Man was created as predator of attrition. We are endowed upon birth with great endurance. Our ancient ancestors hunted by out-running their prey, yet we modern man grew lazy and comfortable. If you read my writing on this blog you know my opinion about comfort, this article will deal with the concept of enjoying the struggle of daily life as a man even when you are seemingly losing the fight.

We men are testosterone fueled production machines, our bodies meant for endless heavy work, and our minds evolved into problem solving machines which helped us created the modern world with all its technological wonders. Yet as we created a better world, the better world made us degenerate. Degenerate in the sense that we are now too dulled by the comfort that better men before us created, that we see at as a great feat of human endurance to be productive for even the shortest period of time. We require endless rest and indulgence in our comfort and easily accessible pleasure to overcome even the slightest defeat. Most men today are weak both in their body and their mind, the greatness of our ancestors whose discipline and diligence created this civilization no longer exists in the average man. If we few who are dedicated to being the best men we can be really wanted to live up to the greatness of our forefather, we must learn to embrace the struggle and go not only a step, but a mile beyond where every other man falls from exhaustion.

The effort that we put into our work doesn’t always pay itself back. But the very act of putting so much effort into the daily struggle of our lives, into our work, our hobbies and even our thoughts creates from as better man who can endure more without being broken, and so plants in ourselves the seeds of success, those being good discipline, motivation, mindset and work ethic.



While I agree with the saying “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”, and I’ve even written a few words about the importance of rest, relaxation and enjoyment of free time in the articles Periodic Productivity and Importance of Taking Time Off , enjoying this free time without previously putting in the work necessary is the same as if you’d spend money that you didn’t earn. It leads to nothing but problems, makes men weak in their spirit, and comfortable with their laziness and uselessness. As much as I enjoy my free time, it becomes a burden once you have more of it than is absolutely necessary. The only good use of your free time, is to prepare for future fights and battle, for it is this struggle which transforms the weak uncertain men, the archetype of the mule, into the strong unrelenting warrior.

Even if we devote most of our energy into achieving a certain goal, it isn’t always guaranteed that we will achieve it. The universe does not allow men to experience the full merit of their work, but only gives them as much as they are ready to receive. This is why we must work hard and strive and struggle in the pursuit of our goals even if we keep falling short of our mark, eventually the work we put in will pay off although maybe not when we expect it to, or in the exact way we expect it to.

However as you are surly aware, most of the time not achieving the goals we worked hard towards gets us demotivated. This can be very dangerous. As the saying goes, the difference between the men who fail and those who succeed is nothing more than the number of times they tried. Now while I disagree with that being the only difference, I do agree that it’s one of the more significant factors in success. It is important that we keep fighting our battles even if it looks like we are loosing at the moment. You never know when fate will have a change of heart. Since most men today seem to lack even the most basic discipline, this I contribute to the way their parents raise them and to the programming installed into their minds by this degenerate society that we currently have, it is important that we at least develop the feeling of fulfillment even when we are loosing a battle, for the sheer pleasure of fighting it. It is not the victory which will define you as a man, but the battle in which you engaged.

The German soldiers in the first and second world wars were no lesser men than American ones even though they lost the war, it was the act of battle which shaped them into manhood. Loving the struggle should be one of the main points in every man’s personal philosophy, and one of the most stable support beams to his masculine mindset.

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