Buddha once said … The mind is everything. What you think you become.
And then Victor Pride said … This is how you become.
Today is my 34th birthday.
In honor of this great day I am going to bequeath you my 34 secrets of life, liberty and the true pursuit of happiness … The people’s pursuit of happiness.
Luckily for you I’m a kind and generous man, much like Buddha, and I have provided you this secret guide book generously free of charge.
You’ll see why I am so generous when you see my 34th rule. But first…
People ask me how I changed from slave mindset to master mindset and I tell them honestly…
I never changed one bit. I became, just like a moth becomes a butterfly.
I thought about it and then as if by magic I became it.
You eventually become who you need to be, but it doesn’t happen instantly.
It’s not a snap of the fingers, it’s a transformation that takes years and has to start sometime. This is that sometime.
These 4,000 words are worth more than 4,000 troy ounces of gold. You cannot buy this knowledge at any of the best universities.
Guard this master’s course with your life and welcome to the War Book.
34 RULES FOR KILLERS AND REAL DEALERS
“My life depended on succeeding. If I didn’t, I would just be a useless piece of shit.” Mike Tyson
“Your life depends on succeeding. If you don’t you will just be a useless piece of shit.” Victor Pride
This is exactly how to succeed in no un-certain terms.
1. It’s All In The Mind
The battle is won or lost in the mind.
The battle is a formality to simply act out what has already been predicted and decided by the minds of the opponents.
The opponent conceded defeat in his own mind before the battle ever happened.
The general stuck his tongue out like a reptile and tasted defeat in the air and went out to find it.
2. Think Like A Master, Not Like A Slave
Everything starts in the same place: in your mind. In your thoughts.
Your thoughts are what eventually become reality so if you think like a slave you will be a slave, if you think like a master than your life will manifest that way.
Everyone will tell you “that’s wrong, that’s bad” and that’s because they think like slaves.
That’s what people with slave mindsets always say. “Don’t succeed, don’t rise above, stay here with us.”
Their advice is meant for slaves.
To become the master you have to think like the master.
3. If you really wanted it, you’d find a way to get it
If you wanted it, whatever it is, you would go out and find it.
Like the general who tasted defeat in the air and went out to find it, you would walk the earth until you found it.
If you really wanted it, you’d have it by now or you’d be too busy working to get it to complain about why you don’t have it.
If you didn’t want it, like most don’t, you’d find a way to complain about why you don’t have it. Because…
4. To get what you want all you have to do is take it
Getting what you want is easy.
When you want a donut, you go get a donut. When you want a coca-cola, you go get a coca-cola, when you want success you go out and get it.
If you want it then get your feet on the pavement and go out there and get it. Everything is there for the taking and anyone who disagrees is wrong.
Other people have success. How did they get it? They went out and took it. Why don’t you have success? You didn’t go out and take it.
You make your place in life. You make it and take it. You visualize it, attract it, make it and take it.
5. There’s only the mission
The mission is the purpose of life and you must live for the mission.
If you can follow the mission to the end, you will seal your victory. Endurance wins every time.
You have to chip away the coal to refine your diamond. It can take time. Power through and endure.
6. Hard times don’t last, but hard men do
Remember what Batman said? It’s always darkest just before the dawn. The dark is when you’ll be tempted to quit.
Weak men will give in and quit. If you never give in and quit, if you possess endurance, you will be victorious.
Endurance beats strength over every single timeline and a big part of success is just showing up every single day.
Do you have the balls to do what it takes? No? Then sit down and cry about fairness.
If you don’t have the guts and the balls to do it then you deserve to take orders for the rest of your life.
If you don’t have courage, if you’re a quitter or even worse … a never-get-started type … then you deserve to take orders for the rest of your life.
If you have guts and balls then you deserve victory and success.
8. There is no better time than right now
Some people say “I’ll do it later.” Those people are losers. Winners know that there is no better time than right now.
Get used to saying this “I will do it right now.”
There is no such thing as tomorrow when it comes to accomplishment. You cannot put off accomplishment.
The only way you will get anything tomorrow is by doing the work right now. Prepare for tomorrow right now.
9. Don’t waste time, time is very important
What is the biggest part of success? Showing up every single day.
Time is the most important thing we have so you must not waste it.
A wasted day turns into two wasted days turns into a wasted year.
Never waste time playing video games when you could play the funnest game there ever was…
High stakes living … The funnest game God ever made.
10. You have to be ahead of the game
If you want to win the game you have to be ahead of the game. How? It’s easy to be ahead of the game.
Here’s how you do it: Do the work today and reap the rewards tomorrow.
You’re automatically ahead of the game if you do the work. That’s how you become a futuristic visionary, by doing the work right now.
Today they’ll say “relax, man, have a good time” and in 10 years they’ll say “wow, how did you become so successful? What are your secrets?”
You’ll say “The secret was starting THEN not starting now. I did the work THEN, you are only seeing the work now. That’s the secret … actually do the work. While you are busy oooh’ing and aww’ing at the new stuff coming out, other people are locked in a room creating the next wave of doo-dads that will make you ooh and ahh.”
11. Create your own future
It’s easy to be a visionary because the future is not set in stone. Like Machiavelli once said, the future is half fate and half will.
A handful of people mold the future. The people who work hard today are the people who’s future vision we all live in.
Visionairies shape the future because they’re planning, building and dreaming while reactionaries are filing complaints about yesterday.
It’s up to you to mold your future and you mold the future by starting today.
The ideas in your head today can become tomorrow’s reality … If you do the work to make it tomorrow’s reality.
12. To make tomorrow great, start today with discipline
Many people think success is a big, huge, impossible set of tasks so they never even try.
People make success sound so hard it becomes impossible. If they actually tried they’d find that success is easy and not hard.
People do too much of the things that don’t matter and they don’t do enough of the things that matter.
What matters most? The fundamentals matter the most. Anything that takes you away from the fundamentals is steering you off course.
To find success you strip away all that shit and keep the basics.
Start with the smallest habits because they make the biggest difference as detailed in the groundbreaking discipline strategy ebook 30 Days of Discipline.
It starts today, it never starts tomorrow. Why? THERE IS NO BETTER TIME THAN RIGHT NOW.
13. Intelligence is required for success, but..
Yes you have to be smart to succeed but intelligence doesn’t mean anything if you aren’t willing to do the work.
Your “I CAN” is more important than your IQ.
You can be smart all day and all night but if you don’t use your intelligence you may as well be retarded.
Intelligence is only worth something when you put it to good use, and complaining is not a good use of intelligence.
Many otherwise smart people make the stupid mistake of not working hard and relying on “good luck” to get ahead, and complaining about their “bad luck” when fortune doesn’t fall into their lap.
14. Obsession and work ethic can beat lazy talent and intelligence
If talent isn’t obsessed with being the best then talent will lose to those who are obsessed with being the best.
Winners will always find a way to win, even if they lack natural talent.
Winners give all of their time to their craft and you should too. THERE’S ONLY THE MISSION.
Conquer your mission with complete tunnel vision.
(For real big wins, be both talented and obsessed.)
Obsessed people tend to be the lucky people who catch a big break.
From Arnold to Zuckerberg, every great man was obsessed with his craft and was focused on himself, never on opponents.
15. Focus on YOU, never focus on them
To become lucky, let go of the loser/victim mentality.
When you quit the victim mentality and you start the champion mentality good things start happening for you automatically.
To be a big success, you have to think like a winner and not a loser or a victim mentality.
That’s how you become lucky, you decide to be lucky by deciding to be a winner. It’s as simple as that.
Winners win while losers complain about winners and luck comes to those who aren’t complaining.
Lady Luck is a lady and just like all ladies on earth … She responds to winners and not whiners.
16. Be a PRO not an average Joe
The difference between the professional and the amateur is small. Tiny, actually.
What is the difference between a professional (someone who gets paid) and an amateur (who doesn’t get paid)?
The professional THINKS of himself as a pro and the amateur thinks of himself as an amateur. They’re both right.
Set yourself up as a professional and not an amateur from the beginning.
Save yourself time, money and hassle and do it the right way from the start.
Start thinking as a business rather than as “some dude” and start right now.
But what if you don’t have experience?
17. Nobody has experience until they go get experience
You have to get experience to get experience, so what do you? YOU GO GET EXPERIENCE.
“I can’t do that job because I don’t have experience” is what retards say. Nobody had experience until they went out and got experience.
You do need experience, don’t think that you don’t, but “not having experience” is not a barrier to success; its an entry to success.
If you don’t have experience, go get it. Get started right now. How do you think other people got experience? They got started, that’s how.
If “not having experience” was actually a hindrance then no one would ever have a job because no one would ever get experience.
No one was successful before they were successful. It has to start somewhere. So start here and now.
18. Self-Study diligently
Experience starts with learning. You have to learn about what you’re going to do before you go and do it.
You must self-study.
If you don’t learn you’ll stay stupid and useless your whole life. Mike Tyson was stupid and useless until he learned how to box like a champion.
Successful people acquire knowledge that helps them succeed. Read everything that can help you succeed.
Find a mentor if you can and take in information with your ears and eyes, not with your mouth.
19. Learn before you earn
This is the natural order of business: learn the craft, practice the craft, become efficient in the craft, become the expert in the craft, make the big bucks.
Lazy people want to circumvent the natural order of business. They want to make money tomorrow without doing any of the groundwork today. Bad business plan that never works out.
Big money comes from big skill. No money comes from no skill. If you have no skill, and you don’t learn, this is exactly what you will make: nothing.
The man who tries to box Mike Tyson without first learning how to box is a man who will be knocked out nearly instantly.
If you try to make a bunch of money without putting in any time or study you will be wiped out instantly.
You cannot earn before you learn because it is impossible and the man who tries is a fool.
How will you make money in an industry when you don’t know how to make money in that industry? You won’t, obviously.
No one finds success before apprenticing and learning. You can’t skip college and go be a dentist and you can’t skip learning before earning in any industry.
The biggest question is “how do I pick the right idea” and it’s a pointless question to ask yourself.
You pick ideas the same way you pick a dog … The right idea will pick you, it will just jump out at you.
You don’t sit around with a notepad jotting down ideas and a pros/cons list. The right idea is the one that immediately just makes sense.
The right idea will be the idea that was the easiest. It will be the one you don’t even have to think about. It’s the one that feels natural.
