If Happiness is Your Goal, You’ve Got the Wrong Goal
Ah, the pursuit of happiness. Life, liberty, and all that. This may be a bit controversial, but hear me out. Finding or creating happiness should not actually be your ultimate goal in life. “But James,...
View ArticleNew film “Untogether” hits the mark spotlighting complicated modern...
The new film Untogether, written and directed by Emma Forrest, follows a newly sober writer (Jemima Kirke) through her trials and tribulations in Los Angeles as she starts up an affair with another...
View ArticleWhat It Means to be a “Real Man” is Evolving, and so is Masculinity
In more recent months with the controversial Gillette advertisement, there really is a mainstream focus on what it means to be a “real man” in society. Many men lashed out at the ad, which negatively...
View ArticleHow to Live with Confidence in Spite of Judgment
Human beings are wired to judge each other almost instantly. Is this person friend or foe? Will they hurt us or help us? Do I trust them or avoid them? And in the age of social media these instincts...
View ArticleYou Can Be “Nice” Or You Can Be Respected – But Not Both
I spent the first two decades of my life always trying to be “nice” to everyone around me. You may have heard the term “Nice guys finish last” a few million times, and it’s true. Not just in dating,...
View Article5 Ways to Be The Man Every Woman is Looking For
Let’s be honest here: The title of this article either intrigued you or aggravated you to the point where you just had to click it. How could this random guy on the internet know what every woman...
View Article5 Reasons Men Succeed at Work but Fail in Relationships
Why do you think so many traditionally successful men have failed relationships or problems connecting with women? Men, biologically, are programmed to be hunters and providers. Our self worth...
View ArticleWhy So Many High-Achieving Men are Unhappy (and 3 ways to fix it)
One of the many false narratives we are fed through social media and society in general, is that becoming wildly successful will make you happy. The houses, the cars, the travel, the beautiful people,...
View ArticleThe Right Relationship Will NEVER Make You Sacrifice Your Identity
I’m going to be as brutally clear as possible in this post. No fluff. No introduction. No sugar-coating. A relationship should be a consistent evaluation of the person you are committing to. You should...
View ArticleWe Can’t Be Better Partners Until We Become Better Men
It’s been awhile since I’ve written something on here and I wanted to come back with a strong and unfiltered opinion. What else is new, right? It certainly seems to me that men are letting themselves...
View Article11 Life Habits More Men Should Embrace
As we grow older, it’s always interesting to tie our actions and beliefs back to things we observed while we were growing up. Those who were older around us – whether it be parents, grandparents,...
View Article5 Things ALL Men Should Know About Women
ALL kinds of men EVERYWHERE struggle to understand, communicate with, and appropriately interact with women. The truth is that nobody is really teaching us how to in the first place. Here are 5 things...
View ArticleYou are ruled by your habits, here’s how to make sure that’s a good thing
Aristotle said that excellence is a habit, but he said that about 2,000 years before Wendy Wood followed 2,000 people around and observed their daily activities and neurology. This study found that...
View ArticleA letter to all men about the “friend zone.” (From someone who lived there)
For those of you unfamiliar with the “friend zone,” it is a term that men use to describe the space they feel like they’ve been put in when they get rejected by women. They’ve been “Friend zoned.” As...
View Article10 Key Strategies For Staying Productive While Working At Home
I’ve been working from home for five years, here are some ways I still stay productive. With companies, events, sports leagues, and entire countries shutting down all over the world due to the...
View Article5 Proven Methods For Building True Self Love
Confidence is something that can be deliberately built over time by doing the “inner work.” Here are a few strategies for accomplishing it. Growing up I used to look at people who had a high level of...
View ArticleThe Psychological Reason You Get Bored In Relationships
Think about a time when you first accomplished a goal, got that thing you were saving for, or met the love of your life. Feel the euphoria and excitement that overwhelmed you at the time. Now, think...
View ArticleYour 7 Point Cheat Sheet For Becoming Unstoppable (While Stuck At Home)
Whether a new challenge in life is either a hardship or an opportunity completely depends on how you choose to look at it. For the first time I can remember, the way of life of every living human on...
View Article12 Positive Things You Can Focus On To Ease Your Coronavirus Concerns
(I originally published this piece on Medium). Information is important, but information overload can cause unneeded stress and anxiety. With more time than usual to turn on the TV or scroll through...
View ArticleHow To Keep Small Businesses Alive During Coronavirus Shutdowns
I originally published this piece on Medium. Main Street and privately owned businesses are at the greatest risk when they cannot operate or pay employees. But we can all step up and help. Despite the...
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