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You handle things. It's the same quality that makes you effective everywhere else. And it's exactly what makes this kind of change so hard.
Capable men see a problem and move on it. But between recognizing a pattern and changing it, there's a step most men skip entirely. Not because they're undisciplined. Because pausing before acting feels like losing ground.
In Episode 2, Stephen Rodi introduces Consider: the pause where your real power to choose actually lives, and what it looks like to use it when everything in you wants to react.
For fathers, executives, veterans, and first responders dealing with anger, emotional shutdown, and patterns that keep coming back.
Learn more at yourcoretruths.com
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Show Notes
You manage things. That's not a small thing. It's the same quality that makes you effective at work, dependable at home, and the person others count on. This is the exact reason why changing certain patterns is so hard.
Because capable men don't pause. They execute. See the problem, move on it. That instinct serves you in almost every area of your life. But personal change doesn't work that way. Between recognizing a pattern and actually changing it, there's a step. Most men, the most capable men especially, jump straight over it.
That step is called Consider. And without it, the pattern keeps running you no matter how clearly you see it or how much you want it to stop.
In Episode 2 of Course Correction, Stephen Rodi breaks down what that step actually is, why the men most equipped to change are often the ones most likely to skip it, and what it looks like to use it in a real moment, when everything in you wants to just react.
In this episode:
- Why jumping straight from recognition to fixing is the most common failure mode for high-functioning men
- The critical difference between a pattern and your identity (“this is what I do” vs. “this is who I am”)
- Why changes made for someone else — your wife, your kids, your marriage — don’t hold, and what to do instead
- A simple physical practice to create enough space to actually choose
- Three specific questions to ask yourself in the moment that move you from autopilot to genuine agency
Consider isn't therapy. It isn't processing your feelings or sitting with discomfort until something shifts. It's a specific practice, usable in a real moment, when the anger is already rising and everything in you wants to react.
If you've ever seen a pattern clearly and still couldn't stop it, this is the episode that explains why. And what's actually possible when you don't skip the step.
Find Stephen and learn more about working with Core Truths at yourcoretruths.com.
