Quick question for you. What's worse, not washing your hands after using the bathroom,
not washing your hands after petting your dog or cat? And of course,
let's not forget not washing your hands after blowing your nose. The answer? Well,
honestly, I don't care if you do any of these things.
However, if this is you, please don't shake my hand and don't offer to make me
a sandwich. No, no, no. But seriously, gents, despite this just coming out of a pandemic,
it seems like most people are pretty bad when it comes to basic hygiene.
Just yesterday, I took my wife to a restaurant. As is customary for us,
as soon as we entered, we went to the bathroom,
washed our hands before eating. I noticed that nobody else seemed to do this.
Now, I understand that was a small sample of maybe 15 people that I observed. And who knows,
maybe back in their cars, they were all using a hand sanitizer. Now, let's be clear.
I'm not pushing OCD here where you're washing your hands 100 times a day. But do feel that
many of us could brush up on our cleanliness, me included, because for the last couple of years,
we've been in almost a state of isolation. I mean, when you're working from home,
there are days, there are possibly weeks when you don't really see too many people.
You could be walking around in your pajamas, scratching yourself wherever you want,
sticking that nose yet deep into the nostril to get out of there. Whatever has been stuck in there
for you the last couple of hours. Oh, yeah, I know you didn't need a visual on that last one, right?
Let's talk about bad habits a lot of people have when they're eating.
First up, chewing with your mouth open. Nobody wants to see your food.
So whenever you've got food in your mouth, chew with your mouth closed.
Now, a great way to ensure you do this is to practice, even when you're alone,
to put smaller bites into your mouth and to chew each bite 20 times before you swallow. Next up,
avoid talking with your mouthful. Some of you guys may view this as a skill.
Hey, you can get the point across despite having half a steak in your mouth. But most
people view this as something that they would rather not have to see. Next up,
let's talk about licking your fingers.
Assuming again that you washed your hands. Understand it you're
eating barbecue. The sauce is all over the place.
Occasionally it's fine, but the majority of the time,
you want to be really careful about licking your fingers. That isn't a way
to clean your hands. Next up, let's talk about licking the plate clean.
I have a friend, I'm not going to embarrass him, but I saw him do this and I'm like,
I understand that you loved the food, but most people consider that not very good manners.
And let's talk about double dipping, guys. Just put a bit of the sauce on your plate.
Don't go in multiple times with that piece of
celery or the carrot. I personally don't have an issue with this,
but I know a lot of people just don't like it. Now, let's jump into the style mistakes.
So first up, if you wear glasses, keep them clean. When I see dirty, greasy glasses,
I want to take them off that person's face and properly clean them and hand
them back. I don't even know how people can stand this, but yeah, it just looks bad.
Next up, let's talk about stained clothing. I
know you washed it. Technically it's clean, but it looks dirty.
And that's the effect it has on people. When they see that stain,
they assume it's dirty, and they assume that you're wearing dirty clothing, not something
that you want to do. This is especially true with light colored white clothing.
What's great about this, though, is you can run it through with stain removers bleach whiteners,
but if the white is starting to go yellow, if it's just the stain that can't be removed, consider
retiring clothing. Next up, let's talk underwear daily. You want to be changing your underwear.
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So now let's get into the grooming mistakes. First up is not showering
daily. Is there anyone out there that doesn't shower every day? I don't know.
To me, this is just a basic thing,
but I have met people that go quite a bit of time. I get it. You're up in the Arctic.
You're out hunting for four to five days. Hey, more power to you. But for the majority of us,
day to day, a simple shower, having that routine set up is a very good thing.
Next up, your nails. Take care of your nails, the ladies especially. Notice this.
I've seen so many women write on various forums that, yeah, he thinks he's going to
put those fingers someplace. He better take care of those nails. So there's three parts to this.
First up, you want to clean them. You want to make sure that you're using a nail brush. If
you have any type of nails, you want to make sure you're cutting them properly.
That is going to be either with clippers or scissors. Scissors are better,
but I get a lot of you guys like clippers. They're a little bit easier to handle.
And finally, you want to make sure that you're using a file. When you're filing your nails,
go in one direction. And a steel file is nice, but a glass file is even better.
Now, what if you chew your nails? I get it. This
is a bad habit. They actually have a polish that you can put on your nails.
I know it doesn't sound very manly, but guys,
chewing your nails is even worse. Putting on that polish,
it's going to taste horrible. But what I would recommend is just go simply go get a manicure.
Why? Because when you spend good money on your nails,
you're not going to chew them. You've spent money on this. You're not going to waste that money.
And guess what? Magically, you're going to stop chewing your nails. And let me hear from
you in the comments if you've overcome this. I know a lot of guys guys chew their nails,
a bad habit, but I know that the manicure trick works for a lot of guys.
But if you've got additional tips, I would love to hear it down below. Now,
we talked about the fingernails, but let's talk about the toe nails. And I get this.
Most of the time, it's covered. You're wearing socks, but if you wear sandals,
if you wear flip flops, if you're out around people barefoot, guys take care of it's. Simple.
A lot of the same rules apply. If you can, I like to have toe clippers which are larger and heavier.
