Skills in Being a Man in General
In our programs at Men's Psychology in their most core form, we consider men and women to be quite equal, and yet very different at the level of INSTINCTS and unconscious reflexes, drives and style of communication, primitive needs, wants and desires. To those ends, it makes sense at some point to learn about not just how to understand women and get along with them, romance them, and find connection, but also to discover, hone, expand and master what makes us different - the masculine instincts. When we talk about Masculine Intelligence®, we are talking about understanding your own instincts, yet learning to use them in precise, ethical, mature, constructive ways to grow a life.
To begin your study and skill-building at these, it makes sense to learn that above the instincts are your emotions and the friendships you form, and still further above those in your development, are all the refinements and sophistication of the mature skills of character, diplomacy and politics. These latter things are what put the "intelligence" in "Masculine Intelligence®," but in this set of courses, we tunnel down to the primitive - the things that drive you to win, to succeed in general, to have passion for life, work and women. In fact, we need to make use of something called the Equation of Masculinity to begin our work...
The Equation of Masculinity
It's the driving force in you, the untamed animal that "sets you on fire" for living a life that's passionate and prosperous, and full of adventure, discovery, and fulfillment as only a man can experience. In the Mature Masculine Power Program, we learn about this equation for living by your instincts by beginning with the ancient tradition that helped usher boys into the status and the role in society of adult men: initiation.
From there, we decode all the "working parts" of male "animal instincts" through the stories of the ancient Greek gods, and in the course called Superhero Masculinity we go further, following the narrative of the modern superheroes you see so often depicted in films today. It is always the same plot - a boy or man discovers a "secret power" he has, is confused as to how it works at first, clumsy in using it - but with time, and a crisis around him, slowly works away at turning it to a controllable strength - an individual, unique gift that is turned to good for society. To our minds, that story is one and the same as the masculine instincts that really ARE in your psychology.
Mastering these instincts is what puts the "intelligence" into "Masculine Intelligence®." The Equation of Masculinity divides up these individual "circuits" or specific, special "powers" into two areas: WOMEN and WORK.
Masculinity = Skill With Women + Progress on Your Mission as a Man
This is the foundational principle of the Mature Masculine Power Program, and basically says that to feel most alive as a man, most generally competent, passionate about who you are and what you are meant to do in this world, making progress with WOMEN and WORK are what "feed" your sense of "being masculine." (These two areas also perfectly correlate with what Charles Darwin said about human evolution, and Sigmund Freud implied about our minds - that we are driven to "survive" (our sense of safety and vitality through productive work), and to "reproduce" (finding a vibrant dating life, and perhaps, the right woman to stick with for the long term.)






