Men's Life Today asked you to submit tips on how to better yourself in grooming and style, health and fitness, work and play, or relationships. And look at that: You did!
Here are our picks for the best tips (based on originality, creativity and practicality) in each category. (Pending verification, these potential winners will receive an entire year's worth of razor blades!)
Your Best Tips:
Grooming & Style
“If you dry your razor (the head or the blades), you will get a better shave much longer.”
-James P., Kentucky
Health & Fitness
“Start to see exercise as something that's fun again. You don't have to compare yourself to your "old" self, who could run several miles without stopping. It's not shameful or embarrassing to walk and run in the same mile. Use your time for exercise to think and to reflect about your day. Listen to music. Let exercise be fun again! Don't push yourself too hard. Just make sure you're enjoying your workout (or you will find it difficult to find the incentive to work out again)!”
-Stella E., Virginia
Work & Play
“Leave work at work. This requires keeping two phones and leaving the BlackBerry at home when it's time to play. If you work as hard at having fun in your life as you do at work, you'll be the most satisfied man in all aspects of your life.”
-Matthew G., Washington, D.C.
Relationships
“I always put the women first in the relationship. Never forget the little things like buying her roses for no reason, running a bubble bath for her because she had a stressful day at work, or massaging her neck and shoulders to help her relax.”
-Charles W., Illinois
We’ll be posting the rest of your tips on our home page, so look out for yours. Although we can’t promise a prize this time, feel free to submit more of your Be a Better Man tips below!
Help! I'm emailing you right now from a restaurant table, where my first -- and last! -- date with this girl is going really, really bad. (She's in the restroom at the moment.) She seems to be having a good enough time, but I'm in hell. How do I get out of this and still come off smelling like a rose? Oh, jeez -- she's coming back!
Some foods can alter your body chemistry to make you happier. Which of these foods can’t?
Rate your honesty level when trying to win over a new girl: