Remember The Matrix? 

There’s a part of that movie I love. The story does a great job of establishing the agents as threats. You can’t beat them in a fistfight. They’re fast enough to dodge bullets. 

All you can do is run. 

Then Neo comes along, bringing the promise that an ordinary human can overpower them. 

How amazing that must have been. Agents were pure death, pure destruction and pure evil. You’re not supposed to be able to defeat them. Learning that someone else can must have been a revelation. 

Neo, doing a bullet-time limbo, moves faster than anyone has ever moved. He dodged bullets just as agents do. 

It’s enough of a distraction for Trinity to shoot an agent from point blank. 

“Dodge this.” 

There’s a nice allusion to Jesus there, whether it was intentional or not. Christ can defeat death – therefore, so can you. 

And there’s a nice life lesson for you. 

“Oh no, I can’t defeat my adversaries. They can dodge bullets!” 

Then shoot them from such short range that they can’t dodge. 

Is it that easy? Obviously not. You could be strong, fast and cunning, and still fail. A little luck would go a long way. 

But it’s possible. That’s the point. Agents weren’t unbeatable – you just had to fight them differently. 

It’s a simple lesson. It’s an obvious one. But if it’s so obvious, then why have you forgotten it? 

How quickly the Red Pill movement changed from here’s how to get a girl, even in this modern age to waaah modern girls are bad so I’ll be single forever! Red Pill turned into MGTOW, even though they’re opposites. Red Pill is about ownership, improvement and doing what works. MGTOW is defeatism. 

MGTOWers blame society for corrupting women. What do you call the voluntary mass dissolution of the family unit? Isn’t MGTOW going to make things worse? 

“Why should I get with a 304 who can steal half my assets when she gets bored?” 

Why should you fight agents, even though they can dodge bullets? 

Sometimes, a man needs to do things that are difficult. He needs to take smart risks and figure out how to win, even with the odds stacked to the other side. 

Whatever your purpose, whatever you call peace, you’ll get more of that with the right relationship. 

Part of that means being secure in yourself. It means flexibility with everything except your purpose and principles. Those, you protect with iron. 

You’ll stand out from a crowd of boys in men’s bodies, eager to betray who they are and adapt to women at the mere promise of a kiss. 

The right woman will see your strength and crave to be part of your life. 

Now, there’s more to a happy and successful relationship than just having convictions. You’ll need to learn a lot – some of it beforehand, some of it on the fly. 

But without principles, boundaries and conviction, the rest are just empty techniques.  

And it’s hard to have those things and anxiety at the same time. 

Anxiety makes you vulnerable to influence. It undermines your boundaries, allowing anyone with a stern look to tell you what you think and believe. 

That ain’t good for you. 

That’s why I recommend walking The Virtus Path. Feeling more relaxed, secure and sure in your own skin helps with everything, including and especially the difficult and the impossible.  

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Story time: 

I heard this third hand and it was years ago. I might be misremembering details. It might never have happened. Who knows, this could be a famous story and I’m making a fool of myself. Or it’s been famously debunked and I just haven’t heard about it. 

It’s worth the risk. 

Because it’s plausible and there’s a lesson in it. 

Here’s how it allegedly went down. 

There was a venture capitalist firm where the VCs liked to play games to unnerve the pitchers. If the pitchers felt psychologically off-balance, they’d more likely agree to the VCs’s terms. 

Part of that involved the furniture.  

Pitchers would sit in low chairs before a large, imposing desk, with the VCs elevated on the other side. The height difference was huge. So was the desk. It was like begging outside the castle walls, rather than attending a business meeting. 

They had this setup for a while. And it must have worked on a lot of folks. Even if they spotted the power dynamics at play, what could they have done? 

Gone along with them? 

Called them out on it? 

Either way plays into the power dynamic. 

How someone overcame it? 

They walked in with a friendly, genuine smile and – before sitting in the tiny, lowered chair – extended their hand towards the VCs. 

Even though the desk was so big they could barely reach across it. 

And they waited. 

The VCs were so uncomfortable by the awkwardness of it all that they had the desk removed before continuing the meeting. 

The world teems with ridiculous people. It always has but, with the internet and low socialisation, it’s getting worse. 

That means you’ve had plenty of practice telling people they’re ridiculous. It doesn’t change anything. 

But making them feel ridiculous…? 

This technique took more than a handshake. It took genuine friendliness and an unflinching attitude. 

Being able to ride out an awkward silence is incredibly powerful. Most folks can’t stand pauses, so they’ll say or agree to things much quicker just to break the tension. 

That means you need to be able to ignore or overcome your anxiety. 

If you anxiously wait, it doesn’t apply any pressure to others. It just makes them want to ignore you. 

That’s why The Virtus Path is so great. 

With a few simple exercises, you can learn to overcome your anxiety, control your mental state and perform better under pressure. 

Find it here: 

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I was chatting with a rando online once. It was one of the usual pointless discussions that fill Facebarf forums. 

She was saying that “cis” isn’t an insult because it’s a scientific term. 

