How to Optimize the 5 Dimensions of Manhood

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

As men and providers, we have a tendency to attach our identity to our work. We spend so much of our time and energy making a living and building our career or business, that it's hard to see ourselves outside that role. But we are not one dimensional men.

There are many dimensions to who we are and neglecting these other parts of our life creates imbalance and a sense of incompleteness. In this episode, I go over how to optimize five main dimensions of manhood.

For the show notes and links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/thursday109.

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0:00.0	We are men. We are warriors. We are dads. Dads with a purpose. Dads with an edge.
0:10.0	We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others.
0:14.0	We have one shot in life to be a dad.
0:20.0	Why not make it epic?
0:29.3	What's going on guys?
0:30.3	What's going on guys? Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast.
0:32.0	This is Thursday Throwdown, episode 109.
0:37.2	Just got a quick question for you guys
0:38.7	before we get started today, and that is,
0:41.6	are you a one-dimensional man? Is there just one part of you that is just
0:47.2	basically all you? And think about that for a minute. So many of us put so much of our identity, me included, into
0:58.9	what we do for a living, what we do for work. You ask a man what he does. It's usually the first question
1:06.2	we ask each other. I'm an electrician, I'm a carpenter, I'm a salesperson, I'm an insurance, I'm an investor, I'm a banker.
1:16.5	We put so much of that identity into who we are.
1:21.5	But let me tell you guys man it is it is completely wrong. It's completely wrong
1:30.2	because there are several other dimensions to who we are.
1:36.9	And what I mean by that is we do have our identity wrapped up in what we do for a living and that's okay it should be there
1:44.2	should be some of us some part of us that's wrapped up in what we do for a living
1:49.4	we spend a lot of time a lot of our lives doing what we do for work.
1:56.0	So it's important to do what we love.
1:59.0	Steve Jobs said that.
2:01.0	But so many of us neglect these other areas of our lives, these other dimensions of our life.
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