- 🗓 22.10.2023 🗓 -

#Issue51

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 ❞-

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Helen Keller

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- ✍️ Executive Summary ✍️-

In todays issue we are getting to grips with:

-Sperm under a microscope

-The Seasons Of A Mans life -

-What Does It Mean to Make A Woman Happy?

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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) Ever wondered what sperm looks like under a microscope?....Look no further.

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2) The Shadow: A thought by Dr Robert A Glover

Extract from the book 'No More Mr Nice Guy' (Link: Amazon Uk - Link Amazon US)

As 'Nice Guys' try to avoid the dark side of their masculinity, they also repress many other aspects of this male energy force.

As a result, they often lose their sexual assertiveness, competitiveness, creativity, ego, thirst for experience, boisterousness, exhibitionism, and power.

Go watch little boys on the playground and you will see these qualities.

I am convinced that these are good things worth keeping.

One of the most visible consequences of the repression of masculine energy in 'Nice Guys' is their lack of leadership in their families.

Out of fear of upsetting their partner or appearing too much like their controlling, authoritarian, or abusive fathers, Nice Guys frequently fail to be the leader their family needs.

Consequently, the job of leading the family often falls on their wives. Most of the women I talk to don't want this job, but end up taking it by default.

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3) The Stages Of Masculinity

Really nice article on the different seasons of a mans life from cradle to grave from the perspective of various writers, sages, and philosophers.

​Read here​

My favourite is :

Ptolemy described each stage of life as being marked by certain characteristics, which were influenced by different celestial bodies.

1-4: Inarticulate state of the soul. Governing celestial body: Moon

4-14: The logical part of the soul is formed. Governing celestial body: Mercury

14-22: Youth. Impulse toward the embrace of love. Governing celestial body: Venus

22-41: Soul masters action, seriousness. Governing celestial body: Sun

41-55: Unhappiness, desire to accomplish. Governing celestial body: Mars

56-68: Thoughtfulness, dignity. Governing celestial body: Jupiter

68-death: Cooling, slowing down, dispirited. Governing celestial body: Saturn

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⚡️-UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL-⚡️

As men we all live with blind spots!

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

🧠 - Health- 💪🏻

Short & sweet one this week

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- 💸 Wealth, Career & Business💸 -

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❤️ Relationships & Sex ❤️

Deion Sanders take on what it means to keep a woman happy....

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🔋-OPTIMISE YOUR LIFE-🔋

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- 🤓 Physical Hack 🤓 -

The ultimate time saving productivity hack is saying No!

Remember: Be the CEO of NO!

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- 💻 Digital Hack 💻 -

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An Alternative to ‘Shazam’

Ever heard a song that's playing in public, but didn't know the name? You can ask Siri or Google "What's that song?" and it'll find out for you.

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🤖 - AI - 🤖

​Article: AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time​

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The Headlines

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• 💡 A 21-year-old computer science student, Luke Farritor, used machine learning to decode text from an ancient carbonized scroll found in Herculaneum, a city preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
• 📚 This achievement could unlock access to a treasure trove of texts from the only intact library of the Greco-Roman era, shedding light on ancient history and literature.
• 🧠 Farritor's algorithm revealed Greek letters on the papyrus by analyzing surface texture differences to bring out the ink.
• 🏆 The Vesuvius Challenge has led to significant progress in reading these ancient scrolls, encouraging collaborative efforts.
• 🤖 Farritor's success highlights the growing role of artificial intelligence in uncovering hidden knowledge from the past.

​Read More Here​

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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 2010 WikiLeaks, a website founded by Julian Assange that functioned as a clearinghouse for classified or otherwise privileged information, released thousands of U.S. documents relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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-💭Wisdom💭 -

"Big wins tend to be accompanied by some combination of bigger decisions, more uncertainty, and greater risk. If you want to play at a higher level, you need to be comfortable with greater swings of highs and lows: mentally, emotionally, financially. You can avoid the swings, but you might be forced to play at a lower level." James Clear

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-🌀 Cool & Random🌀-

This is cool! I had no idea the sample from the classic Fatboy Slim tune ' Right Here Right Now' is actually Angela Bassett's dialogue in Strange Days ​

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-🧐 Did You Know 🧐 -

There was a bear enlisted in the polish army who made it to the rank of Corporal during WW II. He also smoked, drank and carried weapons to the frontline during battles.

His name was Wojtek. ​

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-😆Just For Laughs 😆-

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🍿-What To Watch -🍿

​'Bodies' Is a great new Netflix series that shares similarities to German Hit Series 'Dark'

Watched most of it and would recommend! Kind of sci-fi / time travel vibes!

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- 🔠 'Word Of The Week' 🔠 -

Word: Eschatological

Pronunciation: es-kuh-tuh-loj-i-kuhl

Meaning: relating to death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.

In Use: "In some eschatological beliefs, the bear is a symbol of a powerful force that will play a significant role in the final events of the world."

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❓ Question ❓

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In your professional life, who do you admire most?

In your personal life, who do you admire most?

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-🃏 ‘Dad Joke’ 🃏-

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What is the opposite of a croissant? A happy uncle.

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⁉️-Riddle-⁉️

RIDDLE ME THIS!

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Last Weeks Riddle:How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction?

Answer: 22

This Weeks Riddle: Using the four letters below only, create a seven letter word.

UMNI

Answer: Revealed in nexts weeks issue!

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📸Image Of The Week 📸

​@tom_juenemann | Iseltwald, Switzerland

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💬-TALK CLUB-💬

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We offer global talking groups, sports groups and therapy to help keep men mentally fit.

​Click Here To Join The Community​

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