I said it is because it’s used as an insult, then provided a list of examples where that has happened to other words before. Meanings change. Whether it starts scientific or not – and I could easily argue that “cis” doesn’t even meet that standard – they can become insults.  

Like the n-word, the r-word, terms like idiot and moron… 

Out of nowhere, she made an argument I rate an A- for passion and weirdness. I wish I took a screenshot, because I can’t recreate it myself. It went something like: 

I know it’s not easy being associated with other cis people, who are often ignorant of how oppressive they are. Still, we need to be mindful of how our choices affect vulnerable minorities. Using the term helps create safety for them and helps undo the damage we’ve done from our place of privilege. We owe it to them. 

And the horrid beauty of that stuck me. 

Remember: evil can’t create, it can only corrupt. 

A big part of woke reasoning is you are born flawed and sinful. You’re white or a man or straight or rich or able-bodied – and you’re rich, pale-skinned and healthy compared to someone – therefore you’re drenched in sin. 

It’s like they look the idea of original sin and perverted it.  

With the real original sin, it’s a reminder to be humble and seek divine grace. God – and only God – can help you, so put your relationship with the Lord before all things. Even if you’re not a believer, see the metaphor in that. See the psychology at play here. 

With woke’s original sin, there’s no redemption. You’re still expected to try, though, and the only approved methods come from corrupt tyrants. The writer for a newspaper eagerly offers plenty of advice – or are they demands? – on how the hated demographic is supposed to live, signal-boosted by a chorus of clapping and fist-shaking.  

If you’re a kind and decent person, you might even believe it. No one wants to be part of an oppressive regime. If a simple change on your end can help innocent people, why shouldn’t you do it?  

So you slap your pronouns in your bio, feeling good about helping those who need it. 

But the key words there are: if, innocent. 

Question that. 

Who says it helps?  

Who says they’re not just as guilty of oppression and intolerance too? 

They say plastering your pronouns everywhere helps in subtle ways. Could it also hurt in subtle ways? Or do nothing? They offer no proof, no data and no verifiable ideas to back up their demands. 

With no evidence and flimsy logic to support their claims, you’re well within your rights to question them. 

It’s easier to question things like this when you aren’t anxious. 

Anxiety makes you want folks to stop judging you, to find acceptance from the loudest voices in the room. 

Is that how you want to live? Following the whims of those who could be thugs, tyrants or simply confused? Wouldn’t you rather reflect on what they want from you and make up your own mind? 

Like I said, it’s easier without anxiety flooding you. 

It’s easier with The Virtus Path: 

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The WHO routinely post articles and studies on how bad exercise is for you. 

There was a recent one talking about how ultra-processed foods are good for you because they contain fibre. 

If you go to the gym, train in martial arts, play team sports or have weights at home, you’re probably on a terrorist watchlist.  

(I’d say I’m exaggerating there, but that would age poorly.) 

Every day, society tells men to be weak, submissive and apologetic. They’ve taken the idea of original sin, called virtuous evil and then applied it to the boys. 

They hate your masculinity – your urge to be better and your yearning to face evil. 

That’s why they tell you men should open up and be vulnerable – that’s how you get the ladies, fellahs!  

They say the only good man is an ally – an enabler of whatever cocktail of reasonable grievances and deranged hallucinations others have today. Even wonder if maybe you should enforce your own boundaries or standards? You’re done. 

You have real advantages in life, but also genuine struggles. Don’t play to your strengths, they say – that’s toxic. Don’t discuss your struggles, they say – that’s privilege gone mad. 

Culture uniformly depicts men in the worst ways. If you’re a young man today, I don’t know who your idols could be. You don’t have any Luke Skywalkers or Aragons. Maybe you were lucky enough to have Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, before they slowly got demeaned or replaced by dull, obnoxious, interchangeable alternatives. 

Most of the world is telling you to be weak. 

Be strong anyway. 

No one will thank you for it, but don’t let that stop you. In time, it won’t even bother you. 

Begin with your mental resilience. 

Begin with walking The Virtus Path: 

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I’d never say that lightly. 

Too many of you struggle with it. It used to cripple me and I won’t pretend that I’m fully past my anxiety. 

But it really can be a superpower. 

In fact, the very thing that causes it can be the thing that saves you from it. 

Elegance is a clue to truth. When a problem can be its own solution, you have to stop and marvel at it. 

What am I banging on about? 

Well, I give the full answer in The Virtus Path – my guide to using your own anxious neurons to overcome your anxiety. 

It helps a lot, especially given how quick and simple it is. 

Yeah, quick and simple – but unlikely to be anything you’ve done before. 

The overview of how it works? 

If you’re ever anxious, it’s likely because you think in a certain way.  

Not everyone thinks like that – at least, not as much as you do. 

That style of thinking makes the anxiety worse. 

But it can also, with the right attitude, make it better. 

You’ll learn that quickly in The Virtus Path: 

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I like the ambiguity of the subject line there.

Anyway, let’s get down to it.

What if you could do a find and replace on your emotions, swapping out anxiety for calm confidence?

