Men are fundamentally mission-oriented creatures whose psychological health and sense of meaning depend on having purposes larger than immediate pleasure, comfort, or self-interest to organize their lives around and commit their energy toward. This is not a cultural construction or learned behavior but reflects deep evolutionary and psychological patterns that emerge consistently across cultures and throughout history. Men who lack clear missions beyond hedonistic pleasure-seeking or passive consumption experience pervasive emptiness, lack of motivation, depression, anxiety, and self-destructive behavior regardless of how much material comfort or hedonic satisfaction they achieve. Conversely, men pursuing challenging missions aligned with their values report...