Knowledge For Men

Ross Jeffries™ is the founder, creator and Master Teacher of the worldwide seduction community. Featured as the mentor to Neil Strauss in the best-selling book, “The Game”, RJ has taught, coached, and mentored thousands of men around the world, since 1991, guiding them to the success with women they truly desire and deserve. Favorite Success Quote “Be interested in your outcome but invested in your skills. In a breakfast of bacon and eggs, the chicken is interested, the pig is invested.” Key Points 1. If You Want Unfamiliar Results You Need Unfamiliar Action Everyone knows the old quote from Albert Einstein that “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” And yet so many of us continue with the same old actions while expecting new outcomes. If you want unfamiliar results, you have to take unfamiliar actions. You have to do things that you have never done to get results that you have never gotten. And that is scary. But it’s the only way to achieve growth.  So plug your nose and get ready for the plunge, but realize that you will come out on the other side better and stronger than ever before. 2. You Need to Upgrade Your Operating System If you are struggling with dating, business, or health, the problem is not in the technique, it’s in your operating system. To achieve uncommon results in life, you need to upgrade yourself and improve the system that you are playing on. You need to invest in yourself and change the limiting beliefs that are holding you back in life. 3. We are All Humans  Often times, men put women on these pedestals and place them on a platform above them. But the simple truth is, we are all human. We all came into this world naked and alone, and we will all leave this world in the same way. When you approach life wearing these lenses, you see things as they really are. No one is superior, no one is inferior, we are all the same and we are all headed for the same final destination. 4. Find Something You Are Passionate About  If you fell lost or feel like your life is boring and uninspiring, then you need to find something that you are passionate about. Find something you love to do and simply do more of it. It can be music, it can be boxing, it can be talking to girls, building a business, or anything else you want. It’s not important what you are pursuing, just that you are passionate about the pursuit. 5. You Don’t Have Knowledge Until You Act  Without action, knowledge is simply information. You do not have knowledge until you have applied the information that you have learned to achieve some sort of result. In the world of business and dating, men run around with a lot of information, but very little knowledge. They know all of the tactics and techniques to improve their dating lives and make millions of dollars, and yet they are still broke and single. If you want to improve your life in a real and drastic way, then you need to start acting on information. It is the only path to improvement.

Elliot S. Weissbluth is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HighTower. His commitment to disrupting the industry in favor of transparency and integrity has driven HighTower’s growth since he founded the company in 2007 in the midst of the financial crisis. The business model he pioneered combines the fiduciary standard for financial advisors with an open-source platform where providers of the industry’s top products and solutions compete for HighTower clients’ business. Elliot Weissbluth and HighTower continue to challenge the status quo by bringing transformative ideas and transparent solutions to financial services. Favorite Success Quote “There is no shortcut to the top” ~Ed Viesturs Key Points 1. Ignorance Can be Your Biggest Advantage Whenever you are getting started in business ignorance and naivety can actually be one of your greatest advantages. For some people, they do not realize just how difficult business can be and would never get started if they did. For others, being ignorant about the market and the “right way” to do things allows them to come up with creative solutions to problems that experienced veterans would never have thought of. Do not see your ignorance as a curse, see it as a blessing. It may very well be the only reason that you succeed. 2. The Key to Managing Stress is Finding the Right Outlets Life is stressful, business is stressful, and entrepreneurship is really stressful. If you do not learn how to effectively manage your stressors, you will end up burned out and overwhelmed,  utterly unable to continue on the path to success. You have to learn to effectively mitigate and manage stress through positive outlets or risk failure due to overwhelm. Whether you enjoy painting, extreme sports, music, time with friends, or just sitting down with a good book, figure out the things that give you energy and recharge your batteries and make time for them every day. 3. Financial Health is Just as Important as Physical Health You will often hear leaders in the personal development sphere say the phrase “If you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything” and while this is true, if you do not have financial health, every other area of your life will suffer. If you are living in a state of financial disease your health, relationships, and spiritual life will suffer, there is no way around it. One of the predominant reasons for the astronomically high divorce rate in the U.S. is financial stress between spouses. One of the reasons for the health epidemic is the inability for low-income individuals to afford healthy foods and a reasonable quality of life. One of the reasons that so few people live the lives of their dreams is because they are too busy trying to survive to figure out what their passions are. You have to master your physical health, because, without it, everything else in your life will deteriorate. 4. Don’t Mistake Achievement and Fulfillment While financial health is extremely important, do not ever mistake financial achievement (or any other kind of achievement) for fulfillment. Some of the happiest people in the world only earn $25,000 a year, and some of the most miserable people on the planet are multimillionaires. You have to shift your focus from achievement to fulfillment. What makes you come alive, what do you enjoy doing, who do you enjoy being around? You will only have fulfillment in your life when you can answer these questions honestly and base the rest of your life around them. 5. Go Experience Failure Growing up, you were told that failure is bad. That it is evil. That it should be avoided. But the truth is, failure is one of the most valuable tools you have if you wish to become successful. Go out and fail faster than you have ever failed before. The more you fail, the more you learn,  and the more successful you will ultimately become.

