Build Something That Matters

Build Something That Matters

I have done 118 episodes of a podcast for men. I have earned exactly zero dollars from it. And I have spent what amounts to $165,220 worth of my time building it. Most people would call that a bad investment. I call it some of the most important work I have ever done,...
Fix It With Your Sons

Fix It With Your Sons

There is more than one reason I drive a 2009 Chevy Silverado with plenty of miles on it. One reason is that I am not about to spend $700 a month just to drive to stop signs on the way to work. The other reason is better: I have six sons, and when that truck breaks, we...
Carrying a Casket

Carrying a Casket

Carrying a casket is one of those experiences that changes the texture of a day. Every step drives something home that most people spend their whole lives avoiding: time is short, and what you do with it is the only thing that actually matters in the end. The Weight...
Confident but Often Wrong

Confident but Often Wrong

We are often more confident than we are correct. Read that again slowly. Most people will agree with it in the abstract and then immediately exempt themselves from it in practice. That is the trap, and it is one of the most common traps I see men fall into in my work....
Connect Before It Ends

Connect Before It Ends

You cannot starve yourself to death to avoid the possibility of hunger. Yet that is exactly what a lot of men do with connection. They pull back, stay surface-level, never let anyone fully in, all because they are afraid of the day it might end. That is not wisdom....