It's Your Time

The stress of being a man can add up. Maybe that pressure comes from school, family, your coach, or even your friends’ expectations of you.

Do you feel it?

You want to make good grades, have some money, and grind out levels on your favorite video game, but ultimately you want to get a great job after you go to college and build the perfect life.

Knowing the decisions you make today really will make a difference later on is tough. Every guy wants success. Whatever that looks like?!

One major barrier to success for your future revolves around how you develop relationships today. That’s what this magazine is all about—building good relationships. Inside you can read about one of the more difficult areas to learn and succeed—romantic or sexual relationships.

Are you ready to take on your future?

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Now is the time when you decide what kind of man you want to become and what type of life you want to live. This magazine is about developing relationships—especially romantic and sexual relationships. Hopefully you’ll learn a little more than they taught you on the whiteboard in health class.

First and foremost, for everything in life, it’s important to set goals and learn how to make positive choices. Your future starts with finishing school, building good relationships and waiting until you’re 21 (or older) to have children. It’s true. The Brookings Institute’s pioneering research proves how your choices in relationships today determines your success tomorrow. They call this the “Success Sequence” (see page 8).

On average, adults make 35,000 decisions a day. 1 Over time your brain will grow accustomed to making decisions, either beneficial or harmful, because repeating anything for an extended period of time builds new neural pathways.

Right now, it’s important to start developing positive habits.

It might seem boring, but making good choices today will affect your future and it will help your decision-making skills too. Did you know colleges and employers consider it one of the most desirable skill sets? Good decision-makers become great leaders.

The same is true for any relationship.

As you draw closer to someone romantically, you will make choices about your life together. You may even feel pressured by your friends to act on possibilities before you. Will you ask for nudes right away? Do you already have preconceived ideas about sexual relationships from consuming porn? Perhaps you wish you had some tips beforehand to impress them.

All of that and more, you can read in this edition of Just4Girls/Just4Guys. On this side, you will get the “Inside scoop on girls” and finish with a healthy dose of information on things you may not know—even some hard-hitting truth.

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