September 2, 2025 • 14 mins
Men, are you ready to embark on a journey towards true manhood? In this episode, I reveal my new book, How to Be A Man. I crafting a concise, action-oriented guide to address what men need today.
I also provide a teaser by reading the first chapter, sharing an exhilarating adventure that raises essential questions about manhood. Discover how this book can help you grow into the man you aspire to be.
Available for pre-order on Amazon now! https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Man-Masculinity-Brotherhood-ebook/dp/B0FPBPZL97/
00:00 Introduction: Why Another Book for Men?
00:39 The Challenge of Engaging Men with Books
01:51 A Different Approach to Writing for Men
02:48 Action-Oriented Content
03:49 Book Availability and Teaser
04:15 Reading Chapter One: Being a Man Is Awesome
14:07 Conclusion and Next Steps
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(00:00):
All right.
I'm not gonna bury the lead.
If you clicked on this videoafter reading the title, you
probably have already guessedit.
I wrote a book, it's called Howto Be A Man By Me Don Ross, and
I'm really excited to share itwith you about it.
But here's the thing.
I know what you're probablythinking, which is that, do we
really need another book formen?
(00:23):
I mean, let's be honest, thesedays men barely read books as it
is.
What is the point of trying toreach men by writing a book to
them when that seems like theleast likely thing that we as
men are going to actually pickup and engage with?
I get it.
The challenge is real.
Trying to get a book in front ofmen that they're going to pay
attention to is, uh, not an easytask.
(00:45):
And at the same time, I think weall kind of recognize that we're
living in an era where men needsome help.
We as men aren't doing all thatgreat at the moment, and the
world keeps reminding us thatthings are getting harder and
harder for us.
So I do think we need to beputting out all kinds of
resources in all kinds of formsto be able to help each other
(01:07):
out as men.
A book is only one of them, buthere's the thing.
Most books for men aren't reallyall that effective at actually
helping men, and there's a fewreasons for that.
Uh, one is simply that not a lotof books for men sell.
And so in order to try to getthem to sell, publishers will do
(01:29):
all kinds of things to make thebook look flashy and attractive,
and they'll give it these kindof crazy titles and they'll do
all sorts of marketing,whizzbang, gizmos to try to get
you to buy the book becausetheir focus is just.
On selling the book.
They're actually not all thatinterested in helping men.
They just want to get you tomake a purchase.
(01:51):
I've tried really hard with thisbook to go about it a different
way.
I started with you in mind andto try to really think about
what is it that you and I as menactually need, and how can I
present something to you that'sactually going to be helpful.
I've also gone about writing thebook in a way that I think it's
structured, that you couldactually read it.
(02:13):
The book is less than a hundredpages.
I know, right?
Can you even call it a book ifit's less than a hundred pages?
Yeah, we're gonna to call it abook anyway, but you know, most
books out there for men areseveral hundred pages long, and
if you've actually read any ofthem, you kind of know that you
get everything you need to knowwithin about the first 50 pages,
and the rest of it is justfluff.
Okay.
So I wrote a book that doesn'thave any fluff in it.
(02:35):
It really is to the point.
Everything in it is notsomething that's been said in an
earlier part of the book.
So you get the message, you getit done with, and it helps you
know what to do to be able tomove forward once you've read
it.
Okay, so this book is alsoinherently action oriented, and
that's because we as men areaction oriented.
(02:56):
We need things to do.
And so in almost every chapterof the book, you're gonna be
given some action items to beable to put the things into
motion that you're reading aboutin the book.
And then I won't spoil it foryou, but at the end of the book,
there's some very specific waysthat you can take part in
joining in a community to putthe book into action.
(03:17):
So the book builds on somethings to help you continue to
be able to grow into the kind ofman that you want to.
The book builds on some thingsto help you grow into the man
who you really want to be.
Okay.
Those are all the kinds ofthings that we talk about on
this channel on a regular basis.
So it probably comes as nosurprise that the book I have
(03:39):
written is actually doing thethings that we talk about here
on the Manhood Tribes Channel.
But I don't want to just giveyou all the like, juicy details
of why you should buy the book.
I mean, I hope that you will,uh, it's available if you're
watching this when this episodeactually comes out.
The book is available forpre-order on Amazon, or if
you're watching it later, itprobably is already available
for purchase.
(04:00):
So go check it out on Amazon asan ebook, as a paperback, or at
pretty much anywhere you can getbooks sold.
You should be able to find it.
