Over ten years ago I was sitting in a Sweat Lodge on a fall day in Northern Idaho. Next to me was a big fellow who couldn’t sit still. I’ll call him Frank. Frank would twitch his neck, move his legs, …
Unlearn the Man You Are
Being the man you want to be often means escaping the box you are in. There is no bigger box than our education system. It is so big, so pervasive that we don’t realize its effect. After a few …
It Doesn’t Pay to Be a Man
In her New York Times article “The Declining Demand for Men”, Nancy Folbre says there is something that makes this recession unique for men: The Great Recession has sometimes been dubbed the …
Emotional Glass Ceiling
I am sure you have noticed that it is becoming ok for men to cry. NPR did a story on how public figures from House Republican leader John Boehner to sport stars are crying in public – and we are …
Why Are Emotions So Hard for Us?
Are you born to fight? Maybe – you are born to hunt. As men, we are the hunters of the hunter-gathers. We are born to provide and protect. If need be, we will fight. It is in that fight we see the …
Emotional Capital – The Key to Financial Success
Halla Tomasdottir in her TED talk speaks about how we need to do emotional due diligence. “It is people who make money, not Excel spreadsheets…” As the executive chairman and co-founder of Audur …
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