All right, guys, welcome back.

In today's episode, we will be discussing how to deal with confrontation,

avoid anxiety, and be a stronger man.

With the exception of sociopaths, few people enjoy confrontation.

It's uncomfortable.

It causes tension and anxiety.

And it's at direct odds with how our brains are wired through evolution.

Outside of life or death situations, we evolved to avoid confronting anyone or anything.

Back in Hunter-Gather days, confrontation carried a fatal potential.

The conflict between tribes or wild animals or fellow clan members could lead to death.

So our brain, acutely aware of this possibility, programmed us with an instinctual aversion

to confrontation.

But times have changed.

Confronting an issue in the modern world, barring global or a physical fight, rarely

possess any inherent physical risk. You aren't going to die or lose a limb

by confronting the employer or client who isn't paying you fairly, that challenging partner who

isn't respecting your boundaries, or the friend who continually asked to borrow money just one more time.

But our brains haven't caught up with the modern world. They're still operating with

a software installed 200,000 years ago. Software that causes us to avoid conflict over much less

dangerous, but no less significant matters. So if you struggle to deal with confrontation

in everyday life, know that you're not alone and that there are solutions. We're going to

share what confrontation

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