How To Be a Man: The Input Does Not Resemble the Output
How masculinity appears is not how it is cultivated
According to Dr Orion Taraban, creator of PsycHacks, to be a masculine man you do not need to be good at sports. You do not need to be strong or able to fight well. You don’t have to be particularly wealth either.
To be masculine, you need only two things. A spine, and a pair of balls.
The behavioral corollary of this perspective is that to be man, you must be able to take action.
In dating advice, it seems everything revolves around this point. Don’t worry if you’re short, bald, fat, ugly or in debt. The main thing is to stop allowing these things to limit you. You must learn to suck it up, and get out and approach women.
At first this would appear to be supported by reality outside of dating. Action is what refines theory into specific knowledge. Action increases the rate of iteration and deepens experience. Action stops people from wallowing in self-pity and suffering paralysis by analysis. Think of any successful and attractive man: he is an action taker.
So far, so true. There is just one question: what causes action?
My guess is that the self-improvement industry is worth billions of dollars. This industry…
