Young Men's Edition
The Continuum of Man
A teaching framework for those who guide young men. Twelve sessions. One map. Handed over at sixteen, not forty.
By Mark Weeks
This Isn't Written for Young Men
It's written for you. The dad. The teacher. The coach. The youth worker. The uncle who sees something in a lad that the lad can't see in himself yet.
Most men in midlife can trace their drift back to the same place. Somewhere between sixteen and twenty-five, nobody handed them a map. This is the map. You don't need to be perfect to teach it. Just one step further down the road and honest about the potholes.
For young men aged 16 to 25. Groups or one to one.
Victim or Conqueror
Every element has two ends. The Victim says it happened to me. The Conqueror says what do I do with it? Same event. Different man.
Every Session. Sixty Minutes. Same Shape.
Check-in
10 min
The Idea
10 min
The Story
10 min
The Talk
20 min
The Challenge
5 min
The Fragment
5 min
The Twelve Sessions
Mind. Spirit. Body.
Mind
Everything you've ever built started as a thought. So has everything you've ever wrecked.
Session 1
Desire
Wanting is not deciding. Find out who told you to want it.
Fragment: "What I truly want is..."
Session 2
Attitude
Your attitude is a policy, not a mood. Set it every morning.
Fragment: "When life gets hard, I choose to..."
Session 3
Discipline
Discipline is freedom. Choose, or get chosen for.
Fragment: "The one promise I will keep to myself is..."
Session 4
Super Conscious
Catch the autopilot. Drop the beliefs you never chose.
Fragment: "A belief I'm choosing to drop is..."
Spirit
A strong mind and a strong body can still feel empty. Spirit fills the hole.
Session 5
Mindfulness
Three seconds of space between the trigger and the punch.
Fragment: "When I slow down, I notice..."
Session 6
Attraction
You attract what you are. Look at your five.
Fragment: "The man I'm becoming attracts..."
Session 7
Negativity
Two wolves. The one you feed wins.
Fragment: "I refuse to feed..."
Session 8
Superego
Character is what you do in the dark.
Fragment: "I am a man who will always... and never..."
Body
Your body carries everything else. Neglect it and the other two pillars come down with it.
Session 9
Healthy Eating
Food is fuel. The body keeps score.
Fragment: "I fuel my body because..."
Session 10
Exercise
Every rep is a vote for the man you're becoming.
Fragment: "Training teaches me..."
Session 11
Rest
Warriors rest. Athletes rest. Conquerors rest.
Fragment: "I rest because..."
Session 12
Optimal Energy
Energy is a resource. Where you spend it is where your life goes.
Fragment: "I put my energy into..."
The Capstone. The Philosophy of Me.
Twelve sessions. Twelve Fragments. In the final session each young man pulls them into one page. His personal philosophy. Not yours. His. Something most forty year olds never write down.
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The full 29 page guide includes every Idea, Story, Talk, Challenge and the Roots from the East, the Stoics and Jung. Plus SPARKLE, teacher notes and the Young Conqueror's Code.
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