If not, just keep looking andit'll be there eventually.
Okay.
But instead of just telling youwhat the book is about, I
actually want to give you alittle bit of a teaser today.
So in this episode, I'm going todo something that I don't
normally do do, which is thatI'm just gonna read, I want to
(04:21):
read to you the first chapter ofHow to Be a Man, and I'm hoping
that it will paint a picture foryou of why this book.
It's different when it comes tomen's books that are out there,
and I hope it's going to besomething that's not only an
encouragement to you but isactually the challenge that
you're looking for to be able toget you moving in the direction
(04:43):
that you want to go, to becomethe kind of man who you want to
be.
Okay, so here we go.
Chapter one of How to Be a Man.
My brother and I arrived half anhour late to the load up for our
rafting trip.
Honestly, we figured they'd justleave without us.
Turns out, timeliness is a lotmore flexible in New Zealand
(05:03):
than in America.
There were only two other peopleon our raft, our Kiwi guide, and
a young Chinese woman who spokebroken English.
They were just hanging out,waiting on us to show up.
We would've been on time if itweren't for rental car hiccups
and the whole driving on thewrong side of the road thing,
which had totally thrown me offthe road sign told us we had
gone 10 kilometers.
(05:24):
How many miles is that in thewrong direction?
Before we realized we needed toturn around, but we made it.
My brother was in collegestudying abroad for a semester.
I was in my early twenties justenjoying life.
A trip to New Zealand to see mybro and play around in the
adventure capital of the world.
Sounded right up my alley.
The Tuna River is known forhaving the highest commercially
(05:47):
rafted waterfall in the world atseven meters.
That's 23 feet.
Our American friendly guidehelped me out on that one.
It qualifies as a near deathexperience after getting all the
necessary equipment andinstructions from our guide
Accented with a helpful dose ofkiwi nonchalance.
Don't sweat it, mate.
You won't drown.
(06:08):
We set off down river.
The day was pristine, bright,warm sun over the lush,
overgrown foliage, banking theriver.
The first half hour or so, thetrip was almost relaxing.
A few rapids here and there, butnothing truly taxing.
But we all knew what was coming.
It was what we signed up for.
(06:29):
The tone in our guide's voicechanged quickly.
What had been jovial andrelaxed, switched into
instructional and direct.
Here's how to hold your paddle.
Here's how to lay down in theboat.
Yes, lay down.
Here's when to take a giantbreath and pinch your nose
before we get fully submerged.
Good grief.
What have I done?
And then we could hear it.
(06:50):
The Looming falls growled at usbuilding like a jet engine
raging ever louder As we floatedcloser, there wasn't much
paddling to do at this point.
Just sit and wait in terrifyinganticipation as the falls
dragged us in.
In the boat, the guide yelledand we all snapped to his
orders.
Paddle wedged, feet planted buttin the bottom of the boat.
(07:10):
Arms crossed prayer, said thegirl in the back is yelling
something over and over again inChinese.
That has to be, oh shit.
Oh shit.
And I agree.
Here we go.
The boat goes completelyvertical, hanging in midair for
what feels like minutes, butcan't have been more than three
seconds.
I look out and see the wide poolbelow the falls and the spray of
(07:32):
the crash below, and then we gounder not just my brother and me
at the front of the boat.
The whole boat, the whole damnthing goes all the way under the
water for what was way longerthan I thought I could hold my
breath.
I'm pinching my nose wonderingif we'll be stuck under the
current of the falls forever.
Then the boat makes a U as itgets out from under the crash
(07:54):
and the sun and the spray hit myface as we pop back up out of
the water and I am alive.
Not just, I can't believe Ididn't die alive, but more like
that was the most incrediblething I've ever done, and all of
life should be like that alive.
It was wonderful.
(08:15):
It was exhilarating.
It was all encompassing,engaging body, mind, and spirit
all at the same time.
It was clarifying, having such asingular objective and focus and
coming out the other side of itsuccessful.
But it was also a sharp contrastbecause if I'm honest, alive was
a feeling I wasn't feeling muchat that point in my life.
(08:36):
I was feeling confused.
After my time in college, I wasready to make a mark on the
world, but also to just enjoybeing a grownup and living life
on my terms.
My upbringing and my educationhad prepared me well to handle
the responsibilities ofadulthood, but I had no idea of
the shifts I was about toencounter, for which I was
(08:57):
completely unprepared withoutwarning.
I woke up one day with.
Questions.