Ken Blanchard, PhD, is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world. He has co-authored 60 books, including Raving Fans and Gung Ho! (with Sheldon Bowles). His groundbreaking works have been translated into over 40 languages and their combined sales total more than 21 million copies. In 2005 he was inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time. The recipient of numerous leadership awards and honors, he is cofounder with his wife, Margie, of The Ken Blanchard Companies®, a leading international training and consulting firm. Favorite Success Quote “Don’t ever use your position, great leaders and great because people love them and trust them, not because they have power” ~ Key Points 1. Leadership is About Trust Not Power If you want to be an effective leader, then operate based off of trust, not off of your power. If you want people to follow you, don’t demand that they follow you, get them to follow you because they trust you. Leadership is based off of trust, and not off of power. You have to build your community of individuals who trust in you and trust your abilities before you will ever be an effective leader. 2. Don’t Let Age Define You Whether you are young or old, you have something to offer the world. Never let your age determine your ambitions. If you are young, then use that youth and energy to invest into growing yourself and your dream, if you are older, then use your wisdom to grow your dreams while paying it forward and helping someone else. There is no time in life whenever you do not have a purpose, never let your age define you. 3. You Need to Keep Yourself Excited No matter where you are in life, you need to keep yourself excited and stimulate, spiritually, physically, and mentally. If you are not constantly pushing the envelope on your life and growing yourself in all areas you will live a more rich and fulfilling life. 4. Service is Essential to Fulfillment  You cannot truly live a full life unless you are serving others. Life is empty when it is lived for you. You have to have some aspect of your life with an element of service. Whether this is starting a non profit, volunteering at your church or with a charity, or just giving 10% of your money to a good cause. You need to remember that life is bigger than you and act like it. 5. If You Want Something to Go Well Get it Structured  If you want a marriage, business, or even your health to go well, it needs to be well structured. You have to put systems into place that help you to operate from strengths, eliminate weaknesses, and get perspective on your blind spots. Only with the right systems in place will anything truly be successful.

