It is not “what” you accomplish, but “how” you go about accomplishing it that matters. ~Chad Howse When I was a kid my parents put me in a local hockey summer camp with older kids. I was a decent player when I was a wee one and my old man figured the challenge would be […]
The Real Man’s Most Important Virtue: Character
There is nothing more important than character; there is also nothing more difficult to find. ~Chad Howse Character is more important than knowledge. Yet it’s knowledge that we teach, and character that we expect to be learned through osmosis. Character, however, is rare. It’s how you act and who you are when it would be […]
The Missing Ingredient In Modern Men: Character
There is so much that’s out of our control in life. With what’s within our control, however, we have to make the most of or else our lives, our fate, our happiness will never be ours. I’m reading, Where Men Win Glory, the odyssey of Pat Tillman. Before that it was, Unbroken, the story of […]
What it means to be a Man – Developing character, not just your body
“Everyone tries to define this thing called character. It’s not hard. Character is doing what’s right when nobody’s looking.” James J. Braddock knew what it meant to be a man. He wouldn’t let anything get in the way of taking care of his family, not even his own pride.