The Seven Masculine Archetypes | FRIDAY FIELD NOTES
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What does it mean to be a man? What are the archetypes of what it means to be masculine? How do they differ from each other and how do they relate to masculinity? In this episode, we discuss the 7 masculine archetypes and how to identify them.
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My intention today, guys, was to give you these archetypes,
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not to pigeonhole you into being one or the other
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It's just so you can start seeing how you view yourself
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where do you fall and where do you want to fall?
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We're just looking at what our strengths and weaknesses are,
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and how we can shore up the areas we're not so great at
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You live life to the fullest, embrace your fears,
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When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time, every time.
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You are not easily deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient, strong.
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At the end of the day, and after all is said and done,
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Men, today I want to talk with you about seven masculine archetypes.
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A lot of the information I'm going to share with you
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Warrior King, Magician Lover by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette.
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But we've adapted it and added some different archetypes in here
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because I don't think that we all fit into one of those four categories.
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And quite honestly, I don't think we all fit perfectly
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into one of the seven categories that I'm going to give to you today.
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Inevitably, when I talk about what it means to be a man and masculinity,
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I'm often met with questions about the warrior archetype.
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That if a man can't be a quote-unquote warrior,
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I think these archetypes, as I share them with you today,
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and help you understand, in the absence of some of the skills
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that we would generally attribute to manliness and masculinity,
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there still are ways to incorporate your personality,
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a useful tool to influence those people around you
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seven of the masculine archetypes that I've identified.
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And then we'll talk about the pros and the cons
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And I think at the core of what it means to be a man
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is to be just that, a protector, a provider, and a presider.
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So if we break that down to protect physically,
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mentally, emotionally, to protect our loved ones
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and then to preside, which is synonymous with leadership,
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leading them effectively, leading them righteously,
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to protect, provide, and preside for other people.
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Now, as we know that that is the foundation of,
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and I think many of you listening would agree with that,
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if that's the foundation of what it means to be a man,
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Well, there's a lot of different ways to do that.
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And typically, when we think of what it means to be a man,
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And those are two that are predominantly masculine.
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We're gonna talk about that, but there's five others.
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He has a clear vision for what that looks like,
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and he's able to articulate that in a very clear way.
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and emotional fortitude to do the difficult things
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that are not part of his quote-unquote kingdom.
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He knows how to communicate effectively with them.
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So if we're to look in culture today, relevant kings,
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or even appreciate the type of people they are.
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that those people probably wouldn't go on their own.
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and his ability to communicate that effectively
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in spite of what everybody else might think of him.
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and yes, we can debate his morals and principles
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and certainly there's room for discussion there.
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But there's no denying that he is a king archetype.
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and he knows how to speak directly to who they are.
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And guys, if you're going to adopt this king mindset
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If we look at it in the context of order of man,
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So everything that I share and talk with you about
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and the attributes and the virtues of these individuals
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and really filter them through how you're showing up
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and how the people in your lives are showing up,
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willing to express and share his beliefs and his ideas,
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and then obviously creates this incredible empire.
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You are creating something bigger than yourself.
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Millions and millions of men who listen to this podcast
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And again, we don't have to agree with or like them,
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but these are examples of what it means to be a king.
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most people would probably think of either the king
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or somebody that falls into the warrior category.
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Not that they're all warriors in that they've joined the military,
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they have a deep sense of obligation to protect their people,
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to protect people who are less than capable of protecting themselves.
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because of the nature of his work and career as a Navy SEAL
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but this is somebody we can all agree is a warrior.
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He has a deep sense of belief of right and wrong,
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And he's willing to stand for what he believes in so much so that he's
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willing to lay his life down in order to defend and protect that ideal.
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The other one I was going to mention is somebody like Cam Haynes.
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He's running a marathon just about every single day.
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Another person that comes to mind is somebody like Bedros Koulian.
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and has created incredible organizations with Fit Body Bootcamp and Modern Day Night Project
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and the Squire Program and the other programs that he's created.
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you can clearly see that this is a warrior's heart.
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Somebody has a deeply seated belief in what is right and what is wrong.
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I don't even think it's in his DNA to sit back and let things happen
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if it's something that is in conflict with his ideal of the way that he sees life.
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I'm just pulling a couple out that come to mind immediately for me.
