256 - The 90-Day Practice That Turns Comfort-Addicted Men Into Men With Agency with Dane Sanders

About this episode

Dane Sanders discusses the importance of practicing voluntary discomfort to build resilience in the face of life's challenges.

Text Us Your Feedback! (Likes, Dislikes, Guest/Conversation Recommendations). Most men wait for hardship to teach them resilience. Dane Sanders watched his best friend Tim Kruger — an Ironman triathlete — die of stomach cancer at 50. Tim's parting insight: "I'm really glad I practiced voluntary discomfort before involuntary discomfort chose me." That single line became the foundation of everything Dane has built since. This is a conversation about mortality, meaning, and why choosing the har...

People in this episode

Guest: Dane Sanders

Topics covered

• resilience
• voluntary discomfort
• mortality
• meaning
• self-improvement

Keywords

• resilience
• voluntary discomfort
• self-improvement
• mortality
• meaning

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Organizations: ManKind Project USA

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