor and youâre right, does it really matter? When I know youâll be coming to me to beg for some $$ sooner or later. Donât let this be you. Get money.
7 Have only one hobby.
A man in his twenties, still struggling to find his footing shouldnât be able to afford more than one hobby. Where do you get the time to focus on two things purely for entertainment when you have shit to do?
A man in his twenties, still struggling to find his footing shouldnât be able to afford more than one hobby. Where do you get the time to focus on two things purely for entertainment when you have shit to do?
Your life is yet to be fixed and you have two, three hobbies? Pick one thing that develops you physically/mentally and let it be your hobby.
Sidenote: going to the gym is not a hobby, thatâs a necessity.
Sidenote: going to the gym is not a hobby, thatâs a necessity.
8 Stop being conflict-avoidant.
Trouble finds the man who runs from it. Bullies go after the one who seems like he canât fight back. If someone threatens to burn your house down, burn theirs first (metaphorically).
Trouble finds the man who runs from it. Bullies go after the one who seems like he canât fight back. If someone threatens to burn your house down, burn theirs first (metaphorically).
Being conflict-avoidant will only get you more trouble than you can handle. You should be capable of protecting those close to you or at least fighting for their sake. âI donât want any troubleâ simply doesnât cut it.
9 Stop hanging out with losers.
The most counterproductive thing young men do is hanging out with losers. Theyâll drag you back when you start to get ahead, and your wins will never be appreciated, only envied in a very negative destructive way. They secretly want you to lose.
The most counterproductive thing young men do is hanging out with losers. Theyâll drag you back when you start to get ahead, and your wins will never be appreciated, only envied in a very negative destructive way. They secretly want you to lose.
A loser isnât someone thatâs broke or incompetent. A loser is a person with zero drive, zero desire to change their pathetic situation, zero appreciation for those who try to help them get out, and an overwhelming desire to have things done for them.
Instead of learning how to make money, they want you to give them money. Instead of learning how to get girls, they want pre-arranged shit where the girl just goes with them. There are rich losers and there are broke winners. The broke winner will inevitably get money...
...and the quality of their life will skyrocket money-wise, but the rich loser remains a pity regardless of the $$ they have. Cut off all losers from your life.
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