{"id":22,"date":"2026-01-02T01:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T01:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruthlessdiscipline.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2026-01-02T01:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T01:39:30","slug":"18-things-every-18-year-old-man-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruthlessdiscipline.com\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"18 Things Every 18 Year Old Man Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below are eighteen politically incorrect facts that are 100% percent true, and that every man should know. (BUT MAINSTREAM SOCIETY WON\u2019T TELL YOU.) Below are some valuable life lessons I\u2019ve learned over the years. I wish I had a mentor who would have instilled these truths into me at an early age. Doing so would have saved me from a whole lot of wasted time and regret.<\/p>\n<p>1. Women start as social millionaires, men start socially bankrupt. Inherent male value is lower then females (to society).<\/p>\n<p>*The exception for men is Male Models and Boys with A Silver Spoon (Rich kids). The exception for women is extremely obese\/deformed\/ugly men<\/p>\n<p>2. Nobody tells you that your starting value man is DIRT. You have no intrinsic value, unlike an 16 year old woman. Society actively despises you unless you can provide<\/p>\n<p>Average or above women have innate value. Average men don&#8217;t. Justin Beiber and 6&#8217;4 male models are exceptions. Women&#8217;s value begins high and plummets with age. Men&#8217;s value begins low and ENDS up high. (If you put in the work and time.) You must BUILD your value.<\/p>\n<p>3)Nobody tells you that you won&#8217;t have that boundless, plentiful &#8220;youthful&#8221; energy that you take for granted forever.\u00a0Physically and mentally, its all downhill after 18. Once you get to 25 you wonder whether those unlimited reserves of energy you had went. You will want to bash your head against the wall for wasting those precious moments of youth when your brain ran at light speed and you could cram for finals at 5 am in the morning. This is 10x worse at 32. You&#8217;ll be cursing under your breath at that short sighted youthful past self of yours that took your most precious resources &#8211; time and youth for granted.<\/p>\n<p>4)Nobody tells you to be SELFISH. Society Encourages Male-Selflessness and Sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>Society wants you to be a good, malleable obedient, weak little nice man. You are taught that be selfish is tantamount to heresy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Women love selfish men, and selfish men get ahead in life. It is the cowardly spineless Nice Guy who gets taken advantage of and walked all over by people. Winners are selfish. Winner&#8217;s go after and take what they want. Losers play by the rules and get the scraps. Be selfish. Don&#8217;t be the dummy sacrificing yourself for nothing on the front lines of Ukraine while your country women party it up with rich snobs in Western Europe. Don&#8217;t lay down your life for someone who would sell you out in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p>5) Nobody tells you that the decisions you make, or fail to make between 18-22 will shape the rest of your life. For better or for worse.<\/p>\n<p>Make the wrong decisions, and future you will end up regretting it. The male self-deletion rate pretty much speaks for itself. Their are no social safety nets for men. Their is no second chance. Make sure that the decisions you make now won&#8217;t lead you to curse and utter &#8220;if only&#8221; in the future. Hell and Heaven are right here on Earth<\/p>\n<p>6)Nobody tells you that you should start lifting weights at 14.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t start lifting weights until 24. The earlier, the better. Unleash your genetic potential. Don&#8217;t be a 35 year old girly man\/soyboy. Don&#8217;t be a disgrace to your ancestors. Be as muscular, lean and mean of a man as you can be. The physique you make as a young man will stay with you as an old one. Their is nothing sadder then seeing a frail old Pillsbury Dough-Boy of a man with pencil-thin arms and a big gut. Yesterday I saw a ripe young man of 25 who had the physique of a Greek god, naturally. When I asked him when he started lifting weights &#8211; 14 was the answer.<\/p>\n<p>7)Nobody tells you about the Importance of GETTING A JOB and INVESTING.