The other week, something that doesn’t usually happen occurred that was a bit disappointing. A client who had signed up to work with me backed out on his word, and bailed. Of course, this wasn’t much of a surprise. I could see this happening in real time. The lack of follow-through in what we agreed […]
Which Coaching Matters More: Deep Work or Bootcamps? Read More »
I put out on Twitter the other day some ambitions I had for the future: The inspiration for this came from some of my experiences at a retreat this weekend. It’s first first of eight I’ll be going to over the next 1.5 years. In a nutshell, this course is basically designed to give me
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Yesterday I blocked and removed a long time subscriber. It was a pointless bit of drama, but I’m going to share it… not only because it may prevent a similar fate for some of you, but because it’s an important lesson you need to internalize as a man. As many of you know, my good
As I was sitting in the cafe, considering writing something completely different, a memory entered my head of a “botched” sales call I had nearly a year ago. This was an interesting time for me — the biz was on the ascendence, but the fruits of this momentum were just shy from coming in. And
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Yesterday the great daygamer Nash had an interesting thread on the different types of “mindsets” guys have when they daygame… and their commensurate results. He noted that guys who feel like they NEED to approach do poorly, guys who WANT to see some results… but guys who approach “out of choice” do the best. He’s
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So perhaps some of you saw, I was “bodyshamed” yesterday by the usual suspects on twitter for a picture I had with Anthony. Comments I received? “Soy tits” “Bad posture” “Baby arms” Now, never mind that these guys worship a dork who looks like a middle aged lesbian. Conventional wisdom would suggest I should just ignore
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As many of you saw, I put out a few tweets the other day re: how “not crying” doesn’t make you tough, it’s a sign of emotional repression: Some of you wanted me to elaborate on this a bit. Honestly I think my comments speak for themselves. Guys around these parts are so insecure about how
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So a few days ago I put out a thread today that’s going a bit viral on the nature of male and female energy. You can read the thread here. But, some elaboration on it… and why I’m talking about these things now.I’ve gone through an enormous number of layers and models when it comes
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Obviously need to talk about this topic since I experienced the truth of this yesterday on 2 coaching calls and after catching up with an old friend. Let’s talk about my friend. This friend is one of my favorite people, and an “unofficial” mentor when it came to women. He’s an absolute natural — attractive,
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Short email today, since Rome beckons. I sent out a tweet earlier in the day that DIDN’T get a big response… although smart minds (such as AJA Cortes) immediately picked up that it wasn’t something to scoff at: “The lower your consciousness, the more the stick works over the carrot.” Pause and reflect on that
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