The 2 Marks Of A Mature Man
What sets the men apart from the boys
“I am convinced that most people do not grow up…We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old.” — Maya Angelou
Maturity is not defined by how much money you have in your bank account or how many awards you have hanging on your office walls. It is not something you reach after buying your first house, having your second kid, or turning 40.
Based on the Cambridge Dictionary definition of maturity — the quality of behaving mentally and emotionally like an adult — being a mature man means that you are mentally and emotionally healthy and experienced. Those two factors are the leading criteria, which helps explain why society seems to be feeling the lack of mature manhood. Mature men will have a hard time rising out of a culture that tends to coach its men to suppress their emotions and keep their mental health more secretive.
The nature of my job puts me around a lot of young adults so I get to know and work with young men who are heading into their twenties and thirties. In January, my organization gathered 65,000+ 18–25 years olds for a conference to start the new year. I know that there is a strong core within the younger generation who desire to grow towards maturity. They just need a roadmap for how to…
