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A Field Guide to Military Hand Signals

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2024/07/18

Soldiers often need to operate in complete silence to maintain the element of surprise and avoid detection by enemy forces. But they still need to communicate with each other. So, how do they do it without telegraphing their position? With hand signals. During the past century, the military has developed hand signals that allow its […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Podcast #1,007: The 5 Mountains of Personal Development

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2024/07/17

The journey of personal development, of becoming a more excellent and extraordinary individual, can sometimes seem a little abstract. That’s why it’s helpful to imagine it as Mark Divine does, as a set of five metaphorical mountains to scale. Mark is a retired Navy SEAL Commander, a professor of leadership, a yogi, the creator of […]Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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The Butler’s Book: How to Create the Instruction...

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2024/07/09

Because of the coincidental confluence of two books coming into my life at the same time — Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House by Cheryl Mendelson and Economics by Aristotle — I’ve been thinking a lot about household management this year. Part of that reflection has been philosophical. I’ve contemplated the Greek […]Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Podcast #1,004: The Sunscreen Debate — Are We...

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2024/07/08

You probably think of the health effects of sunlight as a mixed bag. On the one hand, sun exposure helps your body make vitamin D. But on the other, it can cause skin cancer. To get around this conundrum, dermatologists frequently recommend avoiding sun exposure when you can, slathering on sunscreen when you can’t, and […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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A Field Guide to 8 Regional Hot Dog Styles

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2024/07/02

The culinary delight that is the hot dog may have its origins in German sausages, but it’s become a beloved symbol of America — especially the American summer. Once associated with the street carts of New York City, the popularity of the hot dog spread its way across the country, getting modified in condiments and […]Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Podcast #1,003: Books, Routines, and Habits: The...

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2024/07/01

A lot of self-improvement advice and content feels empty. And there’s a reason for that. It often offers routines and habits to practice, but doesn’t offer a strong, overarching reason to practice them. That’s why the self-improvement advice of the Founding Fathers is particularly compelling. Though they were imperfect men, they had a clear why […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Skill of the Week: James Bond’s Tactics for Figuring...

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2024/06/30

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — having the breadth of skills, the savoir-faire, to handle any situation you find yourself in. With that in mind, each Sunday we’ll be republishing one of the illustrated guides from our archives, so you can hone your […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Sunday Firesides: Benjamin Franklin Was Fine, and...

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2024/06/30

We probably think we use social media as an entertaining distraction. But the deeper drive underlying our urge to keep scrolling is the simple fear of missing out. We ever feel we’re one swipe away from finding ideas that will help advance our careers, inspire our creativity — maybe even allow us to live forever […]Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Odds & Ends: June 28, 2024

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2024/06/28

The Federalist Papers. With Independence Day in the U.S. being next week, I thought it would be a good time to revisit some civically-minded founding documents. So I picked up a cheap copy of The Federalist Papers and gave it a read. The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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The Elementary Morality of Civilization

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2024/06/27

Note: From the 19th through to the mid-20th century, educational institutions — from elementary schools to colleges — sought to not only develop students’ academic abilities, but to cultivate, as one textbook from 1849 put it, their “virtuous and noble sentiments.” In 1916, the Character Education Institution, a kind of think-tank for research on moral […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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How to Trim Your Eyebrows

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2024/06/27

When you stop to think about it, eyebrows are pretty dang weird. On our otherwise smooth upper faces, we’ve got these two strips of hair that sit above our eyeballs. One theory as to why we have eyebrows is that they keep rain and sweat from running into our eyes. But their primary purpose seems […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Take Your First Backpacking Trip This Year

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2024/06/25

There’s nothing like getting into the great outdoors to refresh your spirit. But not all doses of nature are created equal. According to the sage 20-5-3 Rule, you should ideally aim to spend at least 20 minutes in green space three times a week, 5 hours in a semi-wild environment once a month, and 3 […]Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Podcast #1,001: Systems and Tools for Stealing Back...

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2024/06/24

Businesses and individuals often feel overwhelmed and stretched — that they can’t get done all the work they need to. The solution they frequently turn to is finding a new app to use or hiring more employees to spread the load. But my guest would say that you can steal back hours of productive time […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Skill of the Week: Open a Can Without a Can Opener

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2024/06/23

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Sunday Firesides: More Human, More Alive, More Immortal

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2024/06/23

Human. Alive. Immortal. We think of these as set, binary states. Things you either are or aren’t. You’re either human or nonhuman. Dead or alive. Mortal or immortal. But in truth, these states exist on a continuum, the ends of which you are always moving towards or away from. If humanness is defined by those […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Odds and Ends: June 21, 2024

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2024/06/21

How the Seasons Change Our Sleep. Do you feel like your sleep’s been crappier lately? Shorter and less restful? Well, the summer season may be to blame. Research published last year found that sleep is subject to seasonal variations. Study participants slept an hour longer in the winter than they did in the summer, and […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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I Started Taking a Walk Every Morning. Here’s What...

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2024/06/20

Since March, I’ve been waking up earlier. Before that time, I’d typically go to bed at 11 p.m. and naturally wake up between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m. Then, for some reason, regardless of what time I went to bed, I started spontaneously waking up between 5:30 and 6 a.m. Consequently, I moved my bedtime earlier, […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Sunday Firesides: Success Is a Multi-Generational...

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2024/05/26

In late midlife, a man tends to look back on the preceding decades, assess the standing of his health, relationships, professional achievements, and experiences, and determine whether or not his life has been a success. But the timeline used in this assessment should be significantly longer — extending much farther back and far further forward. […]Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Odds & Ends: May 24, 2024

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2024/05/24

Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto RV 443 / Maurice Steger, Cappella Gabetta. For some reason, when you get to fourth grade here in the United States, the school gives you a recorder, and you learn how to play “Mary Had a Little Lamb” on it. Of course, what most 9-year-olds do with a recorder is just randomly […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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Do You Only Think You’re Thinking?

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2024/05/23

Note: We recently came across this old poem and dug it. Enjoy. “Thought” By Berton Braley You say “I think” ten times a day Or fifteen times or twenty And even more. Well, anyway You sure repeat it plenty. But pause and ponder half a wink And start your brain-cells clinking; “I think” you say, […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

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