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A Beginner’s Guide to The Art of Manliness: A Guided Tour

Posted By Brett & Kate McKay On November 9, 2009 @ 10:18 pm In Blog | 11 Comments

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While many of you have been following The Art of Manliness since we started back in 2008, some of you are fairly new readers. To help you new arrivals get the most out of AoM and navigate around our extensive archives and community section, we’ve compiled this beginner’s guide.

First a note: There’s a TON of stuff here. We don’t recommend that you go through it all in one sitting. It will probably take you days to go through everything on AoM. Bookmark this page and come back to it from time to time to do some more exploring.

Why The Art of Manliness?

We’re often asked why we started a site called The Art of Manliness. We explain that on our About page [3] and also go into a little bit about the philosophy of the site. Check it out.

Also, make sure to check out our FAQ [4]. It might answer some of the questions you may have about the site.

The Archives

We’ve written over 500 articles here at AoM about a variety of topics. I highly recommend surfing through our archives [5] to see what we have to offer. There are lots of gems.

If you don’t want to waste your time going through every single post in our archives, each month we compile a list of the most popular posts of the month. Here are all the lists since Jan. 2008:

Movie and Books Lists

Over the past two years we’ve compiled lists of books and movies that we think men would enjoy. Check them out!

Popular Series on AoM

Every now and then we’ll have a series of articles that focus on a particular theme. Here are our three most popular series.

  • Benjamin Franklin Virtue Series [26]- In this series we analyzed one of Benjamin Franklin’s 13 virtues each week and offered suggestions on how men can live those virtues on a daily basis.
  • 30 Days to a Better Man [27]- In June 2009, we ran a series called “30 Days to a Better Man.” Each day we created a task for Art of Manliness readers to complete that would help them improve in different facets of their lives such as relationships, fitness and health, career, and personal finances. Check out the series online or download our popular 30 Days to a Better Man eBook. [28]
  • So You Want My Job [29]- Ever wanted to know what’s it’s like to be a movie director? How about a farmer? In the So You Want My Job series we interview a different man each week who has the sort of job that lots of men covet. If you’re trying to figure out what you want to be when you “grow up,” check out this series. You might just get inspired.

Comment Policy

One of the great things about blogs is that it allows readers to comment on articles. It’s our goal to create a community of readers who are actively engaged with the site. We pride ourselves on the level of maturity and civility that the comments on AoM have. To ensure that the discussion stays civil and on point, we have established a comment policy [30]. Please read it.

The Community

The blog isn’t the only part of the Art of Manliness site. If you’d like to connect with other men who are interested in rediscovering the lost art of manliness, make sure to join the Community [31]. We have over 5,000 registered members from all over the world. In the Community, you can

The Book

In October 2009, we published a book based on The Art of Manliness website. It includes some of our most popular posts, which have been edited and improved, along with brand new material that has never appeared on the website (about 30% of the book is brand new). It also includes lots of great illustrations.

If you enjoy the Art of Manliness website, you can now have some of our best advice all in one place, in one comprehensive, nicely formatted, handsomely illustrated whole. The Art of Manliness [36] book is also fantastic for the husband, brother, boyfriend, or son that you’ve been trying to turn on to the website. The book is perfect for both boys and men who want to better themselves.

Pick up a copy at your local bookstore, Amazon.com [36], or buy a signed copy directly from us [1].

eBooks

We’ve written a few eBooks that are available for download. Some are free and some cost money. Give them a look through.

The Podcast

In September 2009, we started a weekly podcast at the Art of Manliness. In just two months, the podcast has attracted over 40,000 iTunes subscribers. In the AoM podcast, Brett interviews authors and experts about topics of interest to men. Every other week the podcast dedicates itself to the series called “Man Stories” in which Brett asks a different AoM reader what it means to be a man.

Check out the episodes from the beginning here [40].

Also, make sure to subscribe to the Art of Manliness Podcast via iTunes [41]

Or through the subscription service of your choice. [42]

YouTube Videos

We’ve also created a few how-to videos on manly skills. Give them a watch. They’re short, but you’ll definitely walk away learning something new.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel [48] so you don’t miss out on our video updates. We plan on doing more videos in the future.

T-shirts

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Show off your manly pride with one of our 6 Art of Manliness t-shirts [49] designed by the gents at TankFarm Clothing. [50]

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If email updates aren’t your thing, we also provide RSS subscription. Click here [52] to add Art of Manliness to your feed reader.

As a bonus to our subscribers, they get a FREE ebook called “The Guide to Being a Gentleman.” [37] It’s crammed with useful tips that will turn any man into a smooth and debonair gentleman.

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