If your friends consistently serve as a catalyst for specific, real-world action NOW on the big things in life, reminding you of your Mortality as a key motivator, and if one of your friends is a professional coach gifted at guiding you through life, then yes--you've got this challenge licked for now, and you don't need to read any further.
But NO ONE I know--especially no MEN--has friends that serve this purpose for them in this way and with this effect.
We may have friends with whom we can be honest, raw, and vulnerable and receive the benefit of acceptance and encouragement and even some challenge now and then. They may help us stay in the game and get back up when we're knocked down. Those are awesome, invaluable traits to have in friendships. Preserve those friendships at all costs!
But our friends have other obligations and competing needs and wants. And sometimes, we just want to enjoy a friend's company--not do big life work together.
With friends, it's complicated.
It's different in The Graveyard Group.
We meet each week at the same time for the express, stated, single purpose of tapping into the power of our mortality to become the men we were made to be and live the lives we were made to live. We get to the big work right away, in doses that are both aggressive AND do-able.
And when you put your money and your time on the line to get different results in life, you show up ready to do the work.
Along the way, we develop brotherhood forged in the heat of being on the same epic mission together. We experience the joy of being known and accepted as we are--and then challenged to become an even better version of ourselves. It's exhilarating.
There's a deep inner satisfaction that comes from prioritizing life's big stuff each week. It boosts your confidence, your sense of self-integrity, your sense of potency in the world. And there's deep satisfaction in taking greater ownership of your life and its impact and seeing real-world, real-time results.
So, no, unless your friends already do all of this for you, this is not what your friends are for.