Comments on: Craft the Life You Want: Gathering Your Tools

By: Blythe

Blythe — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:49:24 +0000

I’m so impressed! As a single mother of a 100% Boy kind of boy, this website is going to be my reference for manliness related subjects for him…my “daddy” hat just got a little lighter…thank you for amazing content!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:47:50 +0000

I think all men (and women) should watch the show Californication. In case you don’t know the plot, the main character, Hank Moody (played by David Duchovny) screwed things up with his woman, with whom he has a daughter, and the show displays his efforts to fix things, but Hank seems to just dig the hole in his life deeper and deeper. He loves women, loves his ex and loves the crap out of his daughter, but the evils that persist in the mind and hearts of men continues to inhibit him from fixing his life. It really makes you think about how you want to live your life as a man. Here’s a solid quote that perfectly sums up the sentiment in the show:

‎”It sure the fuck isn’t about one-way pussy; it’s about a guy trying to keep it together while falling apart. It’s about life, love, sex, and the ever-looking presence of the grim-fuckin-reaper. It’s about men, husbands, wives, daughters and fathers. It’s about the mother fuckin dark side.”

In addition, the show is freaking hysterical and very entertaining.

By: Derek D.

Derek D. — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:20:02 +0000

Brett, I agree with what you are saying here. You don’t just become disciplined though. Discipline is just like a muscle. There have got to be more tools and exercises that will help build your discipline, though. Just go do it and be enthusiastic just doesn’t seem to cover it. I think that part of why the Mentor and Mastermind is so important. It isn’t just the feedback and ideas sharing. They will help hold you accountable to things. That’s the main idea isn’t it? Discipline means that you are being accountable to yourself. If you haven’t been accountable to yourself before, why should you trust yourself now? There has got to be some trust and some momentum. That’s what having outside influences are really about.

By: Brooks Martyr

Brooks Martyr — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:42:42 +0000

I just posted my plan. Im graduating next spring and getting married. For our honey moon she and I are going to walk, yes walk (and boat where necessary) from Tokyo Japan across Asia, Africa, and Europe finishing in London. For a minimum of 2 years we will be living on the move going to missions, churches, NGO’s, basically anywhere purely for the sake of helping others. Anything from digging wells, building homes, helping the sick, planting fields, to simply being a friend to everyone we meet. We will stay as long as we can help in exchange for nothing more than a place to sleep and food. We are dedicating our lives to the service of others so that we might help and save some.

By: Jason Batt

Jason Batt — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:05:18 +0000

A great tool of businessmen in the past was the Robinson Reminder system. This was a simply journal that had four perfs on inside pages enabling quick removal of ideas and thoughts — to keep a fresh notebook/to do list. These are completely out of print (I’ve looked everywhere). So, because I loved the idea so much, and I love having a simply pocket notebook that I can grab and keep notes on, I created my own version (with enough variation to make it unique and modern): Scape Task Leafs (http://jbatt.com/wordpress/featured/scape-task-leafs) — a modern leaf pocket notebook for the active man. This site inspired me and this is the result. My apologies if this sounds like a plug — not desiring to do that, just pass on an idea. Thanks!

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:39:42 +0000

Hey every body. I am pretty new to this site, but I have really enjoyed the posts.
I would like to recommend a book called Don’t Waist Your Life by John Piper. It to is a Christian book, and it deals with the idea that we can be “disciplined” and have good “goals’ but still wast our life. I am doing it with my mentor group and I am learning a lot, and becoming a better man in the process!!!

By: Shitikanth

Shitikanth — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:11:05 +0000

Thanks for another wonderful article.
I noticed that the “handy guide to completing this crucial task” link is broken, so I thought I would bring that to your attention.

By: Brett McKay

Brett McKay — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:21:27 +0000

Mentor link has been fixed. Sorry-that wasn’t very handy, was it?

By: Core

Core — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:08:13 +0000

“Readers often ask me, “But, Brett, how do you become disciplined?” You just do. You decide you want something bad enough to do whatever it takes to get it. There are no easy short cuts or formulas. When part of your brain wants to mindlessly surf the internet, there needs to be another part of your brain that shouts, “No! Keep working.” When one part of your brain hits the wall, whether you’re writing a paper or running a marathon, there has to be another voice in your head that yells, “No! We are not giving up. Keep pushing until you break through.” You build discipline in the same way you build a muscle; you start by being disciplined in the little things, and in that way create a reservoir of strength to meet the bigger challenges that test you as a man.”

Best part.

Also, one of the books, I have used, was “Rich dad Poor dad” by robert kiyosaki, it really changed my view of the whole world. And then I started reading mises.org…
Now while this book, of many I might add, and the website might not be anything to help you plan your life or job out. They do change your mindset and let you know what type of quest your running head long into.

By: Core

Core — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:54:08 +0000

The handy guide link for finding a mentor seemed to 404′d.. or something. Its not working.