Being the Strong Man a Woman Wants: Timeless wisdom for men on how to improve your relationship

After reading this book, I believe this is a great tool for men to navigate through their respective relationship with their respective partners. If you truly love the woman in your life, don't you want to learn what she truly needs from you? Many today believe in the myth that men and women are exactly the same. I admit that I bought into the whole women's lib thing back in college, and I still firmly believe in equal rights for all. However, today I personally believe we are genetically wired to think and process things uniquely different because of our genders. These are unique differences that allow two people to either successfully partner for a lifetime, or repel each other. As a woman in today's culture, I have finally come to appreciate the unique and differing strengths of each gender. Wouldn't it be fantastic for our society to finally come to this understanding and embrace these strengths and appreciate the weaknesses of both men and women?Too many women today bought into the same myth I did in my 20's, and unfortunately so have the men. Most of our men today don't know how to grow as men any more...and it's truly the fault of our culture. Once the fog of this myth lifted, I realized I truly wanted my man to be a real man. Most healthy minded women want that deep down inside, but we don't know how to get this across to the men in our lives when the cultural message tells us otherwise. Strength is not about beating the chest and showing physical strength and being an ass. Strength isn't hiding behind the partner, either. Many men need to finally understand that personal growth and change doesn't stop at high school or college but is an ongoing process of a lifetime. They need to continually pursue personal development and maturity. When they finally pursue this course of action, they will finally start walking along with a loving partner through life instead of with a punching bag or a nag. This type of growth makes a world of difference. My husband made some personal changes after reading this book, and I was amazed at the difference his changes made in me...my ability to communicate with him improved and my internalized anxieties reduced...we're able to enjoy each other instead of all the unspoken hang-ups that lead to unrelated and unhealthy arguments. So if you want to see your partner change for the better, read this book, apply it to your relationship...and be willing to continue growing...for the love of your life, be willing to continue growing.

This is a great book and a quick read. As someone who is continuously striving to make my marriage better, I have quite a few of these types of books. However, "Being the Strong Man A Woman Wants" is one of the few that I refer back to often. What makes this little book unique is the format that it is written in. The principles are taught in a story format: A grandpa giving advice to his married grandson. What makes the story format great is that it teaches the principles in a way so that you know how to apply them. Most relationship self-help books do a great job of teaching you the principles, but they don't teach you how to really apply them. For instance, this book is similar to "No More Mr. Nice Guy," but better. The reason being is that "No More Mr. Nice Guy" is great at telling you what the problem is, but does little in explaining how to apply the principles in order to solve the problem- which was a huge missed opportunity in my opinion. "Being the Strong Man A Woman Wants" also identifies the problems of "nice guy syndrome" , but actually shows you how to overcome them through the story format with examples. Overall, it's a great book and gives great advice and is especially relevant for our time.

This book was very helpful, a good book to clearify some of the things that may be areas of miscommunication. The way the story was set up was pretty coo too, not making it all a lecture book but a storyline that had lots of information within the pages. It is a short book which is amazing how much wisdom is in it. It has good morals in it, historical facts and quotes. A good mixture of biblical and modern day examples to show that "this isn't nothing new," just that some men are lacking in knowledge. The title of the book is Being The Strong Man A Woman Wants which is the main focus of the book but i believe you will come out reading this book as a more confident man in general that will show in other areas outside of your relationship with your spouse. The most valuable lesson would have to be the characteristics of "true" leadership, that will lead to stronger communication skills. But these virtues only work in a relationship when the man and woman are "both" mature enough for a healthy relationship. But lets keep it real though, sometimes some people just like to be difficult to see how far they can go. I would say words of wisdom for 9/10 relationships. I still loved it tho and would recommend it to anyone who wants more understanding of were relationships go wrong or to just polish up their game.

I enjoyed this book and leaned much from it. It reads like a lengthy parable and is full of sage advice. It's a quick read and well worth the effort. I may be projecting but I think all husbands, even those that seemingly have it all together, would benefit from the lessons learned in this book.There is a lot of information presented from history that would have been numbing had it not been for the engaging way it was presented. The simple story of Michael and his grandpa sets those quotes from antiquity in context with precisely how they apply in men's lives today.I truly needed this book years ago and had only come to the same conclusions recently myself, albeit not as precisely as Katz summarizes in his work.I highly recommend this book and wish it had been available 10 years ago.

The best book on being a man, it's a must read for every man, it seems we men have been operating with head knowledge as regards relationships with women.

Good easy to read book with tremendous insight.

What I enjoyed was how the book was written, story format vs preaching.Unfortunately, it felt like I was reading a scrapbook of online article topics put into story format. If you have common sense, then the majority of the chapters seem to leave a lot lacking. And it does not get into detail as to how to apply the "technique" being spoken about.If it gets your mind thinking to the point of reaching out online and further searching on the topic, then perhaps the book has achieved it's objective. But do not think this will be a one-stop-shop for a get help type of book.

Growing up in a house hold with a single mother who was needy, I learned a lot of not so manly ways of dealing with Women and relationships. It wasn't until my current girlfriend fell out of love with me and complained I wasn't leading I decided to try and fix me. I had no idea what it meant to be a man and lead. When she complained about it I felt confused as to what she meant. I am now on a journey to become a better man and this book has helped me a lot. Trying to find specifics on the internet as to what it means to lead was hard and, again, this book has helped with that. I plan to read it a couple more times along with other books, so that the next time I find someone that I care about as much I'll have a better understanding of how to be a Man Ina relationship. And if you have young men you're raising I'd suggest giving them this book and letting them learn from a Man what it means to be a Man.

It was very enlightening and gave me newfound understanding of things.Also simple to read!Probably will read it again!