Shownotes
We are living in a society where many men are playing the victim and it is hurting us
Why do men play the victim?
Inward Victim
- When you act as an inward victim, you don't necessarily act it out but it comes across with your inner voices
- This type of thinking can become a mindset that keeps you passive as a man
- Sometimes others may see these types of people as not motivated or lazy, but, the truth is they are inwardly victimizing themselves
- Many men who live with an inward victim mentality live in a reactionary focus
- This feels safe to many men and they flow in it naturally, but the problem is they are abdicating their ability to lead
Inward Journey
- Men can often fall victim to the victim mentality when they haven't gone on the inward journey
- A self-aware man goes on the inward journey and figures out his own thoughts and feelings
- Men who have clarity about their identity don't play the victim
- When a man needs affirmation, he can be led around and manipulated
- When a man is secure in himself, he doesn't respond to manipulation
Inward Realities
- The majority of men who play the victim don't understand their own inward realities
- As men, we shouldn't expect ourselves to be good at everything or to like everything
- You really aren't competing with anyone else, you are competing with yourself
- When guys try to be someone they aren't and fail, they often fall into a victim mentality
- When a man recognizes his own strengths and weaknesses, he is a much wiser and more powerful man
