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Do it anyway: Improving yourself and dealing with those who don’t understand

December 11, 2011

I recently started reading The Flinch, by Julien Smith. The basic idea is that we humans have this inclination to protect ourselves. This self-preservation, this flinch, is a defense mechanism meant to keep us alive and safe. It’s the flight in “fight or flight”.

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Refined Casual: Getting your grown man on, outside the office

November 28, 2011

For the uninitiated (read: those who aren’t avid readers of this site) “casual” typically equates to sloppy. Most of the time this isn’t intentional; I highly doubt anyone wakes up in the morning thinking “I’m gonna look my absolute shittiest today.”

The problem is, lots of guys don’t know what to put on when they’re not wearing their work uniforms, whether that be a suit and tie, or an orange vest and a hardhat.

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Get Measured: The ONE tool you need to solve all your shopping woes

November 17, 2011

How many times have you been browsing online, stumbled upon a sweet deal, but never completed the purchase because you couldn’t figure out if the last size medium would actually fit (and there were no returns, no exchanges)?

Or have you ever found the perfect sport coat on eBay or Style Forum, but it didn’t have size tags and the seller simply listed the measurements?

I mean, what the heck are you supposed to do with that, right?

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Be a real man, dress like a girl!

October 24, 2011

Seriously, there is a ton to learn when you’re checking out the right women… lessons that are immediately applicable to your own wardrobe, style, and swagger.

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Sartorial Evaluation: How to be stylish in your 40s and beyond

September 22, 2011

The other night, the girlfriend and I caught a late showing of Crazy, Stupid, Love. Steve Carrell’s character, Cal, is a middle-aged, soon-to-be divorcé who, in an attempt to pick himself up after days of self-loathing and pity, becomes inspired and then coached by a younger, smoother-talking, swaggerific Jacob (played by Ryan Gosling), and ultimately reinvents himself.

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