Stepping Out of Our Fathers Shadow is a Key to Seizing Agency Over Our Lives
All men stand in the shadow of their father/father figure.
It doesn’t matter if the father was massively successful, a degenerate, or absent.
The shadow they cast is long, dark, and, without doing some work — inescapable.
The examples below don’t even cut the skin; they merely illustrate the point.
The son with a degenerate father wants to prove they’re not.
The son with a massively successful father desperately wants to keep up.
The son with an absent father desperately wants to know what’s wrong with them.
It runs much deeper; there are many more nuances to the father/son dynamic.
The point is to focus on the shadow and how it impacts one’s decisions, choices, and, ultimately, life.
Men crave agency and autonomy.
We crave freedom.
When we live in the shadow of our fathers, the shadow is steering the ship.
We’re living the antithesis of freedom.
Have you ever wondered why that title matters so much to you?
Why the next rung on the corporate ladder is so important?
