His concept of manhood is essentially egotism and arrogance and a 'might is right' mentality. While he clearly expresses that weak men are a problem, he does not seem to believe that a real man would understand that there are limits to the 'alpha male' attitude that separate a strong man and a tyrant. By that I mean that the author would likely consider Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Mugabe etc. as 'real men'. Availability Bias applies to the individual who extrapolates from the founder’s story that startup success is plausible.

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This book is a hastily written stream of consciousness that connects a bunch of interesting statements from a handful of other books that he may or may not have read. In fact, the best thing I got from this book was a list of books that I'm fairly confident are much better than this one. To be a strong man, Aarnio argues that you must work. This is your purpose as a man: to do whatever allows you to provide for your woman and your family. Aarnio contends that if you stop working, you lose your purpose and so lose your masculinity; therefore, both retirement and relying on the government for survival are unmanly. You should always be chasing as much money and power as possible, as both allow you to control your life, which is inherently manly. As Aarnio notes, many men grow frustrated by women’s illogical behavior—like when they ask their men to prioritize them but lose attraction when they do. But this is simply a feature of feminine energy; feminine women live moment-to-moment and are easily swayed by their feelings, unlike more rational, logical men. So don’t try to ignore her volatility or make her less volatile; if you do, you’ll push her toward masculinity, lose your attraction to her, and end the relationship. Instead, accept her for who she is and understand that without her occasionally frustrating feminine energy, you won’t be together. Modern-Day Homosexuality Is Unmanly The author himself had stumbled down a similar treacherous path, then found himself but this only achieved through studying the greats and their histories. This motivated his entrepreneurial path, where he went on to owning a successful real estate business. He was a mentor to employees and thankfully shared his wisdom, as he himself wonderfully champions, ‘this book is rated R, for relevant.’All his arguments are shallow, inaccurate, mixed with some common knowledge that I can see why it can be appealing to a young and confused audience. For example, this book talks about leaving the 'EU' as a negative point, however if you actually look in to the formation of the EU, the outstanding debt, the system is flawed itself, and it has not even been around for three decades. Therefore why would you stay in a broken system? If you don't want to go deeper into the subjects, it sums up pretty much every important aspect of 4 crucial topics: So, absolutely, this book is recommended to all males, and particularly young males. The awareness the author had in numerous disciplines, coupled with the fundamentals to promote masculinity and the re-education on the strong men being necessary for society, was outstanding.

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Let’s dive into this one a little because I know you’re probably thinking, What the hell does that mean? Well it’s kinda simple actually, a woman’s ultimate want is to be able to control her man. But if she gets to fulfill that want and dominates you completely, she will not be happy and will move on to another man that she can’t control. End of Preview——— Like what you just read? Read the rest of the world's best book summary and analysis of Stefan Aarnio's "Hard Times Create Strong Men" at Shortform.

Full Book Name: Hard Times Create Strong Men: Why the World Craves Leadership and How You Can Step Up to Fill the Need Ideally, if this book shaped and motivated men to be strong men, with a purpose and disciplined work focus. With distractions such as porn mitigated, and a relationship with a woman prioritised and established. This then provides a foundation towards building a family, and would be an outstanding legacy for the author. But upon closer inspection, the superlative “strong men, easy times” or “weak men, hard times” is not only optimistic – it is equally pessimistic, if not more so. Not many try to become heroes, and of those who try, not many succeed – an idea we will shortly return to. The next issue is that it is not even realistic. This ‘strong men’ statement was harped on numerous times throughout the book, and each time with a different angle of research, complimented by historical examples. This content was confronting but relevant, and was key for the necessary mindset and behaviour change. As the author quoted from Gene Simmons,