Television exists for one reason. To so completely mold you into a managable piece of chattel with little hope of forming your own opinions or see just how much you’re being screwed. It exists to keep you thinking you’re being entertained while your “opinions” are being formed for you. Television is genius. It has brainwashed people so well that they don’t know, can’t even fathom that they have been so completely duped. Any time I go to someone’s house and I see them watching the boob-tube they are completely zoned out like an automaton dummy. Television completely takes over your mind when you watch it, to the point that the subtle hints on TV become your complete opinion like you thought it up yourself.
The other day I pulled up to the gym at peak hours, around 6 pm. I saw through the window that all the treadmills were filled with people and they were all, each of them down to the last man and woman, were staring up at the TV’s in front of them. It was like something out of a science fiction movie where aliens take over the Earth and no one notices because they were busy watching jersey shore and being spoonfed their news and culture.
Think for yourself and come to your own conclusions.
They say religion is the opiate of the masses, and that used to be true. Television and other media advertising are now the opiate of the masses. Prevailing opinions are those that are espoused on television and other media. No matter how asinine, if it’s on the TV then it must be true!
Other than the obvious that TV makes you a dimwit it’s also a complete time waster. No man who ever accomplished anything watched TV all the time like a dummy. No one who is trying to accomplish something should waste their time rotting their brains away watching the moron tube. Just turn off the cable, pick up a book, go for a walk, go work out, or make some money. Save the $100 a month you used to pay for cable and turn it into a fortune.
Simplify your lives, gentlemen. It makes things so much easier.
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
Multi-tasking is a joke. If you want something done right you put all your effort into that one thing to make it perfect. You don’t half-ass it while you’re doing other things at the same time. This applies to eating as well. When it comes time to eat, eat.
And eat BIG!
There are hordes of brainwashed people who believe you’ve got to eat 6-8 small meals a day to “stoke your metabolism”. There are hordes of people who have believe the propaganda that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and if you miss breakfast your day will be ruined. What a bunch of baloney!
Eating 6-8 small meals a day is a nightmare! You’re completely ruled by the clock, you’ve got to eat every 2-3 hours or you’re feeling irritable and angry. You’re never full, tiny meals don’t satiate you like big meals do. It’s a never ending cycle, I don’t know how anyone can get anything done eating so much! Imagine the time saved if you ate only one or two meals a day and completely stopped worrying about getting your next meal in. Leave this type of grazing to the cows.
Eat like a Lion.
Serge Nubret ate only one meal per day.
A Lion eats once every day to every few days and a Lion eats huge. This type of eating plan is called Intermittent Fasting. On IF (Intermittent Fasting) you have a set eating window where you get in your meals and you fast the rest of the day. Typically you have an 8 hour eating window and a 16 hour fasting window.
I like to eat just one or two giant meals per day and get it over with. I skip breakfast. Breakfast is completely overrated and is not the most important meal of the day. In fact, breakfast slows down your mental acuity. When you skip breakfast you are a lot sharper. It takes a lot of energy to digest food, energy that could be used for more useful things during the day. So forget breakfast, eat later in the day and use your energy to get your business going.
You are what you eat.
If you eat nothing but processed garbage you’re going to look and feel like garbage. Eat nothing but real food 6 days out of the week. By “real food” I mean food that will eventually spoil. Stick to the outer section of the grocery store for your food. A Lion eats pounds and pounds of meat. My two meals of the day I eat Steak and Eggs, what Vince Gironda called the strong man’s diet. Eating this way takes care of any hunger pangs. I’m almost never hungry. All the protein and fat from the Steak and Eggs keeps you full for far longer than any carbohydrate based meal, eliminating any need to snack or graze. Steak and Eggs keep your energy steady throughout the day as well, you’re not dealing with sugar crashes because you aren’t eating sugars. On the plus side Steak and Eggs will make you very lean and muscular (as long as you’re lifting). My eating window is from 1-9, so I get my two meals in during that time frame. Always eat the biggest meal post-workout, the real most important meal of the day.
Pick one day out of the week to have as a cheat day. On this day eat anything and everything you want. Live was meant to be lived afterall. If you’re eating right on the other days this cheat won’t make you fat but will actually help to lean you out. Plus you will probably be so disgusted at what you ate you’ll be really happy to start eating good again the next day.
For all you muscle-heads scared of losing all your gains - stop worrying! You’re not going to lose all your hard-earned muscle just because you don’t eat for a few hours. Serge Nubret ate only one meal a day - 4-5 pounds of meat topped of with rice and beans. Does it look like his muscles wasted away?
