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How to Build Your Wardrobe: Part III - Men's Hats, Watches, and Other
In How to Build Your Wardrobe Part I we discussed why a man's clothing is important, broke men up into groups, and listed the clothing they need. In How to Build Your Wardrobe Part II we gave you 5
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The Art of Manliness Suit School: Part II - The Alterations Every Man Needs
Editor's note: The AoM Community's resident style hobbyist, Leo Mulvihill, posted a series of posts on the Community blog to help men understand more about buying, wearing, and looking your best in
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5 Signs of a Quality Watch
Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Xiaoli Li. Mr. Li is a contributing editor at DefinitiveTouch.com and TheShoeBuff.com. Extensively experienced in writing for broadcast and print, Xiaoli is
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Keeping It Fresh: Avoiding Bad Breath, Body Odor, and Cheap Cologne
Editor's note: This is a guest post from a fellow Tulsan and friend, Nathan Fifield. Do you remember when you were a teen and your parents or teachers complained about your terrible breath and body
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Understanding the Dress Shirt: Custom Shirt Giveaway
A man's dress shirt can elegantly frame his face during a presentation and later absorb his perspiration during a tough round of questioning. It can play a supporting role by enhancing his sport ...
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Dressing for Life's Big Events: How a Man Should Dress for Weddings, First
A man's life is full of moments that will require him to dress a certain way. From his high school graduation to walking his daughter down the aisle, a man needs to understand the basics of formal ...
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Three Steps to Building Your Individual Style
Every man is unique, and every man has his own individual style.I say this to every one of my clients because it's very important to understand this simple concept. We live in a world where we are ...
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How To Properly Rock A Pocket Square
For the past four decades, if American men regarded the breast pocket on their suit at all, it was as an extra place to store sunglasses or business cards. Some men don't even undo the stitching in
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How and Why to Become a Lifelong Learner
For the first twenty-two years or so of our lives, our main "job" is learning. The bulk of our time is spent in classrooms acquiring new knowledge. And then, once we graduate, we feel like the ...
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I Want You....To Put Away Your Smartphone: Propaganda Posters for the Modern Age
During the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, the use of "propaganda posters" were popular for encouraging good behavior - teaching safety, boosting worker morale, and rousing wartime sacrifice. I've always ...
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How to End a Conversation
We've done several articles on the Art of Manliness covering the wonderful art of conversation, from its dos and donts, to how to make small talk, to avoiding the dreaded plague of conversational ...
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Unlocking the Science of Habits: How to Hack the Habit Loop & Become the Man You
For better or for worse, our habits shape us. A good habit is a strong ally in our journey to becoming the men we want to be, while a bad habit acts like a millstone around our necks. (Want to know
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Manly Honor VII: How and Why to Revive Manly Honor in the Twenty-First Century
Over the last few months, we've defined traditional honor, and then taken a look at the different ways that definition has been interpreted and lived by men over the centuries. Traditional honor ...
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How to Treat Life Like an Experiment
Editor's note: This is a guest post from Erik Kennedy from The Bucket List Society. I was quite scared when I woke up Monday morning. I hadn't set my alarm the night before, and I didn't know if it
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A Man Is Punctual: The Importance of Being on Time
The life of George Washington was characterized by a scrupulous regard for punctuality. When he asked a man to bring by some horses he was interested in buying at five in the morning, and the man ...
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A Man Is Punctual: The Reasons You're Late and How to Always Be on Time
Read Part I: The Importance of Being on Time Being punctual is a skill any man can master; it doesn't take any special talents or abilities. But even if you feel it's an important trait to develop ...
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Leadership Lessons from Dwight D. Eisenhower #1: How to Build and Sustain Morale
Dwight D. Eisenhower had unarguably one of the longest and most taxing leadership roles in American history. For two decades, the lives of thousands, sometimes millions, of people and the fate of ...
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The Tool Works at Both Ends
From chipping out spearheads in primitive times to modern day tinkering with computer chips, men have always been very connected to their tools. For thousands of years tools have magnified and ...
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A Formula for Success: The Power of Implementation Intentions
If you're like many men across the world, you probably set some new goals for yourself on January 1. Maybe it was to work out regularly or get into the reading habit. Or maybe you wanted to pay off
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What Man Hasn't Squandered a Life Changing Event?
Editor's note: This is a guest post from Tyler Tervooren from Advanced Riskology. The other day I asked myself, "Tyler, how long has it been since you've recognized yourself?" That's a pretty funny
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Ace Your Exams: Study Tactics of the Successful Gentleman Scholar
When 160,000 undergraduates in the University of California system were asked to name the obstacles that impeded their academic success, the students listed things like work, stress, and depression
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Develop a Strong He-Man Voice by Using the Voice Nature Gave You
Have you ever listened to a recording of your voice and cringed? Perhaps you were surprised about how nasally or high-pitched it was, or how hard you were to understand. Perhaps in that moment you ...
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Lose with Dignity. Celebrate with Grace. (Part II)
Miss Part I? Read it here. On December 31, 1967, the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys met on Lambeau Field for the NFL Championship. Later dubbed the "Ice Bowl," temperatures hovered at 13 ...
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Lose with Dignity. Celebrate with Grace. (Part I)
"I cannot describe it. I cannot give you any idea of the kindness, and generosity, and magnanimity of those men. When I think of it, it brings tears into my eyes." -Charles Marshall, Aide de Camp to
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Being a Gentleman in the Age of the Internet: 6 Ways to Bring Civility Online
"All u need is one shell: for yourself. Done." "Nothing says survival like a tube of Carmex. Add a little to that condom you stored and protect the world from more people like you...." The above ...