Category: Roadmap to Better Manhood

This series about creating a roadmap for better manhood now moves to another critical skill for men: time management. While not inherently gender-specific, good time management helps men be better men. It makes them more productive, reduces their stress, and helps them achieve their goals in life. It also helps them manage their idle time, avoid the many distractions that can derail them, and keep their priorities straight.   “It is better to build strong boys than fix broken men.” -American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman, Frederick Douglass (1818-1985) This insight from Frederick Douglass is prophetic. Today, there are too many immature boys who became broken, bored, and distracted men. With too much idle time on their hands and missing the skills to manage their life, they lack the maturity to be good and proper men who lead productive and satisfying lives. However, when we turn young males

My current series about changing the optics of masculinity these days involves creating a roadmap for better manhood. The next post on personal hygiene is critical to building self-confidence and how you show as a man.  As you’ve read in my previous posts, good and proper manhood begins when a male knows his Identity; not just who he is as a man but that he is also a child of God. The second part helps him know he was created for a Purpose for his time on earth. His Worldview leads to how he uses his Masculinity Properly and whether he shows up as a mature and proper man. This maturity begins when he learns to First, Manage Himself Well, which included Money Management; the first of the basic “hard skills” that I will outline in this subset of posts. I will also write about some “soft skills” like the

My current series about creating a roadmap for better manhood continues by expanding on my last post, First, Manage Yourself Well. In that post, I explained that learning to manage oneself well was an important first step toward becoming a man. While the skills men need have changed over time, there are some hard skills all men need. Since just about everything in life these days revolves around money, mastering some basic financial skills is very important. Money is not the “be all, end all,” but managing your finances well is critical since it reflects your priorities and how you show up as a mature man in this world.  The Early Road to a Better Manhood  As I’ve suggested in other posts in the series, this roadmap begins with A Man’s Identity; knowing who he is as a man, and knowing that he is a child of God with a