Eat like the majestic Lion.
Not like these fat cows.
Simplify your lives, gentlemen. It makes things so much easier.
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
Disposable razors are vile, worthless inventions meant to dupe you out of your hard earned cash on a regular basis. Disposable razors are useless for 2 reasons.
1) They give an inferior shave compared to a safety razor
2) The blades are absurdly expensive and must be purchased frequently
So why would people use these pieces of junk when superior technology exists? That’s an easy answer. You don’t see ads every day for a razor that will last you a lifetime and cost less than $20 for a year’s supply of blades but you DO see ads for the latest plastic gizmo that will give you the shave of a lifetime!! (until you have to buy new razors in a couple weeks for $20).
People have been duped into thinking the new 3 bladed piece of plastic is the greatest shaving technology ever invented. That is completely false. For a close shave nothing in the worlds beats an old school straight razor. For a safe shave that is extremely close, nothing in the world beats a safety razor. Best of all, you buy the razor only once and it will last you a lifetime. The blades for a safety razor are dirt cheap. I shaved for an entire year on a box of $6 blades. I would spend more than that every month on the latest mach3 nonsense. The real story is that Gillette had the patent on the safety razor. The patent was due to expire, meaning many companies could produce these quality razors. Gillette came up with the disposable razor and put the marketing machine behind it, guaranteeing that they get paid again and again when you buy new razors every month.
You can get started for around $100. After that you never have to buy another razor, this one will last a lifetime. Blades are only $6 for a box of 10.
Things you need to start wet-shaving:
1) Safety Razor
- Merkur makes the best. This razor will last a lifetime.
2) Merkur Double Edge Safety Razor Blades
3) Badger Hair Shaving Brush
4) Proraso Shaving Cream
- When it comes to shaving cream nothing beats Proraso.
5) Proraso Pre and Post Shave Cream
- This stuff is optional but I highly recommend it. My face feels incredible after using this stuff.
How To Wet Shave
I would sooner stop shaving completely than ever go back to using disposable razors. A disposable razor can’t come close to the clean, close, fresh shave of a good quality safety blade. I typically shave once a week because…
A) I can
B) Chicks dig facial hair
When I do shave it is a nice little ritual.
- get out of the shower.
- don’t dry my face.
- run some water over my badger hair brush.
- squeeze the shaving cream into a coffee mug.
- mix up the shaving cream with the badger hair brush into a nice creamy mixture.
- apply the mixture to my face with the brush, making sure to get the shaving cream in between every whisker.
- shave off all the whiskers in just a couple minutes.
- towel dry my face.
- apply aftershave and I’m done. My face feels as smooth as a baby’s.
If you’re sick of shaving altogether you have another option.
Grow a beard.
Why should you grow a beard? Easy answer:
Beards are awesome.
Beards are manly.
Beards command respect.
Beards are cheap and easy to maintain.
Beards look cool.
Simplify your lives, gentlemen. It makes things so much easier.
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
1) Towel – Self explanatory. You need a towel to wipe up sweat, yours and other peoples.
2) Gym Chalk
– Corporate globo-gyms don’t provide chalk for their members. They discourage it because it’s a pain to clean up. Well that’s their problem. Chalk is great because it helps you grip heavy ass weights. Chalk removes the moisture from the hands and turns you into a lifting machine. Get some chalk!
3) FAT GRIPZ – Fat Gripz are awesome. They turn an average barbell into a mean-as-nails thick bar. They are phenomenal for developing forearms and grip-strengths.
4) Ab Wheel
– I know this seems like a useless piece of advertising but ab wheels work. They have been around forever, long before the infomercials. Some gyms have them and some don’t, they’re only a few bucks so I keep one in my bag for ab day. After 3 sets of 10-20 your abs will be on fire. Check ‘em out!
5) Lifting Straps
– I’m not a huge fan of lifting straps but there are times when they are useful so I keep them around. Lifting straps wrap around the bar and your hand giving you help to grip the bar. I mainly use these when I do heavy barbell shrugs – I rarely use them for anything else but I like having them in my tool belt.
6) Reverse Osmosis Filtered Bottled Water – You need water. What’s important about bringing your own water, especially filtered, is the fact that water fountain water has all kinds of fluoride and other heavy chemicals. It’s basically poison. I remember vividly the last time I ever took a sip of water from a water fountain – there were two fountains side by side, I was taking a sip at the tall fountain and the cleaning lady came up to the short one and sprayed whatever her chemical cleaner was over the spout of the small fountain, right where people drink from. I immediately spit out the water in my mouth and never took a sip again from a fountain. It was only later I found out about the extremely harsh effects of drinking fluoridated water.