There are nippers as well out there that are made to be able to deal with the thicker toenails.
And again, if this isn't something you get to treat yourself to a pedicure? Yes,
a man can get a pedicure. It feels great to just have somebody take care of your feet and boom,
you're going to make sure that you pay attention to that and you're going to
have feet to be proud of. Right now, you definitely want to fix bad breath.
One of the easiest things you can do is to simply
drink more water. In addition to brushing your teeth twice a day,
flossing your teeth. Another thing a lot of guys skip on is scraping their tongue.
I have a tongue scraper and a tongue brush. They are separate, they are different,
and I use both of them once a day. And of course, let's not forget mouthwash.
1 minute rinse of mouthwash is good to go. I like a mouthwash
with a bit of fluoride. Going to go in there and remineralize the tooth.
And now gents, if you enjoyed today's video, do me a favor and smash the like button. This
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But guys, I seriously appreciate when you engage with these videos. It lets the
YouTube gods know that this video is worth watching. Next up, let's talk about hair.
I'm not going to say that you need to shave everything off,
but you should be manicured. I'm not going to go into details about the body,
but we'll talk about the visible parts of the body. So first up, I get it.
You want to have that 05:00 shadow. You want to have that little bit of stubble,
but keep it in check. If you start to grow a beard, keep that beard in check.
No one likes an unkempt beard that's all over the place. And speaking of
hair all over the place, let's talk about that hair coming out
of your nose and coming out of your ears. Those are not many beards.
You want to keep those in check. So definitely for the nose,
especially if you're a taller guy. Nose clippers are a godsend.
Very simple. They're relatively cheap to you. You
can go with the manual type or you can go with the electronic ones.
I really like the electronic ones, especially the non circular type. But you could also use
these on your ears. Now you can use tweezers to simply pull out the individual hairs.
If you like pain, then go for it. But seriously, having a pair of flat tweezers can occasionally
get that hair that is just growing randomly out of the center of your forehead. Just take care of it.
And let's talk about the neck beard. No,
I'm not talking about the front. I'm talking about the back of the neck beard.
Yeah, that one that grows after you haven't got a haircut for probably
three to four weeks. Guys, this is a very simple fix and it can actually,
if you take care of this. It can extend time between haircuts.
Now, a lot of barbers will actually take care of this for free, especially if you
are a consistent visitor. Just pop in there and maybe tip them a few bucks,
but they'll get rid of that hair. And this is in between cuts and it looks a lot better than,
again, letting a big puff of hair grow back there.
Next up, let's talk about spitting. And I know down in the comments people have
pointed out occasionally in my videos a bit, I spit and it flies right out. Hey, this happens.
But I do find it happens whenever my mouth is dry. If you keep your mouth moist and again,
drinking water is great for better breath, you are going to find that you probably spit
less because your mouth is just easier for you to talk. Also focus in on your pronunciation.
Sometimes when you're trying to talk too quickly,
you are going to spit more. But you don't want to be having a conversation and spit
right in somebody's eye. It happens and it's embarrassing, but try to avoid it.
That being said, spitting just on the floor, this is a bad habit that I think and I had friends
growing up that they were always hawking a loogie, spitting that thing out. A lot of them smoked,
a lot of them dipped. And I get it, you wanted to get that stuff out of there,
but doing it in front of other people, again, you don't even think about this.
And that's what we're talking about here, are habits that are almost unconscious. It is,
I think, disgusting habits. But you don't think it's bad? Let me know in the comments below.
I personally don't think it's something and I would try to break that habit,
especially when you're just spitting to spit. Again, if you've got something back there,
get rid of it. But just if this is a habit, you might want to look to break it.
Now what about scratching your balls? What about adjusting yourself in public? I don't
think this is nearly as bad as what people make it out to be. I get it if you itch,
if you've got irritation, maybe you want to be a bit discreet about it.
Maybe you want to go to the bathroom to adjust yourself.
But it is something that just be aware there's a lot of guys that they are instinctively
it's just something they do. Again and again,
we're talking multiple times an hour. That is probably more of a habit that you're
falling into versus something you're trying to actually deal with, an irritation or an itch.
Next up, let's talk about coughing. Let's
talk about sneezing. You want to make sure to cover your mouth.
Sounds obvious, but there are still many people out there that don't do this. So if you don't
have a tissue, simply use your hands. If you can't use your hands, then use your elbow right in here.
You want to cough in there, maybe go down. You don't want to cough
on people. You don't want to cough towards people.
I read a comment the other day that it's actually more socially acceptable to fart
next to somebody than it is to actually cough next to them nowadays after everything going
on in the world. I don't know about that, but I will say that simply having basic manners here,
making sure maybe carry a handkerchief with you,
have a tissue that you can grab. If you know you're going to be allergic to something.
If you got allergies, you're going to be sneezing. You want to make
sure that you're not throwing that stuff everywhere. All right, gentle.
What video to watch next? How about style mistakes that make you look like a loser? I'm sorry to say,
but yeah, these are not good ones, and they're different from the ones I just covered in this
video. So, again, if you want to make sure you're not out there making style mistakes,
check out this video right here. It's a good one.