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Beware The Middle

Beware the middle. The safe, comfortable middle. The middle is where masculinity goes to die. This middle I speak of is that zone in the village where the women and children gather. Far away from the threats that lie beyond and below the pressure of being at the top. Men were never made to be in the middle. They were made to be at the top leading or out in the wilds fighting. Fight and lead, the middle is for surviving. Not thriving but surviving. The middle is about keeping the status quo and not rocking the boat.

This is why corporate America is so against men because unless your the CEO you aren’t going to be a good fit. Unless your a weak effeminate coward, unless you are like a woman. Men either thrive or die. There is not a middle option for men. The middle was never presented as an option for men before. Think back to tribal times do you think that a young male was ever offered the option of hanging out with the women and children? Do you think any male would have taken it? Of course not.

The Middle Is The Place Of Mediocrity

The middle is the place of mediocrity. Like I stated above it’s all about keeping the status quo and toeing the line. And as we know any business or society that focuses on not rocking the boat for too long ends up getting crushed by a business or society that still has the masculine fire of innovation and expansion within it. Safety is an illusion as is comfort. There is only peace through strength. You either rise strong day in and day out or you perish. That is life. Survival of the fittest, adapt or die and so on and so forth.

When a man is separated from the struggle he begins to lose what makes him a man in the first place. He loses touch with his spirit and his soul. The middle is a place that will crush a man’s spirit and soul until there is nothing left of it. A man must avoid the middle at all costs. He was never meant to live in the middle and will feel cooped up and caged and eventually dead when he is in. This includes the middle in business as well as the middle in life.

Struggle & Challenge

Life is a large part about struggle and challenge. More importantly overcoming struggle and challenge. When a man seeks safety over reward he begins to lose his masculinity and become more feminine. Safety and comfort and the domains and goals of women not men. The goal of a man is to strive and become more. To rise to new heights, explore new grounds, and shatter old records. A man wants to lead his people to greatness or slay the biggest and baddest dragon in the land. Not sit at home in comfort.

Whenever an organization, unit, country or anything else starts to seek comfort and safety. Starts to seek not disrupting the status quo or stepping on toes above anything else it’s time to leave that organization, unit, or country because it is about to fall. As soon as it takes on the feminine it will be conquered by the masculine. Look at modern American and especially modern corporations. They got to where they were through masculine ingenuity, innovation, and drive. Now they have abandoned what made them great in the first place and are decaying giants.

Your Place

This isn’t to say there isn’t a place for safety and comfort or that you can’t enjoy life from time to time. You certainly can but as soon as you make enjoyment, safety, or comfort your number one priority then you have already lost. A man’s place is out on the fringes fighting enemy tribes or fierce beasts or it in the center leading and having domain of all around him. He can visit the middle for some rest and relaxation from time to time but must make sure he doesn’t stay too long or get too comfortable.

Because that will be death of him and his masculinity. Be a leader or be a warrior or better yet be both. Trying to find a place in the middle will kill your soul and you will not be a good fit for it. Never look for a middle management type position, you’re signing away your happiness and balls when you do so. Understand that in the middle what is rewarded above all else is mediocrity and not standing out. No place for a man. Live on the edge or live at the top, that is the only place for you.

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-Charles Sledge

 

Charles Sledge

4 Comments

  1. this hits the nail on the head for me, thanks for the article Charles….because I’ll admit for the past 4-5 years I’ve realized that I’m just kind of muddling through life complacently. I’m 28, gave up on college and have been working at a comfortable grocery store ever since but finally realized last year that I’m settling in life. I’m not making a lot of money and also I haven’t really done anything with my life. The danger of the middle ground is that its so easy to get comfortable/complacent.

    • Great point Steve. While as humans we all want comfort it can also be very dangerous for out self-development. Glad this article could help!

  2. People are more depressed because of being to comfortable. Ten years ago I sold my home, gave up a good job I had for 17 years and moved my wife and two youngest daughter’s 4 hours away to a slower more safe, and healthier environment in Pa.

    I knew no one, had no job prospects, I started working part time jobs just to get money rolling
    in, until I found a full time job, very scary when
    you have a family counting on you to provide.

    I am actually doing better now, more money, in nicer house in a great neighborhood in an area
    I wanted to live in.

    Being like the majority is why everyone is in
    such a weak mental state.

    Love the article, and just bought your last book
    also great material

    • Thanks Johnny and that’s so true. Have to break out of that comfort zone and overcome inertia, something that most will never do.

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