I couldn't explain where thosequestions had come from or what
was prompting them.
It was just like they had acountdown timer on them and the
timer had gone off.
And now all I could think aboutday in and day out were these
questions, what does it mean tobe a man?
(09:19):
Am I a man?
How would I know if I am one?
And the strangest of all.
Why am I thinking about manhoodso much?
I couldn't recall ever giving athought to any of the questions
that were haunting my mind.
Why had they become so importantall of a sudden?
But there they were wormingtheir way in and out of my
thoughts, like a relentlessparasite.
(09:40):
At first, I simply ignored them,unable to see their
significance.
I figured they would just goaway.
Of course, they didn't.
After a couple of weeks of beingannoyed by their constant
presence, I realized I had nochoice.
I was going to have to findanswers, and that started me on
a quest because if I was goingto find the answers to the
(10:00):
questions, I knew intuitivelythat it was going to take work.
These questions felt big.
No simple browsing through thedictionary was going to provide
satisfaction.
It wasn't just my brain that waslooking for answers, it was my
soul.
I wasn't looking for informationand explanation.
I wanted confirmation andvalidation.
(10:20):
I needed to know in my depthsthat whatever the qualifications
for being a man were, I hadpassed the test.
I had no idea what I had gottenmyself into, but I knew it was
big.
This road I was starting downwould grow into an epic journey
filled with learning,friendship, healing and purpose.
I had to do a lot of researchand by research, yes, I mean
(10:44):
reading books, fiction andnonfiction, and watching a lot
of manly movies.
But research also meant talkingto a lot of men, men my age, men
older than me, some who hadwalked the road longer than I
had, and some who like me, werejust getting started.
And as I shared my questionswith other men, what I realized
(11:04):
quickly is that I wasn't theonly one asking these questions.
Every man I talked to was facingor had faced these questions in
his own life.
Not all of them had encounteredthese questions with the same
intensity that I had, but thequestions themselves were
universal, which is why I'mwriting this book.
(11:25):
That quest of mine started over20 years ago.
Since that time, a lot haschanged in our culture and much
of it not for the better, atleast as it relates to manhood.
When I look around at wherethings stand for us right now,
we need to be honest aboutsomething.
As men, we're not doing so hot.
We live in a culture that is atbest, confused, and at worst,
(11:47):
hostile to the very idea ofmasculinity.
So it's no surprise we men arehaving a hard time figuring out
who or what we're supposed tobe.
The things that havetraditionally identified men,
strength, courage, honor.
Are no longer considereddistinctive to even claim those
things as masculine as to beconsidered sexist, but contrary
(12:11):
to the conventional wisdom ofour day, I don't think
masculinity is a bad thing,certainly not a toxic thing.
As we are so prone to hearing inour cultural narrative.
Being a man is awesome.
In fact, it's something thatshould be celebrated.
Men are explorers andadventurers.
We've been everywhere from thedeep jungles of Africa and South
(12:33):
America to the vast ice of theNorth and south poles.
Men have climbed every mountain,sailed every sea, and when we
couldn't go any further, webuilt airplanes to take us into
the skies.
We've even put men on the moonand sent spacecraft far into the
cosmos.
Men are creators and inventors.
We've made everything fromspears and wheels to artificial
(12:56):
intelligence and cryptocurrency.
From philosophy and democracy toquantum physics and advanced
robotics, we never stop lookingfor new and better.
Men are warriors andrevolutionaries.
Whenever freedom and justice andprotection of innocence have
needed defending from tyrannyand oppression, men have stood
(13:17):
up and done it, whether that bethe sacrificial heroism of the
world wars of the 20th centuryor the backyard brawl, to get
the neighborhood bully to standdown.
All good things have their darkside, and men certainly have
their faults.
But the abuse of a thing doesn'tmake that thing inherently bad.
That's the mistake our currentculture has made and our
(13:40):
frustration with some harmfulexpressions of masculinity.
We've thrown the baby out withthe bathwater and decided that
all our understandings ofmasculinity are bad.
This hasn't helped us makebetter men.
It's just left us confused.
It is time to bring some lightback to the conversation to
provide clarity for all of usabout what it means to be a man.
(14:07):
All right, that's chapter one.
I hope that you really enjoyedit, and I hope that you will
check out my book, how to Be AMan by Don Ross.
Again, you can find it onAmazon, uh, available for
pre-order if you're watchingthis, when it has first come
out, or maybe available forpurchase if you're watching it
later, uh, in ebook andpaperback format.
