Want to be a gentleman? Stay on top

The thing about maning up is that it is not an explicit decision you make to be or not to be a gentleman. It is the things you do in your stride that determine which side of the coin you are. There must have been a reason, a dividing factor that led to the definition of two classes of the ‘male-man’ — a man and a gentleman. The distinction is almost as clear as the difference between sheep and goats.

Further, maning up is not an outward decision; its elements lie within and are founded on certain principles and values. It cannot be forced or made up and it is not a status. It is a lifestyle. The fact that it comes from within implies that it has to be built from inside before it can manifest outside. How do you build it on the inside and transform it to become your lifestyle?