Lots of men in 21st century society are questioning their masculinity…
They believe that they are weaker and less confident than more “manly” men.
If you feel this way, there’s no shame in it. There’s a large difference between being male and being a man. A male is something you are by birth. A man is something you have to become.
The good news is that there are several “masculine triggers” that, if done on a daily basis, will make you feel more masculine and confident, no matter who you are, what you look like, or where you’re from.
Trigger #1: Challenge Yourself
Challenge is the whetstone that sharpens the blade of the masculine edge.
In fact, challenge is the driving force behind the success of the human race. From building massive skyscrapers and creating enormous tech companies to starting wars in an attempt to conquer other nations, challenge continually pushes us forward.
Also here’s another fact that’s not very well known: most of our ancestors are women. That means most of the men who lived in history didn’t get to procreate (arguably the #1 biological goal of your life).
Men back then instinctively knew this, so what did they do? They improved themselves, so they would have a better chance to pass on their genes.
They became tougher. Rougher. More mentally sharp. They were the ones who stepped up to the challenge of life and developed a strong internal locus of control. As a result, those were the ones who got laid and had children.
If every man who ever lived reproduced, over-population would have extinguished the human race long ago. Luckily, nature has a built in safeguard for this — “survival of the fittest”. Species that do not grow and adapt are eliminated.
Implementation Guidelines: Take the time to step outside of your comfort zone every day. You’ll surprise yourself with how fast you grow when you begin challenging yourself.
Here’s some things you can do:
- Try a new physical activity (weights, martial arts, rock climbing, etc)
- Begin meditating for 10-20 minutes every morning
- Get up earlier in the morning
- Learn a new, mentally demanding skill that you have absolutely zero background in
- Approach a girl and ask her out
Anything that will smack you out of that default autopilot mode (that you’ve been stuck in for God knows how long) is good.
Trigger #2: Become Self-Reliant
In traditional societies, men were the primary breadwinners of the home. It was rare to use too much outside assistance to help provide for the family. This obviously isn’t the case anymore, but self-reliance is still a heavy part of the male psyche.
Modern society teaches us to be reliant on outside stimulation to feel good about ourselves. For example, we often rely on getting “likes” on social media for validation.
If you want to be masculine, you need to learn how to get approval and validation from within. Use outside help, for sure, but don’t expect it to save you.
Implementation Guidelines: Being self-reliant is not the same as being self-sufficient. No man is an island. You aren’t truly self-sufficient unless you go “off the grid” completely.
Self-reliance only means that you rely primarily on yourself to deliver an end-result (even though you may get a friendly “push” along the way).
Here’s how you can achieve this:
- Accept advice and criticism from others but do your own thinking on all occasions
- Become knowledgeable and skilled in an area that can provide value to others
- Build up an emergency fund or start your own side gig/business
- Learn how to generate positive emotions from within, rather than rely on external stimulus
Trigger #3: Complete a “Rite of Passage”
In many cultures, there is a distinct transition from boyhood to manhood. It is symbolized by a test or physical initiation.
For example, in ancient Sparta, young boys would be released into the wild to fend for themselves. If they returned, they were then christened as men.
In mainstream Western society we have no equivalent test. As you can imagine, this creates tremendous social problems. Lots of guys today are stuck in a state of “suspended adolescence” and don’t know how to progress to manhood.
Implementation Guidelines: You might be thinking: “Well, I’m well past the age of being a teenager. I guess it’s too late?” Not really.
A rite of passage can happen at any time. It’s never too late to become “a man”.
Rites of passage typically need a clear demarcation point saying “Before, I was a boy. Now I am a man.” For example…
- Taking a solo trip across the world into unfamiliar cultures
- Moving to a place very different from where you grew up
- Completing a series of challenges for X number of consecutive days
- Being able to perform a hard-to-master skill that takes time and dedication to achieve
The tougher and more mentally challenging, the better.
Trigger #4: “Bump Up” Against the Masculine
In the video above, I explain the best way to stop being a “nice guy” who gets walked all over.
All men have high levels of a particular hormone called testosterone. Because of this, we have a tendency to chase two things: fighting and fucking.
Unfortunately, the former is seen as entirely bad, and the latter’s purpose has been warped in society today. Neither of these are inherently bad. It all depends on the context.
In this case, fighting isn’t “wrong”. It’s how men keep each other sharp. Keep in mind that fighting is also mental (psychological warfare, anyone?).
Boys in the schoolyard fight and scrap with each other ruthlessly because they feel this natural urge to fight in order to resolve conflicts. Male rams, bears, and other animals also often fight each other in the wild when competing for mates or resolving conflicts.
Ever seen the movie Fight Club? It is a distillation of this same male tendency for confrontation.
