Since the end of the Industrial Age, men have lacked proper male role models. Pampered by our cushy white-collar jobs, our hands had become soft and our will has turned to mush. We have become the proverbial ‘yes man’ of the corporate world lacking a spine, slithering around with a knife behind our backs, looking for someone to stab so we can climb the snakes and ladders of financial success. Perhaps we think, Maybe the girls will like me now that I have my cool new car and luxurious bachelors pad.
Where are the real men of yesterday? The ones who worked hard all day till their muscles burned; the ones with blisters on their hands and calluses on their feet, the man that women swoon for at first sight? The answer is, Theyre all dead, Jim. All thats left is us backstabbing, spineless, slithering yes-men.
The real men may be dead, but their lessons from the past, live on. Let’s learn from our forefathers, what it means to be a mans man.
#1A Man Must Be Bold
In Chinese philosophy, a man’s body composes mainly of Yang chi the essence of male energy, representing vigour and vitality. Yang is forceful, the aggressor, and...