And I hope that you will pick itup.
(14:27):
It will be a fantastic read, andI guarantee that you as a man.
Will not only benefit fromreading from it, but that you
will actually get started on thejourney towards becoming the
kind of man who you really wantto be.
Go check it out, how To Be A ManBy Don Ross.
I look forward to talking to youagain next week, and I'm gonna
share even more about what is inthe book so that you can get a
(14:48):
much better idea of what's instore for you inside.
How to Be a Man.
All right.
I'm not gonna bury the lead.
If you clicked on this videoafter reading the title, you
probably have already guessedit.
I wrote a book, it's called Howto Be A Man By Me Don Ross, and
I'm really excited to share itwith you about it.
But here's the thing.
I know what you're probablythinking, which is that, do we
really need another book formen?
(00:23):
I mean, let's be honest, thesedays men barely read books as it
is.
What is the point of trying toreach men by writing a book to
them when that seems like theleast likely thing that we as
men are going to actually pickup and engage with?
I get it.
The challenge is real.
Trying to get a book in front ofmen that they're going to pay
attention to is, uh, not an easytask.
(00:45):
And at the same time, I think weall kind of recognize that we're
living in an era where men needsome help.
We as men aren't doing all thatgreat at the moment, and the
world keeps reminding us thatthings are getting harder and
harder for us.
So I do think we need to beputting out all kinds of
resources in all kinds of formsto be able to help each other
(01:07):
out as men.
A book is only one of them, buthere's the thing.
Most books for men aren't reallyall that effective at actually
helping men, and there's a fewreasons for that.
Uh, one is simply that not a lotof books for men sell.
And so in order to try to getthem to sell, publishers will do
(01:29):
all kinds of things to make thebook look flashy and attractive,
and they'll give it these kindof crazy titles and they'll do
all sorts of marketing,whizzbang, gizmos to try to get
you to buy the book becausetheir focus is just.
On selling the book.
They're actually not all thatinterested in helping men.
They just want to get you tomake a purchase.
(01:51):
I've tried really hard with thisbook to go about it a different
way.
I started with you in mind andto try to really think about
what is it that you and I as menactually need, and how can I
present something to you that'sactually going to be helpful.
I've also gone about writing thebook in a way that I think it's
structured, that you couldactually read it.
(02:13):
The book is less than a hundredpages.
I know, right?
Can you even call it a book ifit's less than a hundred pages?
Yeah, we're gonna to call it abook anyway, but you know, most
books out there for men areseveral hundred pages long, and
if you've actually read any ofthem, you kind of know that you
get everything you need to knowwithin about the first 50 pages,
and the rest of it is justfluff.
Okay.
So I wrote a book that doesn'thave any fluff in it.
(02:35):
It really is to the point.
Everything in it is notsomething that's been said in an
earlier part of the book.
So you get the message, you getit done with, and it helps you
know what to do to be able tomove forward once you've read
it.
Okay, so this book is alsoinherently action oriented, and
that's because we as men areaction oriented.
(02:56):
We need things to do.
And so in almost every chapterof the book, you're gonna be
given some action items to beable to put the things into
motion that you're reading aboutin the book.
And then I won't spoil it foryou, but at the end of the book,
there's some very specific waysthat you can take part in
joining in a community to putthe book into action.
(03:17):
So the book builds on somethings to help you continue to
be able to grow into the kind ofman that you want to.
The book builds on some thingsto help you grow into the man
who you really want to be.
Okay.
Those are all the kinds ofthings that we talk about on
this channel on a regular basis.
So it probably comes as nosurprise that the book I have
(03:39):
written is actually doing thethings that we talk about here
on the Manhood Tribes Channel.
But I don't want to just giveyou all the like, juicy details
of why you should buy the book.
I mean, I hope that you will,uh, it's available if you're
watching this when this episodeactually comes out.
The book is available forpre-order on Amazon, or if
you're watching it later, itprobably is already available
for purchase.
(04:00):
So go check it out on Amazon asan ebook, as a paperback, or at
pretty much anywhere you can getbooks sold.
You should be able to find it.
If not, just keep looking andit'll be there eventually.
Okay.
But instead of just telling youwhat the book is about, I
actually want to give you alittle bit of a teaser today.
So in this episode, I'm going todo something that I don't
normally do do, which is thatI'm just gonna read, I want to
(04:21):
read to you the first chapter ofHow to Be a Man, and I'm hoping
that it will paint a picture foryou of why this book.
