#384: What It Really Means to Be Self-Reliant

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 2 March 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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When you hear self-reliance, what do you think of? Living off the grid in a cabin somewhere? Doing everything yourself, and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps? Do these images get at what it really means to be self-reliant, or is there a deeper and even more profound meaning to be grasped? Indeed there is, and my guest today is here to help us unpack it. His name is Kyle Eschenroeder. He’s a regular contributor at AoM and we’ve just published a little pocket guide filled with his meditations on what it truly means to be self-reliant. Today on the show, Kyle and I discuss what most people get wrong about self-reliance and how he defines it. We then get into specific tactics you can use to trust yourself more like spending time in solitude, developing an inner scorecard, not seeking advice when you’re first starting a big project, and using intentional introspection. Kyle and I then discuss how to jive self-reliance with belonging to a community and how to know if you’re becoming a self-reliant man. Developing a self-reliant mindset is more difficult than ever in our modern world, and yet vital to living a satisfying life on your own terms; you don't want to miss this show.

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:13.9	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Man in this podcast.
0:18.0	When you hear self-reliance, what do you think of living off the grid in a cabin somewhere,
0:22.7	doing everything yourself and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps?
0:25.5	Do these images get at what it really means to be self-reliant?
0:28.6	Or is there a deeper, even more profound meaning to be grasped?
0:31.6	Indeed there is, my guest today is here to help us unpack it.
0:34.6	His name is Kyle Leshinruder.
0:35.9	He's a regular distributor here at AOM, and we've just published a little pocket guide
0:39.6	filled with his meditations on what it truly means to be self-reliant.
0:43.2	Today on the show, Kyle and I discussed what most people get wrong about self-reliance
0:46.5	and how he defines it.
0:47.6	We then get into specific tactics you can use to trust yourself more like spending time
0:51.6	and solitude, developing it in a scorecard like Warren Buffett,
0:54.7	not seeking advice from your first starting a big project and using intentional introspection.
0:59.7	Kyle and I then discussed how to drive self-reliance with belonging to a community
1:03.7	and how to know for becoming a more self-reliant man.
1:06.9	Developing a self-reliant mindset is more difficult than ever in our modern world
1:10.2	and yet vital to living a satisfying life on your own terms.
1:13.3	You don't want to miss this show.
1:14.6	After the show is over, check out the show notes at aOM.is.
1:17.5	www.coulash-selfreliance.com
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