15 More Skills Every Man Should Know

 

Yet more simple but very useful skills that can be learned quickly and have a big payoff.  Take 2 minutes and learn a skill that you would have never thought of learning before.

Ways to Increase Your Knowledge Base

Get Smart(er)

So many times I've heard the phrase, "I wish I was smarter." being uttered by someone.  At first it may make you feel bad for the person saying it or it may not.  With the advent of the internet and all the scientific breakthroughs happening everyday it is getting harder and harder to feel sorry for someone who says this. Its not about being uncaring, its about not being ignorant to the fact that knowledge is everywhere.  The world is filled with so much that you can never absorb everything in a single lifetime.  But you should still try.  A truer phrase is, "Knowledge is power."  People with the knowledge will rise and people without will fall.  Its all out there for the taking if you are dedicated enough to go after it.  Increasing your knowledge base can change your life in ways you cant even imagine.

Overcoming Seasonal Depression

Beating the "Winter Blues"

Seasonal depression or the "Winter Blues" is something that affects many people, especially in colder climates.  This is a state of sluggishness and melancholy where you find yourself just waiting for winter to end.  Most times this feeling goes away around April when the weather changes and you start to spend more time outside.  Simply waiting for winter to end though is a bad way to deal with this feeling. You will have waited out winter having done or accomplished nothing in that time.  To combat this trend it is advisable to find activities to do indoors or out during the winter.

15 Skills That Every Man Should Know

Know Them and Do Them Properly

There are a million different skills and other things to learn when you are a man.  Life is all about learning more but there are some skills that every man should know how to do properly.  These are things that a man will most likely be confronted with and you should want to be able to do them instead of telling someone you can't.  So, here is a basic list of 15 skills to get everyone started.

A Primer on Types of Fires and Extinguishers

Potential Life Saving Knowledge

Being able to properly identify a type of fire and the extinguisher that is used to put it out is something that everyone should know.  It's a skill that hopefully you will never have to use but if you do have to it may save your life or even someone else's.  For this reason its important to have this knowledge rather than not have it.  This article will break down the types of fire extinguishers and what fires they are used to extinguish.

Winterizing Your Vehicle

Spend the Time and Save Money

The cold winter months are close at hand and for people living in colder areas that receive snow and ice should be prepared.  Many people put off getting their car ready for winter but following a few steps can make a huge difference.  You want your vehicle to last the winter and come out of it in good shape.  Vehicles are expensive and you have to spend money to maintain them and a little maintenance now will save a lot of trouble and money later on.  Many of the tips in this article can be done in one day or you could divide it over a weekend.  This is definitely a                                                                                           good investment in time.

How to Follow Someone on Foot Without Being Seen

Serious Business, Not a Game

Months ago I wrote an article on how to follow someone in a vehicle without being seen.  Following someone on foot is similar in some ways but is different and involves different techniques. There is no guarantee that you will not be seen but using these techniques will make you far more invisible to the person you are following.  These techniques are used by professionals such as private investigators and take a long time to perfect.  Once again I have to reiterate that this is for educational purposes only.  I do not recommend anyone do this since you could be breaking the law in some jurisdictions.

5 Steps to Make a Better Cup of Coffee

Don't Settle for the Same Old Boring Coffee

Coffee is one the most popular beverages in the world, especially in the morning.  Sadly, a lot of people are missing out on having some of the best coffee possible and decide to settle for mediocrity. Making your own coffee at home will allow you to customize and tweak your recipe so that its perfect for your tastes and you will also save money not buying a cup at a coffee shop everyday.  With just a few simple changes   you can go from having ok coffee to amazing                                                                                           coffee.

9 Ways to Supercharge Your Memory

Mnemonic Devices 

Mnemonic devices are techniques used by schools and people everywhere to remember concepts and equations. Many times the concepts may not be complicated but some people may have problems memorizing something that comes easy to someone else.  There are 9 different techniques in all that can be used.  Some of the techniques wont work for everyone, so no one should be discouraged if common examples that are sited here don't help.  Some of the techniques are up to a persons personal taste since everyone's brain works differently.

Laws to Know for Everyday Life

Know the Law and Protect Yourself

Lets face it, there are a lot of laws out there and it's naive to think that someone should know all of them.  That being said, it's also naive to think that you don't need to be familiar with any of them.  No matter what country you live in you should at least be familiar with common laws that could be easily broken.  If you find yourself in a sticky situation knowing what and what not to do is a great asset.  It could mean the difference between jail and a lawsuit or nothing at all.  You would be doing yourself a great favour by gaining knowledge about commonly broken laws and situation surrounding them.

