@GSElevator Guide To Being A Man

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GSElevator & John Carney of CNBC created a list of rules to live by as a man.  I disagreed with enough of them that I decided to piggyback my own list off of theirs.

Beach Chair Sports Guide to Manhood

1.       Measure yourself only against your previous self.

2.       Party hard in your 20’s & 30’s.  YOLO.

3.       Join Twitter - become your own curator of information.

4.       Do 50 push-ups, sit-ups, and dips before you shower each morning. 


5.       Take more quality group pictures.

6.       Throw parties. But have someone else clean up the next day.

7.       When the bartender asks, you should already know what you want to drink.

8.       Always carry cash.

9.       Tip more than you should.


10.    When a bartender buys you a round, tip double/triple.

11.    Be a regular at more than one bar.

12.    You can get away with a lot more if you're the one buying the drinks.

13.    Drink outdoors. 
And during the day. And sometimes by yourself. 

14.    Avoid that “last” whiskey. You’ve probably had enough.

15.    If it’s got velvet ropes and lines, walk away unless you know someone.



16.    Act like you’ve been there before, even if you haven't. 

17.    Eat brunch with friends at least every other weekend.

18.    Pretty women who are unaccompanied want you to talk to them.

19.    When people don’t invite you to a party, you really shouldn’t go.
And sometimes even when you are invited, you shouldn’t go.


20.    You will regret your tattoos.

21.    Never date an ex of your friend.

22.    Buy a tuxedo before you are thirty. Stay that size.

23.    Never get married during football season.



24.    Always bring a bottle of something to the party.

25.    Mini liquor bottles can go through airport security. Be discreet on the plane.

26.    Read more. Write occasionally.

27.    Own a handcrafted shotgun.

28.    Learn how to fly-fish.  

29.    Don’t gamble if losing $100 is going to piss you off.

30.    Any investment guaranteeing greater than 10% returns is a scam.

31.    Always pay your credit card bill in full. They make their money on interest.

32.    Online shop for everything that you possibly can.

33.    Join a country club or gentleman’s club. It will pay dividends.

34.    Start a booze collection for your kids when they are born.  Add a few cases every year without telling them. It’ll make a phenomenal gift in twenty years.

35.    Don’t ever say, “It is what it is.”