Action is the ONLY currency to lasting change. Let me keep it simple with this post with no back story so it might sound strange. I'm giving myself 3 days to write an opening segment for my standup comedy routine, practice it and then record it. This Wednesday by March 18th I need to have it recorded. I gotta make some moves and take action. I'm determined. Thanks for everyone's support so far on everything and thanks in advance on this one. Maybe on a later post I'll provide some backstory. For now, the action is more important. I'll keep you all posted.

When nice guys lose momentum, they usually think the problem is burnout. But most of the time… it's actually something else. In a 1:1 coaching session we did live here in Skool, @Andy Wallam came to me feeling stuck after a rough year. In 2025 he left his safe 9-to-5 job to pursue his creative career. Things were going well. Then he got hit with influenza and COVID back-to-back. Months later his body had recovered, but psychologically he still felt that he identified as “the fatigued guy.” And during the session I pointed out something that might sound a bit brutal: He’d slipped back into a victim mindset. This is incredibly common for recovering nice guys. When momentum breaks, the brain grabs the first excuse it can find and quietly pulls you back into the old identity — the one where life is happening to you instead of because of you. In the session we break down: • Why setbacks can reactivate the victim mindset • How fatigue and imposter syndrome reinforce each other • The uncomfortable phase of becoming a responsible man again If you’ve ever felt like you’re capable of more but somehow keep spinning your wheels, you’ll probably recognise yourself in this conversation. The full coaching session is available, enjoy!

I’m considering running a small coaching cohort in April. This would be a 1-month intensive behaviour-focused group, based on the core work I do with clients around confidence and integrity building through action. It wouldn’t be a course or passive content thing. More like a structured month of doing the work together with a small group of men. A few details if I run it: • Small group (limited spaces) - probably maxium 5 people • Live coaching sessions twice per week focused on each person taking a small but significant action within 24 hours • Direct feedback from me • Lifetime access to the Brojo courses afterwards Because of the nature of the work, I’ll probably keep it invitation-only rather than opening it publicly. Right now I’m just gauging interest. If this is something you’d seriously consider joining in April, comment below or message me and I’ll keep you in the loop when details are finalized. Dan

Time for something fun: the "would you rather...?" game! 😁🤔 I'll start us off with a tough one: Would you rather ask out a complete stranger? OR Stand up to a bully who's been bothering you for years? Looking forward to your questions and answers! 👍😎

Something that happened recently... I sometimes teach chess at Russian kids summer camps here in Japan, and have taught two so far (a long summer one in August, and a short winter one in early January). I love working at these camps. The kids are good for the most part, the food is great, the colleagues are nice, the mountainous town has great outdoor activities, and reminds me of my hometown in Canada. Also, I have been motivated to slowly learn Russian to improve my communication with them (I like langauge learning anyway, so it is a nice side hobby, but not a priority or requiremment), and I look forward to doing more camps, despite the slightly low pay. I've had some issues with the owner / manager though. For instance, she told me that we'd be paid in September (the summer camp ended August 24 or so), and despite her knowing that I badly needed the money at the time, and my semi-frequent reminders to transfer it to me, I didn't actually get paid until mid-October -- after she and her family got back from a trip! "Oh, sorry, I'm in China at the moment. I'll pay you as soon as I get back." It still took a week or two, even after she got back... Then, in December, I sent a message asking about the salary, and literally two days before the start of the camp, she said what it was, and she wouldn't negotiate... So, needing the money, I accepted it again. Of course, I wanted to go as well, as I enjoy being there and wanted to go snowboarding again for the first time since high school... She let me borrow a snowboard and boots from the camp, as they have plenty. I went snowboarding alone, not with the kids, as I am not a snowboard instructor. So far so good... But then in February, when she transferred me my salary (two weeks late again, by the way), she explained that 3500 yen (not much money, but still, and it's an arbitrary amount as well) was deducted for the snowboard rental. I explained I had no idea about that, and thought it was covered by the camp, to which she replied that the camp only covers the costs for the instructors, not for teachers who snowboard alone... (this was all through texting, we haven't had a call about it yet).