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New book on discovering traditional 'manhood'

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    Author urges dads to step outside box

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Our men pay attention so what defines a man's role in this world our next guess is all about the process of stepping out of your comfort -- his new book details his discovery a man who threw an unexpected gift from his father a twelve gauge shotgun joining us now with Craig and not all throughout.

And now we still do manly things discover remanded to the great.

And not so great American good morning good morning -- So a shotgun was the thing that got you to realize women may be I'm not a man or -- need to become more of a.

You know I was actually having my third child my daughter made me feel it but right about the time we brought -- home my dad.

Called me into his workshop -- I wanna give you something.

Yes and you know it's 33 years old and receiving my first gun it was a it was a it was a surreal experience but it they got me thinking -- I'm.

That was a very important moment for him for some reason and so how do it.

Make the most of it and image and so I set out on this journey to learn how to hunts.

And I came away understanding my -- a whole lot more and and sort of what it means to.

To really be present what did you learn about your dad and what did you learn about yourself.

What I learned is we what we have in common is this need to step out of our our lives of responsibility.

And and routine and actually get out into the the natural world and this.

This larger world where you're nice and small and so are your problems.

-- he loves being in the woods in the morning in and I -- it again.

And you talk about is not just anecdotes in your book when you talk about the sort of generational divide something that perhaps my dad your dad.

Was it was a fan of being a man getting up there with schools and doing different things with with her hand with his hands and why why have we gotten away from that we've and we become as -- one producer likes to say what seems.

No I don't think we have I just think the role of -- man has changed so much in a generation.

Marriage is different than it was and our parents generation certainly and -- in our grandparents' generation parenting is different.

And a lot of money men find themselves.

They get up they go to work in the morning they come home there with their kids they go to bed they get up to go to work in the morning -- come -- there with the kids go to bed and you fall into this routine where we.

We don't make time for ourselves.

At all and I think men are terrible at that.

And through the process is -- book I realize you're better off spending two days by yourself.

Everything and this is this a successful -- interesting book in talking to people as you promoted another man what do they say may have done in terms of having that experience and -- the father and grandfather and and becoming a a man.

-- -- not so -- and the world from this a friend of mine who has been with the other day became a furniture maker I mean it was I met his grandfather did and his grandfather passed away and he inherited his tools and it's at the corner of his garage -- -- Is that I'm gonna use these and dot that he had something that was his that was just his that he could do you could force sort of that.

That creative energy into and it made a lot of difference where it is for me it was I needed to go somewhere -- -- make an appointment.

To go learn how to do something in and -- -- -- -- when -- learned -- -- -- -- LL -- and I would I -- I -- And I made these appointments were had to step outside in my life get on a plane and -- learn how -- feel about it she is absolutely wonderful about it she said that when I came home from doing it I was difference.

Real I was more president I was more attentive and I wanted to be there and as such she's been supportive subsequently -- and me going and doing his thing.

And even bring a lot of wild wild game home for dinner which is always.

Thought well I'm on my own area.

-- -- book the book is called and now we shall do manly things check it out grab on your Kindle.

He says he's a reminder for all of us men thanks Craig good thank you.

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