<\/p>\n<p>You must get a job the day as soon as you can legally work. You will develop a work ethic, a priceless asset. In addition, with the magic of compound interest any money you invest will produce insane returns by the time you are 30. I would have been well on my way to retiring at 28 if I had just worked a little harder, managed my money better and invested in bitcoin and Nvidia\/AMD Stocks. Do not believe their will be a future in the US Dollar. It has already been devalued to almost nothing. Uncle Sam does not have your best interests in mind.<\/p>\n<p>8)Nobody tells you that your health is everything. Without your health, life is not worth living. You only get one body. It&#8217;s just that simple. I used to wonder how people could ever self-delete. Oh to be young and naive again. Health can be lost. With terrible health, self-deletion goes from being an unthinkable decision to a realistic option.<\/p>\n<p>9)Nobody tells you that &#8220;TOXIC Masculinity&#8221; is actually how a real man should act.<\/p>\n<p>A man must stand up for himself and his family. A weak man will be devoured in the wild and in the concrete jungle. Being nice will get you one thing in this world.<\/p>\n<p>Taken advantage of. Be masculine. Be bold. Be a real man. Not a meek mannered coward who lives and dies on the opinions of others, walking on eggshells.<\/p>\n<p>10) Nobody tells you the importance of EATING enough MEAT, DAIRY and CARBS between ages 14 to 22<\/p>\n<p>Failing to eat enough will lead to malnutrition &#8211; which will lead to you being shorter and narrower then you could have been. Cheap parents who put their wallet before their kids reaching their maximum potential are scumbags. Get double lunches. Go to FOOD BANKS. Buy your own food. Don\\&#8217;t worry about getting fat. You will thank yourself 10 years from now when you aren&#8217;t a 5&#8217;5 forever alone midget angry at the world and women because you&#8217;re genetic material has been deemed unfit for replication.<\/p>\n<p>11)Nobody tells you that Video games, Internet surfing, TV, Drugs, ALL MINDLESS forms of escapism that will destroy you in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>They feel good in the present moment like junk food. Just like right after you binge a toxic McDonalds cheeseburger, you feel like absolute shit after a long term gaming or surfing binge, you feel like shit. The more time and money you waste on escapism<\/p>\n<p>12)Nobody teaches you about the importance of discipline and self control.<\/p>\n<p>Do what you said you would, the way you said you would, when you said you would.<\/p>\n<p>13)Nobody tells you that MONEY is the &#8220;GOD&#8221; of this world. What makes things happen? What gives you freedom? What do people WORSHIP?<\/p>\n<p>Money. When nobody has your back, Money will have your back<\/p>\n<p>14)Nobody tells you when a WOMAN tells you she loves you , she means &#8220;right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Actually, add &#8220;right now&#8221; to everything they say. People\\&#8217;s love and approval is conditional. It is based off of what you have and who you are right now, and your continued performance and success. It isn&#8217;t good, it isn&#8217;t bad. It just is what is. Men have a continual burden of performance.<\/p>\n<p>Accept that women are incapable of loving you the way you love them<\/p>\n<p>15) Nobody tells you the IMPORTANCE of PLAYING SPORTS.<\/p>\n<p>Playing sports (Football, Basketball, Wrestling, Swimming) will develop your discipline, character and grit. You will learn priceless lessons , become part of a tribe of men and gain significant social status. Not a day goes by that I don\\&#8217;t wish I played sports in high school instead of worthless, useless VIDEO GAMES.\\r\\n<\/p>\n<p>16) Nobody tells you to TRUST YOUR GUT INSTINCTS and not the BRAINWASHING FEEL GOOD LIES society attempts to put into your head from a young age. Remember, if they have to keep repeating a slogan to you &#8211; It&#8217;s probably bullshit.<\/p>\n<p>17) Suffer Now so you Don&#8217;t Suffer Later<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t escape suffering. So make sure your suffering is in the pursuit of something worthwhile. Don&#8217;t just your life pass you by. Don&#8217;t suffer for 40 years in a miserable job using meaningless copes like social media, video games and doomscrolling to numb your suffering. Give everything now in the pursuit of something greater. Even if it takes 5 years to pay off, the time will pass anyways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Below are eighteen politically incorrect facts that are 100% percent true, and that every man should know. (BUT MAINSTREAM SOCIETY WON\u2019T TELL YOU.) Below are some valuable life lessons I\u2019ve learned over the years. I wish I had a mentor who would have instilled these truths into me at an early age. 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