How A Masculine Man Thinks

My story (3 minute read):

I’m Hamza. I’m a normal guy who just randomly discovered the path of discipline and masculinity. I’m pretty obsessive, so I went all in.

Here’s my timeline:

13-18: Loser, video gamer, virgin

18-21: Degenerate, party boy

21-22: Anxious, depressed, and completely lost. Smoking we*d & jacking it to p*rn daily. I would watch self-help content but never take action. Just mindless consumption. Stuck in a toxic relationship with a girl from my party days. We didn’t trust each other, yet we lived together—a miserable reality when the person closest to you feels like a stranger.

22: We break up, and I move back to my parents’ house. That’s when I go all in on discipline—1 hour of meditation every day, fully committed to self-improvement. I start posting on YouTube and hit 1,000 subscribers by December 2020. Then, I date a girl I met on Tinder—she partied and smoked we*d with other guys. That ends too, after her family accuse me of being controlling because I wanted her to stop going out with guys to parties.

23-24: Hit 3,000 subscribers by my birthday (June 10th), and everything takes off after that. Hit 50k in December 2021. My life starts scaling up—fancy gyms, international trips, and some chaotic stories along the way:

- *Mexico:* Got caught having s*x in public and had to run from the police.
- *Greece:* Took a waitress from my home town, I liked her—until she casually mentioned she was known in university for “hooking up with black guys.” I’m brown.
- *Amsterdam:* Tried psyched*lics with my employees, but it hit me so hard I ended up hiding in the toilet, journaling on my phone while everyone else had a great time upstairs. I could hear them laughing.
- *Thailand:* We*d became legalised while I was there. RIP 2 months of productivity.

Life felt big and wild, but the deeper questions about fulfilment started creeping in.

25-26: On my 25th birthday, I hit 500k subscribers. It felt like everything I’d worked for was finally paying off, and I let myself enjoy the fruits of my labor. But with success came complacency. I stopped meditating, lost discipline, and started slipping. "Pride comes before the fall" couldn’t have been more true. I hit 1 million subscribers and moved to Dubai, becoming one of those cringe materialistic influencers. My life looked perfect on the outside, but behind the scenes, I was overwhelmed with extreme stress and shitty health. By the time I hit 2 million subscribers, I was making insane amounts of money but felt purposeless and directionless. I missed the simplicity and fulfilment of the early days when life was hard but meaningful. Success didn’t taste as sweet as I’d imagined.

27: Move to Bali. Realise importance of discipline again. Get humbled in kickboxing gym daily. Already making more than enough money for my simple life. Just enjoy making vids and helping the students in my online school/brotherhood…

Hamza

PS. I still enjoy growing my family business. It’s fun. But I’m quite aware that chasing views and money isn’t the point of life. Now the focus is on being the best man I can be, and sharing my insights to you so you can get the lessons without the scars.

[RaijinRain]

So to be masculine: Have a goal, work towards it.

No need to make it overly complicated.
Have a goal, work hard to achieve it

[KICKTRIXZ]

This man saved my life
I am 15. Last year I had the worst mental and physical health. I was 38 kilos 4'10''. I had max 7hrs a night, I hated eating and I almost had 0 muscle. I played football for 30 mins a week MAX and played Minecraft 4 hrs a night. Today I am 5'6'' 60kilos. I exercise 5-6 times a week doing calisthenics, quit all games. I have a decent amount of muscle.
Thank-you so much Hamza ❤

[eliericksson.]

I'm a teenager and I can just say that my life has changed drastically over the last two weeks when luckily I got recommended one of your videos I thought it was interesting and ended up clicking on it. Literally, my mental health has shot up miles, and I feel more like a man. I have an amazing older brother, but I just NEEDED this... Bluntness that has changed my life so much.

[honkeydonkey]

I'm 15 and I've been on self improvement for about 10 months now. I thought I had it all figured out until recently when I had a mild crush on a girl at a new school I was going to. But soon this mild crush kind of spiralled into a weird obession where I was thinking about her all the time. I asked her out, she said no obviously, but for some reason I still thought about her all the time. Then I watched a Hamza video where he said that the first thing you should think about when you wake up in the morning is your goals, and something just clicked inside of me. Since then, just as he said, the first thing I think about when I wake up is my goals and what I'm going to be doing that day. Let me tell you it feels AMAZING.

[Masculine_Virtue]

Masculinity is not an option. It’s needed.

[cfghjnkokfghooh]

Thank you so much i appreciate your work my bro im currently 16 and lockdown fucked me up for the past 3 years ive had severe social anxiety but just by implementing these small little actions in my life its made such a drastic change and much more manageable. self improvement is deffo needed in this day and age 👊

[toluwasedele]

Hamza has fr changed my mindset and I am currently living my happiest and best life. I'm soo much more confident now

[Fugitive]

I'm a teen and ever since I watched you my life has improved. I got a strongman build. I enjoy exercising and overall I am much happier and healthier before when I was a fat brat who only thought about himself. I just wanted to say thank you for making my life better

[EdOLgh]

I fucking love how you post everyday hamza cause it means I can listen to your video while doing work or walking to the gym it’s perfect

[OfficialTheoryY]

Men, we need to change this. We all face depression but what matters is how you get out. Work and find your ambitions and eventually you'll enjoy every small goal you achieve and every progress you realise. Keep on grinding brothers

Hamza has made me start my own successful youtube channel, I hope I can help you too.

[loafy]

Can't believe people take any of this out of context, the comment about waiting for marriage was the cherry on top. Fantastic video, thank you.

[AdarshChad]

You are my inspiration brother, I will make this world a great place with my skills and concentrating on my goals. Good luck to all Men out there on their journey..

[magicalpill]

I am a 12 year old and last summer I was a feminine loser. Thank you hamza for helping me reclaim my birthright and getting me off of the brainwashing

[ZaffenX]

Hamza, respect man, u helped me a lot, I discovered you about 1 month ago and I thought u were cringe and shit at first, after going to therapy and realizing I need a good role model I started watching ur videos and I realized that I was a Jeffery, a big one, but now I'm on self improvement, I am building an aesthetic body and I actually feel proud of myself, all my respect goes to you I would've probably kms if I haven't found you.

[potatoboi]

Thank you hamza, bcs of you i became more confident

[just_nikicha]

Hamza is spitting facts OVER AND OVER AGAIN helping the whole generation respect!

[sky]

Thanks for this Video!
Its been weeks since I tuned in last time, because Im finally on my mission for a few months now.
Sleep, cook healthy food, eat only twice a day, journal, being grateful and being the master of my emotions - is my result of daily practice.
I do 100 Burpees a day. Twice a week I go kickboxing, which is the hardest thing ive done so far.
Because I suck at it.
So besides working on my bachelor + online business, handling this suffering at the boxing gym is my biggest challenge right now.
Oh, and I quit fkn smoking finally :)

Thanks for your work Hamza,
and to all the brothers:
Do what needs to be done. Especially when it hurts.
When youre afraid. Do it.
You got this.

[ezmicupkid]

Hamza you changed my life. I don’t even recognize myself, god bless you Hamza

[slingraidz]

Extremely relatable my mind use to complain when was a kid running about doing exercise, but seems so different now get enjoyment from pushing myself hard at the gym because I know I'll feel great after I do it

[marcus]

I've been on my journey to masculinity since my 18th and im 21 now. Definitly worth it. I'm much better, more competent than my peers aka ppl my age