Misc. (342)
On being “expected” to do more without the right pay ...
I’ve written about that before, of course.
GALORE.
And it’s one reason my products are priced HIGH, but thats not the main or only reason by far ...
But what I SHOULD have titled this one is this.
“Idiots that give you “titles” at work but NOT the pay that goes with it”.
(despite you delivering results like they never ever expected).
Por ejempelo, THAT job I mention SO OFTEN and that I dedicated a BOOK to.
And yes, they NEVER in their wildest dreams expected the results they got from me and said so much.
“..... (I’m leaving names out) is very happy with your performance! Most people take at least two weeks to settle in. You didnt, and you just hit eh ground running and brought in MONEY”.
(This from the same boss that believes in “letting people sink or swim” and NOT training his employess (hint – it costs MONEYYYYY, hehe))
(The Name is the boss that I’ve “left out”)
And though they did their best to retract that statment (it was made by a lackey who I often drank with – he was the boss “in theory” but I Reported to the real boss anyway) ... it didnt really work.
Some things just cannot be retracted!
And I just had an idea to write about that on the other site. Hehe.
I’ve truly written my blogs, emails and books while writing others!
But anyway, I later re-joined that job (be on the outlook for the Second Volume of the 10 Commandments of Successful SALES which details that – so much to do – so little time!) .. BIG mistake.
Big mistake – and based upon some crappy “sh” advice I got from I’ll let you guess who (and that I even more foolishly listened to).
“You got your job back! Yay!”
Meh.
Like who cares.
At a salary LESS (well, marginally) than what they were paying me when I first joined, and a lot less than the raise I deserved, and got.
And halfway through that job I became the assistant VP.
In theory.
My pay?
Didnt increase.
Needless to say, being a bozo doesnt go down well with me. I left.
Much like I did all those years ago with Freddie, where I had the title of “engineer”, but did the job of a MANAGER.
(True I got paid triple what the other local engineers got paid, so good on Freddie for that. And in all honesty, Freddie was “boudit”. I should NOT have quit that job the way I did!)
(But live and learn, hehe).
My Dad’s often told me “Do the thing first, and they’ll give you the title and money later”.
Well, I Can’t wait for the money Dad.
And these days, most companies (not yours, I know, but not everyone runs their companies based upon loyalty, and truth be told, end of the day, that “loyalty” thing or at least the way your boss does it helps YOU save money too, hehe, and you KNOW it) would just say that, and fire when it comes time for the raise or title, unless they really need yo, and they did back then in THAT job, but of course thought they were “so smart” in making plans to replace me anyway the minute I asked for a raise.
They thought I “didnt know”.
HA!
Sometimes, IDIOCY shines through.
But titles.
I dont ask for them generally. They’re GIVEN to me anyway.
Why?
Because I DESERVE it.
Mercurial. Flat out brutally honest. Caveman. “El Wolf”.
And any of the other names on that 1119 long list ...
Mr. Handstand pushup, for one.
My wife just gave me the title.
Because I can do them better than almost anyone out there!
I did it – GOT the T shirt.
But if some clown shows up and asks me to do it while never having an intention of giving me the T – shirt ... ah, but we went there did we not?
This whole “Stream of consciousness” rant can be summed up as such.
Rahul Mookerjee doesnt work a job, no matter how much stability it might give him, or not.
IN short I’d rather NOT be a BOZO (not saying those who work jobs are, but employers for the most part want just that these days – mindless bozos who just “listen” and deliver the moon and dont ask for the right pay -- and well - - is it any wonder that he world is the way it is?)
Can’t change the goddamned world tho, as Alonzo said.
And I ain’t trying to.
But I AM trying to turn YOUR LIFE AROUND in terms of fitness, bro.
And HERE is the system that will do it.
Jump on it NOW. Truly worth it (And the “best damned fitness system MONIKER that comes WITH IT!)
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Yes, Charles. We gotta keep fighting the GOOD FIGHT – kudos to YOU and the rest of the 0 Excuses faithful for doing so, day in and day out. Keep at it!!
PS #2 - A publisher I once worked with said "Rahul, we'll need a whole library just for YOUR books". And given my ouput, I'll say he was right, hehe. (that was for another site, another venture)
On yelling like a BANSHEE, and more ...
It’s strange, but in my neck of the woods “growing up” when yours truly was “ye small”, he quickly learned something.
Not really, but he “inculcated it” to an extent.
That impotency can always be covered up to an extent by one thing.
Yelling like a banshee.
It’s sad, but I have very little, or any positive memories of my childhood growing up.
