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That is what Miller Beer wants you to do. In their two commercials one with a man wearing a purse the other the fellow is wearing a skirt they are telling men to men up. The whole question of manning up and what is to be a man is slowly growing in the zeitgeist. Women…
This TED video illustrates teaching our kids to be entrepreneurs instead of teaching them to be employees. Cameron Herold struggled and cheated his way through school like I did. He had me in tears with his passionate stories about how he, like so many kids, are done a disservice by putting them all in the…
Sociology professor Michael Kimmel speaks about being a man on Dad’s Unplugged. His solution is that we need a strong dose of being an entrepreneur, his ‘self made man’. Kimmel claims our current recession is so tough because traditional male industries are leaving. He goes on to suggest that our traditional model of being a…
That sentence comes from an article by Janet Carlson, Author and Beauty & Health Director at Town & Country magazine. She writes about how the media is starting to look at men differently. Her position is that women, working to carve out their place, is causing men to feel left out. The New York Times’…
Truth will set you free, and it might get you laid. Women are amazing at spotting our BS. I’m not just talking about the half-truths we tell in attempt to slip out of being a man; I’m speaking about how we seduce a woman. A canned compliment is less likely to get you what you…
Who are you? I mean, from a “branding” perspective? Recently, I had a conversation with a friend, “Fred,” who owns a successful company. Because of their great work, larger and larger corporations are hiring them. But it’s obvious that it’s not his website that’s generating his business. It looks dated and uninspiring, quite frankly. Fred…
