JoeJustice
02-11-2010, 08:51 AM
I’ve been reading more and more stories about how women are fed up with men. How there are no longer any real men out there. How men are no longer the leaders of the household, bread winners or emotional foundation. They’re all just a bunch of immature boys who would rather play Xbox than take a lady out to a proper dinner.
Believe it or not, this is GREAT news if you’re a young man! Just think about it, you’ve got all of these overgrown boys out there competing for the same women you’re after. Back in the day, you might have had to really put in the effort to stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Now all you have to do is take a young lady to a place with table setting and she’ll think you’re a real alpha male. Now, pull the chair out for her and man oh man! Watch out! :wink:
I believe there are three legs to the stool of manliness. Three characteristics you should aim for that will really set you apart from your peers. Having just one of these will get you so far, two will make an impression, but if you possess all three, then you’ll truly be a man among boys and really will be head and shoulders above all the other folks with the Y chromosome. Not only that, but these three characteristics feed into each other and work synergistically to make the whole far more than the sum of the parts. If you don’t believe me ask Theodore Roosevelt, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, William Wallace or any of the other great men in history who poses all these traits.
The three traits are Physical Fitness, Self Confidence and Dependability.
Physical fitness is fairly straight forward, but let me give you this bit of advice; don’t be all show and no go. You want to be the kind of man that can do more than just look good in a pair of swim trunks. You need to be able to run, move, carry and fight both to save yourself and to save those who depend on you.
Self confidence isn’t having a massive ego and believing the sun was hung just to give you a tan. Self confidence is about knowing yourself; knowing your strengths and weaknesses and honing your skills in order to maximize your strengths and mitigate your weaknesses. Be bold. Know what you can do and do it. Never be ashamed or embarrassed of what you’re capable of whether it’s being able to do 20 pull-ups, being a master wood worker, automotive technician or computer programmer. Know it and own it!
Dependability is what ties it all together, it’s the real key. Dependability is more than just keeping your word, though that is crucially important. Dependability is about taking on responsibility. Be the man that people look to for help and guidance. Be the man that is there when someone needs a shoulder to lean on or just help rearranging their furniture. Always defend the innocent and let people always know they can rely on you to do the right thing, even when the right thing is tough.
Here’s the hard part with dependability. As you forge dependability, people will begin to depend on you. The hard part is not letting them down! It’ll be a hassle at times, and you’ll get frustrated with people’s demands on your time. But that’s part of being man. That’s what separates a man from a boy. While no one looks to the boys for help, because they know they’ll be watching a movie or playing Playstation, they will look to you because they know that you will DO something.
All the while coach them on self reliance and help them to achieve what you’ve achieved. Trust me on this, my friends; it will all come back to you. All of the help you give to others and all of the energy you expend forging relationships and building community will come back to you many fold. It’s something you’ll just have to experience for yourself to really appreciate but until you do, just take my word for it.
All three of these attributes work together. Fitness feeds confidence, confidence comes from dependability, dependability requires fitness. Added together they make for one hell of a manly man!
Now get our there and act like you’ve got a pair! :freaked-out:
-Joe
:)
Believe it or not, this is GREAT news if you’re a young man! Just think about it, you’ve got all of these overgrown boys out there competing for the same women you’re after. Back in the day, you might have had to really put in the effort to stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Now all you have to do is take a young lady to a place with table setting and she’ll think you’re a real alpha male. Now, pull the chair out for her and man oh man! Watch out! :wink:
I believe there are three legs to the stool of manliness. Three characteristics you should aim for that will really set you apart from your peers. Having just one of these will get you so far, two will make an impression, but if you possess all three, then you’ll truly be a man among boys and really will be head and shoulders above all the other folks with the Y chromosome. Not only that, but these three characteristics feed into each other and work synergistically to make the whole far more than the sum of the parts. If you don’t believe me ask Theodore Roosevelt, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, William Wallace or any of the other great men in history who poses all these traits.
The three traits are Physical Fitness, Self Confidence and Dependability.
Physical fitness is fairly straight forward, but let me give you this bit of advice; don’t be all show and no go. You want to be the kind of man that can do more than just look good in a pair of swim trunks. You need to be able to run, move, carry and fight both to save yourself and to save those who depend on you.
Self confidence isn’t having a massive ego and believing the sun was hung just to give you a tan. Self confidence is about knowing yourself; knowing your strengths and weaknesses and honing your skills in order to maximize your strengths and mitigate your weaknesses. Be bold. Know what you can do and do it. Never be ashamed or embarrassed of what you’re capable of whether it’s being able to do 20 pull-ups, being a master wood worker, automotive technician or computer programmer. Know it and own it!
Dependability is what ties it all together, it’s the real key. Dependability is more than just keeping your word, though that is crucially important. Dependability is about taking on responsibility. Be the man that people look to for help and guidance. Be the man that is there when someone needs a shoulder to lean on or just help rearranging their furniture. Always defend the innocent and let people always know they can rely on you to do the right thing, even when the right thing is tough.
Here’s the hard part with dependability. As you forge dependability, people will begin to depend on you. The hard part is not letting them down! It’ll be a hassle at times, and you’ll get frustrated with people’s demands on your time. But that’s part of being man. That’s what separates a man from a boy. While no one looks to the boys for help, because they know they’ll be watching a movie or playing Playstation, they will look to you because they know that you will DO something.
All the while coach them on self reliance and help them to achieve what you’ve achieved. Trust me on this, my friends; it will all come back to you. All of the help you give to others and all of the energy you expend forging relationships and building community will come back to you many fold. It’s something you’ll just have to experience for yourself to really appreciate but until you do, just take my word for it.
All three of these attributes work together. Fitness feeds confidence, confidence comes from dependability, dependability requires fitness. Added together they make for one hell of a manly man!
Now get our there and act like you’ve got a pair! :freaked-out:
-Joe
:)