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Am I willing to say and do what needs to be said and done in order to protect that ideal?
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Do I believe enough in this thing that I'm willing to lay down my life?
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we're tying it back to the masculine ideal of being a protector,
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And all of these things can be done in each one of these archetypes.
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I'm not going to say that these are always so black and white,
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or that we fit perfectly into these labels that we create.
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it's not even my goal to label these men or even you.
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It's my goal to help you see what masculinity looks like in various forms,
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so that you can take your strengths and make those better.
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And you can take your weaknesses and shore those up.
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I think they would talk a little bit about the magician.
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The jester is an integral part of the community.
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We give the jester permission to say the things in jest.
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that phrase comes from in jest that we ordinary civilians don't give
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ourselves the same permission to say we have to have that outlet.
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This is somebody who likes to make people laugh and sees life as just a
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process of enjoyable experiences and wants to have fun.
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And wants to play and wants to go on adventure.
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And these are crucial aspects of what it means to be a man.
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And also I want to say that each one of these archetypes taken to the extreme
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The warrior taken to the extreme becomes incapable of empathy and compassion and
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And a lot of the times could even be unsuccessful because he's so worried about making light of
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he's not really applying himself the way that he otherwise could.
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So it's important to know that this is a spectrum.
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but then you have somebody who's just the class clown and the idiot.
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You have the warrior taken to the extreme is also could be looked at as a tyrant or a warrior for
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So the jester who comes to mind in the jester category?
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we're able to see Theo Vaughn live here in Southern Utah.
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And he was always willing to poke fun at himself,
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He poked fun at everybody else and it breaks the tension.
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It's the vent that society needs in order to just not to take everything in life so
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The jester is the person who makes it possible.
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Another one that comes to mind that maybe you wouldn't initially think of is somebody
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another guy who pokes fun at things that aren't always so convenient to laugh at.
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and I think there's a new movie Deadpool versus Wolverine or Deadpool and Wolverine.
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but I can rest assured knowing that Ryan Reynolds is going to be the sarcastic,
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So another person that comes to mind is somebody like Dave Chappelle.
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And what I really appreciate about somebody like Dave Chappelle is Dave actually tackles
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real challenging societal issues that are always a little bit confronting,
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always a little bit polarizing and challenging.
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we can debate and talk about whether or not we agree with his opinions,
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but you cannot debate that he falls into the gesture archetype.
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And he does it in a way that actually gets the real issues to the surface so that people can
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I think that a lot of the times we discount comedians their intelligence because we think
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the way Theo Vaughn thinks about things sometimes sounds ridiculous,
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but it's also really interesting if you think about it and having those outlets and having those
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people that see things differently than the rest of us is a good thing.
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we're always not going to fit into one of these categories or the other.
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There's going to be a lot of crossover warrior,
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What's interesting about Jocko is he's also very well educated and he's able to communicate
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And so that might fall into one of the categories I'm going to talk about here shortly,
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but we don't always fit neatly into one of these categories.
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And this is the one I wanted to talk about with regards to Jocko.
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Now he isn't somebody you would immediately think of somebody in this category,
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but he certainly can fall into this or he has tendencies of falling into this category.
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They dive deep into subjects that are important to them.
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They're not interested in surface level discussions.
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It's almost as if you're hearing his brain work because he'll ramble on with
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And sometimes it's hard to really put those things together and he'll go on
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And then eventually he'll bring it back in because he's very intelligent.
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And then all of a sudden you have a coherent thought,
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and then bringing it in a way that's deliverable for people.
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this is an obvious example is a man we know as Andrew Huberman,
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but we can't deny that this is a person who thinks deeply,
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more deeply than most people about subjects that are relevant,
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you've heard me say that I don't resonate with these guys.
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Like a lot of this feels unnecessary because that's not my personality.
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the intellect isn't going to really resonate with somebody with a different archetype.
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And we know that because when he does his podcast for three hours,
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And it's the dichotomy of the warrior and the intellect that makes somebody like Jocko interesting.
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It's the same reason why the intellectual Jock is going to be an interesting person.
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Andrew Huberman's a little bit of an anomaly because this is a guy who actually looks more like the warrior archetype.
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And I think what's really important to extract is that when you as a man can embrace,
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and Jocko's the warrior archetype with a secondary as intellect,
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and Andrew Huberman's an intellect with a secondary as a warrior.
