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Are you able to say what it is you really want in life?

Can you own what you want without needing to defend or justify it to others?

And how does just going with the flow mean you won’t be helped?

This is part 2 of our talk with Alex Linsley. Listen in as we discuss how you can grow a pair AND inspire those around you to lend a hand.

Alex Linsley is the founder of Man Collective in Oxford, England. In this episode he continues his story of being thrust into the limelight to explain his position on men’s personal development. He also has some amazing lessons to share.

In this episode:

• Getting clear on what you want in life
• What motivates you?
• Do you believe you need to justify or defend what you want?
• Owning your desire is not dictatorial
• What keeps us from owning what we want
• What inspires people to lend a hand
• Avoiding criticism
• Taking your seat beyond the mediocre

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Are you afraid of what your friends may say if they caught you listening to The New Man?

What would it be like to suddenly and unexpectedly become the national spokesman for men’s personal development?

And how did one guy manage to seemingly unite the feminists and the chauvinists?

This week we talk with a New Man listener who set out to quietly start a men’s group and then found himself bombarded by the British national press.

We’re talking with Alex Linsley of Man Collective in Oxford. Listen to this amazing story about how, in an effort to remain “under the radar”, Alex ended up in the national press explaining to the country why he wanted to be in a men’s group.

In this episode:

• What a men’s group can do for you
• Most guys are tolerating a lot of surface-level BS
• Authentic Man Program
• David Deida
• Why some guys are “in the closet” about personal development
• Top Gear
• Uniting the chauvinists and the feminists
• Loaded Magazine
• What Alex learned from being in the gunsight of the press

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Have you ever wondered how you could screw up George Clooney’s couch?

Is Arizona a great place to live in your car?

And what wisdom can you glean from a self-proclaimed liar slash pot-smoker slash homeless writer?

This week we’re talking with Esquire Magazine’s Chris Jones about George Clooney, Tiger Woods, Astronauts, John McCain, runaway NFL star Ricky Williams, the band Rush, your bed, your shoes and why you shouldn’t THINK about things too much.

The tables are turned and the interviewer becomes the interviewee in this fun and surprisingly valuable discussion.

In this episode:

• George Clooney, a couch and a missing gall bladder
• The homeless writer (and girlfriend!) in Arizona
• Landing a dream job at Esquire Magazine
• Dissing Tiger Woods long before it was cool
• How Astronauts are actually humans
• Iraq and Sgt. Joe Montgomery
• Behind the curtain with John McCain
• The search for Ricky Williams in Australia
• Carlos Delgado, your bed and your shoes
• Is Rush a great band or the greatest band?

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