TNMU #142: When Your Manhood Is At Risk

When manhood is tied to and dependent on performance, then mistakes are not only not wanted, they aren’t allowed. Period. Because mistakes put your manhood at risk. When that is the framework, destructive things happen. Going beyond the attention grabbing headlines, Mark & Josh use current events to explore this idea more deeply. Article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/13/ex-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-donald-trump-sees-admitting-mistake-threat-manhood-capitol-impeachment/6652338002/ Music Credit: "Funkorama" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Expanded Notes: When manhood is tied to never being wrong, there is a problem Male culture is savage against those who appear weak Without a healthy and godly understanding of manhood, we try to prove it in destructive ways Being wrong, making mistakes is not synonymous with being weak You can be strong and wrong and healthy OODA Loop: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act Both strength and weakness must be properly defined The ability to recognize and admit a mistake is a sign of mental and emotional strength, not weakness In many organizations, admitting a mistake is the equivalent of “career suicide”, this is not healthy We must rediscover a healthy and godly manhood