You just already assume the idea will work: “Yeah this will work for sure.”
That’s the idea you pick because that’s the idea that is doable, that’s the idea that you will stick with and that’s the idea that you are 100% sure will work.
How not to pick the right idea: If you come up with a new idea and everyone agrees that it’s great … Then it’s a bad idea!
The right idea will only make sense to you and possibly a few others at first. It will never make sense to the masses. Good ideas are always futuristic and visionary.
22. Never lose interest in your project by picking the right project
The biggest hurdle in “finding success” is losing interest in the project. If you pick the project you’re obsessed with, you can’t lose interest and if you do lose interest it’s only temporary.
The right idea is the idea that a) you were already “open” to and b) makes complete sense to you and that’s the type of project that you can be completely obsessed with.
Obsession is what wins so to ensure victory you will do the work you’re obsessed with.
You cannot lose momentum and motivation when you are obsessed because you will not listen to any naysaying. Period.
Do the work you’re obsessed with so that you can win.
Now you are YOU and you follow your rules, you don’t follow the weekends off rule for slaves.
The only thing that matters is your goal and if you picked the right business, not only will you never take days off … if you happen to have a day off you will feel nervous and anxious to get back to work.
Days off KILL MOMENTUM! You cannot constantly take a break if you expect to improve.
Only take breaks when the operation is running smoothly without you. Even then, you’ll never really be able to take a break.
It’s easy to turn your mind off of work when you hate your job, but when you’re obsessed your mind never turns off.
Like the gamblers who are addicted to gambling, you’ll be addicted to the game of business.
25. Play the game to win
It’s all a big game. If you don’t learn how to play it, you’re gonna get played. If you aren’t the one taking advantage, you’re the one being taken advantage of.
It’s like a high stakes poker game. One wrong bluff and you lose everything, but believing one wrong bluff can wipe you out too.
It’s a very narrow line and that’s the fun of it. Like drugs but better.
Life is all a game so have fun, enjoy it and play to win.
26. Business plans are useless
You need an overall strategy but you do not need a business plan. Business plans are too specific and too rigid to use in reality. Strategy is adaptable.
You never know which direction your business will take and a business plan cannot predict every little problem that will arise in the future.
Strategy is malleable and business plans are unbending.
27. Think about the big picture (Be like water)
New information comes in every single day. New information could come in that would make your business plan useless.
You could either follow your original business plan (into oblivion) or you could be flexible, go with the flow and adapt to the new changes.
Your mission can be unbending, your method cannot be unbending. Think about the big picture, don’t think about the little steps along the way.
Be like water and flow with the current rather than trying to fight the current (and drowning in the process).
Think about where you want to get to, how to get there is unimportant as long as you get there.
28. Develop your big picture mission strategy
It seems hard to figure out what your life mission is but it isn’t. It’s easy.
Get out a pen and paper and write 5,000 words about what’s important to you. The words should pour out.
After you have written everything you wanted to say about what is important to you, cut it down to the most important 250 words.
Yes, cut 5,000 words down to 250 words.
This will refine your mission to what is absolutely the most important. Cut any anything that does not help you achieve your goal.
Those 250 words should be your clearly articulated goal(s).
Be bold with your words
Words matter so choose your words wisely.
Your words should be spoken clearly, truthfully and without remorse like a man.
Say more with less
Less words, more meaning. Use words that mean something. Eliminate words that don’t work.
Specifics are appropriate sometimes, but the theme is always important.
29. Think bigger by thinking smaller (FOCUS)
You don’t need to learn every little thing about every little thing. You need to focus on the big picture and you focus on the big picture by thinking smaller.
Many times the easiest thing to do is also the best thing to do.
If you need some project done and you don’t know how to do it, you could spend the time learning or you could get someone else who is already an expert to do it (saving you time and money).
Time spent away from your core focus costs you money, you learning a new skill when you could just pay someone to do it for you costs you money.
Concentrate on what you are good at and hire people to do the things that you don’t excel at. Always do what you do best and let other people do what they do best.
You cannot do everything yourself and it’s a big burden to try. Find experts to do what you can’t and pay them to do it.
30. Create an ARMY to continue your work
Your team is your ARMY.
ARMYs all fight for the same cause and you want your team fighting for the cause instead of fighting for a paycheck.
Pay them well, of course, but pick people who are driven by more than a paycheck.
Don’t spread yourself thin by multi-tasking.
You should only be focused on the key elements of your business. Let your employees focus on the other things, your attention is needed elsewhere.
If you focus on doing all the small things, your attention is divided and it’s hard to get back.
Don’t divide your attention, keep your attention where it should be: on the light at the end of the tunnel.
31. Impose your will
Your reality is not the reality of anyone else … but it should be.
Everyone on the team should be focused on the end goal … bringing your vision into reality.
To lead the ARMY your vision has to be clear and to make the future in your head a reality you must IMPOSE YOUR WILL.
Rather than following all the rules you should be making and enforcing the rules. Make your reality the dominant reality.
How do you impose you will?
32. Patience is key
You must learn to be a patient man and never act before it’s time to act.
Acting impatiently can get you killed.
Patience can take you all the way from A to B in a straight line.
Know the mission, follow the mission, don’t quit, endure with steady patience and one day you will…
To them it’s outrageous, but to me it’s nothing but normal.
And that’s exactly where you want to be – the spot where outrage becomes normal.
Rule #4) Never lower yourself to the status of an average citizen
As a God in training you have higher standards now.
You must be more, achieve more, believe more and aspire for more.
This is something that average Joe and Jane do not do and you must never lower yourself to their level.
If you do, you may not ever climb out of that dark hole.
You must always be more and have higher standards, to the point of being conceited.
Rule #5) Be selfish and conceited
You cannot be confident unless you’re selfish and conceited.
Do you know what self-confidence really is?
It is a confidence trick and you only have it if you are SELFISH & CONCEITED.
If it doesn’t have anything to do with me, I don’t care.
I’m the hero of the story, not the innocent bystander, and you should be too.
Rule #6) Make yourself the hero
You have to see yourself as larger. If you don’t, no one else will either.
It all starts with the man in the mirror and you have to believe that man is larger than life.
When I look in the mirror I see the greatest man who ever lived.
Rich, handsome, witty and humble. I have it all, and there is a reason I have it all…
Instead of waiting around for a miracle like you do, I decided to take it all.
You must see yourself as the hero of the story, never as the victim and never as an innocent bystander.
YOU ARE THE HERO!
If you are not the hero then you are the zero. Zeros do not get to enjoy heaven.
Rule #7) Reinvent yourself as your own heaven
You can change your reality at will.
You’re never stuck with what you “are” because what you are is irrelevant.
Who gives a shit what you “are”! Only losers are bound by what they are currently.
We all start the same. We’re all people. I’m a person, you’re a person, and that person over there is a person.
No one is more human than human so the only advantage is what you believe.
Losers are so afraid of sounding cliche that they never do anything, they stay paralyzed by that fear of being gauche.
Men of power know that thoughts become reality and we don’t give a good goddam if it sounds cliche.
Rule #8) Disregard the rules of others, write your own rules and live by them to the end
Other people’s rules do not matter to you.
Rules are for fools unless you wrote the rules. In which case, rules must be followed.
He who is without his own rules is without standards.
He who is without standards blows like a tree in the wind, this way or that way, but going nowhere.
Write your code, publish your code for all to see, live by that code until the very end.
Publish your rules at your own blog which you started with the prestigious Badnet company.
Rule #9) Don’t listen to scientists and other experts
Science “experts” exist simply to tell you what you cannot do, and they’re always wrong.
Science is a theory and scientists always look unhealthy.
If you saw a science zombie shuffling towards you on the street like Frankenstein you’d punch him in the face and say “get away from me, retard!” so it’s crazy to listen to them in the first place.
Look at me with a Tiger.
Rule #10) Kill over-thinking (don’t think about it, just do it)
Don’t you know what Bruce Lee said? He said stop thinking so much, stupid (I’m paraphrasing).
Thinking too much does you no good.
The problem with thinking is that it never ends until you make it end.
If you don’t make it end you get stuck thinking things through for eternity.
How many losers have you met who have read 1,000 self-help books but have never taken a single step in the direction of their goals?
Each extra word that escapes your mouth is a chance to lose.
We know words have power so we must use them sparingly and appropriately.
DO MORE LISTENING THAN TALKING.
You only learn when you listen, you never learn when you’re running your mouth.
John D. Rockefeller was so notoriously tight-lipped that many of his employees didn’t even know what his voice sounded like.
Rule #14) Be completely free of embarrassment
You have to believe with every ounce of your being that you are great.
If you don’t believe it, it’s phony and the people smell phoniness like dogs smell pee-pee.
If they smell your fear they will turn on you in an instant.
This is why you must never feel embarrassment.
Embarrassment is the same as doubt and doubt is for normal people.
Whatever you desire to be the God of, embrace it and never shy away from it.
Rule #15) Have high testosterone and low estrogen
You cannot be a Success God if you are a whiner. Whining is not allowed if you want to be successful.
But what about the poison environment that makes us hormonal (estrogenic)? Glad you asked…
Estrogen will make a whiner of even the greatest God-man, that is why it is imperative to KILL ESTROGEN! with extreme prejudice.
If you experience lethargy, brain fog, disgusting bloat-body, sour mood, or what my doctor calls every-day general faggotry you probably have high estrogen (from a poison environment) and you NEED TO KILL IT.
Here is what a real God-Man (me) with low estrogen looks like.
Rule #16) Throw away the clock
Nothing will kill progress quicker than worrying about time.
If you want to accomplish anything in this life…
THROW AWAY THE CLOCK!
When you throw away the clock you will realize one thing…
Time is a fraud and clocks are prison guards.
The hours in a day are long, when the clock is thrown away, anything can be done.
Rule #17) Forget ambition, cultivate aspiration
Ambition = the desire to own and accumulate more stuff
You want to be at the spot where you feel comfortable saying you are the greatest whatever.
If you can’t promote yourself, who else is there to promote? Other people (who you feel deserve it more than you do).
Promotion of others over yourself is for followers, and followers only crave one thing and it damn sure isn’t success…
Rule #27) Never crave approval
Followers crave approval because it seems as though approval will help you fit in and be liked.
