Episode #152: Accepting The Cold Hard Truth Featuring Rich Cooper
“We've been told that men and women throughout decades are equals but we're not, we're actually complementary. If you actually set aside all the blah, blah, blah, and all the narratives, men and women are better together than what they really are separated and if they start to realize that we have different timelines, we have different strategies but if we work together, then things can be better for everybody.”
Rich Cooper
Author | Speaker | High Performance Coach
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When we were kids, there were a bunch of basic life lessons taught to us that were intended to help shape our understanding of the world and provide guidance as to how we should move through it. Things like: be yourself, follow the rules, get good grades in school, be respectful and be good to others are some of the more common to most of us. Given our lack of big world experience combined with our youthful naivety and optimism, we accepted what we were told and adopted them into our lives.
As time goes on and we begin to amass our own personal experiences as we journey towards adulthood, the realities of life reveal the cold hard truth about the world we live in and the rules we were given in our youth now have added context.
Being ourselves may not be the best advice to someone who's not satisfied with themselves or where they are in life and are looking change or the reality that getting good grades throughout middle school and high school isn’t enough to get you into your dream university or job.
When we follow too many societal norms we can quite easily lose some of our true selves. When we live the life we think we should live we stop living the life we want to live.
The cold hard truth can be sobering reality the day you decide to take control of your life, live the life you want to live and do things daily that bring you happiness and joy.
When you live in the truth, you're naturally content with life, you don’t seek approval or validation from others nor do you rely on others to feel good about yourself and lastly you accept the fact that life is far from perfect leaving room for an audacious way of living.
"Most guys get to a point where they hit what's rock bottom, or pretty close to rock bottom before they realize, okay, well, I had this theory that I bought into, which is often called as a safe world theory, by psychologists where you buy into the mainstream narrative. Go to school, get the degree, get married, she'll stay with you forever till kingdom come as long as you make your vows and blah, blah, blah, sort of thing and nothing will ever go sideways."
Richard Cooper is an entrepreneur, private equity investor, content creator, best selling author, speaker, and high performance coach.
Best known for his YouTube channel Entrepreneurs in Cars, and best selling book for men, The Unplugged Alpha, Richard has over 200 million video views from content that has helped many unplug from lies around relationships, money and self care.
Rich joins Audley on The Audacious Living Podcast and discusses the difference between what we're told and what we are, when do most guys hit rock bottom and the three things that forced him to take ownership for the results he was getting in life.
To learn more about Rich, visit his website:
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