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Hi. Iím Antonio Centeno, the founder of Real Men Real Style and today, Iím going to be
talking about ìMenís wallets: what to carry in your walletî Okay, if you havenít already,
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So letís go ahead and talk about this. What goes into a manís wallet? This came about
because I put up another article talking about different types of wallets and then I think
there are a few people that emailed me and they were questioning about ìOkay, well what
do you carry on my wallet?î So let me go ahead and break down my wallet and this is
probably what I carry about half of the time and itís really ñ itís pretty simple.
I carry my identification so my Wisconsinís driverís license, two credit cards. I also
carry Beans and Books; itís my favorite coffee store and my Roundys rewards card. Yup, thatís
right. I get discounts when I go to the grocery store. And I always carry about $100 cash.
I think even though we live in a society where you can go without cash, cash is still king
in certain little areas and you just need to have and always have a little bit of small
change. Have a few ones. Have some fives just in case you need to tip somebody. The last
one and thatís something that kind of surprised me that I donít think many people ñ I mean,
think about, I always carry an emergency set of five business cards and I keep them in
this little black pouch to protect, to keep them from getting rough edges but I always
just keep about five cards in there and I go through and I replenish that whenever it
needs it but my whole reasoning is that you never know and when I go to the networking
events, Iím always wearing a sports jacket so actually I keep business cards in one of
my inside pockets so Iíve always go back up business cards there but I find that so
many times youíre going to met somebody and you never expect that this person could be
someone that could really introduce you to somebody or this could be a great potential
business partner or perhaps youíre interested in following up with this person because youíre
physically attracted to them.
You want to have a business card. You want to have some way to stay in touch and so I
canít stress that enough. Always have a business card. Well, you may be saying, ìI donít
have my own business. Why do I need a business card?î Well, get a calling card put together
and Iíll link you down below to the Art of Manliness and they talk about calling cards.
I think itís a very classy way to introduce yourself and to have something that you can
remind somebody of who you are and what you stand for. Itís something unique and itís
about standing out.
Okay, getting back to wallets. Where do I carry the ñ other half of the time, I use
the money clip and money clips are really nice because I donít have to have anything
on my back pocket. As you can see, this one is really small. Itís got my Texas Longhorns
on it but that right there, I use the other half. I can put that in my front pocket.
When I wear a suit, I never have a wallet in my back pocket. I just think it looks bad
and in fact, a lot of my trousers, any of the ones I had made in the last couple years,
there are no back pockets so it canít even attempt it. I also like ñ I feel because
as if pickpocket concerns, I like to have hidden pockets so actually in my trousers,
Iíve got hidden pockets as well that a pickpocket would be very ñ heíd have to be very intimate
I guess in trying to find those but the other 5% of the time, Iíve got other specialty
wallets.
This is a passport wallet that I use whenever Iím traveling in a suit. If Iím not traveling
in a suit and Iím traveling with my family, Iíve got this bigger wallet that I use. When
it comes down to it, I always think less is more so more than 99.9% of the time, I do
not need those big wallets. If youíve got a big wallet, youíre going to fill that thing
so always go for the smallest wallet because youíre going to find a lot of times ñ a
lot of guys carry things they do not need to be carrying. Your social security card,
you do not need to be carrying that. How often are you applying for a job or do you need
ñ have a copy of it ñ donít even have a copy of it. Scan it and have it on your iPhone
and Iíve got this on Dropbox and so I can always access my stuff but do not carry your
original social security card number.
Do not carry expired credit cards or you donít really need ñ why do you need more than two
credit cards? I mean if you got a JC Pennyís cards, if youíve got a card, if youíve got
a gas card, all of these, you need to ask yourself, ìWell, do I need to be carrying
them in my wallet? Can I get that gas card?î and if you use that gas card, ìCan I just
put that in my vehicle and keep it stored in my glove compartment.
So always look to keep a small wallet and get rid of anything you donít need to be
carrying and guys, get rid of that *** thatís been in your wallet for five years.
If you do happen to use it, itís not going to be very safe because that thing probably
is all torn up and has holes in it. All right guys, so thatís what I carry in my wallet.
Hopefully you found this video useful. If you did, well go ahead and Iíve talked about
wallets before and I invite you to come visit us at Real Men Real Style. Iím writing a
lot of useful content, not just about wallets but about everything pertaining to Menís
style and I think youíre really going to enjoy it. Okay, Iíll see you in the next
video. Take care. Bye-bye.