Current read : Atomic Habits by James Clear. Previous reads; OG MANDINO: Greatest Salesman 1&2; Greatest Secret;Greatest Miracle; Gift of Acabar; The Choice; Return of the Ragpicker; Greatest Mystery; Christ Commission; Better Way to Live; Spellbinders Gift; Greatest Success; Mission Success; University of Success. JAMES REDFIELD: Celestine Prophecy; Celestine Insights; Secret of Shambhala; Tenth Insight; Twelfth Insight. PAULO COELHO: The Alchemist; The Pilgrimage; The Fifth Mountain; Warrior of the Light; Aleph; Hippie; Manuscript Found in Accra. LOUIS L'AMOUR: Education of a Wandering Man. MICHAEL CRICHTON: The Terminal Man. JACK LONDON: Call of the Wild. JON KRAKAUER: Into the Wild CARINE McCANDLESS: Return to the Wild. MIGUEL RUIZ: The Four Agreements. MALCOLM GLADWELL: The Tipping Point; Blink; Outliers; What the Dog Saw; Talking to Strangers; David & Goliath; The Bomber Mafia; Revenge of the Tipping Point. ROBERT M. PIRSIG: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. NICHOLAS SPARKS: Three Weeks With My Brother. JON KABAT-ZINN: Wherever You Go, There You Are. DAVE EGGERS: You Shall Know Our Velocity. RICHARD PAUL EVANS: The Michael Vey Series; The Sunflower; The Walk; The Broken Road; The Road to Grace; The Forgotten Road; Miles to Go; The Last Promise; The Road Home; Lost December; A Perfect Day; The Gift; The Noel Stranger; The Christmas Promise; Walking on Water; A Step of Faith; The Four Doors; The Christmas List; The Carousel; The Locket; Promise Me; A Winter Dream; The Looking Glass; Mistletoe Series. BOOKS AQUIRED but not yet started: MARK WILLIAMS Mindfulness. VIKTOR E. FRANKL Man's Search for Meaning. LAO TSE Tao Te Ching. JOSEPH NGUYEN Don't Believe Everything You Think. JON KABAT-ZINN Mindfulness for Beginners. DALE CARNEGIE How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

You may have noticed that how me meet each man in the calls varies. Some we dig deeper, and others we simply meet them where they are. Our stance on Mens Work and coaching is that accountability isnt about "should". We dont want anything for you. We are commited to supporting you to create what you want by providing inquiry and feedback around whats missing, or whats in the way. If you want a higher flame, the way to do that is to put yourself in the space, post your updates, what youre noticing, and what you are stuck on. There is no pressure to want a higher gradient, only the opportunity to get more for yourself.

I'd like to make a post addressing something Manu called me into after last week's call when I revealed my struggle with vaping, which has intensified mostly unmitigated the past 5 years. It is something that has weighed particularly heavily on me this past year as I returned to coaching and started carving time out of my mornings for healthier routines. I would meditate and stretch in the morning, then sit and sip tea and vapour while mindlessly reading news articles or job notes for the coming day. I started leaving it at home to prevent abuse during the day, but that revealed how deep the attachment truly was, as I noticed its residence in my mind on the drive home. I would use abuse it mindlessly until bed, and suppress the voice telling me it was affecting my sleep - and instead focus on the other healthy things I was doing to balance the guilt. The group pushed me to identify what would become available for me by redesigning this relationship, and it was very difficult emotionally to finally reveal it into a space where it would be challenged. I think the only person who knew the reality was my partner and even then I was hiding it from her often to control an illusion. But I had faith in my new routines to support me, so I made a commitment to change it. I went the following week without using it once. I was shocked it wasn't more of a challenge. It was difficult, to be certain, but only a fraction as hard as I imagined. Last Sunday we had 35 people in our house, and there were smokers. I chose to consume again to sooth social stress, and I took note of how much more intense the craving got when I was surrounded by people. I said in the call I wanted my relationship with it to mirror that with alcohol. I enjoy it when I choose to, but don't need it every day and understand why I'm doing it when I am. Conscious consumption. A year ago I was inhaling 25+mg of nicotine a day. 6 months ago that was down to 15mg, after leaving it at home during the day. The average over the past 2 weeks would be 1mg/day. That's a 95% reduction since last year.

Tonight we are continuing off of last weeks call and going to be introducing some structure for your projects. No matter where you are in your project, whether you're 5 years into it, or you don't think you even have a project to work on, we are going to provide some support and reources to help you get clear on how to get things moving, from step one to crossing the finish line! See you all there

This is a poem by Antonio Machado that we have used as our guiding credo since we first began our mens work offerings. "You say nothing is created new? Don't worry about it. With the mud of the earth, make a cup, from which your brother can drink."