A Primer on Coded Writing

What is it and Why is it Important?

Coded writing has long been used to disguise messages and make them unreadable for people that don't know how to decipher them.  A Cipher is used first to change a word or sentence into something that looks like gibberish or is unreadable called the "ciphertext".  Another cipher is then used by another person to change the ciphertext back into a readable sentence which is called "Deciphering".  As you will see but reading this article breaking a code is very much dependent on discovering the "key-word" which hold the answer to some of the more complicated codes.  Some codes can be broken without the cipher or key-word.

10 Skills That Impress Women

Try and Learn at Least One

There are a lot of intangible skills that man can learn over time that woman may or may not be impressed with since every woman is different.  Confidence is one of those skills but it's hard to teach confidence.  It's also hard to teach clean humour that is actually funny, these are traits learned over time as a man develops his personality.  So what are some tangible skills that a man can go out a learn or hone to a higher degree that will impress most woman.  Bare in

How to Make Small Talk

What is it?

One crude definition for small talk is this, "conversation about things that are not important, often between people who do not know each other well:" - Cambridge Dictionary

If you look around the web you will find similar definitions about discussing "trivial matters" or "transactions that don't need to be addressed" which seems to suggest that small talk is really unimportant.  Literally, the first definition says it's not important.  Fortunately for the sake of

6 Ways to Turn Siri into a Powerful Tool

Just How Powerful?

Many people, when they get a new iPhone play around with Siri like "Where to hide a dead body?" or "Tell me a joke." than totally forget about the feature.  The sad part is, is that Siri is a powerful tool if used correctly, it can do many things that no one even realizes and will never take advantage of because it's treated as a joke to most people.  I'm going to show you some powerful and useful things that Siri can do and some you may know and some may even amaze you.

How to Conduct Yourself Better in an Arguement

Argue Smarter, Not Louder

Getting in an argument with someone is an inevitable fact of life.  Sometimes you meet someone with a opposite point of view than yours, they have a very passionate stance on an issue or your simple discussion escalates to the point where it's now an argument.  Most arguments are unwinnable because people, men especially, don't want to admit that they are wrong.  People would rather dig in their heels and defend a point that they know is wrong rather than admit defeat.  When this happens it will just create animosity between you and the

How to Be a More Likeable Person

It's Better to be Liked Than Unliked

Men obviously want to be more likeable to women but what about everyone else.  Not all women will be interested in you romantically and you need to build relationships with other men to better your life.  Being generally more likeable to everyone will help you in personal and business life as well. Some men are stubborn and act however they want, expecting people to just get used to it.  That's not a good way to live your life, you want people to like you instead of dislike you.  Here are some steps you can take to change peoples attitudes towards you.

Don't be a Pushover, Define Your Boundaries

Stand Up for Yourself Without Being Aggressive

I was watching a nature documentary as I do quite a lot and there was a part that followed 5 Cheetahs as they made a kill and began to eat.  Everything was going fine until some Baboons came along and started harassing them.  There was 2 Baboons, males and they wanted the Cheetah's kill.  After a couple minutes the Cheetahs decided to give it up and the Baboons claimed the kill for themselves.  The Baboons

A Lesson in Responsibility From a Younger Me

Learning What it is to Be a Responsible Man

There are, I'm sure, many ways to learn responsibility.  When you become an "adult" it is one of the key attributes you must master in order for you to keep jobs, relationships and friends.  Some men never learn which is a shame.  Its hard to tell someone to just be more responsible it one of those learned traits.  I learned responsibility at a young age because of an experience I had and I still think about it all the time.  Maybe sharing my experience will teach you men out there why its so important.

Unwritten Driving Rules for Men

Learn Better Driving Etiquette to Be Safer and More Courteous

Driving to one of those skills that all men think they don't need any help with.  Every man thinks they are the best driver and can drive anything with skill but you can always get better.  Even if you know all the rules of the road down cold there are still some that you may not know about that are not written in any manual.

How to Tell If Someone is Lying to You

Its Not as Easy as On TV

Picking out the signs of someone lying is not like the TV show Lie to Me, where the main character picks out one small facial tic and determines just by that the person is lying.  While having a conversation with someone there may be hundred of movements and tics displayed but it doesn't mean picking out just one proves anything.  Its more complicated than that, where as you have to look for many different signs but keep in mind its not foolproof since some people act strangely out of habit.  So, here is what you need to know to start as a good baseline.