[Music] A man must love his father and yet be free of his father's expectations and criticisms in order to be a free man. Live as if your father were dead. That's what I've been pondering the past few hours. Um, so imagine this: imagine that

your father died, or remember when he did. This book talks about experiencing feelings of relief because you don't have the need to live up to your father's expectations or his, or keep an eye on his criticisms anymore. When I was younger, I experienced this, um, you know, as

every man does, experience this feeling of wanting to do your father well, do your father proud, as you, you know, as you strive to live up to his expectations and live up to who he wants you to be and where he wants you to go. Maybe you

want to complete, uh, a course in college because you think that's what your father wants you to do. And this book talks about your father's critical eye. Imagine your father's critical eye is gone. Live up to what would, how would you live if you didn't have your dad's

expectations weighing down upon you? How would you, how would you have lived your life differently if you didn't have your dad's judgment weighing on you throughout your life, or currently now, even if he's gone? How would that have changed, changed your life trajectory, and

how would you be living your life differently now? If you want to be a free man, if you want to know where you want to go and truly, truly experience what it's like to live life, um, without any expectations being pressed on you, then

you've got to you've got to step back and not allow your father to push expectations on you that you don't need or want that aren't healthy for you and this is from the way of the superior man it talks about this and it's incredibly

interesting and I think it's a great point and this book also has an action step of um even if you still feel unworthy or limited and fearful of your father's subtle expectation of you the action step this video uh encourages you to take is to

for 3 days without your father's critical eye practice for 3 days to be without your father's critical eye your father's expectations weighing down upon you even if you still feel unworthy practice this because I think it'll be worth it I

practiced it and I feel I felt a lot better I felt like I have a lot more direction and I have a lot more of knowledge of who I want to become and practice being free for 3 days just for three days you can do this I can do this

I did this I can do this you can do this don't be a don't be a um come on you've got this good luck

Live As If Your Father Were Dead (the way of the superior man)

Ben Boothman

The Importance of Freedom from Parental Expectations

A man needs to be free from his father's expectations and criticisms to achieve true freedom.

The feeling of relief from not needing to meet parental expectations is discussed.

The speaker shares personal experience of striving to meet his father's expectations.

The impact of a father's critical eye on life choices is explored.

Hypothetical Scenarios and Life Trajectory

The speaker questions how life would have been different without his father's judgment.

The speaker emphasizes the importance of living without external expectations.

The speaker references the book "The Way of the Superior Man" and its relevant points.

A three-day practice to live without the father's critical eye is suggested.

The speaker shares their positive experience after practicing this method.

The speaker encourages viewers to try this practice and emphasizes its potential benefits.

Live As If Your Father Were Dead (the way of the superior man)

Live As If Your Father Were Dead (the way of the superior man)

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