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not only do they apply or appeal, I should say, to their own archetype,
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And this is why you see men like this build influence and credibility and authority
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because they're reaching across their primary archetype.
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Now, the priest is interesting because the priest is able to tap into a higher power.
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and the priest knows that he's not the authority.
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Where a guy like Andrew Huberman and Jordan Peterson,
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and I'm not sure whether these guys believe in God or not.
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They're appealing to scholarly, accurate data and information.
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But a spiritual archetype doesn't rely so much on the data and the facts,
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but he's going to be more in tune with how he feels.
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And this is going to be an appeal to somebody other than himself.
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whether it's God or Allah or any number of gods that people worship.
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So a couple of people that come to mind in this priest category,
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him and I talk quite regularly as I was going through my divorce and my own personal struggles in my life.
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Here's a scripture that shows how we are meant to live.
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And so priests are representatives of their higher power.
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And they know that they are just a mouthpiece for something bigger and greater than themselves.
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Whether you're spiritual or religious or none of that,
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we all have to have something that we believe is bigger than ourselves.
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miserable existence if we operated as if we were the supreme authority of our own lives.
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I believe that God has given us that gift of sovereignty and agency,
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which is more feelings-based than it is intellectual or factual-based.
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Another person that comes to mind who's also been a podcast guest is Mark Driscoll.
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we can debate the merits of who these individuals are and what they believe,
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but there's no denying that this is a priest archetype.
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Now Mark's a little interesting because he is also a little bit in that warrior or king archetype.
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but I think what they're reading is a little bit of that king and warrior archetype
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or not as subject to the traditional view that we look at with a higher power, the priest.
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but Granger I think falls into a category that I'm going to explain at the very end,
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But Granger definitely has the priest archetype,
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and I'm going to share what that is here shortly.
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Please forgive me about the random coughing too.
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He's smooth, he's charming, he's witty, he's clever.
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Taken to the extreme, obviously politicians are among the least trusted individuals in society,
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but these are the people that are advocating for a certain belief in society,
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they're going to need to appeal in a way that is democratic.
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I've got to convince these people to come over here,
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and I've got to compromise in order to make this deal to do this.
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Taken to the extreme, and we see this all the time in American politics,
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We don't trust them as far as we can throw them,
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We can all appreciate somebody who's politically correct,
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who knows how to say things in a witty and clever way
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to bring people to their side or to their cause
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or at least get them to think about something different.
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Somebody who I think of immediately is Ronald Reagan.
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and that's going to fall into the last category I'll share here in a minute,
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If you go back and see some of his most viral moments,
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and I don't think going viral was a thing when he was the president,
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but if you go back to some of his most viral moments now,
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it's his charm and his wit in dealing with and confronting polarizing subjects
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You know, we all know Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall.
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We've all seen the video where a balloon pops at a rally after he had been shot,
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We've all seen the video where he was debating with his opponent,
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I promise I will not use your age, your inexperience, and youth as a weapon against you.
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He's very charming, and you can't help but like the person.
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You may not agree with the politics, but he's a very likable person,
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Those are people who feel like they can make a difference.
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We're not debating the political positions right now.
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and I'm going to give you one from both sides of the aisle.
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Now, interestingly enough, he was in the war and the Navy,
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Early in the presidential election for this year,
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I think that he has all of the Trumpian type fighting capabilities
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He understands that he has to win both sides of the equation.
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and he does it in a really classy way, frankly.
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Another one, on the opposite side of the aisle,
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and just because you all know I'm conservative,
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He shares topics in a way that make you consider
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The last one, the last archetype is the romantic.
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there's obviously a bit of a romanticism in that,
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and I'm going to explain some more characteristics there,
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The romantic is somebody who can turn on the charm.
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You find yourself wanting to spend time with them.
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A lot of these people fall into the category of arts.
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a broad representation of what it means to be a man.
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and it's definitely somebody we're all familiar with.
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So who are a couple of examples of the romantic?
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Matthew McConaughey is a very likable, charming person.
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Just somebody who would be enjoyable to be around.
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that may not fit into the same type of category,
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or probably billion dollar smile at this point.
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and the people that you have a responsibility for.
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to protect, provide, and preside for other people?
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not to pigeonhole you into being one or the other
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and I'm sure you guys have some additional ideas.
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