Modern Masculinity

A deep dive into modern masculinity and what it means to be a man today...

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[tomsullivan]

Wow! Great video John. Hard times create strong men is so true. That book by Stefan Aarnio is my favorite.

[Trent-io]

Mate....
Your a bloody legend .❤
You've nailed it .
I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT VIDEO FOR TODAYS LIFE.
thanks heaps for your help
Trent

[deepenwadhwa]

Wow, this video was in another level. The division into chapters, the editing, the script... It all helped a ton in explaining the topic more clearly. Always grateful for your videos. Ready for more!

[Trent-io]

I just read other comments, had same experience,
I thought you would of had 100k subscribed...
You not going to have much free time mate .
YOUR LIFE JUST GOT BLOODY BUSY .
The product your producing is too GOOD ..
LEGENDARY STUFF

[noxBrutalis]

Watching your video I thought you had at the very least 100k subs. Was shocked to see 888 subs. Your channel will take off in a big way soon enough. Keep up the high quality work.

[derwoodhamburger]

Thanks for this video John. Doing good work. Big respect legend

[dzllz]

Excellent video brother, super editing and content. Love this middle ground between realness and high production movies

[shonenspiritbeast]

Important question: will we get more John and Nicole skits in the future?

[ChiefKeef-wdsw]

Hey John,

I am writing in hopes that I can inspire a video for the new Bulldog Mindset channel (and for some advice, of course).

First off, thanks so much for all you do.

I am a 25-year-old male. Reason for writing you today is that I am in the midst of a somewhat lengthy drought (from getting laid, that is). Allow me to give you some context about where I’m at and the actions I’m currently taking in my life:

-Currently following Jay Vincent’s HIT program to cut fat and build muscle. I have been consistent with working out for about 6 years now. I also train Muay Thai kickboxing but am taking a break to focus on my main goal, which I will get to in a sec.

-After working in sales and building a substantial nest egg, I have just moved out of my parents house in January with a ton of savings and a solid new remote job in marketing.

-A couple months ago, I did a professional photo shoot for the purpose of getting solid pics on my dating profile. I use John Anthony’s main products for my text game and am starting to implement cold approach when I go out (I told my friend I’d send him $100 any night we went out and I failed to do a cold approach). I also have a solid understanding of concepts like the friend zone, how not to end up there, etc. so I don’t think that’s my issue.

-I am currently working on a novel, as my main goal in life is to become a published/full-time author. I have been writing daily for almost 8 years now in the pursuit of perfecting my craft.

As I said, something that has been weighing on me is that I am in the midst of a 2-year dry spell (living with my parents contributed to this as I didn’t love the idea of bringing chicks to mom’s house).

However, I have been living on my own for about 3 months and honestly thought I would be crushing it by now. So far, though, the online dating thing has been mediocre. I get some matches, but even then with “optimal text game” I’m not getting anywhere. I had one date scheduled and she flaked. Sometimes I’ll match with a chick who is super down, but in that scenario it’s always a thicker girl, and I’ll kinda come to my senses after a little five knuckle shuffle, if you catch my drift.

Not that it matters a ton in the grand scheme of things, but I am a slightly above-average looking guy (people tell me I look like Chris Pratt). Again, I know it doesn’t matter that much, but just wanted to throw it out there so there’s no room for misinterpretation.

I feel like I am better than this, and with all the self-development I do, discipline I have, and everything I have going for me, quite frankly I’d expect chicks to be lining up to date me.

Am I just being impatient? Should I just keep doing the best I can and focus more on my central goals and self-development? Should I stop worrying about it? My main goal here is to have this stop taking up as much of my mental energy and space. Perhaps I’m not as far along on my self-development journey as I think I am?

If you decide to do a video on this, then thank you in advance.

[vedishplays]

My understanding of masculinity is:
The more you are independent the more you are masculine. And vice versa.


Am a beekeeper and bees are ruled and controlled by the female bees. Still male bees follow the same logic. Male bees(drones) are considered adults when they can feed themselves on the reserved food.
But you will say if the female workers didn't bring food the male will die. Thats half true. The queen only produces drones when the food storage are high. The colony (females) depends on drones to reproduce but the drones while adults are independent. When they are exile from the hive in the winter they choose not to eat and die of hunger. I even tried to feed them but they wont eat even with an intact abdomen.

In lions its the same but a different story.
They are exile from their pack as a teen lion to learn how to hunt, survive and become strong (i.e to become indepent ). Then they can mate and chill in the new pack after they defeat the current leader.
The similarity here is that the lionesses do all the hunting for the pack and can survive on its own but are still dependent on the independent male to mate and continue the gene pool.

In the animal kingdom strength, fitness, robustness and good genes are much needed to achieve independence. But in human society physical aspects are less important as we have laws and weapons. But we still have to become as independent as possible too regarding other aspects like finance, happiness and not letting people control us and our decision making.

Our decisions and actions should always come only from you and unbiased by any outside influence, that is what it means to be independent.

[HumanoidTyphoon]

I watch this video to amp myself up to work on my jira tickets

[Tetrislover-xmvi]

This video seems to be all over the place.

[TheLegendaryCaboose]

Good info John. It'd fit well as a blog or book, but this didn't work well in video format. You came out as too unnatural. Voice was very monotone. Vocal pacing was a bit too fast. Your vocal pacing needs to be more variable to be more engaging. It was too consistent (maybe because of your teleprompter.) If you plan some extra time for these factors, I'm sure your videos will come out better.

[SigWolfe]

Your vlogging is very good, will sub and wait for more content. Let's get you to 1k subs!