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Dec 11, 2013
Fireside Topic: Who are your role models?
In this week's Fireside Topic, we address who your role models are; you may know of a few people that have had definite influence in your life, but spend some time thinking about the small personality traits you think may be unique and evaluate where those originated.
Nov 27, 2013
Fireside Discussions: Topics to Get Us Talking
“Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of ‘crackpot’ than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.” – Chauncey Depew
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Oct 18, 2013
Fear, Courage, and Love: What Stoicism Got Wrong
For the longest time I assumed fear’s natural enemy to be courage, as if courage was the antonym for fear. I believe this comes from a stoic worldview that I and many men lean towards. But stoicism only goes so far, and gets some critical things wrong.
Oct 7, 2013
Captains of Industry (or Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money)
In 1884, at the height of the Industrial Revolution, while prominent figures such as Andrew Carnegie, J.D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, and a few other men whose achievements on such a massive scale had earned them their place in history (as well as still being household or at least familiar names to this day), ...
Sep 24, 2013
Boy Wanted by Frank Crane
In the early 1900’s Frank Crane penned this “wanted ad” as a call to boys and parents on the type of boy society needed and this is certainly relevant today. If you know a boy like this be sure to encourage him and thank his parents.
Sep 19, 2013
The Importance of Hunting
It’s mid-September and in North Carolina, like many states, that means that deer season either has started (for bow hunters) or will start soon (for rifles). I hope this article will help you see the importance of hunting and how it can impact a man’s heart and even help unite his family.
Sep 1, 2013
5 Steps Towards Manliness: Step 5 – Mentor Others
Becoming a man does not have a final step. It’s an on-going journey with milestones of character and achievements. Likewise, mentoring doesn’t have to wait until a certain level of manliness has been achieved. In fact, it is a vital step on the road to manliness.
Aug 22, 2013
Adapting Ben Franklin’s Daily Schedule to Your Life
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin
Using Time Wisely
Let me first be clear: I hate scheduling. Abhor it. I like the results of a scheduled day and use a planning system for my work ...
Aug 6, 2013
Books for Boys
I did not read very much at all when I was a boy. Until I became an adult I could count the number of books I had completed on one hand. So, many books I am discovering for the first time with my boys. Here is a compilation of books that inspire and feed the spirit of a growing young man.
Jul 19, 2013
5 Steps Towards Manliness: Step 4 – Seek Challenges
“If a man learns to love hard work, he will love all of life.” – John Crotts, Craftsmen
We have all heard the old adage “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” There are a lot of cases where this isn’t true; a debilitating stroke, neuropathy, loss of limbs…you get the ...
Jul 10, 2013
The Manly Virtues of Ron Swanson
When NBC began casting for the role of Ron Swanson, the idea was that a guy that really hates what he does would be funny... However, people began to look at Ron Swanson and think, “Being a man looks like it would be pretty awesome!” And of course we were right. Here are some of the manly virtues of Ron Swanson.
Jul 1, 2013
What Fourth of July Means to Me – Ronald Reagan
Ronal Reagan, July 4th, 1981
For one who was born and grew up in the small towns of the Midwest, there is a special kind of nostalgia about the Fourth of July.
I remember it as a day almost as long anticipated as Christmas. This was helped along by the appearance ...