But that’s not how it works.
Seeking approval does the opposite of what you want it to. Like Jim Carrey said…
“Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world.”
Care about people’s approval and this is all you will be to them: their prisoner.
Disregard their approval and this is all you will be to them: their master.
Disregarding approval is the way you become wildly famous.
Rule #28) Shun fame
Chasing fame is a one way street to nowhere.
When you chase fame you take time away from doing the work that matters.
Instead of chasing fame, you have to chase great work and self-mastery.
If you’re good enough, you will get famous without even wanting to.
If you aren’t good enough, get better.
Do the work, fame will come when it comes, and that may be after you die, like Vincent Van Gogh.
The people always find genius, but they find it at their own leisure. Deal with it.
Van Gogh was unsuccessful during his lifetime, and was considered a madman and a failure. He became famous after his suicide, and exists in the public imagination as the quintessential misunderstood genius, the artist “where discourses on madness and creativity converge”.
Good thing he was committed to his work, he could have died and been forgotten like nearly everyone else.
Rule #29) Be committed to the Success God game
It isn’t possible for you to work at something long enough and not get it eventually.
Usually pretty quickly actually. If you stick with it.
That is because I do not rush, I am obsessively patient. I’ve repeatedly found that when you rush, you often stumble.
Take your time and get the job done the right way. When you do things the right way you will finally…
Rule #35) Get up off your ass, enjoy your life and get out of the 9-5 jive forever
Jobs are for slobs and slaves and you know it’s true.
Leave your job and live an adventure.
The genesis of adventure is here in paperback…
“This book is inspiring and amazing.” -Victor Pride
This is the first volume of Bold and Determined, the most adventurous part of our journey.
WARNING! After you read this book, you will no longer be happy and content with your job.
After you read B&D; Vol. 1 you will want more from life…
AND YOU WILL GET MORE.
But you will only get more if you follow the laws laid out in these 35 rules of the Gods and if you use the motivation dished out in Bold and Determined Volume 1.
To accomplish what I’ve accomplished in these 36 years took me through tears, cheers, fears, jeers, and leers – all to get me right here.
For you, today is priceless because I am going to share with you the 36 marks of a great man.
Ancient wisdom passed through eons of time to bring you this list. I have personally waited 36 years to bring this list to you.
How do I know of these marks? I was born with some of these marks and others I developed. If you were not born with them, don’t cry about it – be about it and develop them.
Say to them “BE!” and if you mean it, they will become. With a clear mind, anything can be done.
You can even become as the Buddha and create your reality with the snap of a finger (and a lifetime of work). Speaking of…
Someone once asked the Buddha: “They talk about a ‘great man,’ a ‘great man.’ But what is it that makes a great man?”
The Buddha replied: “It is by freeing the mind that someone becomes a great man. Without freeing the mind one cannot be a great man.”
Someone once asked me:
“Victor, what are the marks of a great man?”
THESE ARE THE 36 MARKS OF A GREAT MAN.
1) His mind is free like water.
The mind of the great man is free from the prison the average mind lives in. They can do nothing, but he can do anything. Their mind is in prison; his mind is in paradise. There are no rules for him. Their rules mean nothing. His mind roams free; their minds stay locked up.
2) He has a broad torso, like that of a lion.
One physical mark of the great man is an upper torso that becomes increasingly broad, like that of a lion. There is not a bird-chested great man that ever existed in this world. The great man must have a great chest to house his great heart.
3) He has breath like fire.
Breath like fire comes from having spoken the truth for eons. They lie so much they believe themselves; the great man has no lie in his being. Even if he says nothing, he has spoken to you the absolute truth. When he does speak, his voice is like a dragon’s. None can argue with a dragon.
4) His food always tastes delicious.
The great man’s food is plain and without fancy ingredients, yet it always tastes delicious to him and somehow revolting to others. His saliva improves the taste of all food. Their saliva degrades the taste of all food so much that they must hide the taste with spices and chilis and other ingredients.
5) He has the courage of a german shepherd.
He has the courage of a guard dog but not the stupidity of a guard dog. He is prepared for all things and it is because of his preparation that nothing ever bothers him. Because he is ready, nothing happens.
6) He is never bored.
The mind of a great man is always in bliss and joy. He needs no entertainment, no gadget, no game, or even any companionship. A walk in the woods is more wonderful than Alice’s time in wonderland. Each time he opens his eyes seemingly for the first time, the colors are more vibrant, the scenery is engaging, the world is wonderful. Even with his eyes closed, no entertainment can compete with what happens inside.
7) He has a 10-foot aura surrounding him.
His aura can be seen by all. This aura develops as the great man develops. The great man develops by doing less, not by doing more. He does less than everyone and achieves more than everyone. He does less and less until he is left with nothing but what is inside. As he develops less and less, his aura grows larger and larger.
8) He has no confusion in his mind.
There is no confusion in the mind of the great man. He isn’t a “know-it-all”, he just knows it all. If you ask a question, he has an answer. There is no “I don’t know.” He has the answer to all questions.
9) His eyes resembles the skies.
In his eyes you can see oceans of time. The great man was not born, he has been here for eons and will always be. You can see this clearly in his eyes. You can see eternity in his eyes. The history and the knowledge of the world is visible in his eyes. All who look in them are given a history lesson. All who look in them become temporarily lost in the sky.
10) He has blemish-free skin and radiant cheeks.
The life is available to see on the skin and on the cheeks. A life well lived manifests on the skin and the cheeks. If they are lacking in vibrancy, the life was not well lived. If the skin and cheeks are vibrant, the life was well lived and this person is true.
11) He is sly like a fox.
He is not out to “get” anyone, but he is sly enough to know when people are out to get him and others. To neutralize the greed of others, he is as sly as a fox. He sees all the games and the cons that others play. As all people, he enjoys playing games as well.
12) He has a nice smile.
The smile of a great man puts all others in a trance. His smile neutralizes all who see it. Unlike Medusa, those who see it are not turned to stone but turned into happy children again.
13) He has a body that shows abundant signs of good fortune.
The great man is not hobbling on a cane, he is not being led by a watch-dog, and his hair is not falling out. His body has been preserved, he has the health and energy of a child. There are no obvious marks or blemishes, there are no pimples, boils, lesions, or dry patches.
14) He has full, round shoulders and a broad back.
His shoulders are not narrow and weak, they are round and strong. He must have strong shoulders to carry the world on them (with a smile and a care-free attitude). His back is broad from carrying the burdens of the people.
15) He has a jaw like a lion.
His jaw is not weak; it is like that of a lion’s. This comes from eating real food, not from eating the slop that the average person eats without chewing. Real food must be chewed and the one who eats real food has a lion-like jaw to show for it.
16) He has a voice that is deep and resonant.
His voice is deep because his words are deep. His voice can put anyone listening into a trance. All will feel temporarily healed when they hear his voice. They will be put into a trance and they will enter a new world, like Jack enters a magical new world after he climbs the magic beanstalk. All from hearing his voice.
17) He has eyelashes like a royal bull.
The eyelashes are an indicator of the character of a man. The eyelashes of a great man appear as a contradiction, feminine eyelashes on the body of a masculine man. This shows the true character of the man as having no greed and no ill-will.
18) His eyes do not see black and white, they see full color.
They think a thing is only black or only white, never understanding that the world is not “shades of gray”, it is full color. Look closely and you will see that not many things are black or white or even shades of gray, most things are blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. Not only are most things not black or white, they aren’t even close. He can see beyond the “only this!” or “only that!” paradigm and see that it is often both and often neither.
19) He has an upright stance, like that of an ox.
There is no room for slumpy and dumpy posture. Stand erect and upright is the rule of the great men. He is never slumped, his posture is always perfect.
20) He has no mind for pettiness or trifles.
He has no mind for trifles and he puts the mind of all who are engaged in trifles at ease. Never engaging the trifles, instead he puts at ease the mind of the person engaged in trifles.
21) He has no mind for idle chit-chat.
He will not chat about the weather. He speaks softly, but his words are heard by all. Though he appears idle at times, he is anything but. The wheels are always turning in such a way that they appear to be standing still.
22) He will give you everything as long as you ask for nothing.
Ask him a question about the weather and you will get a perfect lecture on life. Ask for a perfect lecture on life, you will receive a quip about the weather.
23) He is perfectly detached from all outcomes.
He has no emotional attachment to anything because he is attached to everything at all times. He frets not over the outcomes because he knows all outcomes before they happen. Whatever happens, he is well-prepared.
24) He has no need for self-confidence because he is sure of everything.
It is not that he knows everything or is a know-it-all, he is simply sure of everything. There is no confusion in his mind. It comes naturally, it is not developed by routines or mantras or visualization – it just is. He is certain.
25) His lessons are taught telepathically.
He can communicate with no words. One look at him and you are given lessons never taught to you in 12 years of schooling. He says nothing, but everything is said.
26) He is perfectly selfish and selfless at the same time.
The good outcome for the great man is the good outcome for all people. It matters not about some personal petty achievement, what is good for him is good for you. Selfish and selfless have become married in the mind of the great man.
27) He is everywhere and nowhere.
If he is there, he is there. If he is not there, he is in the inquiring minds of everyone there. This is how he can be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. He seems to know everything yet never seems to inquire about anything. People just tell him all of their secrets because he listens.
28) He radiates wisdom.
All who see him notice his wisdom. Even if they do not understand his words, they understand that they have been taught something very valuable.
29) He has no care for personal gain.
Because he does not care for personal gain, this is why he is wealthy. Because he does nothing, everything is accomplished. Because he does not chase material gain, material gain chases him.
30) He is always calm.
Whether he is fishing, walking in the woods, sitting in traffic, grocery shopping, he is always the same – calm, content, collected, certain.
31) He has no trouble.
Nothing ever troubles him. He does not allow a thing to trouble him. Because he does not allow a thing to trouble him, nothing has the courage to trouble him. Whether he be sitting in a palace or a prison cell, nothing is troubling.
32) He gives attention to everything.
Whether it be a squirrel caught in a fence, a turtle caught on a fishing hook, or a war raging in the countryside – everything is given attention the moment it needs attention. When nothing needs attention, no attention is given. Nothing is ignored and nothing is fretted about. When a thing needs attention, that’s what it is given. Then he is on his way again, without a care in the world.