And I suspect a lot of us growing up in the 90’s (am I dated? Hehe) feel somewaht the same way, especially if you’re from a dysfunctional family like I am (I like to say WAS hehe)
Everything could be solved by one thing, according to my Dad.
Yelling like a banshee.
It mattered NOT whether you made sense or not.
Might is right. Yell long enougg, and those you can bully will “do” the thing (or so they thought. Hehe).
But it’s funny.
Anytime I remember my father getting into a REAL fight – with other men his size – he ALWAYS backed down.
I still remember an argument over parking where he yelled like a banshee, and the men told him to either “put up or shut up”.
He quietly folded his hands and did the latter.
Literally. And really.
Yours truly and sister (7, 4, I believe) were at the dentist’s ..
(when all hell broke loose outside, hehe).
Curiously enough my father was right in what he was insisting upon, but the way he did it was the wrong way.
You dont bring a knife to a gunfight, bro.
I remember him getting into one on one tussle in a “road rage” incident.
And ... then nothing happened.
They locked arms like wrasslers, and neither man FOUGHT.
Jesus.
IF that would have happened to me, someone would be in hospital or six feet under, I remember thinking.
And I wasn’t even six at the time.
(in that case, I’d have either broken the guys fingers at the very least, or I’d have pulled out a ROD if I couldn’t do it myself).
OK .....
End of rant.
I’m not a violent person, my friend.
Really.
In fact I’ll do all I can to escape from it, as my buddy from the Marines knows.
(but when cornered and when there is truly no CHOICE - watch out. Yours truly "lurking tiger" turns into a hyena - which will do the exact same thing i.e. run when it can, but when cornered, most likely even an African lion wouldn't compare in terms of sheer FEROCITY of it's fightback!)
Crouching tiger, hidden hyena. LOL
Couple of incidents in China stick out in mind in 2018, one when a dude and his son took pestering me too literally, and they were trying to get me to teach English (for free) when I was working out of all things, and, well, you get the drift!
Even the Chinese told the other dude to piss off, and that dont happen too often when there are foreigners involved, especially not in these hyper nationalistic, jingoistic, chest thumping “we hate foreign devils in general” in China these days. Trust me.
And the other instance when I was out drinking with my buddy, and a few drunken Bozos showed up, and the first thing I told my buddy was “watch my back” (I was sitting with my back towards them)
They were trouble.
I could FEEL it, bro.
I asked my friend to leave.
“Let’s bail, and ... “
HE didn’t/
Sure enough, trouble erupted ...
Anyway, point of all this is this.
Yelling like a banshee rarely, if ever does any real good.
Far better to be the knife that cuts deep and silently.
Could be me with my daily emails. Hehe.
Could be me with my daily fitness tips.
But really, no matter what I say, one thing stands out.
IF you dont agree with me, the last thing you’ll find me doing is trying to convert you and certainly NOT in a “yelling” manner.
The nuts who puff and buff in the gym and wax lyrical about the chest press for one.
You won’t hear me trying to convince these idiots of anything.
Some people are better left to their own devices!
But you WILL see me doing the thing and silently as said people slyly and jealously look on.
“Man, I sure wish I could do those!”
(there's a reason I say handstand pushups will truly make you the ENVY of the preeners, posers, pumpers, toners, weight lifters-shifters, and so forth...)
(that strike a chord with those of you unwilling to admit you’re fat so you can’t do pull-ups?)
I bet ...
How dare I.
I know.
How dare YOU, I should say, NOT get into the best shape of your life ...
Ah, but some things are best left unsaid!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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That feeling of sheer and utter IMPOTENCY
I’ll never forget all the arguments I had with my Dad in general (Mom too, and to an extent my wife) about ... well, India.
Speaks volumes too about why I dont LIVE there.
But anyway, if there is one way you can sum up the country it is this – unfulfiled potential and FRUSTRATION.
Apathy, perhaps ...
No-one cares!
And while that might be true to an extent in the ROW too, it’s more true in India.
I still remember my Mom mournfully complaining growing up.
“But we have soooo many problems ... “
And truth be told, as we think, so we are. The great Claude Bristol said it, and he was right, and it holds true for countries – companies – individuals – relationships – everything!
Thoughts truly are things, bro.
And In India, apparently throwing trash in the dumpster – or even HAVING one to throw it in is not something “essential”.
Having running hot and cold water 24/7 like in most of the rest of the civilized world?
How dare I, hehe.
Asking for ESSENTIALS like beer, food etc to be delivered to the house?
Food, maybe a little bit.
