Just as a strong river current will push objects downstream unless they actively swim against it, societal currents will do the same. As a result, part of cultivating manhood in our day is understanding where society pushes against and undermines masculine virtues, and then actively swimming against those currents. Some of the push against masculinity […]
The Code of Manhood
A man does what he must. The circumstances are irrelevant. -Chad Howse The difference between manhood and boyhood is that there are options in boyhood. You can say no, maybe you’re get grounded or the penalty for avoidance of one’s tasks really isn’t all that severe. (Read This: 12 Lessons on Manhood from Johnny Cash) Manhood […]
12 Lessons on Manhood from Johnny Cash
When you watch John Wayne‘s movies you just feel like a man. When you listen to Johnny Cash’s songs, you feel that same strength and assertiveness and bravado. The depth of the voice, the pain and the power, wrapped up in medley’s about failure and loss, death and freedom. Johnny Cash is like many of […]
9 Lessons in Manhood from John Wayne
To watch a John Wayne movie is to take a course in masculinity. It’s to view the values in action that should be at the forefront of any man’s life. Values that are, by in large, fleeting in a society that’s losing it’s strong, masculine virtues and along with them it’s moral compass and worse, it’s […]
8 Lessons in Manhood From the Vikings
What we think of men today is far different from what men used to be, and what men were meant to be. Men were once warriors and farmers. They were leaders and kings. They were strong, smart, and dangerous. They conquered and they defended. There was a time when the TV remote wasn’t yet invented and […]
Will You Teach Me How to Be a Man?
When I was 3 my old man taught me how to skate. I think it was the same year I learned how to throw a baseball and football and throw a punch, but hockey is what’s stuck in my mind as my first athletic skill because with skating and puck-handling I was also shown how […]
How to Be A Real Man, A Legend.
Becoming a Legend: A Guide to Creating the Heart of a Real Man As a former skinny guy, amateur boxer, athlete, and a boy entering manhood in a world where manliness is scarce. I’m obsessed with creating the best person I can create. And my site reflects my desire. The further along a go on […]
What it Means To Be A Man
You’re not a real man just because your balls have dropped, your voice has deepened, or you have some hair on your face. Just because you have a job, lot’s of money, or even a family – although the latter responsibility has turned many a boy into a man – doesn’t give you the title of […]