Aaron Anastasi is the founder and coach of the internationally recognized, Superior Singing Method, an online singing lesson program that grosses seven figures annually. With over 10,000,000 views and 100,000 subscribers, Aaron has the #1 singing/life lesson channel on YouTube. He is also a prominent life coach for clients in industry-leading roles ranging from film directors to marine biologists to TEDx speakers. Favorite Success Quote “The inspiration you are waiting for, in order to start, is on the other side of starting” Key Points 1. You Have to Get Started  The hardest part of any endeavor, whether it is starting your business, losing 50 lbs. of fat, or marrying the girl of your dreams, is getting started. Once you have built the momentum and gotten over the fear of failure and vulnerability, things will start to fall into place, but you have to get started! So plug your nose, and jump into the cold water, years from now, you will look back and be glad that you did. 2. Don’t Hold Your Happiness Hostage to Large Goals  Having huge, massive, earth shattering goals is admirable, but it can also be toxic. You need to have your big goals; a million dollars a year in profit, a New York Times best-selling book,  transformed body, or whatever it is, but you cannot allow those big goals to hold your happiness hostage. Set out towards your dreams with smaller, more managable goals that will allow you to taste the joy of achievement without waiting 10-20 years, and reward yourself for every step you take towards your big goals. Remember, like Hal Elrod says “Love the life you have, while you create the life of your dreams.” 3. Your Beliefs Determine Your Reality  Nothing can sabotage you more quickly and more completely than limiting beliefs. If you wake up every morning, believing that you are not good enough, that you will never achieve your goals, and that you are unworthy of success, then it is impossible to achieve your dreams. You have to consciously and actively rewire your brain and your belief systems to serve you and your goals, because if you do not, your beliefs will rewire your life for the worse. 4. Your Rituals Create Your Results Success is simple, but it is not easy. If you want that great body, workout every day, count your calories, and sleep 8 hours a night. If you want a million dollars in your bank account, start your business, set about each day intentionally building on the most important things, and hire experts to help you overcome your weaknesses. If you want the beautiful wife and the white picket fence, then start getting involved in social activities, talk to more women, and take more risks in your dating life. Success is nothing but the accumulation of small things done consistently over a log period of time. 5. Feedback Helps You Close the Gaps in Life  If you are not where you want to be in your life right now, then you need to sit down with people you trust and have honest and open conversations about where you are excelling and where you are falling short. The feedback that you get from others (meaning people who have achieved what you want and who care for you) can give you the knowledge and encouragement you need to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Miki Spies is a spiritual coach with powerful and easily applicable teachings. She is an amazing coach and transformational speaker with an enthusiastic message of manifestation. Favorite Success Quote “Being entirely honest with oneself is an important exercise.” ~ Sigmund Freud Key Points 1. Great Sex is About Presence Many men think that great sex is all about technique and stamina, but the truth is, while those may be important, great sex is about presence. It is about showing up and giving your all, being fully focused and present in each moment. Great sex is as much a mental and spiritual activity as it is physical. 2. Everything About You is Foreplay Some men believe that foreplay, like sex, is all about what happens in the bedroom. However, foreplay starts the second that you lay eyes on a woman. Everything about you is foreplay, from the way that you present yourself, to the interactions you have, to the presence that you show in your conversation. 3. Don’t Regret a Damn Thing Everything that has ever happened up until this very second made you who you are. Don’t regret any of it. The decisions you have made, both bad and good brought you to where you are today and will help to prepare you for what is to come in the future. Embrace them, don’t regret them. Don’t waste time wishing to change things that cannot, and should not be changed. 4. Never Settle  If you ever feel that you are settling in a relationship, then you are doing yourself and your woman a disservice. You can never be truly happy when you feel that you are settling and it will affect every other area of your life. Your work life, health, platonic relationships, and personal development will all stagnate whenever you have a women in your life who you are not passionate about and who does not push you to grow and become a better man. Do yourself and your woman a favor and end things now. 5. Anticipation is the Key to Success If you want to truly succeed and stand out with women, you have to learn to master the art of anticipation. Women are used to men fawning over them, trying to get into their pants on the first date, and trying to escalate much too quickly. Instead, learn to build the anticipation. Slow things down a little bit, exercise some restraint. Not only will you be able to make better decisions in your relationships, but women will respect and want you even more.

