my two cents
Pook
this is most likely the most helpful post i have seen ever.
unfortunately, ive heard alot of criticism on it, mostly from people who think its about being "macho" or living up to a standard. i would like to say that it is not about living up to a standard. it is SELF IMPROVEMENT. THe tips Pook gives are not to make you macho. everyone is capable of being confident. everyone can build their character. what is so wrong with improving yourself? so your introverted (listen up bashful). whats so wrong with crushing your fears, meeting more people, having more fun in life?
My opinion of a MAN is someone who is ALWAYS IMPROVING THEMSELVES.
Peoples enviornments may have made them the way they were (shy, overlynice.) but honestly, it doesnt mean you have to accept the negative things about yourselves.
you dont have to go "boo hoo, im shy, im always gonna be shy, and im soooo offended when someone tells me to improve myself, focus on my dreams, or make something of myself...."
now, pook has his opinions of what a man is. you cant necessarily say that wutever pook puts on a post is absolute truth.... but the bigest lie is going through life accepting things you don't have to because they are "you."
who the hell came up with this idea?
obviously, if you were born ugly, you cant change that (unless you have money)
but if youy out of shape, if you dont go for your dreams, if your shy (social paranoia is a disease i think), if your desperate, do you think thats all unchangable? its the "real you" right?
i think not. if you have full CONTROL of yourself, you make yourself.