As the Aaron Tippin song goes, You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything. A man must stand for something in his life, even in the run of a day, and that something has to guide him to be a better man and a man of value. In this week’s Man Up […]
Man Up Monday: To Reach Your Potential Is an Expectation, Not An Anomaly
You’re on this earth for a very brief moment and you’re tasked with one thing: To squeeze the most out of your gifts and talents that you possibly can while you’re here. To fall short of this task is one of life’s greatest tragedy’s, the tragedy of talent left, wasted. You’re here not to dream, […]
Man Up Monday: Let Go Of Your Excuses And You’ll Find Opportunity
I had a guy email me the other day complaining that he didn’t know the right people in his industry to really see the success he wanted to see. It’s a common myth that who we know is yet another thing that is out of our control. A great example is Napoleon Hill, a guy […]
Man Up Monday: Always Be Improving
Enjoy your victories, but never be satisfied or content with who you’ve become, what you know, or what you’ve accomplished. Always be improving. Who you were last year can’t be who you are this year and he must pail in comparison to who you’re becoming next year. (Read this: Why You’re Comparing Yourself to The […]
Man Up Monday: Know Your Power
Most of us live our lives as if our fate, our destiny, the journey our lives take, are the result of circumstance. The reality is that it is we who control our own fate, and we who decide our reactions to our circumstances. You can’t control everything, but you have the power to go with […]
Man Up Mondays: If You Half-Ass Your Work You Will Live a Half-Assed Life
Every morning you rise to an opportunity. That opportunity is simple, you either do your work and make something of the day or you complain and avoid those things you have to do to make your life as you’d like it to be, to matter, to have a good and grand effect on this planet. […]
Man Up Mondays: You’re Made to Be a Badass
We, men, aren’t made for mediocrity, ’tisn’t what we’re constructed for. We’re made to dare audaciously and mightily and conquer things and lands that other men have failed to conquer before us. Monotony isn’t our destiny, the only place where a man can feel fulfilled is in the presence of greatness. Use this, the first […]