What Makes a man?

Good boy, Bad boy , Dude Bro, Dweeb

Lots of other descriptions of human males exist but the one we all strive for, the one we want to be called.. is a Man.
So what's the difference? What separates a true Man from any kind of boy? What keeps Bros, dweebs, hard core guys, and the endless list if Man-child titles from being Men?

There are many answers but I will refine it to Three
I learned these from being first an uncertain geek, and then a shiftless thug eventually a true bad boy and finally growing up and being a man.

Confidence. Not the frat boy "I'm gonna get some" BS but real confidence. The knowledge that you really are good at what you do.. not just having a degree or certification but proof that you can do what you do well It is a quintessential growth moment. Being able to feel like that without showing others or using it to make others feel bad.. now that. is real confidence. both Men and women, in work and Romance find this quality attractive as nectar to bees.

Creativity. We have to build not with timber and nails or stone. Any one can tear down but it takes skill and patience to build. Building oneself and others. A Man doesn't need to be in the sunshine casting shadow. He will improve himself by helping others along the way. It is truly said the greatest way to teach is to learn and the greatest way to learn is to teach.

A moral code.

This one is one of the hardest. It is the hardest because it is the one most often tested. It seems simple, crime and law, wrong and right. It takes many wrong decisions and being beaten down into the dirt, only to pick our selves up again and move on .. again and again... Some times being brought low for just cause some times not. It is picking ourselves up and refusing to be the least common denominator that makes us truly learn our own thoughts of right and wrong.

These things make a Man. Confident, Creative, Moral.