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Can the Outdoors Save Guys from Themselves?
Men suffer higher rates of suicide and drug abuse than women. Many are anxious and lonely—and, as a result, they’re all too often angry and violent. Wilderness Collective thinks the solution lies in open spaces, UTVs, and fireside talks. But is that enough?
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Investors and entrepreneurs need to address the mental health crisis in startup
Colin Kroll was the co-founder of Vine and HQ Trivia, both consumer sensations that brought joy to millions; Anthony Bourdain had been a chef, journalist and philosopher who brought understanding and connectedness to millions of lives; Robin Williams built a career as a brilliant comedian and actor.
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The Manconomy Is Cynical and Exploitative and It’s Going to Save Us All
There are a lot of commercials and celebrities and “celebrities” and books and hashtags and approximately 73 podcasts and at least one Bagel Bites campaign telling us how to be better fathers, husbands, friends, and colleagues. Their business is self-improvement—the individual and collective betterment of the male species—and they’re selling wokeness and intentionality, self-awareness and […]
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Why Successful Men Are Meditating and Trading Beer for Green Juice
WHEN SAN FRANCISCO art director and filmmaker Skyler Vander Molen, 33, embarked on a diet two years ago, he wasn’t focused on losing weight. He was just trying to feel better. As he entered his early 30s, he’d started having trouble concentrating, experiencing what he called “brain fog”.
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20 Conferences You Can’t Miss in 2019
Every year I compile a list of technology, business and self-improvement conferences that have the potential to positively impact your business, career and life. Personally, the conferences I attended in 2018 helped me make new connections with leaders in key industries I’m focusing on, discover the latest trends and information needed to make good decisions […]
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Jack Dorsey at TED: Even a Tech Monk Must Show Emotions
The times they are a-changing. Just a couple of years ago it would have been unimaginable for a British journalist to attack the titans of Silicon Valley from the main stage of TED, the living room of optimistic, exuberant tech. But that’s exactly what happened last week in Vancouver when Carole Cadwalladr, who had long […]
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