Swallowing TRP means learning to take responsibility for your own well-being. Life isn't fair and because we are men, nothing is handed to us. Respect, status, assets, physique, more or less anything we desire in life...we must earn it.

Let's do a thinking exercise. Think about the biggest problem you have right now. What's preventing you from achieving your goals?

Now, say it with me: "It's my fault."

All too often, I see new guys posting on here about how their personal situation sucks, and how because of the situation they're hopeless and success is out of reach. Fuck that, it's time to change your mindset, right now. It's your fault, not the situation's.

Am I telling you this because I'm a cold, heartless piece of shit? Hell no. I'm saying it because you can only control yourself. The situation itself is out of your control. Therefore any time you spend on analyzing the situation is a waste of time. Spend that time on improving yourself, and the situation will tip in your favor.

This is exactly what's gotten me ahead since I've swallowed TRP. My problems are my responsibility. I don't view that responsibility as a burden...rather, it's a power within myself that I never bothered to fully access. Having a greater amount of self-control has given me more control over my life's outcomes. I'd say it's been the most life-changing paradigm shift that I've ever experienced.

As Rollo would say,

Don't wish the Game were different, wish you were better.

Wish you were better, and a better Man you will be. For as you think, you shall become. You cannot be a Prince until you think of yourself as one...and you cannot think of yourself as a Prince until you start acting like one.

To bear responsibility is to have power over your life's outcomes. So let's take responsibility for becoming the Men we wish to be. Let's get out there and do something about it, let's treat ourselves better than we'd treat anyone else. The goal is to eventually believe that you are more valuable than anyone else. But your actions must reflect that first. Give it some time, and other people will begin to hold that same belief about you.

Some people call this "selfishness", but I prefer to call it "staying true to yourself." The two are one in the same, but the latter provides a clear motivation for being selfish. You get ONE life and there's nothing wrong with being self-interested. Fuck what anyone else thinks...I would never suggest for someone to live their life in an unfulfilling manner, i.e. holding other people's interests in a higher regard than their own, even in the absence of a clear incentive for doing so. By definition, that's manipulation. You are above that. Start living a life that's worth living, a life in which you reap the benefits for your hard work. If that's truly what you want, then here's your next step: work hard for yourself.

You can only have value if your actions reflect that. Otherwise, you are at the mercy of other people. And being a slave to other people's interests is not the type of life that you deserve. Put yourself first. Be the Prince, and treat yourself like one. Otherwise, no one else will. It's your responsibility.

We men are tasked with the responsibility of creating our own happiness. Without an abundance of happiness, we won't have any to share with our women, we'll have none to share with our family, and we sure as hell won't have any to share with our deserving friends who loyally stand by our side. To please others, we must first please ourselves. It takes some real balls to fully take on that responsibility. So I, tits_out_forTheBoys, challenge you to do exactly that from this point forward. I challenge you to tap into the type of determination that only results from striving to build something for yourself. I challenge you to have the guts to take no short cuts when you're doing what's necessary to achieve your goals. I fucking dare you to make your dreams a reality. Show the world what you're made of because otherwise, you're nothing...not to me, not to anyone else, not even to yourself. You have value? Fucking prove it. Start doing shit for you and become valuable, then keep going. Live a life that you'll be proud of when you're old. Don't be the sad old fuck who's afraid to die because he never accomplished what his heart desired.

Fellow man, let's take responsibility for creating meaning in our lives. Let's watch that meaning arise from our own doing. Let's bask in the pride of creating something for ourselves, and let's reap all the admiration that people go out of their way to throw at us.

We can all be great if we just believe that we can be, and everyone will believe that we are great when we're following through with our responsibilities to be great Men. Do for you what a great Man does for himself, and never stop doing it. Ignoring that responsibility is a burden, but accepting that responsibility is your Power. It's something that's worth putting in your greatest amount of time and effort to attain.