If I had the stage at the Gathering of All Men, and I was allowed to issue only three challenges to all those men, I would issue these three.
The 5 Must Have Tools for Every Man
I’m assuming a survival situation, apocalypse, fugitive (for a crime you didn’t commit), or some other scenario where you’re in the wilderness or surviving a collapsed society. There may or may not be zombies. I’m doing a series of articles where I answer my own...
THE 5 MOST UNDER-UTILIZED MANLY TRAITS
A man has got to know his own mind, realize his strengths, understand his weaknesses, come to terms with his past, analyze his own thoughts and actions, and hold himself accountable for applying this wealth of knowledge properly.
Why?
I don’t recall ever writing about why it matters enough to me to go through the hassle of setting up a blog and fighting for readership.
Self Destruction
I’m pretty awesome in a lot of ways. The Creator was more generous with me than I deserve, obviously, and I think I’ve been a good steward of many of those good gifts. But there’s just a couple that I can’t seem to crest the hill on.
Quit Crying So Much
The crying-man will be the villain in thousands of historical whodunits for the damage he’s done to society.
Discipline
I think I want to be disciplined. But I must want something else more, because I’m not there.
Wounds from a Friend
We don’t know each other. So who the hell am I to tell you everything that’s wrong with you and snarl at you until you conform?