It's different when it comes tomen's books that are out there,
and I hope it's going to besomething that's not only an
encouragement to you but isactually the challenge that
you're looking for to be able toget you moving in the direction
(04:43):
that you want to go, to becomethe kind of man who you want to
be.
Okay, so here we go.
Chapter one of How to Be a Man.
My brother and I arrived half anhour late to the load up for our
rafting trip.
Honestly, we figured they'd justleave without us.
Turns out, timeliness is a lotmore flexible in New Zealand
(05:03):
than in America.
There were only two other peopleon our raft, our Kiwi guide, and
a young Chinese woman who spokebroken English.
They were just hanging out,waiting on us to show up.
We would've been on time if itweren't for rental car hiccups
and the whole driving on thewrong side of the road thing,
which had totally thrown me offthe road sign told us we had
gone 10 kilometers.
(05:24):
How many miles is that in thewrong direction?
Before we realized we needed toturn around, but we made it.
My brother was in collegestudying abroad for a semester.
I was in my early twenties justenjoying life.
A trip to New Zealand to see mybro and play around in the
adventure capital of the world.
Sounded right up my alley.
The Tuna River is known forhaving the highest commercially
(05:47):
rafted waterfall in the world atseven meters.
That's 23 feet.
Our American friendly guidehelped me out on that one.
It qualifies as a near deathexperience after getting all the
necessary equipment andinstructions from our guide
Accented with a helpful dose ofkiwi nonchalance.
Don't sweat it, mate.
You won't drown.
(06:08):
We set off down river.
The day was pristine, bright,warm sun over the lush,
overgrown foliage, banking theriver.
The first half hour or so, thetrip was almost relaxing.
A few rapids here and there, butnothing truly taxing.
But we all knew what was coming.
It was what we signed up for.
(06:29):
The tone in our guide's voicechanged quickly.
What had been jovial andrelaxed, switched into
instructional and direct.
Here's how to hold your paddle.
Here's how to lay down in theboat.
Yes, lay down.
Here's when to take a giantbreath and pinch your nose
before we get fully submerged.
Good grief.
What have I done?
And then we could hear it.
(06:50):
The Looming falls growled at usbuilding like a jet engine
raging ever louder As we floatedcloser, there wasn't much
paddling to do at this point.
Just sit and wait in terrifyinganticipation as the falls
dragged us in.
In the boat, the guide yelledand we all snapped to his
orders.
Paddle wedged, feet planted buttin the bottom of the boat.
(07:10):
Arms crossed prayer, said thegirl in the back is yelling
something over and over again inChinese.
That has to be, oh shit.
Oh shit.
And I agree.
Here we go.
The boat goes completelyvertical, hanging in midair for
what feels like minutes, butcan't have been more than three
seconds.
I look out and see the wide poolbelow the falls and the spray of
(07:32):
the crash below, and then we gounder not just my brother and me
at the front of the boat.
The whole boat, the whole damnthing goes all the way under the
water for what was way longerthan I thought I could hold my
breath.
I'm pinching my nose wonderingif we'll be stuck under the
current of the falls forever.
Then the boat makes a U as itgets out from under the crash
(07:54):
and the sun and the spray hit myface as we pop back up out of
the water and I am alive.
Not just, I can't believe Ididn't die alive, but more like
that was the most incrediblething I've ever done, and all of
life should be like that alive.
It was wonderful.
(08:15):
It was exhilarating.
It was all encompassing,engaging body, mind, and spirit
all at the same time.
It was clarifying, having such asingular objective and focus and
coming out the other side of itsuccessful.
But it was also a sharp contrastbecause if I'm honest, alive was
a feeling I wasn't feeling muchat that point in my life.
(08:36):
I was feeling confused.
After my time in college, I wasready to make a mark on the
world, but also to just enjoybeing a grownup and living life
on my terms.
My upbringing and my educationhad prepared me well to handle
the responsibilities ofadulthood, but I had no idea of
the shifts I was about toencounter, for which I was
(08:57):
completely unprepared withoutwarning.
I woke up one day with.
Questions.
I couldn't explain where thosequestions had come from or what
was prompting them.
It was just like they had acountdown timer on them and the
timer had gone off.
And now all I could think aboutday in and day out were these
questions, what does it mean tobe a man?
(09:19):
Am I a man?
How would I know if I am one?
And the strangest of all.
Why am I thinking about manhoodso much?
I couldn't recall ever giving athought to any of the questions
that were haunting my mind.