Mike Dillard is an entrepreneur in Austin Texas. He built his first million-dollar business by the age of 27, teaching small business owners how to effectively market their products and services online using “attraction-marketing” strategies. In 2010 he founded a financial education company in order to teach others how to achieve financial freedom through investment strategies commonly reserved for the wealthy. Combined, his businesses have produced more than $50 Million in revenue without outside funding. Today Mike dedicates his time to mentoring other entrepreneurs and developing technologies in the aeroponics industry that will give people around the world access to clean, healthy, organic food at a fraction of today’s current prices. He spends his free time pursuing his passion for auto racing, competing in the Baja 1000, Mint 400, and SCCA. Favorite Success Quote “Never never stop” Key Points 1. Success Comes from You One of the fallacies that many wantrepreneurs make is that they think success will come from outside of them. They think that if they find the right vehicle they will be successful but they never realize that the vehicle doesn’t matter if the driver sucks. You have to invest in yourself before you will ever see success in business. You have to master skill sets, understand your personality and how you function, and constantly educate yourself if you ever wish to be successful. 2. You Cannot Use Your Personality Type as an Excuse Often times in business, entrepreneurs will use their personality type as a crutch. They say things like “How can I get good at sales if I am an introvert” or “My personality just doesn’t let me focus on one thing” or a whole host of other b.s. excuses. If you want to succeed in entrepreneurship then wake up and realize that your personality type may be an obstacle but it is never a death sentence. 3. Making Money is Only the First Part of Wealth Many people believe that once you make money you are set. But the truth is that making money is only the first part of the equation for wealth. If you want to be wealthy you have to learn how to make, keep, and grow your income. If you earn $1,000,000 a year but spend $1,250,000 then you are not wealthy, you are broke as a joke. The things that make so many entrepreneurs great at making money, being comfortable with risks, quick decision making, and a “go big or go home” attitude is also what makes it very difficult for entrepreneurs to keep and grow their money. To grow true wealth, you must temper yourself and learn to exercise the discipline necessary to make smart investment decisions that are not sexy, do not require a lot of risk, and are often base hits instead of home runs. Entrepreneurship makes terrible financial decision 4. If You Want to be Respected Have Integrity This applies to all areas of life, not just business. If you want people to respect you, then be a man of your word, say what you mean and stop lying. Be real and honest with people, don’t b.s. them because you are hoping for positive feedback. Your word is how you are measured as a man, make sure that people see you as a man of integrity. 5. Build Your Life One Brick at a Time Success in entrepreneurship rarely comes in fast spurts. It comes through building your business one brick at a time, a few bricks a day. When you wake up each day, focus on 3-5 things that you need to accomplish that will grow your business. After several years of this daily ritual, you will be successful. Like Charlie Monger said “Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Discharge your duties faithfully and well. Step by step you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts. But you build discipline by preparing for fast spurts…. Slug it out one inch at a time, day by day. At the end of the day–if you live long enough–most people get what they deserve.”

Mike Fitch is an innovative fitness educator focused on bodyweight training, skills-based practices, and multi-planar, fluid movement. As the president of Global Bodyweight Training, he has developed multiple programs (including Animal Flow) that celebrate movement. All of his work embraces the philosophy that anybody can excel at bodyweight training and advanced skills building with practice and proper progressions. With 18 years’ experience in the fitness industry, Mike has used and taught a range of styles from Olympic lifts and kettle bells to sports-specific and Speed-Agility-Quickness training. Favorite Success Quote “You must suffer through the structure in order to conquer the chaos” Key Points 1. You Have to Put in the Time No matter what you want to accomplish in life, you have to put in the time. Mastery takes time, it takes patience, and it takes an intentional practice that pushes your limits each day. You cannot expect to see world class results unless you are putting in world class time and effort. 2. When You Hit a Plateau Take a Step Back  So often, on our paths to mastery, we get stuck in a rut. Maybe, for you, your business has made the same amount for 6 months straight, your dating life has been mundane, or you have been doing the same workout for weeks without seeing any strength or muscle gains. When this happens… Just take a step back. While there are a number of things you can do to improve your practice to help break through plateaus, the first thing you need to realize is that there is no rush. You have the rest of your life ahead of you and there is no reason to get impatient with your goals. Take the plateaus as the come and keep moving forward. 3.  You Have to Learn to Move  We live such sedentary and immobile lifestyles that most of us have forgotten how to move. We are riddled with aches and pains, joint problems and inflamed discs and such a long laundry list of other health issues that we could write an entire encyclopedia. The solution to almost all of this, as counter intuitive as it may seem, is to start moving. Not just lifting weights or running, but reconnecting with your primal side and moving like an animal, down on the ground, with all of your joints firing. Whether this is through animal flow or yoga, getting back into your body and re-learning how to move will improve your overall health in ways that you could not imagine. 4. The Goal is to Develop a  Balanced Body  The purpose of all physical training, whether it is with weights or just your body weight, should be to develop a balanced athletic body. Who cares if you can deadlift 600 lbs. if you cannot touch your toes? Who cares how flexible you are if you cannot move weight around without snapping like a stick? You have to build a balanced physique that will allow you to take full advantage of this wonderful gift called life. 5. Take Your Rest as Seriously as You Take Your Training If you really want to succeed with your training, start taking your rest as seriously as you take your time in the gym. Get on a sleep schedule, cut out the electronics, don’t eat more than three hours before bed, turn the temperature down, and black out your room. The better your sleep is, the better you will perform in the gym and in life.

