To my sons and all young fathers.........................................................................1
My proposed definition..........................................................................................5
What does 'edifying' mean?.................................................................................. 7
Dangers of Gratification....................................................................................... 15
Insatiable self-consumption............................................................................. 17
Desensitised self-imprisonment.....................................................................28
It's dangerously misleading............................................................................. 70
It's a lie...................................................................................................................82
The Dangers of Success....................................................................................90
Gratification is the default..............................................................................107
Angry blinders.................................................................................................... 112
Beware the Flood.............................................................................................. 114
An unsuspecting black hole.......................................................................... 120
We're more capable of evil than we think................................................. 122
How to experience Edifying Success..............................................................130
Step 1: Work from the inside-out................................................................. 130
Step 2: Prioritise 'becoming' successful......................................................139
Step 3: Define your becomings......................................................................164
Step 4: Internalise your focal attributes.................................................... 221
Step 5: Improve our nature by habitualisation........................................262
Step 6: Edify others.........................................................................................298
Benefits of Edification.......................................................................................308
It awakens, empowers and liberates..........................................................308
Give context to bad days................................................................................ 310
We're far more capable than we think........................................................ 311
Empowering progress is more accessible than we realise.....................313
Unsuspecting propulsion................................................................................ 318
Concluding invitation.........................................................................................321
Glossary................................................................................................................322
Commitment checklist.......................................................................................324
Edifying Series............................................................................