Is that something you want?

Do you want it badly enough to be willing to put up with a bit of weirdness and unconventional exercises?

I mean, some folks would say that this being something new is a good thing…

The Virtus Path is short. You can (and should) do it all in a few hours (maybe not all at once) and in private.

When you’re done, you’ll have a simple and discreet way of transforming your anxiety into something more useful. Over time, this will become a habit so you don’t even have to think about it.

It’s no miracle cure. You might still feel anxious in some circumstances.

That’ll be rarer. Even then, though, you’ll be much better able to handle it.

Most of the time, you won’t even have to think about it. You’ll just be smoother, calmer and more productive without any further effort on your part.

Once you’ve but the effort in up front and read through The Virtus Path, that is.

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The internet is lousy with advice on how to appear more confident.

Most of it boils down to pretending you have your manure together.

Dress well – so you can pretend you have a great job.

Stand up straight – to pretend you command respect.

Be decisive – as if you actually know what you’re doing.

These can all help, but the best way to feel more confident isn’t to fake it. It’s to cultivate it, practice it, harness it and amplify it.

Because everyone naturally feels confident every day.

“Not me. I can’t remember the last time I felt anything but on edge.” Oh? Are you currently in the fetal position, rocking back and forth as you bury your face in your hands, screaming at the top of your lungs?

No – if you were, you wouldn’t be reading this.

So if you could be more anxious than this, then you must be feeling at least some confidence.

You know what the word means – what it feels like.

It’s already there in your muscles, just waiting for you to experience it.

That’s why The Virtus Path entrains calm focus into your muscles. The expression is it’s like riding a bike for a reason. Once it’s in your body, you can always remember it.

At the end of the Path is a damn useful state of mind – one that transmutes anxiety into a host of better things.

And it used your muscle memory so it’s always there. There’s no escaping from it. You might get a little rusty at it if you neglect it, but you’ll never forget it.

Imagine that. If you struggle with anxiety, you’re clearly good at clinging onto emotions for a while.

So why not learn to cling to something more useful?

You can learn how by reading The Virtus Path and doing all the exercises:

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Sometimes, anxiety comes from a craving for safety.

It’s dangerous to trust other people sometimes. If they take advantage of that, they can hurt you in deep and profound ways.

I’ve been there. I know how bad it is to trust the wrong person.

But I have to ask the obvious question here:

How safe is your approach?

If your strategy is to regard people and opportunities with fear, then that’s even more dangerous. It’s just slower and more subtle in how it strangles the vitality from you.

What you need is an approach where you can trust others without being gullible about it.

That’s why safety is so core to The Virtus Path.

After all, it’s safer to know how to take care of yourself than to try to avoid all danger. In life, a conservative approach is the riskiest one. You need to know how to handle yourself.

Anything else is dangerous.

The end of The Virtus Path is a state of mind that includes a concern for safety. That includes your emotional and financial safety, not just the physical variety.

It doesn’t just contain that. It also includes deep focus and comfort.

But it’s almost as if striking a balance is the best way forward here. Taking chances on people while protecting yourself is the only winning strategy here. Everything else is a slow death.

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Plenty of folks see anger and happiness as opposites.

Or, if not opposites, at least on opposite teams.

Happiness is good and anger is bad.

… right?

Not so. Anger is a dangerous thing to work with – one that can cause obvious harm if mishandled.

So’s plutonium and maybe that’s exactly what you need.

Part of The Virtus Path is using the enormous energy of your anger to defuse your anxiety. If that sounds risky, it’s why I built in so many safety features into that part of the exercise.

I recommend you respect those safety features because, with them, you can use anger as a reagent to transform your state from anxious to calm and focused.

Yes, I said reagent in that last sentence. Other folks might have used catalyst in its place, but that’s not strictly right. A catalyst facilitates a reaction without participating in it. A reagent facilitates a reaction and is consumed in the process.

Anger might be one of the ingredients, but it doesn’t linger. It won’t leave you any angrier – if anything, it’ll do the opposite.

That’s assuming you follow the safety procedures, that is.

But, hey, that’s true of most things.

If you’re mature enough to follow instructions to the letter, knowing that it’ll liberate you from something that’s been holding you back for so long, then begin walking the Path here:

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The Virtus Path is a real thing.

At least, it will be once you finish building it.

It’s not a metaphor – not entirely, anyway. It’s an actual, physical pathway that starts at anxiety and ends with feeling calm, focused, productive and optimistic.

Walking it, though, is a metaphor.

That wouldn’t be hard, given how short it is. How short? About half the length of your forearm, if not shorter. That would hardly appease your pedometer app, now, would it? It might not even register a pathway that long as a single step.

What good is a Path that’s only a few inches long?

Ask that to a microchip. Short pathways let you walk them fast.

And that’s the point. You want to be able to move from anxiety to focus quickly. If it takes too long, that would defeat the point – and prolong your suffering.

No, I’d rather that you move out of any anxiety, uncertainty or overwhelm smoothly.

I’m sure you’d rather that too.

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