{"product_id":"aimless-a-journey-to-constructive-masculinity","title":"Aimless: A Journey to Constructive Masculinity","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGOLD Award-winner in ‘ Sex \u0026amp; Relationships’ at the Independent Publishing Book Awards (IPPY).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSILVER Award-winner in 'Self-Help’ at the Illumination Book Awards.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this self-help book for men, John D'Agostini deconstructs—and celebrates—masculinity, reframing \"how to be a better man\" for modern manhood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A raw, gritty exposé of the modern man's struggle to define and embrace masculinity in a healthy way.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Armaan Gori, MIT '20 electrical engineering and computer science major\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMan up. Be tough. Handle it. Quit crying.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSociety force feeds these messages on men from the locker room to the board room. Toxic masculinity would have you believe you're not man enough. Societal messaging says that you can't be a man at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNeither approach works. So why don't more people have the guts to say this isn't serving us?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten by men, for men—and endorsed by professionals of all genders—\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAimless\u003c\/em\u003e breaks the code of silence to help men redefine what \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebeing a man\u003c\/em\u003e means to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJohn \"Dags\" D'Agostini is a men's excellence expert and speaker who has mentored hundreds of people from professional athletes and Olympians to high-risk students and \"regular Joes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy sharing gritty and oftentimes all-too-relatable stories, John D'Agostini disarms traditional ideals of manhood by centering humanity, connection, and how to find purpose in life. 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