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An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world \u2014 having the breadth of skills, the savoir-faire, to handle any situation you find yourself in. With that in mind, each Sunday we\u2019ll be republishing one of the illustrated guides from our archives, so you can hone your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federate","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,245,42261,42259,229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-heading-out-on-your-own-2","category-manly-know-how","category-skills","category-visual-guides"],"featured_image_urls":{"reactor-320":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tire-feat-320x188.jpg"},"yoast_head":"\n
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