Connor Beaton argues that men are biologically wired to seek physical challenge and movement. Lifting heavy things and pushing your body improves mood and confidence. Growth doesn't happen in a safety bubble, but strength can be misused, so restraint matters.
Why do you think it's important for men to do hard sh T? Because that's ingrained in our DNA. That's who we are. We are not supposed to be sitting in a chair all day in an office and then sit in a car and then go to our couch and eat crap all day. Our body is supposed to move. That's how it's designed. That's why we feel miserable when we sit for too long, and that's why we feel great when we go for a run. Whatever you want to do, you'll never get that sense of confidence from your chair. You will not grow in your safety bubble. It's ingrained in us to move, to get stronger, to lift heavy things. It will create, like, a sense of confidence that will create, like a feeling like no water, that you are on top of this world. If you want, you can safeguard your family. Because that's where it goes wrong a lot as well that we go into that direction. But then we get into this kind of. I don't like using the word toxic, but we start to abuse our strengths. So we get physically abusive or emotionally abusive because we feel strong. No, just know that you can doesn't mean that you have to use it.
How to Raise Strong, Unshakable Boys in Today's Culture, with Dr. Shefali Tsabary
