The Advice I Needed To Hear When I Was Lost

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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I didn't always have it figured out. There are times even now when I still feel lost. But after relentless work and coaching thousands of men over the years, there are a few ideas that have risen to the top and truly helped me and others overcome that feeling of being rudderless. Pick up my brand-new book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance and join me today. Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, guys, welcome back to The Man Talk Show. I'm Connor Beaton.
0:11.3	And today, I'm going to be sharing with you the advice that I really needed to hear when I was lost.
0:19.6	Now, I remember being a young man, I think it was in like my early 20s,
0:24.1	and I was working construction. I grew up in central Alberta and Canada. And after I graduated
0:30.5	high school, I really had no idea what the hell I was going to do with my life. And this isn't
0:35.1	the only time that I've been lost in my life, right? I'm turning 40 this
0:37.9	year. There's been many times throughout my life where I've been lost. But what I've noticed
0:42.1	after my own experience of being lost in life a few times and after having worked with
0:48.0	thousands of guys who are like, I just feel lost in my career, in my relationship and just in
0:53.1	life in general, I feel rudderless.
0:54.8	I've noticed that there's some things that really can help us get out of stuck, get out of
1:02.5	feeling lost, getting out of feeling completely directionless.
1:05.9	And so I'm going to share with you the things that I've found over the years I really
1:09.9	needed to hear when I was lost and some of the
1:13.6	things that have really helped me. So the first time that I really felt lost in my life,
1:18.9	you know, I was in a long-term relationship. I was in my early 20s. I got out of high school.
1:23.2	I had no idea what the hell I was going to do. I was working in a gravel pit in northern Alberta.
1:29.0	So I was working construction, but like the worst kind because I was working night shifts
1:33.5	and I was outdoors.
1:35.2	And I started in February where it was like minus 45 degrees Celsius at night.
1:41.0	It was really brutal.
1:42.3	It was really terrible.
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