Kim Coates is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He also starred as Alexander “Tig” Trager in the FX series Sons of Anarchy. Key Points 1. Follow Your Bliss Life is too short to live every day doing things that you dislike. If you love something, do it, end of story. If you want to be an actor, act. If you want to be a musician, play music. If you want to start a business, do it! Don’t let anyone or anything hold you back from pursuing what you love. Follow your bliss, and the rest will fall into place. 2. Be Willing to Wait Until You Are Ready Once you have committed to a path, whether it is business, acting, athletics etc. be willing to wait until you are ready to take the big leap. For Kim, he continued to master his craft of acting on stage for 8 years before he took the leap into television. For you, it may mean working an apprenticeship for a few years before you start your business, it may mean playing local gigs with your band for a few years before you quit your job and try touring. Don’t rush things. Excellence takes time. 3. Failure is Not an Option Success is simple, you simply have to remove the possibility of failure from your mind. When failure is no longer an option, success is inevitable. Once you have started following your bliss and prepared yourself for the leap, it is time to burn your boats and leave yourself no choice but to succeed. Whether that is moving to a new city, quitting your job, or investing all of your dispensable cash into a business, when you give yourself no way out, you will succeed. 4. Keep Your Head on Straight Once you start to see success, it is easy to let it go to your head. You have to be diligent in making sure that you keep your head on straight. Stay away from the masses living the rock star lifestyle who will end up ruining their career within a few short years. If you want longevity in whatever path you select, you have to continually grow and avoid things that are detrimental to your public image and success. 5. A Real Man Listens More and Talks Less  You were given two ears and one mouth for a reason, use them in that proportion.

Dean Niewolny spent 23 years in executive roles with three of Wall Street’s largest financial firms, finishing his career in the financial sector as the market manager for Wells Fargo Advisors in Chicago, where he oversaw a $100mm market. While in Chicago, he and his wife, Lisa, traveled many times to Africa and, seeing the abject needs of widows and orphans, made life changes that enabled them to get involved, such as helping to complete an orphan home and a Hospice home in Durbin, South Africa. In 2010, Dean traded his marketplace career for Halftime to help more people who, like him, wanted to expand their own “first half” success and skills into passion and purpose for meeting human needs and making a significant difference. Dean joined Halftime as managing director and in 2011 became chief executive officer. He speaks at events around the world, encouraging business leaders to channel Dean joined Halftime as managing director and in 2011 became chief executive officer. He speaks at events around the world, encouraging business leaders to channel their first-half achievements into a second half defined by joy, impact, and balance. Favorite Success Quote “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,which God prepared in advance for us to do.” ~Ephesians 2:1 Key Points 1. The Pursuit of Money is Empty So many of us as men tie our identity to the number of 0’s in our checking account. We think that out worth as  a man is determined by how much money we earn and the number of toys that we have without ever realizing that the sole pursuit of money is empty. Yes, money is important and allows us to have a bigger impact on the world, but pursuing money just for the sake of having more money and bigger and better things is a pursuit that will leave you empty and full of regret for a life lived in vain. 2. Life is About What You Can Give Not What You Get  The true joy of life is in giving back, it’s in making an impact and helping other people to become all that they can be. If you want to live a full life, a good life, and a life that has true meaning, then you must focus on what you are giving, not what you are getting. 3. You Don’t Need to Leave Your Job to Make an Impact Many people seem to think that the only way to have true significance is to leave their job and start a nonprofit in the deep Sahara. But the truth of the matter is that you can start having a real impact by just focusing on your local community. Start a local club for young boys who don’t have fathers and give them a strong male role model, build a park for the inner city, mentor someone who you believe has real potential. You don’t have to be drastic to make an important difference, start small and you will be amazed where it takes you. 4.  Aim for Success and Significance Something that many millennials are realizing is that success and significance are not either-or situations, you can have both-and. They are realizing that they can have the 7-figure business, and use that business to enjoy the finer things in life while still changing communities and individuals on a global scale. They are realizing that they can actually make a money from making a difference, solving real problems and training up the next generation of leaders and world changers while making a profit is something that is completely doable. Do not settle for one or the other, pursue both. 5. You Have to Operate from Passion and Strength  If you want to make a real difference in the world, then you have to operate from passion and strength. If you are doing something that you do not enjoy and you are no good at, you will never make a difference in your life or the life of anybody else. You have to find things that make you come alive, and then find a niche where you can become one of the best. This is the only way that you will be able to make a lasting impact on the world.

