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#50 - Recovering Nice Guys And The Power Of the Squad - with Dr. Robert Glover

The Evolving Man Podcast

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The Jerk and the Nice Guy Are Operating From the Same Stimulus

Men tend to project an image onto all women or most women they have these preconceived notions of of women that align a little bit with their discontent with their mother. That usually results in either a macho jerk as David Data would say or a caring wimp and I think both are operating at the same level. Both are just about managing anxiety and shame so really when I talk about breaking free from nice guy syndrome it's not becoming a little bit more asshole is is moving up. The man who can ask himself what I want was important to me some man who can sell soothes a man who works at releasing his shame is a man that can give generously with no strings attached no covert contracts

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