- 🗓 01.10.2023 🗓 -

#Issue48

Learning never exhausts the mind. - Leonardo Da Vinci

Welcome to this weeks 'Modern Man' Newsletter

Tom here 👋 (The voice behind the project) @tomwatsonuk​

Here is you're round up of the best content, articles and resources (and personal insights) to help you live a better connected and more enriched life as the

MODERN MAN

-Physically - Mentally - Emotionally - Spiritually - Intellectually - Financially-

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-❝ Quote of the week ❞-

Philosopher Simone Weil on the value of risk:

“Risk is an essential need of the soul. The absence of risk produces a kind of boredom which paralyses in a different way from fear, but almost as much.”

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- ✍️ Executive Summary ✍️-

In todays issue we are getting to grips with:

-Becoming a Father

-Natural Dopamine Hits

-The Man Who Died Without Ever Seeing a Woman

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❓ -WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MAN-❓

3 things I learnt this week that ponders what it might mean (or not) to be a man living in the modern world.

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1) Fatherhood

I am soon to become a father so, naturally, been thinking about this alot lately.

I am super excited but also mindful that my life is going to significantly change so I want to be best equipped to be able to adapt and be the best father I can possibly be from the jump!

I was sent a recent Modern Wisdom Podcast where Chris sat down with Dr Anna Machin where they discussed the question: Do You Actually Need A Father to Raise A Child?

In short: The answer is absolutely!

​Full episode can be found here ​

The below clip was an interesting take away for me on fatherhoods effect on mens testosterone levels...

When you do become a father for the first time your testosterone drops significantly (upto a third!)

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2) One man died without ever seeing a woman in his life....

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Legend has it that a Greek Orthodox monk called Michael Tolotos died in 1938 at the age of 82, without EVER seeing a woman. Be very surprised, the man never knew, in his 82 years of existence, what a woman looked like.

​Read more about it here​

In Summary:

📜 A monk named Michael Tolotos died in 1938 at 82 without ever seeing a woman.

🏞️ Michael was abandoned at a monastery after his mother's death and lived his life within its walls.

🚷 A law from 1060 banning women and animals on Mount Athos was in force, and Michael never left the monastery.

⛪ Even today, only male tourists are allowed inside the monastery, and monks can't engage in certain activities.

🌐 Michael's story is scarcely talked about, making it hard to find information online or in books.

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3) Fathers Effects on Educational Outcomes

Children whose fathers read, play, sing and draw with them show a “small but significant” increase in their educational attainment at primary school, according to research that suggests just 10 minutes a day could make a difference.

​Read Full Article Here​

In Summary:

📚 Research from the University of Leeds indicates that fathers have a unique and significant impact on children's educational outcomes.

📖 Children benefit from fathers who engage in activities such as reading, playing, singing, and drawing, showing a small but meaningful increase in educational attainment, especially in primary school.

🤹‍♂️ The recommended involvement includes as little as 10 minutes a day, emphasizing the importance of regular and diverse interactions.

🏫 The study suggests that fathers should actively participate in playful and educational activities, enriching cognitive and language development in children.

🧠 The positive effects of father involvement were noted both before a child starts primary school and at the age of five, particularly enhancing achievements in key stage 1 assessments, with a slight emphasis on mathematics.

🤝 While mothers impact emotional and social behaviors, fathers' engagement plays a crucial role in educational attainment, emphasizing the need for shared childcare responsibilities.

🎓 The study recommends that schools and early education providers actively involve fathers, and even proposes considering father engagement in school inspections.

🌐 The research, based on a sample of nearly 5,000 mother-father households in England, underscores the positive impact of fathers regardless of the child's gender, ethnicity, age, or household income.

💼 Encouraging and supporting fathers to share childcare responsibilities with mothers from an early stage is highlighted as critical for better academic performance.

📰 Published findings based on the Millennium Cohort Study suggest that father involvement remains beneficial despite potential challenges like early poverty.

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⚡️-UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL-⚡️

As men we all live with blind spots!

It's time to unlock your potential, continue to set the exemplar for others to follow and become the multi faceted man you always wanted to be in these 3 core areas of life...

🧠 - Health- 💪🏻

One from me this week...Focus on getting your daily dose of dopamine naturally....

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- 💸 Wealth, Career & Business💸 -

Offft this cut deep....

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❤️ Relationships & Sex ❤️

When she ignores your texts you gotta improvise....

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🔋-OPTIMISE YOUR LIFE-🔋

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- 🤓 Physical Hack 🤓 -

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A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

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- 💻 Digital Hack 💻 -

Unsubscribe in bulk from all of those annoying newsletters (uhumm not ours)

Check Out 'Leave Me Alone'​

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🤖 - AI - 🤖

Google Maps is getting a serious upgrade with AI integrated within...

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💭-SMALL TALK & NUGGETS OF WISDOM-💭

-Stay Interested and Stay Interesting-

Become well rounded and the most interesting man in the room.... (Or at the water cooler?)

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-📆 On This Day 📆 -

On this day in 2017 From his hotel room in Las Vegas 64-year-old gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a music festival, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds before taking his own life; it surpassed the Orlando shooting (2016) as the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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-💭Wisdom💭 -

A thought:

We would care far less about what other people thought about us if we realised how rarely they did.

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-🌀 Cool & Random🌀-

You need to check out Sphere Vegas...

Crazy Visuals at the recent U2 concert!

Go steady on the mushrooms folks....

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-🧐 Did You Know 🧐 -

Under international law, the North Pole and the region of the Arctic Ocean surrounding it are not owned by any country

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-😆Just For Laughs 😆-

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🍿-What To Watch -🍿

Looking for a new thriller?

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- 🔠 'Word Of The Week' 🔠 -

Word: Fallacious

Pronunciation: fuh-ley-shuhs

Meaning: based on a mistaken belief; misleading.

In Use: "His fallacious arguments regarding eye-colour superiority failed to convince the panel."

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❓ Question ❓

How well do you know ones self? Like...Really.

​Heres a list of 50 Questions to ask yourself to help you in the art of introspection

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-🃏 ‘Dad Joke’ 🃏-

Two artists had an art contest. It ended in a draw.

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⁉️-Riddle-⁉️

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Last Weeks Riddle: Two trains, 100 miles apart, are moving toward each other at 50 mph. A fly flies from the front of one train to the other at 75 mph. When do they meet?

Answer: In 1 hr

This Weeks Riddle: There is a three digit number. The second digit is four times as big as the third digit, while the first digit is three less than the second digit. What is the number?

Answer: Revealed in nexts weeks issue!

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📸Image Of The Week 📸

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