There is a wonderful compliment you can give just about anyone you ever come across (including the rich and famous) – Treat Ordinary People Extraordinary, and Treat Extraordinary People Ordinary. As a Manliness Trait, it is right near the top of my list since it is core to being seen as having the manly skills that turn us from being just a guy, to being genuine man.
I first heard this entire saying several years ago when someone was trying to explain what made Larry King, the reporter, so effective …

The Art of Manliness did a VERY thorough job this week with the Manival.  They covered so many valuable topics, it is hard to keep up with all the good material.  Enjoy the Manival and remember to join the discussion with your comments if you have something to say.    Return To Manliness has CommentLuv plugin installed, so your latest blog post (if you have one) will be included in your comment.
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Womopo presents 3 Highly Effective Ways To Meet More Women. If you’re a single guy looking for love, Womopo suggests …

Sorry about the title, but this actually happened to me last night. The wife and I are in bed and everything is great. I get up, go to the bathroom (mind you this is at 3:00 AM), come back and lay down (in my own freaking bed) and WHAM! I get stung by a scorpion in my upper back.
At first, it was only a stinging sensation and I really didn’t know what happened. The wife jumps up, turns on the light and says “something just bit …

One of my main Manliness Traits is Protect Your Family At All Costs. When it comes to finances and managing your money, there isn’t a more important aspect of that protection than creating and controlling an emergency fund to ensure you cover all your bills when something unusual comes up. Some call this a rainy day fund. Some call it a relief fund. In short, an emergency fund is a cash reserve that you keep in a safe place and use only for emergencies.
It should …

This is the start of a series which I plan on posting several manly traits that I believe core to men as they journey on their Return To Manliness. I write this site in the hope that all who read it either take steps to become a better man, a better father, a better husband, a better person than what they are today. If you already have wonderful manly qualities about you, then maybe just a refresher. And if you truly have all the qualities that we …

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
George Bernard Shaw

There was a recent article in the NYT’s that discussed the perils of email and what happens when a good thing goes terribly wrong. Companies of all sizes are taking these matters into their own hands by implementing drastic, but oftentimes, necessary measures to help curb the insanity that has become email. Over at 43Folders, Merlin Mann writes and speaks of his Inbox Zero project. I highly suggest you check …

The world was shocked recently by the death of a VERY young Tim Russert at the age of 58. There has been so much coverage on this over the last couple of days, I simply don’t want to write anything about this amazing person that will trivialize what has already been covered. But I do want to speak to something I never paid attention to when he was alive – his family and his friends.
Much to my chagrin, it was only in his death that I became …