http://noblemasculinity.com Explorations along the path of social mastery and noble masculinity. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:24:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A nobleman searches for relationships where he explores and learns about the depths of a woman's feminine essence. A mistaken ideal of the pop conception of masculinity is one where a man beds as many women as possible. This website is not about moralizing, so I am not ... http://noblemasculinity.com/2008/01/30/the-depth-of-yin/ I was in an interesting predicament Saturday. I was at an event, the last seats available at the lunch table were with a group of French people who did not speak english. I relish being in uncomfortable situations at times and this was one of them. I ... http://noblemasculinity.com/2007/12/24/words-dont-matter/ NEVER MIND WHAT OTHERS DIDN’T DO. IT’S WHAT YOU DO THAT COUNTS. If you depend upon others for your success, you are doomed to a life of failure and despair. It is a sad fact of life that few people consistently deliver what they promise. Instead of lamenting what ... http://noblemasculinity.com/2007/09/10/provide-opportunity-through-your-goals/ Try this exercise and see how you feel after you do it. Go to Network For Good and make a contribution no matter how small to an organization that you admire.  Click the button that says to make your contribution anonymous and then never tell anyone about it (except perhaps your ... http://noblemasculinity.com/2007/09/10/creating-value-and-charity/ I love this commercial. Besides being ridiculously funny, more revealing is why we find it humorous. It is unusual to see depictions on TV of a man with great social grace, a man of adventure, and a man of style. It is humorous because it is a ... http://noblemasculinity.com/2007/09/10/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/ "The pessimist resembles a man who observes with fear and sadness that his wall calendar . . grows thinner with each day. On the other hand, a person who attacks the problems of life actively is like a man who removes each successive leaf from his calendar and files ... http://noblemasculinity.com/2007/08/30/pessimism-vs-activism-in-daily-life/ "Honor is nothing but the vanity of vanities, which causes a man to defy his own mind and that of his Master and to forget his duty." Moshe Chaim Luzzato (Italian Jewish Mystic) In the course of conversation, you will undoubtedly encounter times when a man or woman will heap praise ... http://noblemasculinity.com/2007/08/26/honor-and-disqualification/ You were born an innocent child.  The beauty of infants is in the new and palpable sense of wonder of what may come and the great potential that they have.  As we grow, somewhere along the line we take on anxieties and guilt for things.  This guilt can damage your ... http://noblemasculinity.com/2007/08/24/eliminate-self-doubt-part-1/ “He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.” “My son, here is the way to get people to like you. Make every person like himself a little better and I promise that he or she will like you very much” Lord Chesterfield wrote the above in a ... http://noblemasculinity.com/2007/08/24/the-wisdom-of-lord-chesterfield/ Do you know why you strive for the things you desire? Have you analyzed the motivations for goals? The nobleman’s reasons for any specific goal relate to the reward of actually achieving that goal, never any of its accompanying benefits. The nobleman realizes that noble masculinity requires of one to ... http://noblemasculinity.com/2007/08/24/the-right-motivation/