Book One of 10 · The lead volume
The Expanded Manifesto
Nine arenas. One code. A standard worth practising.
You can agree with every decent principle in the world and still be a bloody handful to live with. The manifesto lives in that gap. It sets out a standard you can actually practise: take responsibility for your part, use your strength with care, keep learning and leave room for other people. Then it carries that standard through nine arenas: being a man, money, selling, conflict, bullies, dating, divorce, leadership and spotting a con. It tests the code when promises collide, damage needs repair and a man has to begin again. Plain English, dry humour, fictional scenes and FACT panels that name their sources. No rented sports car required.
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Part One, Know the Code: what a Silverback is, the state of modern man, retiring the old script, what your grandfather knew, and the bloke selling you a version of yourself
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Part Two, Take the Code into Life: a chapter for each of the nine arenas, each pointing to its own companion volume
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Part Three, When the Code Gets Tested: when two good things collide, owning the damage, starting again, and showing up for a mate
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Part Four, Live the Bloody Thing: the five threads, the Silverback Code of ninety principles grouped by arena, and the next thirty days
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Every chapter closes with REAL TALK, FIELD DRILL and THE SILVERBACK SAYS, with sources and Australian support pages at the back
The Silverback says
The sign can stay on the wall. Just make sure the bloke standing underneath it is doing his share of the work.
From the back cover
The manifesto sets the code for the series: a sharp, honest guide to resilience, responsibility, humour, leadership and standing your ground in modern Australia. Built for real life. Written with bite. If a mate would find something useful here, tell him. Better still, make time for a conversation.
General information and commentary, not individual medical, psychological, legal, tax or financial advice. FACT panels name their sources, and the Australian support numbers are printed in the back.
The Nine Arenas
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Being a Man
Character, purpose and the daily work of becoming dependable, including asking for help.
The field manual →
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Money
Habits, risk and financial decisions, from the bottom of the world.
The field manual →
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Selling
Listening, explaining value and following through. Remember the person across the table.
The field manual →
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Conflict
Difficult conversations, composure and repair, without demanding the last word.
The field manual →
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Bullies
From the sandpit to the nursing home. Strength without becoming another bully.
The field manual →
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Dating
Honesty, curiosity, consent and rejection. Meet people without an exhausting performance.
The field manual →
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Divorce
Separation, children and rebuilding. Keep your head and protect what matters.
The field manual →
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Leadership
Decisions, responsibility and listening. The standard others experience.
The field manual →
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Spotting a Con
Pressure, flattery and missing information. Pause before committing.
The field manual →
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Arena 1
The standard you practise when nobody is arranging an audience.
Integrity, mental health, fatherhood, friendship, work, failure and starting again. The first arena taken deeper, in twenty-three chapters about the man people actually live with.
Arena 2
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.
Arena 8
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.
Arena 9
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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