33) He reads Bold & Determined religiously.
Where the truth is spread, that’s where you will find his mark. Agreement or disagreement is irrelevant to the truth of the matter. Whether you agree with the subject or not is irrelevant. You can disagree with every word you see written and still agree with everything said. You can disagree with every word the wise man says yet still agree with him. You can agree with every word the fool says and still disagree with the fool. Whether you agree with the wise man or the fool, you still cannot deny the truth and a great man never tries to do so. It is undeniable no matter the messenger.
34) He says to a thing “be” and it becomes.
The great man is a wizard, a master magician. Magic is the act of turning nothing into something, turning an idea into a physical reality, bringing something into reality that did not exist before. The magician turns nothing into something using the power of his own will. He says to a thing “be” and it becomes. This is how he appears to do no work yet he never is short of funds. His will is superior and through the power of his will *poof* he goes nowhere yet everything comes to him.
35) He can reconcile paradox.
His mind can process 2 opposing truths and know them both to be true. Everything is and everything is not. Up and down, left and right, black and white – they are all true in the mind of the great man. This is what separates the wizard from the worker. He has the knowledge that 2 seeming opposites are actually the same.
36) He has the demeanor of a great man.
Everything he is, is shown to you. You need no words about him; you need no approval about him; you need nothing because he shows you everything. You understand immediately when you are dealing with a great man.
Whether you be in the presence of a great man or are a great man yourself, you understand immediately. Words are not now and never have been necessary.
You just know.
You know everything.
You always did and you always will.
You have been here for eons and you always will be.
Unless you have the same disease as Benjamin Button you are not getting any younger.
All the adventures you daydream about will never happen UNLESS you take action, get off your ass, and go do them!
Which do you think you will regret more when you die: not working enough or never doing the adventures you dreamt of?
I have never died before but I’m certain that while on my death bed I will not regret deciding to be a free man and not a wage slave and I will always be happy that I took chances and had adventures. Can you say the same?
Let’s have a great time, and have some eye opening experiences.
4 Unusual Ways to Break Out of the Usual Routine
1) Move to a Foreign Country and Teach English as a 2nd Language
What is a greater adventure than moving to a 2nd or 3rd world country? Nothing! The benefits to doing this are many.
1) It’s an adventure living in a whole other world from what we are used to.
2) You are usually provided free housing and enough money to live very well, better than most locals.
3) It is an eye opening experience to see how people live in a way that is quite different from life in America.
4) It is a way to get a visa. In some countries it is quite hard to stay for an extended period of time, teaching English will provide you with 6 months to a year and can be renewed every year.
5) You don’t have to be a genius to teach. Just about the only qualification is being a native English speaker, though some countries will require a College degree or a TEFL certificate.
6) You usually work 10-20 hours per week, leaving plenty of free time for exploration and adventure.
2) Take a Cross Country Camping Trip
Camping is easy. Just pack some clothes, a cooler, a tent, get in your car and drive into the great unknown. Much cheaper than taking a cross country trip and staying in hotels or hostels and you get to see more of America than by staying in some drab hotel room ordering room service and watching $10 movies.
Grill some steaks every night for dinner, sit underneath the stars, explore the woods, live like man was intended. If you think you’ll feel lonely, don’t! You will meet many, many interesting people along the way. Or you can bring a friend or a dog along.
3) Take a Plane, Train, or Bus Somewhere You Have Never Been
There is somewhere you have always wanted to go. Take a few days (or more) off from everything, book a ticket and go! Go experience it.
Who knows, maybe you will hate it or maybe you will love it so much you never come back. One thing is for certain, it will be an experience you won’t forget.
4) Get in Your Car and Start Driving
There is no way I am the only one who has ever wanted to just get in my car and start driving. Well, I never got the chance to. I sold my car and moved abroad, but that just means that if someone else does it they have more courage than I.
Next time you’re sitting in rush hour traffic, dreading work at the soul-stealing hell-hole you think you have to endure, what if you just turn the car in the other direction and start driving?
What’s the worst thing that can possibly happen? You’re gone for a few days and you lose your job. Easy fix, you just get a job at the next hell-hole. But what is the best thing that can happen? You learn what it’s like to live free.
If you only read one book in your entire life make it this book. This book is about the power of motivation and visualization. If you want something bad enough and you visualize it enough you WILL get it. All current motivation works have borrowed or completely plagiarized from this book.
This is the end-all, be-all book for living your dreams. Highlight your favorite parts to go over again and again. Write down your favorite parts and tape them to your walls to recite daily. Sounds crazy, but it works.
How can you get what you want if you can’t get people to do what you want? This is an oldie but goodie and the lessons hold up in today’s world. Maybe even more so because we are all so disconnected.
The newest book on my list. Don’t let the title fool you, the book is all about using your time wisely and becoming hyper productive. Whether you put in a few hours a week or many hours, make sure you are actually doing stuff and not being a time waster.
This is the most motivating, inspiring book I have ever read. Arnold went from a tiny town in Austria to being the #1 bodybuilder in the entire world. He made millions as a businessman before getting into the movies and becming the highest paid movie star of all time.
Then he got into politics and become the governor of the 3rd largest economy. This book details his life up until the end of his bodybuilding and the very start of his acting career.
These books have changed my life so much that I now use hundred dollar bills as bookmarks.
I was suffering from what medical doctors describe as “being a mopey little bitch”.
It seems like all I did every day was lift weights, train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, walk my dogs, deposit checks and cook chicken wings.
I had downsized from a nice three bedroom house to a one bedroom apartment in the seedy part of town.
I was trimming down to live Spartan. I didn’t necessarily know why, but I was getting rid of everything I owned.
I wasn’t working in any traditional sense. The business only required a few phone calls and trips to the bank.
I was so bored that I was out walking my dogs one day and I thought “I’d take a part time job walking dogs just to have something to do“.
Something was missing.
I wanted to go out and do something worthwhile but I didn’t know what to do and I didn’t know how to do it.
I had read the Four Hour Workweek and I knew that living abroad and making money online was possible.
I knew I wanted to travel and live abroad for a while, but I had no idea how to make money while doing it.
I just knew that it was possible, but I didn’t know how.
I was still making a monthly income but it had started to dwindle and I knew it wouldn’t last forever.
At lunch one day, a friend of mine told me that a mutual friend went to China to teach english.
I said “What? Americans can go teach english in China?”
I’d never heard of that in my entire life, but I thought it sounded interesting.
One night I was watching a movie called Red Rock West.
The movie is about a drifter who drifts into a murder plot. At the end of the movie he hops a freight train to somewhere new.
The song playing over the credits hit me like a ton of bricks…
I’m a thousand miles from nowhere Time don’t matter to me ‘Cause I’m a thousand miles from nowhere And there’s no place I want to be -Dwight Yoakam, A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
Sounded just like me, I thought.
Two weeks later I was at the Chinese embassy in Houston getting my visa ready.
I had found a job on craigslist, teaching english in China for 5,500 CNY (about $800) per month. They provided a free apartment and took care of my visa and only wanted me to work on Saturday and Sunday.
China could not be further from the US and I thought that sounds like something new and interesting to try.
I didn’t know anything about China, I didn’t know anything about teaching English and I didn’t care.
I just wanted to do something different.
I took a chance, I hopped on a plane (3 actually), spent 30 hours in transit, and flew 6,890 miles to the other side of the world.
I got to China and there was no place I would have rather been (even though the first night there was the loneliest of my entire life).
I had never even left the United States before then.
Victor Pride at the Great Wall of China, early 2011.
BOLD AND DETERMINED 2011
I started B&D; in November 2010 and in February 2011 I was in China.
In China I had 5 free days per week, which I typically spent in the gym, writing, and still running business back home in America.
In China I ate two meals per day, every day.
There were no western snacks so for a year I didn’t eat any snacks at all. I had abs of steel from that diet.
I would go to the gym a minimum of 6 times per week, but more often I would be there 10 times per week.
For a whole year I did no other routine, I spent the entire year perfecting Body of a Spartan.
Victor Pride in China, late 2011 after a year of Body of a Spartan.
My time in China was like spending a year in boot camp.
I had no great food to eat, but I had the gym, I had a computer and I had the drive and the will.
Did China cure my malaise?
Yes, it did.
I didn’t care for teaching english, but the experience in China had me burning for more out of life.
I came back reinvigorated.
I was on fire for bigger success.
2011 was the first full year of Bold and Determined.
At the end of that year in China is when Bold and Determined really started to take shape, and it started with 10 Reasons to Stop Using Internet Porn in October 2011 (it is still the most popular article on B&D;).
I had spent that year writing, but towards the end of the year I started learning digital business.
My English teaching contract was expiring soon and I didn’t want to live on savings, I needed to put the time in to learn digital business.
That’s when I started putting the pieces together about how to actually make money online, not just write.
After a year in China I went back to America for 6 months.
When I got back to America I worked my ass off, on the computer and in the gym.
After a year of starving myself, I ate like a king and my body soaked up all the calories it had been deprived of in China.
I went from a low of 170 lbs in China to a high of 207 lbs in America (with some help).
I was finally able to get good haircuts, so instead of cutting my own hair I’d get a nice high and tight every week.
That 6 months in America was an epiphany, it was as if destiny revealed herself to me, and it was truly the real start of Bold and Determined. China was just a warmup.
I had written 30 Days of Discipline in China and gave it away on Christmas day, but in America I learned how to sell it.
From that day forward I was a full time “blogger”.
I liquidated my remaining real estate holdings, I put everything into B&D; and after 6 months in the States I moved to Thailand for some fun in the sun.
America was and is great, but I had the itch for something more.
For the first year and a half of B&D; I tried to focus on quantity of content. I would start writing in the morning and I would publish in the afternoon.
But after the first year and a half, after I moved to Thailand, I tried to focus on quality of content.
The Testosterone article was the first of the articles that took me days, weeks and months to write.
Each article now takes weeks to write (I’m writing this very sentence 16 days before this article will be published).
The quantity brought the readers and the quality kept them.
BOLD AND DETERMINED 2013
After 2012, I lived on easy street.
The time that I put in in China and the US paid off.
2013 was quite a busy year for me, but it wasn’t a hard year.
2014 was a year of hammering out all of my “how to make money from a blog” articles, and there is no better “make money” content online than the 2014 B&D; archives.