Tucker Max received his BA from the University of Chicago in 1998, and his JD from Duke Law School in 2001. He even attended Duke Law School on an academic scholarship, where he neglected to buy any of his textbooks for his final two years and spent part of one semester–while still enrolled in classes–living in Cancun. His first book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, is a #1 New York Times Best Seller, spent five years on the list, and has over 2 million copies in print. His second book, Assholes Finish First, and his third book,Hilarity Ensues, are also NY Times Best Sellers. He co-wrote and produced the movie based on his life/book, also titled “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.” He has also been credited with being the originator and leader of a new literary genre, “fratire,” is only the third writer (after Malcolm Gladwell and Michael Lewis) to ever have three books on the NY Times Nonfiction Best Seller List at one time, and was nominated to the Time Magazine 100 Most Influential List in 2009. He currently lives in Austin, Texas. Favorite Success Quote “Every day write down one example of you working your process and one example of how you are making your life about other people” Key Points 1. Life is Not Complicated but it is Difficult Many people like to make life seem more complicated than it really is. In reality, life is simple, but it is hard as hell and it boils down to two things: -The relationships you have with the people that you love -The work you do If you can master the relationships in your life and you can do work every day that you find personally fulfilling, allows you to have freedom, and adds value to others, than you are about as successful as they come. 2. The Best Way to Make Money is to Help People If you want to be rich, then you have to help a lot of people. Making money is all about the art of problem solving and helping others improve their lives in a way that they cannot wait to pay you. Everyone is in pain and everyone is struggling with something in their lives, no matter how rich, good looking, or successful they are, and if you can find that thing and offer them a solution that genuinely works, you will be able to make more money than you ever imagined. 3. Achieving External Success Alone is Unfulfilling  In the interview Tucker talked about how he had all of the external trappings of success. Millions of dollars in income, meet and sleeping with countless beautiful women, a healthy body, and a great career, but still found it ultimately unfulfilling, because he had not done the work on himself. No matter how much you achieve in your life, if you do not work on yourself and if you do not take care of your emotions and inner world, no amount of outward success will leave you fulfilled. 4. Knowing Is Not Enough  If everyone in the world acted on what they knew, we would live in a society where everyone was happy, healthy, wealthy, and wise. Think about it… Everyone knows that to be healthy you should move more and eat less. Everyone knows to be wealthy you should work hard and smart, and spend less than you make. Everyone knows to be wise you should read more and be around smarter people. So why the hell don’t people do this? They have an action problem, not a knowledge problem. If you want to succeed in life, you have to take the action, knowing is not half of the battle, it’s about 10% and massive effing action is the other 90%. 5. You Make Your Own Purpose  Many people have been sold a lie that they have to go on this mystical journey to find their purpose. That if they go and meditate in a dark cave a ball of light will come down from the heavens to reveal to them what they need to do. This is pure bullshit. If you are struggling to find a purpose it is because you don’t find a purpose you make one! Pick something that you enjoy and are good at that will allow you to maximize your relationships with the people you love and serve the world, and you have successfully found a purpose worth living for. Like we said earlier, this is quite simple, but not easy. But it is also worth it.