In healthy societies average people live pretty alright lives. They’ll never soar to the heights but things are “good enough” and frankly this is pretty much the most that you can expect from people. And this is why society, culture, and the like are so important because they are the predominant forces on how the average person turns out. Most people are not self-motivated or striving for greatness and while this isn’t the path for you or me there isn’t anything inherently wrong with this in and of itself. However here’s the thing about all of this.
First off we live in a society and culture coming apart at the seams and average is no longer and option for a man that wants anything worthwhile. Believe it or not but there was a time when the average man could support a family on a basic manual labor job down at the factory not to mention find a wife worth marrying and a family that he could be proud of. This isn’t to say weakness was ever rewarded but things were certainly different something I’m understanding more and more and that has been pointed out to me.
Average Is Death Now
So as I was saying at a time average wasn’t that bad. You could expect a decent roof over your head, a somewhat attractive and chaste/virtuous wife. Your daughter Jenny wasn’t being taught to the ins and outs of sex toys in preschool and little Johnny wasn’t being told how cutting of his genitals was an option. However that’s all gone and isn’t coming back and whining about it isn’t going to solve anything. And as long as everyone is bitching on Twitter instead of developing themselves, leading their families, and their communities nothing is going to change.
But not what this is about. The fact of the matter is if you want anything good and anything worth having in this life then you cannot be average. Whether it’s business, relationships, health, or anything else. You have to develop yourself as much as possible. Before this was a good thing to do and would give you more options however now this is mandatory to keep from sinking. You just can’t be average and expect anything good anymore. You have to rise above at every level and if you can’t do this then you’re pretty much screwed. Harsh but true.
What To Do
Well don’t be average obviously but that’s too broad to be of any use. Some super basic things would be working out and reading (especially non-fiction). That will get your mind and body set on the right track at least somewhat. And sad to say simply working out and reading will make you “above average”, of course don’t think for a second that that’s all you need to do. That’s just the start the bare basics ground work. That’d be like saying alright you learned your “ABCs” now you’re good to go. Of course your “ABCs” is a big step up from gurgles and such. So again start with working out (prefer lifting and fighting personally) and reading (non-fiction preferably). Now where you go from there is going to depend on a number of factors.
What your personal goals are and where you’re at in life. Are you young and just need overall development? Are you married with a family and a business you want to make bigger? A single CEO of a company and want to keep things headed in the right direction? And so on and so forth. Past a basic level of development there are certain things that you will need to do personally that you’ll have to figure out for yourself. We all have unique overall goals in life that change as we develop and grow ourselves. For young guys I’d recommend books on “game” (for lack of a better word, intersexual dynamics would be better), fighting (NEED to know how to fight), copywriting, marketing, and sales (have to make money), lifting (bodybuilding and nutrition in particular), and masculinity (the base of it all).
Summary
And plenty of older guys would benefit from shoring up any of those things that they are weak in. The overall point is that you can’t afford to be average in any area of your life, so don’t even try it. Serious want a happy family and a lovely wife? That’s sure as hell not average. Neither is having a rotation of beautiful women or making good money or anything else worth having depending on your goals. So no matter what you want you can’t get it by being average. So fight every day to overcome average in every facet of your life. It’s hard work but the alternative is a slow death and destruction.
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-Charles Sledge
