Another year has drawn to a close here on The Art of Manliness. We’re taking this week off to enjoy the holidays and reset for the year to come. While we’re away, please enjoy some of the best and most popular content we published here on AoM in 2023. From podcasts that took philosophical dives into big questions to articles that offered guides to practical life skills, we’ve covered it all — all with the aim of helping readers and listeners live more meaningful lives and start taking action on big and small things alike.
Podcast
Most Popular Podcasts of the Year Based on Listens
- 7 Journaling Techniques That Can Change Your Life
- Escape the Happiness Trap
- The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in a World That Won’t Stop Talking
- The Essential Habits for Becoming an Agile, Vital, and Durable Human Being
- Optimize Your Testosterone
- Become a Morning Workout Person
- Master Microtransitions to Improve the Happiness, Success, and Flow of Your Life
- Advice on Making Love Last . . . From a Divorce Lawyer
- The Wisdom of Psychopaths
- How to Avoid Death by Comfort
- Get Fit, Not Fried — The Benefits of Zone 2 Cardio
- The 5 Shifts of Manhood
Our Personal Picks
(Some of the most popular above would be included in this list as well):
- What Lifting Ancient Stones Can Teach You About Being a Man
- Thick Desires, Political Atheism, and Living an Anti-Mimetic Life
- The Most Insightful Personality Test
- Throw a 2-Hour Cocktail Party That Can Change Your Life
- The Survival Myths That Can Get You Killed
- Counterintuitive Ideas About Marriage, Family, and Kids
- Break Your Bad Habits by Escaping the Scarcity Loop
- Turn Your Anxiety Into a Strength
- The Golden Rules of Success
- Unpacking the Emotion No One Likes to Talk About
- What the World of Psychology Gets Wrong About Men
We created a Spotify Playlist with all of our best podcasts of 2023. You can listen in the player below or here.
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Articles
Most Popular Articles of the Year Based on Traffic
- Use the 90/10 Rule to Decide Where to Live
- 7 Japanese Concepts That Can Improve Your Life
- My New Favorite Knot
- How to Do a Dopamine Reset
- Thomas Jefferson’s 10 Rules for Life
- The Digestive Power of an After-Dinner Walk
- Legendary Bodybuilder Mike Mentzer’s Heavy Duty Method for Maximum Muscle Growth
- The Rocky Films, Ranked
- 50 Amazing Rarely Seen Photos From World War II
- Beyond the Standard To-Do: 8 Lists You Should Be Keeping
- The Ideal Man According to 7 Different Philosophers
- Dumbbell Workouts for Size and Strength
Our Personal Picks
- Nolan Ryan Energy
- Aristotle’s 11 Excellences for Living a Flourishing Life
- What Happened to Our Mental Bandwidth?
- The Stages of a Man’s Life
- How to Manage the Vampire Problem
- Exit, Voice, Loyalty, Neglect: Why People Leave, Stay, or Try to Burn It All Down
- 14 Attributes of Greatness
- Think Like Feynman: Why You Should Have 12 Favorite Problems
- How to Choose What Advice to Take
- Is the 7-Year-Itch Real?
- Are You a Strategist or an Operator?
- 5 Lessons From the Iron
Sunday Firesides Favorites
- You Never Know How Many Chapters Are Still to Come
- No Bad Feelings
- Through Disappointment to the Stars
- Worry More About Rusting Out Than Burning Out
- The Courage to Be Well
- There’s Only So Far You Can Get Off Track in a Week
- Life Is for Living
- Parent the Immature in Others
- The Saddest Epitaph
- Attention Adults — You Should Know What You’re Doing
- Switch Off Your Handicap Radio
- Remember IT Will Die
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