Website review: Skills for Men - Things Men Should ...
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•esquire.com/features/essential-skills-0508
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Solivagus rated 8 weeks ago- A decent list, but missing several things, and assuming others. However, I do remember a lot of these things from my father's own teachings, a Portuguese man born and raised in Africa. The "kicking ass" one especially, though he always said 'never throw the first punch'.
- fully-faltoo rated 2 months ago
- They forgot that "Men should also be able to Stumble" :p
- afroboi rated 2 months ago
- A Man Should Be Able To: 1. Give advice that matters in one sentence. I got run out of a job I liked once, and while it was happening, a guy stopped me in the hall. Smart guy, but prone to saying too much. I braced myself. I didn't want to hear it. I needed a white knight, and I knew it wasn't him. He just sighed and said: When nobody has your back, you gotta move your back. Then he walked away. Best advice I ever got. One sentence. 2. Tell if someone is lying. Everyone has his theory. Pick one, test it. Choose the tells that work for you. I like these: Liars change the subject quickly. Liars look up and to their right when they speak. Liars use fewer contractions. Liars will sometimes stare straight at you and employ a dead face. Liars never touch their chest or heart except self-consciously. Liars place objects between themselves and you during a conversation. 3. Take a photo. Fill the frame. 4. Score a baseball game. Scoring a game is an exercise in ciphering, creating a shorthand of your very own. In this way, it's a private language as much as a record of the game. The only given is the numbering of the positions and the use of the diamond to express each batter's progress around the bases. I black out the diamond when a run scores. I mark an RBI with a tally mark in the upper-right-hand corner. Each time you score a game, you pick up on new elements to track: pitch count, balls and strikes, foul balls. It doesn't matter that this information is available on the Internet in real time. Scoring a game is about bearing witness, expanding your own ability to observe. 5. Name a book that matters. The Catcher in the Rye does not matter. Not really. You gotta read. 6. Know at least one musical group as well as is possible. One guy at your table knows where Cobain was born and who his high school English teacher was. Another guy can argue the elegant extended trope of Liquid Swords with GZA himself. This is how it should be. Music does not demand agreement. Rilo Kiley. Nina Simone. Whitesnake. Fugazi. Otis Redding. Whatever. Choose. Nobody likes a know-it-all, because 1) you can't know it all and 2) music offers distinct and private lessons. So pick one. Except Rilo Kiley. I heard they broke up. Leif Parsons 7. Cook meat somewhere other than the grill. Buy The Way to Cook, by Julia Child. Try roasting. Braising. Broiling. Slow-cooking. Pan searing. Think ragouts, fricassees, stews. All of this will force you to understand the functionality of different cuts. In the end, grilling will be a choice rather than a chore, and your Weber will become a tool rather than a piece of weekend entertainment. 8. Not monopolize the conversation. 9. Write a letter. So easy. So easily forgotten. A five-paragraph structure works pretty well: Tell why you're writing. Offer details. Ask questions. Give news. Add a specific memory or two. If your handwriting is terrible, type. Always close formally. 10. Buy a suit. Avoid bargains. Know your likes, your dislikes, and what you need it for (work, funerals, court). Squeeze the fabric -- if it bounces back with little or no sign of wrinkling, that means it's good, sturdy material. And tug the buttons gently. If they feel loose or wobbly, that means they're probably coming off sooner rather than later. The jacket's shoulder pads are supposed to square with your shoulders; if they droop off or leave dents in the cloth, the jacket's too big.
- ikkepagrasset rated 2 months ago
- Valuable simply for the letter writing advice in skill #9. Can you believe I've never known how to write a letter?
- bytetopia rated 3 months ago
- A well-rounded list.
- JoeBenutzer rated 3 months ago
- Quite a few interesting ones. Obvious to me is the missing #76: Don't let others dictate your choices. Make up your own mind. From the page: "The 75 Skills Every Man Should Master A man can be expert in nothing, but he must be practiced in many things. Skills. You don t have to master them all at once. You simply have to collect and develop a certain number of skills as the years tick by. People count on you to come through. That s why you need these, to start."
- mollermarketing rated 3 months ago
- From the page: "53. Sometimes, kick some ass."
- V-Profane rated 3 months ago
- Skill 1 of 1: Think for yourself and don't give a fuck what condescending wank mags like Esquire have to say.