In November 2014 I sat down to write the 4 year recap, but I couldn’t.
I steamrolled through 4 years without ever looking back, so when I tried to look back in 2014 I was shocked by how far I had come. I was up, then I was down, then I was up again – way up.
2015 may have seemed like a slow year to the B&D; good news bears, but it went by like lightning for me.
It really went by in the blink of an eye.
In November 2014 I sat down to write the 4 year recap and had such trouble.
That was a year ago like it was yesterday. It’s unbelievable that it was an entire year ago.
2015 gave B&D; the best financial year we’ve ever had, and we opened a lot of new doors to new businesses.
Much of the year was spent at Pride Castle in Vietnam, hosting guests like Mike Cernovich.
The most successful independent, personal development book of the year, Gorilla Mindset, was finished at Pride Castle.
Left to right: Victor Pride, Tucker Siegert, Samuli Tapio, Mike Cernovich. 2015 in Saigon
I did spend a chunk of time in the United States as well, visiting with my good friend and associate Chris Deoudes in Los Angeles where we brought Red Supplements to life.
To make sure you’re stylin’ and profilin’ like the man himself grab his book Casual Style 101.
Pictured: Nate from Iron and Tweed
Why I do what I do + why it’s easy
I recall having a real job.
I recall waking up at 5am to get to the drive-through at the bank by 5:45am.
I recall hating to wake up, hating to drive to work, hating to be at work, hating to come back to work after lunch and hating to do it day after day after day after day after day after day.
Because I’ve been there, everything I do now is beyond easy.
I say it all the time, because I mean it – the whole process was really easy for me.
That’s because I’m doing what I was destined to do.
I never really fell on hard times.
There were times when I saw my bank account running low and thought “I need to fix that” but that’s as hard as it ever got.
It wasn’t hard for two reasons:
I had money when I started – I wasn’t waiting on a payday from B&D; to eat food.
I was never going to give up, I didn’t care how long it took or how much or how little money I made. The message was always first, the money has been a gigantic bonus.
It’s a hard life, but someone’s gotta do it. V. Pride, late 2012.
Then I go online and see people who have everything – and all they do is complain.
I see people who have a house, dogs, family, cars – everything, and they are miserable.
I don’t have any of that.
I got rid of everything 5 years ago. I killed the old me 5 years ago.
I’m as bare-bones, as Spartan as it gets.
I have nothing, all I have is a bunch of money and a mission and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
You don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone.
And you don’t learn to enjoy what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.
So learn to let go to learn to appreciate.
My message 5 years ago was to be Spartan.
My message today is be even more Spartan.
Goal setting
I made a big mistake in 2013 when I set a goal to make X amount of money.
At year end I made exactly the amount of money I had envisioned…and it was an awful feeling.
If I had in mind to make X and I made X, why did I not have in mind to make XXXXX instead.
I accomplished my 2013 goal and realized the only goals worth pursuing are goals that likely won’t be achieved, because then you can keep working, winning and grinning.
No goals, no end, always on, always working. It doesn’t ever stop.
And if you are going to set goals, set them big.
There is no better feeling in the world than working hard all day, then going to the gym to work hard some more, then coming home to work some more.
Going to bed tired and hungry is the only way to live.
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In honor of Memorial Day, let’s talk about 52 things that every Father should teach his Son(s).
1) How to Throw a Ball
It breaks my heart to see little boys who don’t know how to throw a ball. They stay inside all the time eating potato chips and playing the newest video game system. Put a baseball in their hands and they look like a Deer caught in headlights.
No boy should ever be caught dead throwing like a girl. When I was a youngster we had a name for all the boys who threw like girls, and it wasn’t a nice name.
Our single mommy world is raising a bunch of little pussified boys who get bullied (because they are bulliable). You’ve heard the rallying cries of “STOP THE BULLYING! STOP THE BULLYING!”
I say stop raising twinks and the bullying will stop. Each Father must teach his son how to throw a solid punch. Bullies are cowards who pick on the weak, after a jab to the nose you can forget about bullies picking on you ever again.
3) How To Tie a Tie
If you don’t teach your Son how to tie a tie he is going to learn from the internet. Is the internet a better father than you?
Your mind is your greatest asset and with it, and the right attitude, you can accomplish anything you set out to do. Make the decision, do not waiver in the face of adversity, and you will reap the rewards of your effort. Give in to adversity and quit and you can expect to be completely and totally AVERAGE.
When women have the upper hand they will use it to your peril. It is only when you hold your rightful power that women respect you. It is usually the case that men who give women power, who try and do everything to please women, who would never dream of arguing or abusing a women, that get the police called on them for “abuse”.
6) How to Build a Bookshelf
Not knowing how to use a hammer, nails, screwdriver would be highly embarrassing later in life when little Johnny has to have his nagging wife fix everything in the house.
Disregard the media baloney about discrimination being bad. Discrimination is how you survive and prosper. You see a girl in a bar dressed like a slut, you can be sure she is a slut. You see a group of blacks with their pants around their mid-thighs you can be sure you don’t want anything to do with them. You see a group of Mexicans gathered around the Home Depot you can be sure they are illegals.
8) It’s Not OK to Be a Sissy
Only single mommy’s and weak daddies raise sissies. A strong father will not raise a weak child, he will teach his child the importance of stoic strength. He will teach him the importance of a “Yes, I can!” attitude.
9) Trust is Earned, Not Given
Treat everyone with respect but never let your guard down. People in this world are out to eat the weak and if you show vulnerability the Hyenas will feast.
10) The Importance of Hard Work
The years of 15-21 will mark you for the rest of your life, it is imperative that you get in some hard work so you can develop the habit of not being a lazy slob. That can mean athletics, yard work, farm work, work in the family business, or school work.
11) The Importance of Physical Fitness
Keeping your body lean and mean shows pride in yourself and your abilities. Letting yourself go is a sign of weakness, depression, and high estrogen and low testosterone.
12) Don’t Believe Her When She Says She’s on the Pill
A.P.O.E. (Always pull out early).
13) How to Swim
I was at Maya Beach, a small island in Thailand (famous for the movie The Beach) and I saw the most embarrassing sight of my life. There are two ways to get to Maya beach: The front way and the back way. If you go the front way you have to pay, so we had our banana boat driver take us the back way so we could get in for free. At the back door of Maya beach you have to park the boat in the water, jump in the ocean, and swim to the edge of the island where you climb up a rope and then up some stairs.
As we were leaving we saw some truly horrific sights. One guy COULD NOT SWIM EVEN WHILE WEARING A LIFE JACKET. He was being pulled through the ocean by a tiny little Thai man who was not wearing a life jacket. The guy in the life jacket was being dragged like a little baby by a guy half his size who was not wearing a life jacket. That man’s father failed big time. The guy looked at me, we made eye-contact and he just shrugged like “what can you do?“.
The embarrassment does not end there. The guy had a buddy WHO ALSO COULD NOT SWIM EVEN WHILE WEARING A LIFE JACKET and was being pulled by another little Thai man.
14) Competition is Great
If you play, you play to win. 2nd place is the first loser.
15) Opportunity is Everywhere
You must learn to keep your eyes and ears open and ready to take advantage of opportunity. As a man you do not wait for opportunity to present itself to you, you seek it out.
You will live amongst other races who covet the things you have, never forget that and never let your guard down.
17) Always Give 110%
If you are going to do something your must do it right. Never give less than your best. Your aim for perfection is what separates you from the animals of society.
18) Your Word is Special
If you say you will do something it is a must that you follow through. Never, ever be known as a liar or as a flake. Your reputation is special and must be kept in-tact.
Working for others to make them rich and you a pittance is what slaves do. Making money on your own is how you do for yourself.
20) Boys is Boys and Girls is Girls
and never the tween shall meet. Sex is not a social construct, it is biological. If you don’t listen to yourself and your body you are going to grow up to be very angry and confused. It is only when you know who you are and what you stand for that you can be comfortable with yourself.
21) Excuses are Useless
Excuses are for the useless and the weak who cannot do what they said they would do. Always do as you say you will do and never give excuses as to why you didn’t do something.
22) Excessive Apologies are for Pussies
Never, ever apologize unless you have done something terribly wrong. Never end phone calls with “sorry”, never pepper your conversation with “sorry” and never BE sorry unless you truly must be. If it wasn’t your fault do not say sorry. If it wasn’t a heinous crime, don’t say sorry.
23) Girls
Girls will respond to you being a boy. They will not respond to you trying to bond with them and have things in common with them. The further away from their femininity you are the more they will be attracted to you. Tease them, play with them, treat them like a little sister and you will not have girl problems.
24) The Importance of Athletics
Sports will teach you discipline and competition and they will give you pride of accomplishment. Sports will develop your body at the point in time it is most essential to develop your body – your teenage years.
25) Be Bold
Bold action is required to reap the rewards of life. Timidity is good for nothing. If you want something you go after it and you take it. You don’t ask permission to fulfill your goals, you don’t apologize for your goals, you don’t make excuses for your goals, and you don’t give a damn about being modest in the face of lessers.
You must be disciplined enough to keep your hair trimmed and clean, you must bathe regularly, you must wear clean clothes daily, you must not dress like a slob, and you must keep yourself in top physical condition.
27) Hedonism is for the Weak
The world you are brought into is a degenerate, nihilistic, and hedonistic den of sin. Most of those you see did not have the same benefits you had (a father who taught you about life). Pity them, but do not join them in their quest for self-destruction.
You will never have a better friend in your whole life than your puppy dog. Be good to your pets because they will be good to you. Remember, son, you have friends and family and the whole world, your dog only has you. A firm swat to your dogs behind is enough discipline, but you must never take your frustrations on a helpless animal.
29) Think BIG!
Small dreams are worthless. Think BIG and get BIG results. Aim high, go for the gold.
30) You Are a Born Leader
Always lead by example and strive for the best.
31) A Higher Power
There is more to life than we know or will ever know. Never think that you know everything about everything. There is something more at work and we won’t know what it is until we die. Atheism is a form of nihilism. If there’s no God then we can just do whatever we want and not worry about consequences. Son, that’s good enough for them but your life has a purpose.
Spending your money on the latest gadgets and doo-dads and not saving anything for a rainy day is stupid. You will always need a backup fund for a rainy day or for an investment opportunity. The Richest Man in Babylon is good bed-time reading.
