3 Not-So Simple Secrets To Live a Great Life

Exist with Elegance, Live on the Edge, Be Aware of No Tomorrow

Life as a modern man in the 2020s is a chaotic mess.

On one hand, they’ve got everything that makes their daily experience more convenient than ever…

• Devices that allow them to access infinite information with a single touch.

• Platforms that connect them to countless people without geographic boundaries.

Yet you probably see this phenomenon through terms like… ‘male loneliness,’ ‘purposeless generation of men,’ or even worse—‘Depression and Mental Health Rising Among the Male Population’…

While on the surface, this might be seen as an individual problem rather than a structural and societal issue…

I dare to make the statement:

“Everything negative that has happened in men’s lives is not a coincidence.”

Here’s what I mean:

First, there’s an agenda that has been pushed heavily since the new millennium—the dynamic of the sexual revolution that castrated the core essence of manhood, telling them it’s OK to embrace vulnerability and softness. This makes modern men unable to recognize what their true nature really is anymore. And when the ship has no anchor to hold onto—it’s normal to be shattered and unstable.

Second, technological convenience has ‘accidentally’ castrated the challenge and hardship out of the modern man’s life experience. Everything is one click away. You have Uber Eats that delivers their food (or allows them to eat at all), streaming platforms that eat their time, adult sites that eat their drive to exist.

All primal instincts of mankind are now simulated digitally—without cost, without effort, and without reward—making them ready to be distracted from the moment they wake up until they sleep.

Lastly, the education system limits their exposure to true autonomy, the authenticity of their soul—instead injecting specific roles into their heads, making men believe their place in society is to serve a specific entity in a specific ‘identity.’

This is evident in the fact that most people who graduate from university will ‘associate’ themselves with a title or specialized role in the field they spent four years studying… and consider doing anything apart from it as ‘out of scope.’

Now, to conclude in a simple explanation:

Society has pacified modern men with comfort, lied to him about happiness, and robbed him of the initiation to discover, to struggle, to cultivate discipline, and to become aware of purpose.

The result is the modern phenomenon you see on the news, in social feeds (or perhaps have experienced yourself).

But I’m here in this one to give you… my personal countermeasure to modernity.

One that is able to tap into the core nature of manhood—yet so refined that it makes everyday existence no longer lost in a sea of noise and distraction.

One that is lived gracefully with class, enjoying daily sophistication and knowing by the end of the day that ‘there’s nothing to regret.’

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Nature of a Man & Library of Philosophy for Navigating One

Gentlemen, let me ask you this question:

“What does it mean to live as a man?”

In a biological sense, it’s obvious that a man is the male human creature that exists to ‘expand’ the species (since nature appears to give men the power to create… which in a biological sense means to create the life of another human).

But since we’ve come a long way from the age of fire and stone—in the landscape of modernity, in contemporary metropolitan civilization—the meaning of being a man has been variably interpreted.

• Some say it’s no different from being a woman.

• Some say it’s about work and work and more work.

• Some say it’s about finding balance between personal happiness and societal duty.

Whatever meaning modernity tries to label it with… the nature of manhood is still the one that dictates the meaning of living as such.

“No man is free who is not master of himself.” — Epictetus, Discourses

When you consider the ‘fact’ that nature tends to give to men—since the old age—men have always been ‘spawned’ into a disturbed environment—or at least been given such to make them better and strong enough to overcome the chaos, conquer challenges, and continue the bloodline.

• In the Stone Age, they had to overcome lethal beasts and environmental dangers.

• In early civilization, they had to unite their group and ‘deal’ with others.

• In the age of nationalism, they had to conquer and expand their nation to ensure their identity survived.

• In the World War era, they had to sacrifice personal leisure for the duty of protecting their land and people.

It’s always been about living as a creator, protector, and destroyer—governed by honor and self-mastery.

That’s why many classic and modern philosophers—even from different eras—hailed the very same set of ideas.

From Aurelius, Seneca, Nietzsche, Camus, Sartre… their doctrines all lead to this:

“Life as a man is suffering, impermanent, and uncertain—and yet, you must live as if your actions matter, fully and intentionally, without rescue, reward, or excuse.”

This is the universal truth that is timeless, and the antidote to the chaotic life of modern men.

It is not easy, I guarantee—but once you fully embrace it and execute it daily in a refined way—that is when you are no longer a victim of modernity, and instead become the protagonist of your own directed story.

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