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The Art of Charm

600: Brett McKay | Art of Manliness

The Art of Charm

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Education, Health & Fitness, Business

4.711K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Brett McKay (@artofmanliness) is the founder of Art of Manliness, one of the largest independent men's lifestyle sites on the Web. Similarities in the naming schemes between AoM and AoC are purely coincidental! The Cheat Sheet: What is manliness? What are the domains -- the hard and soft skills -- an aspiring well-rounded man should develop? Why men of any culture should strive to be useful, not important. How to increase resilience by challenging your faulty "Me, Always, Everything" style of thinking. Why action -- and not getting stuck in your own head -- is the key to flourishing. And so much more... Want to reach the fabled inbox zero? SaneBox learns what email is important to you and filters out what isn't. Visit sanebox.com/artofcharm today and you'll get an extra $25 credit on top of the two-week free trial! Are you trying to hire the right person for your business, but the best candidates keep slipping away? Let ZipRecruiter -- the fastest way to hire great people -- help you screen only the best here! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/600/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

If I can find some classical ideal of being this excellent person, that resonates with

0:06.7

it's Theodore Roosevelt or Julius Caesar's or some great badass from history,

0:11.9

displaying this virtue. I'm like, that's awesome. And there's all this conversation about it.

0:15.5

We need to redefine masculinity. What you need to do is just revive this classical idea of

0:21.7

manliness that we once had and bring it back. And also taking a consideration, yeah, there's

0:26.7

some parts of masculinity or traditional manliness that maybe we should leave in the dustbin

0:30.8

of history. Don't throw the baby out the bathwater.

0:40.5

Welcome to The Art of Charm. I'm your host Jordan Harbinger. Today we're talking with my friend

0:44.8

Brett McKay of The Art of Manliness. Yes, the brand does sound similar. No, we did not do that on

0:49.5

purpose. This is a rare episode of AOC because it is specifically for guys. It is about manliness.

0:54.8

We're going to talk about why modern masculinity should be revived, not necessarily redefined.

0:59.2

The domains of man should develop to become well-rounded. Why men should strive to be useful,

1:04.6

not important, and what that has to do with manliness, and why action is the key to flourishing,

1:09.4

and why you need to get out of your head. A little bonus discussion at the end about resilience.

1:14.3

If you liked our episode about grit, you might dig that discussion. So get your edgimication

1:19.1

with us here at The Art of Charm and Brett McKay from The Art of Manliness. See what I did there?

1:23.5

And by the way, if you're new to the show, we'd love to send you some top episodes and the AOC toolbox.

1:28.8

That's what we would discuss concepts like reading body language and having charismatic

1:32.4

nonverbal communication, the science of attraction, negotiation techniques, networking,

1:37.0

and influence strategies, mentorship, persuasion tactics, and everything else that we teach here

1:41.9

at The Art of Charm. Check that out at theartofcharm.com slash toolbox. Also at Theartofcharm.com slash

1:47.7

podcast, you can find the show notes for this in all previous episodes of The Show. All right,

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