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Another great post! Breakdancing babies are awesome:) I really enjoy your writing… It always resonates with me no matter what the topic is. Congrats on your “37 ways to be a total badass” post going viral. I saw it on facebook… that is one of my favorites. I have a lot of favorites but I love that post just like I already love this one. I can tell I am going to read it at least 3 more times
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Love your kind comments as always Moni
Yeah trippy how it went Viral, I just woke up one morning and the site got like an extra 20K in visitors that day
I was like “whoa”
Damn, sometimes I sound like I’m still a pot smoking 14 year old (=
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Another great one, Chris. This is my birthday and I can do anything I want — including reading your posts about doing just that. It is an amazing time we live in. And I can relate to #30 — I may only be five feet tall, but for a woman it’s fine. It’s not the size but how you carry yourself. All the best, Chris, keep up the good work.
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Thanks Beth, yeah big difference between 5 feet and two feet huh?
Happy Birthday by the way
ReplyHi there. I was having a kind of tough morning bc tomorrow is the first Mother’s Day after losing my Mom last summer, and then I came across your post on facebook. Made me literally lol (I tried to fight that acronym for quite some time, but darn it, it actually works sometimes). You have a great perspective, thanks for sharing your thoughts and brightening my day. And I know my Mom would’ve liked what you had to say, minus the f-bombs (which I thoroughly enjoyed). 🙂
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Ha ha thanks Kelly
Funny, my mom is my biggest fan, but I always feel weird knowing she’s reading all those F-bombs
And I I rarely use LOL, only when it’s the best option (=
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Right on Steven, we all know gratitude is key, and we CAN ALL use more of it, that’s for sure
ReplyThanks for the wake up call Chris, I think I will go to the gym and lift something really heavy, why, because I can. Thanks again for the words of encouragement
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Hi Chris, Thanks so much for this wonderful reminder. Whenever I read your posts, I just feel joyful and free. What a gift. So thank you!!!
Julia
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Nice work Chris, love your attitude. My wife sent me link for this post, I haven’t read you stuff before so I’m glad she did.
Particularly liked your position on testicular equality. As a man who recently put himself through a vasectomy, agree that the right nut is just as important as the left.
😉
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Here is a kick-ass feeling for yea.
Back in March I went to Florida. My car started Rod Knocking on the way down. So when I got down there, thankfully without breaking down, I traded my car in for a Jeep.
Aside from the triple vehicle payment, let’s face it I got as close to New as I could, I had an awakening after the fact.
Before going down I was watching SUV commercials with mouth-watering contempt. See, I kept watching them wanting one. At the time the car which went to crap was running perfectly.
So what class of vehicle is a 2010 Jeep Patriot? It’s an SUV. Morale of this little story is? Be careful what you ask for because you can certainly get it. =D How awesome is that?
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Found out about your site through reddit. I’m glad I did, looking forward to reading more.
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Hey Chris,
Love your writing. It inspires me. I have been traveling around Asia for the last 6 months and have landed in Japan for the last 2. It can be a little isolating here at times, but after reading your how to be a badass post yesterday I was inspired to go out and meet a bunch of peeps which I did.
Thanks man, keep up the good work!
J
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awesome Joshua, how cool is that?
Yeah, it can get a little isolating if your out there like that, it’s good you’re out there meeting peeps
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Holy balls or Jehovah is an awesome way to say what you just said
Love, love, love it Amanda
ReplyTonight…I have food in the fridge, a roof over my head and there isn’t an army of badass mother fuckers on horses coming over the hill right now to kill the men, rape the women and burn down the entire village.
Nice Chris…Classic!
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Hi Chris, pretty good article, you sound like what ever is on your mind you write it down or just say it. Love those type of people. No beaten round the bush for you. Cheers. Keep up the great work. Sue
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When you can empower your fellow man with knowledge that will help him change the course of his life then you have done an invaluable service. That said, Thank you Chris McCombs. See you at the TOP. Always Training – McClure
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Yes, at the top
thanks David, love this by the way
“When you can empower your fellow man with knowledge that will help him change the course of his life then you have done an invaluable service”
ReplyAnother great post. Don’t know how many times I laughed out loud reading this. It’s great to put things in perspective in a hilarious manner.
“Remember, there’s people with less limbs than you, and many with no limbs, who couldn’t be happier.”
I always say “Just because there’s people who have it worse off than me doesn’t take away my right to bitch.” But I say it in a cheerful manner, bitch and then get on with my life, cause who wants to waste too much time bitching? I got shit to do! 🙂

Ha ha
Who’s got time to bitch? I got shit to do!
love that, well said
glad you found the humor, sometimes I write this stuff and wonder if anyone else but me is gonna find this weird shit funny
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honest, inspiring, rough around the edges huh?
I’ll take that my man (=
thanks tom
ReplySimply Fantastic. When you dodge the bullet, you don’t get hit. So, you managed to escape death another day. But, I remember the crazy movies where your main character does get hit. Somehow, the bullet hits a pendant, he just so happened to be wearing a bullet proof vest that day, or it just barely nipped his ear. That counts as a head shot.
Man, when life knocks you down, do a burpee.
The point is, face your problems head on. I had a BIG problem this weekend, stressed about it ALL weekend … the closer I got to biting the bullet, the more I realized that the problem wasn’t that big. Nor was the solution as extravagant as I had imagined it would be.
Didn’t you talk about fear of dragons and dinosaurs before. Well they aren’t here anymore. So, why do we need to be afraid in this life? I have overcome every sabretooth tiger I ever came across and I got the scars to prove it.
Rock bro!
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Man, when life knocks you down, do a burpee.
Love that, so cool
And I got the scars too brother
Made of scars
ReplyWithin the last couple of years I’ve devoted myself to changing my perspective on life and can truly say this is the happiest I’ve been. I feel guilty sometimes for relishing my newfound happiness. When my husband showed me your blog, it immediately spoke to me. I think at times it’s difficult for my husband to understand my ways of thinking but I think that him seeing it from another man’s perspective has helped bridge that gap. Thank you for allowing yourself to be vulnerable and share your thoughts.
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Right on Alyson, yeah, I think us men are better at listening to other men than we are our wives
At least that what my wife tells me all the time
She could be trying to tell me something for 6 months, and then I’ll come home one day and say listen to what my buddy thought I should do, and she’ll say “I’ve been telling you that for 6 months now”
happens all the time (=
ReplyThanks for this today Big C, #22 is what I needed to hear. I DO have awesome problems!
Carpe Diem!
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they are gifts my brother, they just hurt to receiving em sometimes
ReplyI love your blog! Thanks so much.
I regularly pass them on to everyone I know!

So needed to read this today! Thanks! As A bartender I try to bring people up. This will serve as my fuel today. Rock on brother! (Dio was a bad ass RIP)
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Chris – I am new to your blogs. Just want to say how raw, real and energising they are. Thanks for putting into living language the stuff we all know is true but need people like you to really bring alive and slap us awake with! Brilliant. Dave
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Hey thanks Dave
Funny, the way you said this” hanks for putting into living language the stuff we all know is true but need people like you to really bring alive and slap us awake with”
Is pretty much my goal for this blog was
guess it’s working (=
I appreciate your words Dave
ReplyI remember reading this and I must say that I needed to skim back over it again! Super great stuff. More things ring true in my life more than ever!
Awesome bro, take care!
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