LikeMinds Book Club

Book Summary: Act like a Lady, Think like a Man by Steve Harvey

LikeMinds Book Club

Book Summary: Act like a Lady, Think like a Man by Steve Harvey

Ohh my! I wish you were at the meeting ground yesterday, you’d have felt how the room was, how emotions were expressed, how questions were answered with wisdom. In simple word, yesterday’s meeting was blissful!

Anyways, let’s get into it! Shall we?

Part 1: The Mind-Set of A Man

Chapter 1: What drives men

‌Men are always driven by;
1. Who they are (their Title),
2. What they do (How he attains the title),
3. How much they make (the rewards he get for doing what he does)
Till then, they (Your man) will be too busy to focus on you.

The way you can help him become the man he envisions to be, is to see the vision too, help him focus and support him to implement his plans towards the vision.

Chapter 2: Our love isn’t like your love

‌A man shows his love to his woman by
1. Professing his love . A man that loves you will certainly give you a Title (Girlfriend, finance, babe..) so as to claim you and let others know—the other men—that “you are off the market for any guy who had the wrong motives.”
2. Providing. A real man has it encoded in his DNA to provide, to make sure that those he loves are taken care of. He makes sure that he provides whether monetarily or sweat equity so that you are satisfied. That’s how he shows his love.
3. Protecting . A man who truly cares for you will protect you in other ways; advice, stepping up to perform a task that may be too dangerous for you.
However, a man who isn’t brought up this way should have a lady of standards require these (profession, provision and protection) of him.

Chapter 3: The Three things Every Man Needs

‌A man requires that his woman he truly loves shows her love to him in these ways;
1. Support . Appreciate the little things he does—make him feel special–this makes him wants to do more. Let him feel like you have got his back—those words of encouragement.
2. Loyalty . Showing your man that your love is real, trustworthy, reliable in every season, situations and struggles and having to say with great enthusiasm to people who mean a lot to you that he is your man, will make this man kill Goliath for you.
3. The Cookie . Above all, a man who is in love with you wants to be physically engaged with you. He wants to make love to you. And the last thing you should do is deny this man— who has shown and proven his commitment to you— this one thing he demands from you, S*X.
When give your man these three things— support, loyalty and the cookie— he isn’t going nowhere!

Chapter 4: We need to talk and other words that make men run for cover

However, to have your problems fixed by your man start the conversation with words other than, “can we talk?” These three words get men’s defenses up and make them act up before getting to hear what you have to say.

Part 2: Why Men do What they do

Chapter 5: First thing first, he wants to sleep with you

However, if you let him know up front what your price is—your standards are—he will let you know up front if it’s too high for him or appropriate.

Chapter 6: Sports Fish Vs Keepers, How men distinguish between the marrying types and the playthings

Chapter 7: Mama’s Boys, Did I marry a Man or a Boy?


Therefore, ladies set rules like: 1. You need to respect me 2 . You need to put my kids and I first after God . 3. Others too have to respect our relationship—and me.

Chapter 8: Why Men Cheat

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