33) Don’t Talk So Much
No one needs to know your plans except for you. Keep a lid on the motor-mouthing.
A firm handshake says the world about you. A limp handshake says the opposite.
35) Embrace the Future but Do Not Give Up Tradition
The future will bring some fantastic advancements but never clown on your race, your races tradition and values. That’s part of who you are and it is to be embraced.
The internet should not be a guide to life. Every son should learn to shave from his father.
37) How to Shoot A Gun
Every man should know how to shoot a gun. Especially with the world delving into chaos. If you shoot an animal for sport be sure to eat the meat.
38) Don’t Bully or Harm But Always Fight Back
Never, ever let someone slap you around or have their way with you. You don’t start fights but you sure as hell finish them if needed.
39) The Word “No” Gives You All the Power
Never be afraid to say no. No is the most powerful word you can ever say.
40) How to Go Camping
Son, this is how you set up a tent, this is how you build a campfire, and this is how you grill meat and beans outdoors. The cooler is for ice, water and beer.
41) How to Fish
Fishing is a fun and relaxing past-time and comes with a great benefit: fresh, delicious fish to eat.
42) How to Change the Oil in Your Car / How to Change a Tire
It’s ok to take the car to a pro to get the oil changed but some day you may be strapped for cash and need to save every penny. Some day you may be on the highway far from anywhere when a tire blows, you will need to know how to put on a spare tire and not have to rely on mechanical support. Paying someone to change your tire is just a waste of money.
43) Take Road Trips
You should take road trips as often as you can. You will see parts of the country you would have never seen otherwise and road trips will be some of the fondest memories you will ever have.
44) Go to Barbers
A Barber is trained to cut men’s hair. A hair stylist is trained to cut women’s hair. Always look for the red and white Barber’s pole to find a Barber.
45) How to Cook
If you don’t know how to cook you will be one of two things: Fat or Skinny. It is imperative to know how to cook steak, eggs, chicken, pork, bacon, and fish. Those foods should be your staple foods and you can add things like potatoes, vegetables, rice, and other foods that require cooking. Fast food equals fast fat on your belly.
Learning proper from from a seasoned pro is better than learning from the internet.
47) Always Ask for What You Want
If the waiter brings you the wrong food tell them. If the cook made your order wrong tell them. Never be shy to get what you paid for. If your woman asks you what you want for dinner you always answer. You never say “oh, I dunno…what do you want…“.
48) Don’t Be Afraid to Negotiate
You will want to get the best possible price on the cars and houses you buy. Never pay the asking price (unless it’s a steal) and always try to negotiate the best possible price. Always pay cash money. An offer with cash in hand is often irresistible.
49) Political Correctness is How the Weak Gain Strength
Always understand what political correctness is based on: lies. People are not all the same. Black is not white. Woman is not man. Gay is not straight.
50) Travel as Often as You Can
Travel does not inherently make you a better person but it gives you life experience and a chance to see how the rest of the world lives. It will give you stories to tell for years to come.
51) Never Tie Yourself Down
Don’t tie yourself down with an un-affordable mortgage, don’t tie yourself down with a job making others richer, never tie yourself down with immense credit card or student loan debt. If you can’t pay cash, wait and save up until you can.
52) Always Keep a Positive Mental Attitude
Remember, son, whether you think you can or think you can’t you are right.
When I was 17 I was having a little get together at my house. I invited over a little mall slut and a few of my good friends. We put on the movie Fight Club, which I had just rented that day, and she yells “I love this movie!” and proceeded to describe the whole movie, in complete detail, down the twist ending. Before the movie was on for 5 minutes I knew the whole story.
Since that night I have never, ever mentioned a plot to any good movie or any good book to a single soul. When people ask me about a movie or book I say I loved it, I highly recommend it. One thing I never, ever do is describe the plot or give any details about the story other than a few vague sentences. I have realized what it’s like to have something ruined, and if I am recommending a book or movie I want everyone to be surprised, just as I was surprised when I read or saw the art in question.
Often, if I’m watching a movie I have already seen with a girl who has never seen it, she will literally beg me to tell her the ending. It’s comical, but I will never tell anyone the ending of any movie. It drives them crazy.
Her: “What happens in the end?!?!”
Me: “Watch it and see.”
Her: “You always say that!”
So rather than do a book review of the books I have read and enjoyed I have decided do a preview of the books I plan to read at some point.
An insider reveals what can—and does—go wrong when companies shift production to China
In this entertaining behind-the-scenes account, Paul Midler tells us all that is wrong with our effort to shift manufacturing to China. Now updated and expanded, Poorly Made in China reveals industry secrets, including the dangerous practice of quality fade—the deliberate and secret habit of Chinese manufacturers to widen profit margins through the reduction of quality inputs. U.S. importers don’t stand a chance, Midler explains, against savvy Chinese suppliers who feel they have little to lose by placing consumer safety at risk for the sake of greater profit. This is a lively and impassioned personal account, a collection of true stories, told by an American who has worked in the country for close to two decades. Poorly Made in China touches on a number of issues that affect us all.
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Best Book 2009 (The Economist)
Best Book for Business Owners (Inc.)
Great Finance Book of 2009 (Forbes)
Best of 2009 Business Book (Library Journal)
“Midler has upended a lot of the assumptions about this factory for the world.” (Forbes)
“A must-read for people engaged in mainland business.” (South China Morning Post)
“Important, timely and entertaining.” (Taipei Times)
“Most of the people in Mr. Midler’s position would not dream of disclosing what they see.” (The Economist)
“Manages to be both instructive and entertaining.” (National Review)
“A fascinating, funny and important book.” (Asia Times)
“An invaluable book for anyone considering doing business in China.” (Epoch Times)
“A lively dissection of the cultural clash.” (Malaysia’s The Star)
“You won’t look at the label ‘Made in China’ the same way.” (Toronto Now)
“His warning is worth heeding – is China listening?” (Business Times)
“Plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.” (Financial Times)
“Strongly recommended.” (Bangkok Post)
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It was a world gone wrong, one in which manufacturers thought little of manipulating product quality levels in order to save the smallest amounts, where savvy foreign business leaders were made to feel in control while they were taken for a ride by their partners, where entire manufacturing facilities sometimes vanished right into thin air… Welcome to Poorly Made in China!
At the height of the boom export manufacturing, Paul Midler returned to East Asia, a recently graduated Wharton MBA. In the right place at the right time, he was sought out by a number of foreign companies who wanted help in navigating the new economy. The adventures came fast, as did the business and cultural lessons.
Poorly Made in China is a dramatic romp through China’s export manufacturing sector, one that reveals what really goes on behind the scenes. The story follows the author from one project to the next, taking the reader through a diverse set of industries and revealing a number of challenges.
An engaging business narrative told with doses of humor and insight, this true story pulls back the curtain on the rising Chinese economy, providing a closer look at the rough-and-tumble environment in which so many of our consumer products are being made. For those trying to make sense of why so many quality failures could come out of China at once, this book is an especially interesting read.
Poorly Made in China is the tale of a modern-day gold rush and its consequences, the chronicling of a rising economic power and its path along a steep growth curve. Entertaining and eye-opening, the book highlights the extent to which culture affects business dealings, and the ultimate suggestion is that we may have more to be concerned about than product failures alone.”
Having lived in China for a year I can tell you with 100% sincerity that Chinese products really are garbage. Their products are much worse in China. Going to shop in China is like going to shop at the dollar store in America. The Chinese care nothing for quality. They care solely for one thing: Renminbi. They will do anything and everything to get it. Having said that, this book looks highly entertaining and it’s on my to-read list.
Side note: Everything I have ever purchased in China has broken, except for my watch. I expect it to break any day now.
It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler…Tai-Pan!
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“Unforgettable!”—Chicago Tribune
“A fabulous epic of the Far East that will disturb and excite you…a thrilling and enticing tale of adventure and human relationships…dramatic episodes, exotic vignettes and heady descriptive passages.” –Baltimore Sun
“Clavell is, as always, a matchless tale-spinner.”—Cosmopolitan
“Every five or six years there appears on the horizon a book so vast in scope, so peopled with bold, colorful characters, it eclipses other efforts…. Such a book is Tai-Pan.”—Pittsburgh Press
“Grand entertainment…packed with action…gaudy and flamboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder…fresh and vigorous.” —New York Times
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I just finished reading Tai-Pan for the second time. The first time I read it was nine years ago. At that time I was sure it was one of the best epics ever written. Now with nine more years of wisdom I am convinced. Clavell writes a fascinating tale of ruthless men and women in 19th century Asia. The dialogue is at times witty and the ending is the best I have ever read. I am now faced with the grim task of trying to find another book to read that comes close to the grandeur of this novel.
Sounds highly intriguing.
I have previously read Clavell’s 1,000 page masterpiece Shogun, about an English ship ending up in feudal Japan and their struggles to return home. Shogun was a phenomenal story of the struggle for power in feudal Japan and an English foreigner falling for a married Jap woman and all the little games they all (the Samurai) have to play. I was in awe of the ending. Plenty of sex, violence and Machiavellian manipulation in the book. If you have the patience to read a one thousand plus page novel, I highly recommend it.
Because Clavell’s Shogun was so great, I expect Tai-Pan to be a very good novel too.
The Myth: If you get into a good college, study hard, and graduate with excellent grades, you will be pretty much set for a successful career.
The Reality: The biggest thing you won’t learn in college is how to succeed professionally.
Some of the smartest, most successful people in the country didn’t finish college. None of them learned their most critical skills in an institution of higher education. And like them, most of what you’ll need to learn to be successful you’ll have to learn on your own, outside of school.
Michael Ellsberg set out to fill in the gaps by interviewing a wide range of millionaires and billionaires who don’t have college degrees, including fashion magnate Russell Simmons, Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz and founding president Sean Parker, WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg, and Pink Floyd songwriter and lead guitarist David Gilmour. Among the fascinating things he learned:
How fashion designer Marc Ecko started earning $1,000 a week in high school with his own clothing business and later grew it into an empire.
How billionaire Phillip Ruffin went from lowly department store clerk with no college degree to owner of Treasure Island on the Vegas Strip.
How John Paul DeJoria went from homelessness to billionaire as the founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems hair care products.
