Book One · The lead volume
The Manifesto
Nine arenas. One code. A standard worth practising.
The lead volume and the foundation of the first ten books. The code, the map of all nine arenas and ninety principles to practise, in one place.
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The Silverback's Guide to Being a Man
Character. Responsibility. A life you can stand behind.
The standard you practise when nobody is arranging an audience.
You can buy an extraordinary number of instructions about being a man. Some are sensible. Others arrive beside a rented sports car. This book is not another performance to maintain. It is about the man people actually live with: the one who checks he can keep a promise, can be wrong without making everybody else pay for it, and knows kindness and a backbone can share a body. It covers integrity, mental health, staying alive, physical health, relationships, fatherhood, estranged children, friendship, purpose, failure and legacy. You do not need to have read the manifesto first. Everything needed to follow this book is here.
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Inside the book
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The Standard: what happened to men, the manosphere, the people who built the world, what your grandfather knew, the gentleman, and integrity
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Look After Yourself: mental health, staying alive, when a mate is struggling, and physical health. The staying-alive chapter opens with urgent help, not a scene
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How You Live With People: relationships, fatherhood, estranged children, being the example, when you have been the problem, and friendship
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Build an Ordinary Life and When Life Changes: social media, purpose, work ethic, handling failure, standing up, rebuilding and legacy
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The Nine Arenas
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Being a Man
Character, purpose and the daily work of becoming dependable, including asking for help.
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Money
Habits, risk and financial decisions, from the bottom of the world.
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Selling
Listening, explaining value and following through. Remember the person across the table.
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Conflict
Difficult conversations, composure and repair, without demanding the last word.
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Bullies
From the sandpit to the nursing home. Strength without becoming another bully.
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Dating
Honesty, curiosity, consent and rejection. Meet people without an exhausting performance.
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Divorce
Separation, children and rebuilding. Keep your head and protect what matters.
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Leadership
Decisions, responsibility and listening. The standard others experience.
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Spotting a Con
Pressure, flattery and missing information. Pause before committing.
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Money & Investing
Make money your tool, not your master.
Household basics, super, the ASX, index funds, global investing, property, bonds, risk, tax and crypto, with the foundations laid first. Twenty-one chapters, forty golden rules, three field sheets.
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Leadership
Stepping out of the shadows without the costume.
The lie of leadership. Goggins, Robbins, Brené and Jocko, translated. The seven fears of being seen. Hard calls, hiring, firing and the 3am founder mind. Twenty-eight chapters, fifty laws.
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Spotting a Con
Fog, speed and shame, and the answer to each.
Cialdini's six levers. The scam factory. The Man in the Lanyard. Romance, crypto and the changed bank detail. Twenty chapters, fifty laws of not getting done, and twenty-five lines for pausing, checking or declining.
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