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Tough: My Journey to True Power | Terry Crews
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From Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews, the deeply personal story of his lifelong obsession with strengthand how, after looking for it in all the wrong places, he finally found it Terry Crews spent decades cultivating his bodybuilder physique and bravado. On the outside, he seemed invincible: he escaped his abusive father, went pro in the NFL, and broke into the glamorous world of Hollywood. But his fixation with appearing outwardly tough eventually turned into an exhausting performance in which repressing his emotions let them get the better of himleading him into addiction and threatening the most important relationships in his life. Now Crews is sharing the raw, never-before-told story of his quest to find the true meaning of toughness. In Tough, he examines arenas of life where he desperately sought controlmasculinity, shame, sex, experiences with racism, and relationshipsand recounts the setbacks and victories he faced while uprooting deeply ingrained toxic masculinity and finally confronting his insecurities, painful memories, and limiting beliefs. The result is not only the gripping story of a man's struggle against himself and how he finally got his mind right, but a bold indictment of the cultural norms and taboos that ask men to be outwardly tough while leaving them inwardly weak. With Tough, Crews's journey of transformation offers a model for anyone who considers themselves a tough guy but feels unfulfilled; anyone struggling with procrastination or self-sabotage; and anyone ready to achieve true, lasting self-mastery.
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Good book!

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The "aux cord" analogy, Part 1 of 2. By "aux cord," Crews is referring to his son's auxiliary cord, which is the cord that is used to connect his son's IPHONE to the speaker in Crews's car. He writes that when someone does this, they control the music that you hear.

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The purpose of being tough isn't to attack, but to protect. The purpose of being strong isn't to dominate, but to support. The purpose of having power is not to rule, but to serve.

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I can't speak to what the NFL is like today. But the NFL I knew was like prison with money. That's exactly what it was. If you took the roster of any team I was on and you sent them to prison, in two months, they'd be running the place.

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Part of proving that you're a real man is covering for dumb shit that other men want to do. One thing I've learned is that if there's a pack of four guys-- even four really good guys-- something stupid is probably going to go down.

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Terry Crews!
Listened to his powerful discussion & got his book signed. 😁

Ruthiella Neat! 😀 2y
Nute Oh, you did post photos. I always scroll from the top down / old to new. So funny!😆 2y
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