I was listening to an episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast and his guest, who’s name I can’t remember, said men should train themselves to be fierce. I guess the people sitting next to me in rush hour traffic thought I had lost my mind because I was yelling “Yes!” at the top of the my lungs and high-fiving myself.
That’s something that is missing today. We aren’t teaching and training men to be fierce.
Why?
Because the left would tell you that it’s bad for men to be fierce. If they were that would be toxic masculinity (whatever the hell that means). This all started when a few 40-year old adolescents started beating on their wives to show how tough they were. That was their idea of being fierce. But that’s not fierce, that’s a coward.
So I put it this way “Train yourself to be fierce, then bring it under control”. Be able to protect yourself and those your care about. Be able to issue a beat down. But only when it’s necessary. A gentleman is the fiercest warrior on the planet but only his enemies know it. The rest of the world sees a man under complete control, who they don’t have to be afraid of.
A great example is Chicago Bear linebacker Mike Singletary. He started 172 games in 12 years with the Bears. During those games he made 1,488 tackles, intercepted 7 passes, and recovered 12 fumbles. That’s how he got in the Hall of Fame. Go search Youtube to see Mike in action. His eyes are the best illustration of fierce I’ve ever seen.
But that was not Singletary off the field. Off the field he was a dad to seven kids and an ordained minister.
He knew how to turn it off.
Joe Thiesman tells the story of interviewing Singletary for TV. Joe had retired but still remembered the crazed look in Singletary’s eyes from his playing days. But Thiesman said the thing that amazed him about Singletary during the 15 minute interview was his gentleness. He was amazed at what a different guy Mike was off the field.
That’s how you train yourself to be fierce then bring it under control.