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Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.

There's a lot of debate these days about what it means to be a man, but maybe the answer is simpler than we think,

and a lot of masculinity just comes down to confident competence,

a broad set of know-how, the ability to get stuff

done, the capacity to move through the world with purpose and skill. As someone who's lived several

lives in one, Elliot Ackerman certainly embodies that ethos. He's a decorated Marine, a former CIA

paramilitary officer, a national book award nominated novelist, and now the writer of A Man Should Know, a column of the free press that explores a small but significant skills that shape a man's life. Today in the show, Elliot and I talk about why young men are struggling, how intention, discipline, and competence can change the way a man carries himself, and a few of the specific skills of man should know, from how to wear a watch to how to give eulogy.

After the show's over, check at our show notes at aOM.i.s slash competence. All right, Elliot Ackerman, welcome to the show.

Thanks so much for having me on.

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