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The Reality Principle
What Starting Over Actually Looks Like Beyond What You See Online
Welcome to Man Morning, a weekly newsletter where I provide hard truths about what actually works. No fluff, no theory, no nonsense.

Since losing our home to the wildfires,
People keep telling me how strong I am.
Based on this newsletter.
Based on social media.
They're not entirely wrong.
Just incomplete.
The Unseen Reality
The internet tells a story.
It could never tell the whole story.
The 3 AM staring at the ceiling.
The insurance calls that never end.
The conversations with my kids that break me...
Some days have been flat out awful.
What Nobody Posts
The moments I've been short with my wife.
When I couldn't remember my phone number.
The numbing lower back pain.
Doing everything not to break down on stage during a keynote.
When the simplest decisions felt impossible...
The Truth About Strength
It isn't the absence of weakness.
It's choosing to continue anyway.
It isn't looking good doing it.
It's just doing it.
What I've Found
One question gets me through each day:
If nothing else gets done today, what will make today a success?
Not ten things.
Just one.
Your Move
Choose that one thing.
Do it.
And know it's enough.
-Antonio