risk-taking — The Good Men Project

Mentored Boys or Monster Boys

May 5, 2013 By Jed Diamond Ph.D 15 Comments

men, young men, boys, rite of passage, male retreat, young men's retreat

“In the absence of elders, the impetuosity of youth becomes the slow death of the community.” Jed Diamond takes his grandson on a rite of passage.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Grandfatherhood, Mentoring and Volunteering, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, Being a good man, Boys, building confidence, california, communities, community health, consumerism, earning respect, elders, fear of abandonment, gender differences, grandfathers, importance of mentoring, Inipi sweat lodge, inner city youth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Men's Center, male retreat, materialism, men, men's groups, mentors, nature deprivation, older men, physical risk taking, risk-taking, rite of passage, social connections, social isolation, Stress, sweat lodge ceremony, trauma, violence, warriors, young black men, young men, young men's retreat

Thunderstruck: Part 1

April 27, 2013 By Jason Kapcala 5 Comments

Jason Kapcala, Dodge Challenger, Thunderstruck, car love, men on love

Have you ever been lovestruck by a car? Jason Kapcala is about to drive hundreds of miles, with no brakes, to claim the car of his dreams.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Men and Machines, The Good Life Tagged With: Blue Book, brothers, car love, car races, caution, dealmaking, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Magnum, grease monkeys, Indiana, mechanics, men on love, negotiating, Ohio, Poconos, races, reckless behavior, risk-taking, risking failure, road trips, rural Pennsylvania, scouting cars, tight deadlines, West Virginia, Wisconsin

First Responders: 5/11

April 18, 2013 By The Good Life @ GMP Leave a Comment

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How have you prepared to respond in an emergency?

Filed Under: Calls for Submissions, The Good Life, The Good Men Project Content Calendar Tagged With: 9/11, Call for submissions, confidence, courage, disposability of men, emergency responders, EMS, EMTs, firefighters, first aid, first responder training, first responders, heroes, mastery, medical personnel, men's lives, men's stories, physical risk taking, Red Cross, rescue workers, risk-taking, skill, The Good Life, The Good Men Project

Death Wish

April 18, 2013 By Andy Bodle 2 Comments

drunk driving, teens drunk driving, teens drinking, suicidal behavior, risky behavior, physical risk taking, adolescent males, competition, male sexuality

Risky behavior in adolescent males ranges from self improvement to suicidal, but the reward is the same.

Filed Under: Do Not Attempt, Featured Content, Suicide, Teenage Kicks, The Good Life, Womanology Tagged With: adolescent males, ancestral bias, attracting girls, car accidents, competition, drunk driving, evolutionary psychology, fitting in, flirting, high school drinking, hooking up, Hugh MacDiarmid, male aggression, male competition, male sexuality, male suicide, physical risk taking, poetry, risk-taking, risky behavior, running from the police, sexual aggression, sexual reproduction, suicidal behavior, suicide attempt, suicide attempts, suicide England, suicide rates in men, suicide Wales, teens drinking, teens drunk driving, testosterone, UK Office of National Statistics

Dear John: A Guest Who Brings a Lot of Baggage

February 9, 2013 By John Simpson, GoLocalProv.com 5 Comments

An old secret threatens a marriage, a girlfriend won’t open up about changes in her life, and a father of three suddenly wants a motorcycle.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions Tagged With: advice, Affairs, avoidance, college life, communication, danger, decision making, gaining weight, houseguests, infidelity, marriage, motorcycles, risk-taking, secrets, sex, skeletons in the closet

My Son’s Dad is a Better Mom than I Am

February 4, 2013 By xoJane 2 Comments

Somer Sherwood is grateful for her nurturing, risk-taking ex-husband.

Filed Under: Families, Featured Content Tagged With: adventure, business parent, child-rearing, fatherhood, fathers, fun parent, mothers, parenting, protectiveness, quality time, risk-taking, robot suits, skating, Somer Sherwood

The River of Life

January 22, 2013 By Atalwin Pilon Leave a Comment

Why does it always feel like jumping off a cliff, every time I step back into the current of my life?

Filed Under: The Good Life, Travel Tagged With: avoiding self-sabotage, confidence, ego, Entrepreneurship, fear, flow, identity, leadership, lifestyle, meditation, risk-taking, risks, taking chances, The Good Life, travel, work/life balance

I Hope My Son Is Lucky

October 10, 2012 By JD Roberto Leave a Comment

JD Roberto wasn’t a bad kid growing up, just a little wild and very lucky.

Filed Under: Boys, Families, Featured Content Tagged With: adventure, boyhood, Boys, DUI, DWI, energetic, Families, fatherhood, Fortune, fun, gluten-free pizza, luck, mass shooters, mischievous, Ninjago, nutrition, partying, Pirate Booty, risk-taking, role models, safety, sons, Super Mario Kart, values

Enjoy the Ride

July 25, 2012 By Atalwin Pilon 1 Comment

Atalwin has traveled the world to discover ‘the only terrain that is still relatively unexplored is the journey inwards.’

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Quarter-Life Crisis, Sex & Relationships, The Good Life, Travel Tagged With: beach, breaking up, charity, comfort zone, Culture, dancing, ex-girlfriends, good, goodness, heartbreak, helping, helping others, inspiration, island, Koh Phanghan, Learning, life, lifestyle, meaning, partying, philanthropy, quarter-life crisis, relationships, risk-taking, sunrise, taking risks, Thailand, The Good Life, travel, Work, world travel, yoga

“I always knew he would be a manly man type and never desired to take this away.”

May 22, 2012 By the Editors 1 Comment

These are two comments by M and AM on the post “The New Macho”.

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: being a man, emotions, gender, gender wars, history, macho, manhood, manliness, marriage, men, relationships, risk-taking, sex, stoicism, strength, the male myth, the sexes, Time, women

Mopping Up: Janitor Buys Company

April 2, 2012 By Jamie Reidy 7 Comments

Jamie Reidy shares a story that should inspire anyone who has ever thought, “I could run this company better than my &$#@! boss.”

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: belief, Gimundo, janitor, Ohio, Ring Masters, risk-taking, sacrifice, Yahoo

Geoffrey Canada and ‘Reaching Up for Manhood’

February 11, 2012 By the Editors 11 Comments

Tim Wernette reviews Geoffrey Canada’s book.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: book review, Boys, fatherhood, Geoffrey Canada, manhood, men, race, risk-taking, self-worth, sex

The 10 at 10

March 21, 2011 By Ryan O'Hanlon 1 Comment

Anthony Robles is awesome, a sumo wrestler runs a marathon, and Burger King doesn’t want to be weird.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Newsroom Tagged With: 50 Cent, advertising, Americans, Anthony Robles, Brooklyn, Burger King, Charlie Davies, citizenship test, crime, D.C. United, extra, marathon, movies, NYPD, NYPS, risk-taking, sumo wrestler, taser, Teddy Roosevelt, testicles, testosterone, The 10 at 10, wrestling

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David R. Dow: Lessons From Death Row Inmates (TEDTalk VIDEO)

David R. Dow is an attorney in Texas who has defended over 100 death row inmates over the last 20 years.

HuffPost Live: Decapitating Extremism (VIDEO)

Mike Sacks discusses the attack in Woolwich, London, and extremism with a panel of experts on Islam and the Quran.

Our Mission: The Vasectomy Files 8

The Vasectomy Project is encouraging men to join forces and take responsibly for family planning. This is an opportunity to bring people together to talk about our collective responsibility while offering men a concrete way to contribute towards a solution by having a vasectomy.