Implementation Guidelines: Am I encouraging you to be an asshole and try to fight random dudes at the bar? No. Fighting just to fight is absolutely uncalled for. Too many men unfortunately lack the emotional and social intelligence to realize that fighting should be done only as a last resort…
But you should still develop your natural desire for fierce competition. Here are some examples:
- Hang around men that will challenge you mentally
- Practice a martial art that allows you to spar
- Learn how to debate your point of view effectively
Trigger #5: Create Something of Your Own
Many of the greatest discoveries have come from the masculine mind. Conquerors, adventurers, scientists, philosophers, inventors…they all had a deep desire to “push the envelope” and create new things that make the world a better place.
Unfortunately, we live in a society today that encourages consuming more than creating, and this is a big reason so many men feel “emasculated” today.
Implementation Guidelines: Giving your gift to the world will help you develop a large sense of pride and accomplishment. There’s no better feeling than doing good, honest, work and getting rewarded for it.
Here are some ways you can do that:
- Create a side project just for kicks
- Do something you have a passion for and give your whole heart to it
- Persist even in the face of antagonism from others
How to Be More Masculine (Recap)
Being masculine ultimately means taking ownership of your life and realizing that you aren’t a little kid anymore. You must refuse to feel sorry for yourself and instead redirect that energy towards making the best out of the cards you’ve been dealt. You must realize that it’s never too late to change your life.
- Challenge yourself and expand you comfort zone
- Stop relying on other people to fell good about yourself
- Complete a brutally challenging “rite of passage”
- Regularly “bump up” against the masculine
- Create something of your own that helps other people
Will this be easy? No. It’s a heavy task and not all of us are up to it. But it’s open to any guy that wants it bad enough.
Do you?
This was a guest post by Sim Campbell of UnstoppableRise.com where he helps guys reach their potential by improving their confidence, discipline, and productivity.
Great post, I need to look into doing a rite of passage
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I fought my narcissistic dad with words and made him tell me I won. That was my rite of passage.
A lot of truth here. Thanks man
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Unfortunately, a lot of the rite of passage from Hollywood for males is getting laid. This is so wrong. While it is nice to bed women from time to time, that should not be your ultimate goal in life. If you make that one of your top 10 goals, you will be disappointed.
Getting laid is not a “rite of passage” in the way it was discussed in this article, but I get what you’re saying. Definitely should not be your main focus.
This is a very dissapointing thought brought on by Hollywood. “Getting laid”, is something anyone in High School can do and not very “masculine” at all. Nor is it seen as attractive by most women. They already know attractive, masculine men can bed women. A truly masculine man doesn’t need to put notches on his bedpost (he has nothing to prove to anyone).
A more masculine trait would be learning to raise a child. But you cannot do this until you’ve succeeded yourself!
Rite of passage today might be:
– get a 4-year (or better) college degree
– rebuild the engine your car, making it better than the last guy who owned it
– donate 5% of income to charity or do volunteer work once a week
– join the military and strive for honorable sevice
– have a good career
– challenge yourself physically as well as mentally
Great article!!! It has truly inspired me to keep pushing; we all want to be better than the day before.
The rite of passage idea is killer, man. I can definitely say the times that i’ve felt best are when I did something scary as hell and came out on the other side just fine.
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interesting how you said most of our ancestors were women, most men in history didn’t get to procreate, so a large percent of men died virgins? Anyway, this quote from KnowledgeForMen seems to say the opposite: (Never forget this fact: you are here, today, because of thousands upon thousands of ancestors who summoned the bravery to approach the women they wanted. Picture all those thousands of ancestors cheering you on. The men of your family have a long history of success with women, and you are here to perpetuate your family name.)
When I said that, I meant that we are descended from a few males who were the ones who were selected for a strong chance at having healthy offspring. Many men aren’t needed to start a civilization or a tribe. A man can have ten different children by ten different women, ensuring he passes on his DNA and genetic diversity.
Great insight, great content. I think there is a simpler way of doing this. Has anyone considered taking a few supplements or something to build muscle and take care of lowT?
Taking synthetic hormones throws your natural hormone balance out of wack. If a man takes steroids for example, his system will completely put the brakes on producing natural testosterone and will try and counter the synthetic testosterone with a larger amount of estrogen production. In short his emotions would not be as stable as an individual who raises his testosterone naturally through diet and training (hence the term roid rage). Hair loss, acne and ‘bitch tits’ down the road are some of the side effects. The latter being caused by the body not returning to its balanced hormone production and still continuing to produce too much estrogen even long after stopping steroid use. Liver disease for extreme cases of abuse. This is a general rule but is not the case will all users as some bounce back from steroid use with no side effects
Supplements (no drugs), proper diet, sleep and training will raise natural T. Stress management is the most important before these can be properly applied
Agreed.