This book is your guide to developing practical success skills in the real world. Even if you’ve already gone through college, the most important skills weren’t on the curriculum–how to find great mentors, build a world-class network, learn real-world marketing and sales, make your work meaningful (and your meaning work), build the brand of you, master the art of bootstrapping, and more.
Learning the skills in this book well is a necessary addition to any education, whether you’re a high school dropout or a graduate of Harvard Law School.
Sounds like a highly motivating book. I love books like these that get you fired up. This one is sitting in my e-book reader just waiting to be read. These are the types of books that you can read in a day or two and be fired up for weeks, or even months, to come.
The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman.
Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai-without really knowing what it meant-he regains consciousness after the battle to find himself lying defeated, dazed and wounded among thousands of the dead and dying. On his way home, he commits a rash act, becomes a fugitive and brings life in his own village to a standstill-until he is captured by a weaponless Zen monk.
The lovely Otsu, seeing in Musashi her ideal of manliness, frees him from his tortuous punishment, but he is recaptured and imprisoned. During three years of solitary confinement, he delves into the classics of Japan and China. When he is set free again, he rejects the position of samurai and for the next several years pursues his goal relentlessly, looking neither to left nor to right.
Ever so slowly it dawns on him that following the Way of the Sword is not simply a matter of finding a target for his brute strength. Continually striving to perfect his technique, which leads him to a unique style of fighting with two swords simultaneously, he travels far and wide, challenging fighters of many disciplines, taking nature to be his ultimate and severest teacher and undergoing the rigorous training of those who follow the Way. He is supremely successful in his encounters, but in the Art of War he perceives the way of peaceful and prosperous governance and disciplines himself to be a real human being.
He becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and been touched by. And, inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.
Musashi is a novel in the best tradition of Japanese story telling. It is a living story, subtle and imaginative, teeming with memorable characters, many of them historical. Interweaving themes of unrequited love, misguided revenge, filial piety and absolute dedication to the Way of the Samurai, it depicts vividly a world Westerners know only vaguely. Full of gusto and humor, it has an epic quality and universal appeal.
The novel was made into a three-part movie by Director Hiroshi Inagai. For more information, visit the Shopping area.
It would appear that I have a thing for Samurai novels (this and Shogun). Well, I don’t. I was about to purchase Tai-Pan and I saw a link to this one and it sounds highly intriguing. The amazon reviewers talked me into checking this one out. With review titles like “Best Book Ever”, “excellence, unequaled“, and “Most Exciting Book Ever Written” who could refuse?
Advertising is a business rooted in art, an art rooted in business, and it reached its peak in a specific place at a specific time: New York City at the end of the 1950s and through the ’60s.
AMC’s award-winning drama Mad Men has garnered awards for its portrayal of advertising executives. This engaging, insightful narrative reveals, for the first time, the lives and work of the real advertising men and women of that era. Just as portrayed in the series, these creative people were the stars of the real Madison Avenue. Their innate eccentricity, vanity, and imagination meant their behavior and lifestyle was as candid and original as their advertising. They had it and they flaunted it. People like Bill Bernbach, George Lois, Ed McCabe, Mary Wells, Marion Harper, Julian Koenig, Steve Frankfurt, and Amil Gargano, and others, who in that small space, in that short time, created some of the most radical and influential advertising ever and sparked a revolution in the methods, practice, and execution of the business. Including over 100 full-color illustrations, the book details iconic campaigns such as VW, Avis, Alka Seltzer, Benson & Hedges, Polaroid, and Braniff Airways.
I was in the bookstore the other day and this book just jumped out at me. I thought the cover picture was beautifully done so I picked up the book, thumbed through and checked out some more of the pics. Yes, I want to check out this book just because I liked the pictures. They had style and pizzazz in that era. Something we are missing today. I don’t even care what the story is about (I didn’t even read the premise above), I’m gonna check it out again just to be inspired by the pictures.
Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say “yes”—and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His thirty-five years of rigorous, evidence-based research along with a three-year program of study on what moves people to change behavior has resulted in this highly acclaimed book.
You’ll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader—and how to defend yourself against them. Perfect for people in all walks of life, the principles of Influence will move you toward profound personal change and act as a driving force for your success.
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Arguably the best book ever on what is increasingly becoming the science of persuasion. Whether you’re a mere consumer or someone weaving the web of persuasion to urge others to buy or vote for your product, this is an essential book for understanding the psychological foundations of marketing. Recommended.
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For marketers, this book is among the most important books written in the last ten years. (Journal of Mariketing Research )
Influence should be required reading for all business majors. (Journal of Retailing )
This book will strike chords deep in the hearts and psyches of all of us. (Best Sellers Magazine )
The material in Cialdini’s Influence is a proverbial gold mine. (Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology )
Damn, I’m pumped already and I haven’t even read the book yet! One thing you will notice about the big dogs is that they have superhuman abilities of persuasion and influence. You must have powers of persuasion if you want someone to write a big, fat check and put your name on it. And even if you do have it it is wise to study and keep up with your craft.
Walking around and seeing weak guys following girls around like puppy dogs, or seeing guys eat tofu, or seeing skinny-fat guys jogging on a treadmill, or seeing guys whining and complaining is like a kick in the teeth and a punch to the stomach at the same time.
It’s a sickening sight to see weakness so abundant with nary a care in the world. There are reasons for this weakness but there are no excuses for it.
It’s time to start kicking ass and taking names! Not kissing ass and taking blame.
Now to be honest, guys acting like twinks is only good for more aggressive guys. It makes women more attracted to us, it makes it easier to get ahead, there is no competition at all from weaklings, and it just makes un-pussified guys stand out a whole lot more. But I hate seeing guys acting like pussies.
Below we will look at 7 causes of this illness known as modern western men and we will look at solutions to this disease.
7) A feminizing diet – We’ve all been taught the horrors of steak and eggs and bacon and butter and all saturated fat. What we haven’t been taught is the feminizing effect of eating a high carbohydrate, low protein and low fat diet.
Give up the fatty foods that men need (absolutely need, not want) and replace it with bullshit like vegetables and cereals and grains and breads and, worst of all margarine and soy, and you get a nation of effete zombies. A diet like that is fit for women and women only.
A diet like that has an ESTROGEN inducing effect that is a killer of men and testosterone. If the trend continues you can say goodbye to all but a few masculine men, who will no doubt drift towards the thug and criminal variety.
Solution: Steak and eggs cooked in butter. Extra butter. Don’t eat like a fruit, eat like a fucking man so you can become one.
6) Lack of a strong male role model – The USA in particular is a nation of frivolous divorcers. Women cannot raise boys properly. Even if they can stop talking down about the boys father (they usually can’t) they just don’t have the necessary discipline or state of mind to raise a masculine boy. Only a man can raise a boy to become a man.
A father will teach his son to win. A mother will teach her son that it’s OK to be a sissy. We could pretend that all gays are born that way or we could open our eyes and see that almost all gay men had one thing in common: a weak or absent father. Take it a step further and you will see they usually had a domineering mother who emasculated the boys father and kept him from contact with the boy.
The opposite effect is that single women raise criminal thugs who overcompensate the lack of a father figure by being ultra-masculine. Guys in prison usually have one thing in common: single mothers.
Solution: If you have children you had better make damn sure that A) You’re a strong role model and B) You’ve got to marry a feminine, motherly woman who knows the roles of men and women. You can’t marry a piece of feminist trash and expect to raise your children, not get divorced, and not have insane alimony payments. Best advice: go abroad.
5) Christianity turned it’s back on men – For men 30 years of age and under, especially on the internet, atheism is the religion of choice. Young women are still usually believers because the church still treats women well. More often that not the young men who turn to atheism are the smart ones but they are blind to the real reason they have chosen atheism. All atheists will say it’s because it’s “logical” or it’s “science” or it’s so “obvious”. What they have yet to put together is the Christian Church turned it’s back on Men in favor of “grrrl power” and sealed it’s own doom.
Christianity worships women as “the better half” and those that can do no wrong and condemns men for “not raising children properly, not taking care of family properly, not manning up, not getting married” etc. You can go to any Christian church on Mothers Day and they will praise all that is woman, go to a Christian Church on Fathers Day and you will get a lecture about how Men have screwed up and how they should act better. How many times do you think a Man will continue to go to that church before he A) Quits or B) Believes it and turns into an effete weakling doing the bidding of every woman he meets.
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world by number of conversions each year. That means former Christians are turning to Islam. And I will tell you why: Islam has respect for men. It’s as simple as that. You may even be shocked to learn that more women convert to Islam than men. Women need respect for men just as men do.
Wherever there are self-respecting men, women will be there lining up. Western Christianity built that great country of ours but it turned it’s back on the people it needs the most and it will die because of that unless it changes it’s misandrous ways. If the Christian Church started valuing and respecting men, men would start respecting themselves again and they would go back to the church in waves and they would start acting like men again. The Church used to be a place a man could go to find a good woman, now it’s a place he can go to hear about what a piece of shit he is. No thanks.
Solution: Forget “what would Jesus do“. Turning the other cheek is weak. If you do what the church says you’ll get slapped in the mouth and then run away and cry on your girlfriends shoulder while she dreams of a stronger man ravaging her. What would Sean Connery do?
4) Internet Pornography – Masturbating to Internet porn saps you of your precious seed, vitality, masculinity and drive to succeed. Because of this it is a plague. What you can do is simply turn it off and never watch again. What you can expect to happen is: you will feel yourself become more assertive, more dominant, stronger, more outgoing and, goddammit, you feel like a man.
You can tell the guys who are completely and hopelessly addicted to internet porn because they act mousy and frightened all the time. Most men aren’t hopelessly addicted but all men know the feeling of “getting done” with their internet porn session and not having the will or drive to do anything afterwards. I really can’t scream the benefits enough – save your seed and your desire to accomplish is off the chart. It’s a great feeling.
Solution: Quit for 30 days and watch the progress. Watch how good you start to feel.
3) Television, Movies, Music, Magazines – I opt out of almost all media except for some older movies and TV shows for this reason. Every piece of entertainment media depicts men as bumbling idiots and women as the wise and strong leaders. Media teaches us that all women “deserve” happiness whatever the cost and men are the pawns to achieve that. That’s great for fantasy world but that isn’t reality.
