I turned on the TV last Sunday to watch a game. Just a game. Something simple. Something that used to feel like home, a beer in the fridge, my dad's voice in the back of my head calling a play before it happened, a scoreboard that meant something for three hours and...
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Why Christian Men Struggle to Ask for Help (And Why That Needs to Change) True Man Podcast | Episode 254
When is the last time you pulled over and asked for directions? Not Google Maps. An actual person. Rolling down the window and saying: "Hey, I'm lost. Can you help me find where I'm going?" For most men, that question produces an almost physical discomfort. We would...
The Lost Art of the Caring Conversation: Why We’re So Quick to Fix and So Slow to Listen
I've sat across the table from people who wanted to fix my business before they understood it. People who'd never built a company, never met a payroll, or never lost a night's sleep wondering if they could make the next one, and yet somehow, they had a three-point...
Breaking the Generational Patterns That Keep Men Stuck True Man Podcast | Available on TrueManPodcast.COM
For the first time in human history, seven generations are alive at the same time. Seven. And something is always passing through every one of them, from the men who came before, through the men alive right now, into the children coming after. The question is never...
THE BROTHERHOOD WE’VE BEEN MISSING: MY CONVERSATION WITH DARYL DITTMER ON THE SHOW UP PODCAST
There's a moment in almost every good conversation between men where the small talk drops away and something real shows up. That's exactly what happened when I sat down with Daryl Dittmer on his podcast, Show Up. What was supposed to be a simple guest interview turned...
How to Lead Your Family When You Don’t Feel Like a Leader True Man Podcast Episode #249 | Available wherever you listen to podcasts
Most men want to lead their family. Very few feel equipped to do it. And that gap, between the man you know you're supposed to be and the man you feel like on any given Tuesday, is where more men get stuck than anywhere else. So let's name the lie that's keeping you...
Major League Baseball Reminded Me What Innocence Looked Like at the All-Star Game
Last night I was watching the MLB All-Star Game, half paying attention like most of us do these days, when they rolled a clip that stopped me cold. Kids on bikes. Gloves hanging off the handlebars. Racing each other down a street to get to practice on time. That was...
Critical Thinking Your Way to Success
Ten reasons critical thinking is the most underrated skill in your toolkit.
Getting Your Vision Into Action
A vision without action is a wish. Ten ways action becomes the bridge to your future.
The Silent Struggle: Loneliness and Isolation and the Impact on Leadership
Most men are closer to a breakthrough than they realize. The trick is not quitting three feet from gold.
The Call Is Clear
The Nation Needs Men Who Will Rise.
The vision is big. The need is urgent. And it starts with one man — you — deciding today that you will not sit this one out.
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For the past three days, I've asked you to look inward. What are you carrying alone? When did you stop asking for help? Who really knows you? Today, I want you to look outward. At your family. And ask yourself: What is my family learning from me? Not from what I tell...
Who Really Knows You?
Over the last two days, I've asked you two questions: What are you carrying alone? And: When did you stop asking for help? Today, I want to ask you something that may be even more uncomfortable: Who really knows you? Not who knows your name. Not who follows you on...
When Did You Stop Asking for Help?
Yesterday, I asked you a simple question: What are you carrying alone? Today, I want to take that question one step deeper. When did you stop asking for help? Think about that for a moment. There was probably a time when asking for help came naturally. As boys, we...
What Are You Carrying Alone? The Question Every Man Needs to Answer
There are things men carry that nobody can see. The pressure to provide. The marriage that isn't where we want it to be. The relationship with a son or daughter that has grown distant. The business decision keeping us awake at 2:00 in the morning. The financial...
Mike Van Pelt: The Power of Asking for Help — and Why I Built A Men’s Summit
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