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                                                                 Always be aware of how you can help people. Wait an extra few seconds to hold the door for the person behind you. Offer to help people get their grocery bags to the car. You don't have to go overboard and risk hurting yourself (e.g. if you've got a precarious grip on something heavy, don't open the door for someone) but respect is paramount. True gentlemen don’t only focus on the women they like and ignore everyone else; being a gentleman is a way of approaching the world and all of the people in it, not just the ones you’d like to date.Be prepared to ask questions or make statements of courtesy, like "How was your day", "May I help you?", "Let me get that for you", or "I'll take care of that". Learn to speak slowly and carefully and to take the time to really talk to people in a polite fashion, no matter how rushed you may be. Whether you’re talking to your neighbor or the cute girl in your physics class, make an effort to smile, to be friendly, and to make interesting small talk about how your day is going. A gentleman doesn’t cut right to the chase, but takes his time getting to know peopleare the most important exchange in any relationship. Whether looking for friends, significant others, employers or employees, a person’s first summary of you will stick with them whether you end up changing their mind about you or not.Phrases like the old one here have been replaced today with the likes of, “Looks don’t matter, only results.” What does that phrase really mean? It means that only product is important, not process. Any entrepreneur will defy that phase and tell you that people are more important than dollars even on the worst day.Men want to be men. An hour in the bathroom is what women do in the morning, but not men. There are bathroom products being pushed on men today that act as shampoo, body wash, and shave cream in order to simplify a man’s bathroom experience and get him out of there as quickly as he can, so he can go out and take on the world, make a million, etc.Vanity is a perverse state of mind, it feeds on every little bit of attention it is given, and it is a vice that must not be indulged. When a man first starts making positive changes in his appearance, it is easy to get puffed up about how great he is because of how he looks.This isn’t so – if he looks great it’s because he looks great, not because he is great. Looking good is important, but do not let vanity rule you.On the other hand, looking like a frat boy has been out since you ceased to be a frat boy. The time and place for looking like you rolled out of bed two minutes before class is in the past and it’s time to start dressing and maintaining yourself like a man.What we are ultimately talking about is becoming a gentleman. Too many men didn’t have a strong male figure in their life when growing up to whom they looked for a good, manly foundation.

Many men are trying to be too much like women or think manliness consists of vain delights and putting people down.Irrespective of what kind of man you are, good, bad, or indifferent, find a man you can look up to. It doesn’t even have to be a real person. It can be your dad or granddad, or it can be Dirk Pitt or Luke Skywalker.Pick a man that embodies the manly virtues which you are striving to train in yourself and try to be like him. Find a man that cares about how he looks and would stick any job interview.A man that knows how to look good, but doesn’t dwell on his looks. Hold yourself to a gentleman’s standard of thinking, talking, and acting. When a man decides to become a gentleman, his looks will show it – inside and out.

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