Get Naked

Tribesmen

#010. For the second part of our series on camaraderie, we want you to get naked. Ok, don’t panic. You can keep your clothes on. But we do want things to get a little risky.

When it comes to building camaraderie with other men, having shared activity and adventure is necessary, but it will only take us so far. We don’t just need shared experience, we need shared understanding.

In order to help each other become the men we were created to be, we need to really know each other well. We need to know how we got to be the way we are.

We need to get naked. That’s our phrase for what it means to talk about our lives with the other men around us. To get naked means taking down the guard walls, letting other men see under the hood. It means being fully exposed, not with what’s on the outside, but what’s on the inside.

Why is this important? We discuss the necessity of this kind of raw vulnerability with other men. We’re all blind to our own stories, and need other men to help us interpret what’s really going on. We need other men to fight for us, but they can’t do that if they don't know what they’re up against. We need the trust of other men, but we can only get there through vulnerability.

If the challenge to get naked is a new way of thinking about how you relate to other men, we get it. Most men aren’t really comfortable with this level of honesty and openness with other guys. In fact, many of us have been taught not to do that or even shamed for it.

But if we want to get better at being a man, we need other men around us who can help us get there. The only truly effective way that can happen is if they see us get naked. It’s risky, but trust us, it’s worth it.

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