Hey David,
This comment is slightly unrelated to this article, yet I feel that you could offer some valuable insight into my current predicament. I am currently in school carrying a pretty heavy course load with a part time internship/job. This is especially unfortunate because it impedes my ability to get in my daily work out which has been crucial for my well being and self esteem. Do you have any pointers on how to squeeze in a thorough workout when you have a packed academic/work schedule 5-6 days a week. Thanks
Best
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Definetly agree with creating something of your own. Too many guys wanna just work the 9-5 and get by with the result being not much to show for when they’re old.
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I like this idea the best: ‘create something of your own that helps other people’ — that’s the reason why I keep publishing my blogs and commenting on other people’s sites 🙂
Good work. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and the post is very helpful.
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Fuck the walking on eggshells bullshit to spare someone’s feelings, when they don’t do it reciprocally, to the point they cut me off in mid-sentence. No more addiction to approval, either.
Ultimately humanity is a cancer upon the very face of the Earth. In my opinion, mankind has long since negated it’s right to existence. Our individual lives hold absolutely zero meaning or greater purpose in relation to anything. The inevitable expiration date of the very cells that constitute our metaphysical beings echo this futility of all of our transient lives. Ponder on this mortal man, mere flesh, blood and weakness, ponder on the Sun, our holy fireball and giver of all natural life on Earth eventually burning out of hydrogen and imploding from within to destroy our Earth, solar system as we all pass into an endless oblivion of nothingness.
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I guess this post has more to do to upgrade yourself than showing masculine nature.
Ofcourse, over the history – men are supposed to be stronger and do certain things.
But things like challenging yourself, creating something of your own should be done by everyone regardless.
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I would like to know how to be more masculine, I like men that are femenine. So I need to be more masculine myself to put control over my relationship.
They are always taking control everywhere.
Peace out.
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There are a few men who just have feminine energy. If you’re a naturally feminine man, there’s only so much you can do to become “masculine” because that’s not your natural disposition. Most men orient towards masculine, but not all of them.
I go more in-depth about it here: https://www.unstoppablerise.com/masculine-and-feminine-energy/
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A long period in my life i thought something is wrong with me, because i loved it to fight (mma), voilent movies and games. Cociety tells you these things are brutal and bad… Till i realyzed that its normal and just manly
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I think there is a fine line between being manly and violent. As a woman we do of course look for a man who can in a sense protect us, however, one who is overly aggressive is always a turn-off. Having a sports nutrition line and being around men quite often especially gym junkies who are loaded up on crap. I tend to see many get a bit too aggressive I think there is such a thing of trying too much to be “manly”
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A lot of truth here. Thanks man
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In my opinion, this sentence right here is probably the most valuable, “Learn how to generate positive emotions from within, rather than rely on external stimulus”.
We have been spoiled by so much external validation to the point that we have even created codependent narcissists who feed on the validation from others.
If it does not come from within, it is not Confidence.
Trigger #3: Complete a “Rite of Passage”
I think most men are way right through this by: working hard for a living. It is not that complicated, especially for people coming from working-class family or even family form middle-class nowadays. This rite had to happen pretty early. Thanks for sharing + Best regards
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As a man, I realize that behaving in a masculine way attracts more women.
Thanks a lot for the points you mentioned above.
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Nice post, man. I especially agree with the rite of passage. Men of the past had to undergo grueling rites of passage, which ensured that they were tough enough to handle the challenges of the time.
Now, however, we’ve lost our way. Men don’t have a “rite of passage” anymore, save very fundamentalist religious sects. We need to bring this back.
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I sometimes think that aggressive men are a lot less masculine. I know a lot of women who think this way too. A man who can avoid a fight by being assertive and dominating is a stronger man. He is not only strong physically but mentally. That’s just what I have gathered over the years. Also a masculine man doesn’t get pussyfooted around he doesn’t let people tell him what to do.
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This article is helpful. Especially, I like the way you have implement guidelines in each points. Society nowadays tries to emasculate the man saying that aggressiveness is very wrong for men. But that is the thing when used, Men created this so many things and came to the top of food-chain.
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I’m in the same sitch, so far what i’ve gathered from all of these manly articles is that you musn’t apologize often for frivilous things, and i was gonna write more but i just realized as i’m that’s all i’ve learned from these so far, when you find more stuff can you let me know?
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Manliness is something many aspire to, but few achieve. Unfortunately, manliness isn’t a single skill you can practice. Rather, it’s a spectrum of traits that should be developed over a lifetime. By honing your manly traits, you’re making the most of your physical, mental, and emotional potential. Be warned – being manly isn’t easy, nor should it be – real men relish challenges.
David! Thanks for the post! The tips in this post has definitely worked for me when I have implemented them. What I noticed though is that just with anything. This masculinity need to be sustained just like any other skill. While going through boot camp to become a United States Marine had done wonders to my confidence eight years ago, that rite of passage doesn’t have as much of an effect on me these days. This post will definitely help me focus my efforts in the future to continuously maintain high levels of masculinity and confidence.
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