The Authentic Man: A Guide to Happiness and Purpose

720 Pages·2015·1.118 MB·English

by  John Smith

The Authentic
Man:
A Guide to
Happiness and
Purpose

By:
John K. Smith

Contents
The Authentic Man: A Guide to
Happiness and Purpose
Contents
Introduction
PART ONE How Did I Get Here?
Am I Man Enough?
The Ten Types of Men
The Weak Man
The Provider
The Aggressor
The Pleaser
The Fixer
The Manipulator
The Avoider
The Comedian
The Knight
The Stoic
It's All an Illusion
The Book of "Shoulds"
The Road to Wholeness
Roadblocks to Wholeness
Finding Your Roadblocks
Emotional Wholeness
Questionnaire Instructions:
Emotional Wholeness
Questionnaire
PART TWO Who Am I?
Integrity
Who Are You?
Who Are You?
I Am
When I Am Not in Integrity, I
Become
PART THREE Untangling the Mess
The Well
The Life Preserver
Filling Your Bucket
Self-Containment
PART FOUR Staying On Track
Wake-Up Alarms
Changing the Channel
Your Emotional Thermometer
Into the Storm
PART FIVE What Is My Purpose in
Life?
Finding Your Purpose
Your Eulogy
Your Tombstone
Your Mission
PART SIX Where Am I Going?
Finding Your Destination
Who Is Steering Your Ship?
Pay It Forward (Write Your Own
Story)
My Movie
My Story
Pressing the Reset Button
PART SEVEN You Have Arrived!
You Are Home
The End
Afterword

Introduction
"Happiness does not depend on
outward things, but on the way we see
them."
—Leo Tolstoy
The 2014 well-publicized deaths of
comedian and actor Robin Williams, by
suicide, and actor Philip Seymour
Hoffman, from a drug overdose, have
caused many of us to stop and think
about how these two men, both highly
successful and accomplished with