The problem is that most people cannot tell fictional TV land apart from reality and act accordingly. If the man acted like an effete loser in the movie and got the girl then maybe it will work for me. There are almost zero masculine men in entertainment media. And when masculine men do appear it’s as a redneck wife beater or a rapist or something equally stupid.
Understand that Hollywood in absolutely no way reflects reality or how you should act. Unfortunately the power it yields is enormous. Just turn it off and never look back. I haven’t had cable in years. I have only owned a TV for a 3 month period in the last two years. And I used it only to watch the following DVD’s – No Country For Old Men, Rocky 1-6, The Godfather 1-3, Predator , The Thing, and Pumping Iron.
Solution: Say goodbye to entertainment media. It does absolutely no good anyway and it’s cheaper to not have a TV or cable. If you want to watch movies you can use bittorrent websites to “borrow” them from the internet. Once you open your eyes and see the truth about most entertainment you won’t want to watch most of it anymore anyway.
2) Schooling – They get ’em young and they keep ’em. Little boys shouldn’t be taught by women, however, almost all kindergarten and elementary school teachers are women. Clearly because all men who teach children are pedophiles. If you have children you should take a look at some of their history books or some of their social studies books and you’ll see one thing in common: men, especially white European men, are the worst thing the world has ever seen. All the little boys get this in their head and spend their whole lives as apologists for their gender. It’s sickening but it’s the truth.
Solution: There are two solutions to prevent this and raise a man and not a nancy boy. 1) Home schooling. 2) Don’t have children.
1) Feminism – Yes, yes. Men kept women down, men oppressed women, women were slaves yadda yadda. That’s a pretty little lie but it isn’t the truth. The truth is that feminism was a movement started by man-hating bull dykes who convinced women that they were getting a raw deal. They weren’t getting a raw deal, but we won’t get into that. What we will get into is the reality of feminism today.
Feminism teaches women to restrict their natural womanly behaviors as “weak” and to act like men, to be “strong” and “independent”. That’s lovely but those are male traits and they will always be male traits and they will never be natural to women. Of course when women start acting like men and demanding all the power that they think men have what do you think men will do? Become MORE masculine? Nope. They become more feminine to compensate.
If women are pretending to be men there is no reason for a lot of men to develop their natural male characteristics. Frankly it makes me sick to see men follow women, usually fat women, around like puppy dogs. I saw a guy in Walmart beg, literally beg!, his fat hog of a woman to get 2% milk instead of skim milk! Inside of Walmart he begged for a different milk! She told him no and he just walked behind her, defeated. That was the 2nd most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen in my life. That was years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday.
Solution: Date women who still act like women. For this you’ve got to leave the country. Get yourself to Asia, South America, or Eastern Europe. Date women from these areas and you will never in your life go back to American women. Feminism hasn’t YET infected these women and they are content to be the woman and you be the man.
But you’ve got to hurry because the virus is spreading. It’s already in many of the big cities in the world but you’ve still got quite a few years to get a good woman while the gettin’s good. And it’s a good way to light a fire under your ass so you can make enough cash to escape the corporate world.
If you stay in America then use your balls as they were intended and don’t take no shit from anyone. If you want 2% milk you pick that motherfucker up and you buy it. If you’re a man then, goddammit, act like one. Apologies are for the weak.
Seems obvious, right. If you don’t have a goal then you have no reason to be motivated. To stay motivated you have to have a goal, a mission, that you can work towards. Goals can be gigantic or miniscule, it only matters that you have one and that you work towards making it happen. Fuck trying, make it happen.
2) Read motivating works
Every morning I start my day off with a motivating or educational book. It is essential that you can learn something, get pumped up or both. Fiction is for playtime, if you want to read fiction you can read it in bed at night.
Currently I am reading How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis, founder of a UK based publishing empire and altogether rich bastard. I cannot recommend the book enough for readers of BOLD & DETERMINED. No bullshit, take no prisoners, killer attitude. Buy the book, you will like it.
These are my personal must-read books.
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – This book completely changed my life and taught me one very important trait you need to be successful – thinking positively.
The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferris – This book literally changed my life. I thought I was tied to the USA forever, I finished reading this book and immediately bought a plane ticket to Thailand. I haven’t looked back since reading this book.
Gorilla Mindset – by Mike Cernovich. The ultimate book about changing your mindset to change your life.
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living – by Dale Carnegie. This is the best book ever written for learning how to “let go” of negativity and live life.
3) Stay clean
One of the best decisions I have ever made was to shave daily and to get my haircut into a pristine high and tight every two weeks. Every other Thursday morning I’m at the barber ready to cut off my hippie length hair and get clean and mean. Staying clean and well groomed is of utmost importance, important for your own morale and important to inspire confidence in others.
Dirty freaks don’t inspire confidence in anyone. You will notice one thing amongst the upper class and the very well off, they are always impeccably groomed. Even if they are just wearing a t-shirt and shorts, they look clean. Poor people cannot look clean no matter how hard they try. The simple act of putting on a suit does not make you look clean, even the simple act of bathing does not make you look clean. A dirty person always looks like a dirtbag, even with a suit and tie on.
Staying clean and groomed doesn’t require 18 different soaps or specialty shampoos and conditioners, it simply requires you take care of your body the way in which you should. Daily bathing of course, clean, form fitting and stylish clothes, hair trimmed (especially the hair on the back of the neck), face trimmed (if you can grow a full beard, great, but if you grow spotty facial hair then you should always be shaved). On the poor class facial hair only seems to grow into a mustache and goatee.
There are no winners who look like losers. You can stand next to a winner and know it instantly, you can know it by their dress, by their cleanliness and by their demeanor. Dressing like a winner is a must. Every time I say “Dress like a winner” I always get a flurry of responses and excuses about why you shouldn’t dress like a winner, or that the weather is too hot to dress like a winner.
Winners are winners on the inside and the outside, and their style of dress will confirm it. You should never wear dirty clothes, you should never wear ill-fitting clothes, and you should never wear cheaply produced clothes. It’s certainly ok to pay a steep discount (I do) but for quality clothing, you shouldn’t pay a cheap price for cheap clothes.
Since it is the dead of summer right now I’m going to let you in on my little secret – it’s too hot to wear a suit and tie, every day I wear single color V-neck t-shirts made out of Peruvian Pima cotton. These shirts are so comfortable that any time I put on another t-shirt it feels like it’s made out of cactus. Not only are they comfortable but they look phenomenal (they aren’t made for peasants) and they can be purchased at a very reasonable price. Check your local upscale shopping mall for Pima cotton t shirts and then wait for a sale and buy in bulk.
Note: The only people who can look good in t-shirts, and especially v-neck t-shirts, are men who have a good build. If you’re a skinny guy or a fat guy you need to hit the gym before you worry about an upgrade in clothing.
I can’t say this enough: The way you dress matters more than most will ever imagine. If you don’t believe me, if you’re one of those deluded guys who thinks clothes don’t make the man, then go ahead and put on a dress and tell me clothes don’t matter. I saw a fat slob yesterday that made me sick.
The fella had a nasty beard, the fella had greasy gelled hair (and was balding), he was wearing gigantic khaki shorts with army pockets, he was wearing a gigantic cotton t-shirt, he was wearing some basketball shoes that a white man should never wear and he was wearing dirty white socks that poked up an inch above his shoes.
He looked like complete shit and I’m sure he felt like complete shit because he kept his hands in his pockets the whole time. If that fella would take a bath, shave his dirty face, put on a form fitting suit, wear nice shoes and lose 50 lbs he would feel like a million bucks. He would be a brand new man and he would probably for the first time in his entire life get stares from cute girlies.
Gentlemen, when I walk into a grocery store I get smiles, stares and blushes from the girls. If that doesn’t happen to you then you should fix that problem.
Coffee is probably the worlds greatest drug. There’s a reason all those fruity types are obsessed with Starbucks, and that reason is this – coffee works. Coffee wakes you up, coffee helps you focus, and coffee keeps you alert. Coffee is a minor nootropic and it’s the most easily available nootropic in the world. Buy it, drink it.
Wealth is a mindset. Poor dirtbags are always going to be poor because they have a poor, dumb mindset. Ask any dirtbag how to get rich and they will say one of two things: Win the lottery or win a lawsuit.
Making money is just a game, when you take it super seriously and become frightened of it you will never make any of it. You’ll go to your job and get paid exactly what you’re worth – pennies. The difference between the owner and the manager of a company is that the manager is scared and the owner pushed through his fear of failure and is reaping the rewards.
The manager works hard to put money in the pocket of the owner. Thanks, manager! It doesn’t take a genius to make money, it takes determination and drive and a refusal to listen to the whiners, losers and complainers who give you reasons why it can’t be done and why it will fail.
Saying “if only this”, or “if only that”, or “when this happens blah blah” is a copout and a bullshit excuse. Nothing is ever going to happen for you until you GET THE FUCK UP AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
7) Use Smart Drugs
One thing that separates winner from losers is energy. The rich have a boundless energy and drive. They work 16 hours a day, party all night, sleep 4 hours and then do it all again. Well, if you do not have boundless energy there is a way to get it and that way is called SMART DRUGS.
Aiming to be average is a great way to be average. Aiming for higher is a great way to become superior. It’s all in the mind. What you aspire to is what you become. Of course it takes action along with your aspiration, but hear this: You are going to take action no matter what.
Most people will take action to be a faceless nobody who makes 50k a year working some shit job with “benefits” and two weeks vacation per year and one week sick leave per year, takes orders from some useless manager or some fat hog in HR and then dies a nobody.
“I’m not greedy, I just want…“. Fuck your “just”. If you “just” want an average life you will get it. Winners don’t “just” want anything. Winners demand a taller order than that. And they’ll get it, too. We all get what we want.
If you just want an average life that’s what you’ll get. But look around at the average Joe and Jane, their lives are as enviable as AIDS. I’d sooner eat a bullet than aspire to be average. Aim for more, aim to become above average. Aim for the stars. Maybe you only reach the moon, but you’ll be far above the rest of the faceless average Joe’s still stuck on Earth.
9) Howl like a Wolf
This is another one my of little secrets. It’s impossible to feel sad or feel depressed or feel lethargic after you howl like a Wolf. That’s a scientific fact. Do it right now and you are guaranteed to feel like a king and you are guaranteed at least 5 minutes of boundless positive energy. Do it now.