Why had they become so importantall of a sudden?
But there they were wormingtheir way in and out of my
thoughts, like a relentlessparasite.
(09:40):
At first, I simply ignored them,unable to see their
significance.
I figured they would just goaway.
Of course, they didn't.
After a couple of weeks of beingannoyed by their constant
presence, I realized I had nochoice.
I was going to have to findanswers, and that started me on
a quest because if I was goingto find the answers to the
(10:00):
questions, I knew intuitivelythat it was going to take work.
These questions felt big.
No simple browsing through thedictionary was going to provide
satisfaction.
It wasn't just my brain that waslooking for answers, it was my
soul.
I wasn't looking for informationand explanation.
I wanted confirmation andvalidation.
(10:20):
I needed to know in my depthsthat whatever the qualifications
for being a man were, I hadpassed the test.
I had no idea what I had gottenmyself into, but I knew it was
big.
This road I was starting downwould grow into an epic journey
filled with learning,friendship, healing and purpose.
I had to do a lot of researchand by research, yes, I mean
(10:44):
reading books, fiction andnonfiction, and watching a lot
of manly movies.
But research also meant talkingto a lot of men, men my age, men
older than me, some who hadwalked the road longer than I
had, and some who like me, werejust getting started.
And as I shared my questionswith other men, what I realized
(11:04):
quickly is that I wasn't theonly one asking these questions.
Every man I talked to was facingor had faced these questions in
his own life.
Not all of them had encounteredthese questions with the same
intensity that I had, but thequestions themselves were
universal, which is why I'mwriting this book.
(11:25):
That quest of mine started over20 years ago.
Since that time, a lot haschanged in our culture and much
of it not for the better, atleast as it relates to manhood.
When I look around at wherethings stand for us right now,
we need to be honest aboutsomething.
As men, we're not doing so hot.
We live in a culture that is atbest, confused, and at worst,
(11:47):
hostile to the very idea ofmasculinity.
So it's no surprise we men arehaving a hard time figuring out
who or what we're supposed tobe.
The things that havetraditionally identified men,
strength, courage, honor.
Are no longer considereddistinctive to even claim those
things as masculine as to beconsidered sexist, but contrary
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to the conventional wisdom ofour day, I don't think
masculinity is a bad thing,certainly not a toxic thing.
As we are so prone to hearing inour cultural narrative.
Being a man is awesome.
In fact, it's something thatshould be celebrated.
Men are explorers andadventurers.
We've been everywhere from thedeep jungles of Africa and South
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America to the vast ice of theNorth and south poles.
Men have climbed every mountain,sailed every sea, and when we
couldn't go any further, webuilt airplanes to take us into
the skies.
We've even put men on the moonand sent spacecraft far into the
cosmos.
Men are creators and inventors.
We've made everything fromspears and wheels to artificial
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intelligence and cryptocurrency.
From philosophy and democracy toquantum physics and advanced
robotics, we never stop lookingfor new and better.
Men are warriors andrevolutionaries.
Whenever freedom and justice andprotection of innocence have
needed defending from tyrannyand oppression, men have stood
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up and done it, whether that bethe sacrificial heroism of the
world wars of the 20th centuryor the backyard brawl, to get
the neighborhood bully to standdown.
All good things have their darkside, and men certainly have
their faults.
But the abuse of a thing doesn'tmake that thing inherently bad.
That's the mistake our currentculture has made and our
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frustration with some harmfulexpressions of masculinity.
We've thrown the baby out withthe bathwater and decided that
all our understandings ofmasculinity are bad.
This hasn't helped us makebetter men.
It's just left us confused.
It is time to bring some lightback to the conversation to
provide clarity for all of usabout what it means to be a man.
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All right, that's chapter one.
I hope that you really enjoyedit, and I hope that you will
check out my book, how to Be AMan by Don Ross.
Again, you can find it onAmazon, uh, available for
pre-order if you're watchingthis, when it has first come
out, or maybe available forpurchase if you're watching it
later, uh, in ebook andpaperback format.
And I hope that you will pick itup.
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It will be a fantastic read, andI guarantee that you as a man.
Will not only benefit fromreading from it, but that you
will actually get started on thejourney towards becoming the
kind of man who you really wantto be.
Go check it out, how To Be A ManBy Don Ross.
I look forward to talking to youagain next week, and I'm gonna
share even more about what is inthe book so that you can get a
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much better idea of what's instore for you inside.
How to Be a Man.
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