Optional:
Shoes and/or deadlift slippers - Shoe choice isn’t very important when your doing silly little “stability” work on a bosu ball but it is important once you start lifting like a man. For squats and deadlifts and things of that nature you want a shoe with as little sole as possible. You want to be very close to the ground. Shoes that are good for this are converse Chuck Taylors, deadlift slippers, or any flat soled shoe. I lift in a pair of boat shoes but that’s my preference. I keep a pair of Deadlift Slippers (yeah, I said slippers) in my gym bag and I use them pretty frequently. Deadlift Slippers are just like ballerina slippers, they’re basically socks with a rubber grip on the bottom for support. Nothing else can get you as close to the ground without being barefoot. If you can swing it I suggest lifting deadlift and squats barefoot. Vibrams Five Fingers can also be an excellent choice, though I have never usem them personally.
Notebook - It is an excellent idea to log all of your workouts so you can see your strength increases and where you are stalling. If you log all your workouts you can see your progress from week to week, month to month, and year to year!
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
MANIFESTO
: a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer.
Another year is coming to an end. You have to ask yourself how your year went. As far as I see you can only have 2 options. 2010 was either the best year ever or the worst year ever. If it was the best year ever, great! I love it! Let’s make 2011 an even better year! If 2010 was the worst year then it should be easy to have a better year in 2010. We’re going to write our Manifesto’s for 2011. Our manifesto is going to outline our goals, dreams, hopes, and fears and is going to develop a plan of attack to make our goals a reality.
The first step is to get out your word processor or a notebook so we can write everything down. If this is to work it must be written down. If you don’t write it down you will forget about it in 15 minutes. We’re going to have it in writing so we can refer to it daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly so we can see the clear progression we have made.
Next let’s determine what our goals are for the year. Take a little while to brainstorm and write everything down. What is it that has been constantly on your mind this year but you weren’t able to fully make it a reality?
Maybe you want to…
Start your own business…
Get into great shape…
Get better with beautiful women…
Become a more confident person…
Worry less (ideally none!)…
Travel more…
Have a 300 lb bench, 400 lb squat, and 500 lb deadlift…
Do 10 pullups…
Make more $$$…
Get out of debt…
Start a jazz fusion band…
Be a more confident, bold, and determined person…
Now that you have taken some time to determine your goals for the year let’s start writing our manifesto. We’ll call this MANIFESTO 2011. You can write your goals any way you want, it is as simple as saying “my goals are…” but I think the best way to write your goals is to write them as-if you have already achieved them. For instance…
My goals for 2011 are…
I am making more money than I ever thought possible.
I am completely free of debt.
etc..
We’re going to be referring back to our Manifesto’s frequently. The subtle change of saying “I AM” instead of “i want” will work wonders. The mind is a powerful tool and if the mind believes it who’s to say the mind won’t achieve it.
Now that we have written our goals let’s draw up our plan of attack. In this section you will write “my plan of attack for starting my own business is as follows…“. Deep down in your heart you know exactly what you need to do to start your own business, or lose weight, or become a better person. You don’t need me to tell you the details. Do that for all of your goals. I kept mine to 5 broad goals, but you can and should do it for as many goals as you have.
Next we will write our conclusion. We will write our conclusion a little differently. We are going to pretend we’re on the eve of the next year and we’re thinking back about what we accomplished in the previous year. We are going to write something like “2011 was the best year of my life. I accomplished my goals of getting into shape, starting my own business, and getting out of debt. I accomplished these goals by following this plan of attack… It was a great year and I can’t wait to make the next year even better“. Make it as detailed as possible.
Now print out your Manifesto and keep it somewhere that you can read it every day at first, then every week to every month as you begin to realize your goals. Don’t let anyone else read it. This is intensely personal and for your eye’s only. But if someone does read it never be ashamed of it. This is how you want to live and it’s how you will live.
The idea for the Manifesto sounds corny but so what. Living your life on other peoples terms is way cornier.
The start and end of a year is just an arbitrary number but it is a good way to measure progress. No need to wait until January 1st to get started, start NOW! Whatever day it is.
Each passing moment is a chance to turn it all around.
Recommended Reading:
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Escape 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
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30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
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