Insanely Practical Guide to Becoming a Fierce Gentleman

It’s one thing to set a standard. It’s quite another to meet it.

People who propose grand standards have the responsibility to bring them down to earth — to make them accessible and actionable.

The collection of content below is my best attempt to do just that: the most definitive, evidence-based, data-backed techniques for improving one or another area of your life.

 

The Theory

• The F.G. Manifesto

Okay, if you’re new here, better read the manifesto. It’s only 200 words.

• 10 Qualities That Make You a Fierce Gentleman

This is what you have to look forward to: ten observable behaviors that will tip you off you’re dealing with a F.G. (and a bonus 11th).

 

The Practice

• The 4 Self-Improvement Mistakes Everyone Makes

Distilled from the latest science of behavior change out of Stanford, as well as the latest books on the science of behavior change. Required reading.

• How One Becomes a Fierce Gentleman 

A massive resource page that links to many tools, techniques & practices that will help you begin your journey to F.G.-dom.

• 14 Healthy Habits That Make You Stronger

I generally eschew list posts, but I gave in to the temptation to do a F.G.-themed one.

• Smash Social Anxiety: a 30-Day Plan  

I wrote this because I suffered from social anxiety in my youth, and wanted to give guys who also suffered a free, step-by-step process.

• Resolve Conflict Like a Buddhist Monk

A life lived for oneself is over quickly, and always falls short; a life lived for others is satisfying in each moment, especially at death.

 

Some Famous (& Not-So-Famous) Fierce Gentleman

We all learn by example. Below are profiles & interviews of men who embody, in one way or many, the Fierce Gentleman archetype.

• Fierce Gentlemans Profile: Donald Stoddard
• Fierce Gentlemans Profile: Elon Musk
• Fierce Gentlemans Profile: Brendon Grimshaw
• Fierce Gentlemans Profile: Ronny Edry