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The Climb #20 – The Lonely Chapter: When You’ve Outgrown Your Old Life
For the man who’s outgrown his old life but hasn’t built the new one yet. Alex Hormozi calls it the lonely chapter. It’s that stretch of…
The Climb #19 – You’re Not What-Iffing Far Enough: How to Beat Anxiety
I was watching another Ryan Holiday video the other day and it got me thinking about anxiety. I feel like most people think that anxiety comes…
The Climb #18 – Finding Meaning in Work: The Cathedral Builders
There's an old story about the medieval stonemasons who used to work on cathedrals that they'd never actually get to see finished because they were projects…
The Climb #17 – The Brick Wall Question You’re Not Asking
If you've never watched The Last Lecture, I highly recommend you watch it as soon as you finish reading this. The guy who wrote it, Randy…
The Climb #16 – Smash Your Career Sculpture for a New Identity
For every man who feels like he's protecting a life he doesn't actually want. I spent twenty years building a sculpture of a man. It looked…
The Climb #15 – You Already Have the Proof You Need to Be Confident
Most of my life has been me thinking that confidence was something I just didn't have but that other people did. Or at least, not in…
The Climb #14 – You Can’t Build a Palace with Circus Habits
A lot of guys hit midlife thinking their next move will fix all their problems. The new job they applied for. The new relationship they just…
The Climb #13 – You Don’t Tell a Man With a Limp to Walk Better
For every man who's been told to just not let it affect you. Before I really read and understood it better, Stoicism just kind of pissed…
The Climb #12 – The Battle That Doesn’t Quit
For every man who still fights the fuse, the heat behind the words, the old wiring that lights up before you can think. There's a lot…
The Climb #11 – The 6/10 Trap: Why Comfort Keeps Middle-Aged Men Stuck
For every man who's too comfortable to change and too restless to stay. I read something from Sahil Bloom recently that's been stuck in my head.…