20 Vital Lessons About How Women Think

Imagine, for a moment, the world we would live in if men and women had a deeper understanding of each other’s thoughts, feelings, tendencies, and perspectives. While, of course, the world’s 8 billion people each hold an individual set of traits and personalities, that doesn’t mean we can’t find some common truths that apply on…

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30 Simple Ways to Become an Amazing Romantic Partner

What does it mean to be a “good partner”? Whether you are a husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, partner, spouse, significant other, or [enter term of choice here], most of the same principles apply. It comes down to the simple things. The ways that we listen, pay attention to detail, remember important things, and make the…

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15 Defining Traits of Good Men

When I first started writing on here (way) back in 2013, I was focused on these missions: To help men become even better versions of themselves. To help them understand relationships and attraction. To help them gain confidence, and to stop living in the shadows of others. Now, more than a decade, 40 million+ views…

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10 Essential Life Skills Every Modern Man Needs

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” — Albert Einstein What does it mean to be a man of “value,” as Einstein once put it? The answers to this question have evolved over the generations as the role(s) of men in society have changed and altered due…

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5 Big Warning Signs Of A Toxic Partner

These red flags help to answer the question: “Should I stay or should I go?” One of the biggest causes I see of toxic relationships spiraling over time, is ignoring or not recognizing red flags early on. Naturally, if we’re excited about seeing someone new, we can give them a little slack with weird behaviors…

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10 Questions You Need to Ask BEFORE Committing to Someone

Honestly answering these important questions can save you needless heartbreak and years in the wrong relationship. “He’s changed!” “She never acted like this in the beginning!” I’ve lost count of how many times someone has told me they’ve felt fooled or surprised at how their partner’s personality seemed to “change” after they entered into a…

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7 Red Flags of a One-Sided Relationship

Great relationships aren’t about give and take, they’re about give and give. We’ve ALL been in a relationship at one point where we put in more effort than our partner. Loved them more. Cared for them more. Gave more of ourselves…and didn’t want to admit it for far too long. Maybe we didn’t even realize…

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How To Set Healthier Boundaries in Life and Love

Setting healthy boundaries in (all) of your relationships is the key to even better emotional health. Here’s how, and why, to do it. Why do we find it so difficult to set boundaries in our personal lives? Even people who accomplish high levels of professional success can fall into negative patterns of dating – or…

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Earning Our Place as Men

Some say the world is stripping men of their authority or power. But maybe we’ve stopped doing what it takes to earn it. I often think about what it means to “be a man.” Not just the biological randomness that we’re born as a male human, but what it really means to be a man worthy of…

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Cracking the Code of “What Women Want”

It’s not as complicated as it seems. They say there are 8 wonders of the world, but we all know that the 9th one is the question: What the hell do women actually want? This article isn’t necessarily here to answer that question, but to help explore if it’s even the right one to ask…

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