Anything else, no way Jose.
And if anything is delivered, they’ll show up at insanely early hours and jangle and jingle the doorbell no end, and the doorbell being another thing that Indians in general seem to have a morbid fascination with.
Thats how it is, I remember my Dad angrily yelling at me every time I “dare” to bring these things up.
Hey, let’s be honest.
Some things are BASIC. And in a country that tom toms itself as being an “emerging superpower”, precious few basic things (that you and I take for granted) are available at all in India (let alone be “luxuries”).
It’s thinking in general in India that hasn’t changed.
Perhaps the government, but I’d say the THINKING.
The Chinese were even worse off pre-1980’s.
But their THINKING was changed and modified en masse by the government.
Of course, China ain’t perfect either. Neither is America. The UK. What not.
But certain basic living standards are there everywhere, including from what I hear Ethiopia and recently Sudan.
India, no, and thats why I dont live ... ah, but we went there, did we not. Hehe.
But point is, every time I bring it up?
I’m either the guy who “argues endlessly”.
Or, the idiot to be yelled at (because he’s actually saying something that is TRUE and that the next person can’t do shit about except acknowledge if he was honest enough. Hey, ask anyone. Bottom line is this – anyone that can leave India usually DOES. Unless they’re chained by the ole ball and chain, hehe, or other reasons but really. ALL of my Dad’s brothers done left. My mom’s nephews all left. I did. And ... well .. the list goes on and on and! Except Mom and sis, there are precious few in the family that actually stay there).
And of course, say anything about the place, and out come the flames from people that dont even LIVE there.
Hey, hey, hey.
The sheer IMPOTENCY shines through ...
Anyway, why do I bring this up all of a sudden?
Well, fitness wise lots of guys feel the same way when looking at those “bodies they can never get”.
When they look at dude pumping out pull-ups smoothly like “butter” in the park ...
(I still remember an S.O. of mine wayyyy back inthe day at a pedicure place or something where they said that to her. Trust me, my pull-ups are even smooooooother, hehe).
When they look at REAL men with REAL strength, fighting skills and such ...
Gun skills. (I'm missing that Glock, hehe)
The list goes on and on and on.
But here’s the thing.
Rather than feel impotent, GET OVER IT.
DO the thing.
You might not be able to change a country. Or the (Alonzo “Rahul” speaking, hehe) – “goddamned world”.
But you CAN change your own life.
It requires two things.
Gumption.
And not being a lazy ass and making excuses.
Just do it, my friend.
If I did it, trust me – so can you!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Last and final warning for the SHIP. The price WILL go up by $200 next year. Consider yourself “alerted” and “Warned” for the umpteenth time, heh.
Why I LIVE by the Mr T maxim of “I live alone, and TRAIN alone!” and why I rarely, if ever (these days) discuss business with anyone, especially NOT WIVES and SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
Not that I have many of either one of the last two categories (well,not as of this moment, hehe).
The Bozo is no doubt itching to know “how many girls asked for my WeChat today”, and truth be told, some did.
I didnt give it to any though.
Yours truly caveman “gets a lot” yes, but he does so in a manner that would confuse most .. but the results count!
But anyway, that ain’t the point.
A long time, back when my wife and myself were still on speaking terms (now it’s “get away from the other person as quick as possible” and make sure to make the other person’s life a living hell if IC an (for her, not me – I just want to be left alone and I am, hehe)) I discussed biz with her.
How much was “coming in”.
Biz costs. Etc etc.
As I would a partner, actually ...
What happened from all these discussions?
A big fat ZERO.
That was when I was just starting out and had plenty of moola in the bank, so she wasn’t making my life hell.
But business wise, she wasn’t giving me any ideas on how to ADVANCE the biz. It was always "oh, we have money, so it'll be there later", and when it wasn't well ...
Not how life works my friend.
More to the point though, it ain’t just HER.
Don’t expect others to understand, my friend.
Dont expect ANYONE to understand simple facts of life and biz such as “you get what you put into it”.
My own cardinal rule (one of them) of doing biz is this.
INVEST back into the biz.
I’ve been following this rule for a few years now and oh boy. You’d think it was day and night, the difference in my results!
Sounds silly that I didnt do it from the get go huh.
But we ALL live and learn, my friend. And for someone thats always been dissuaded from doing his own thing, from “not selling” because “sales people do nothing” (what an idiotic and inane comment that was – speaks tomes as to my family’s thinking on MONEY – I mean, sales brings home the BACON my friend, and more often than not gets to deal with crappy executions etc. Not me, of course, but I’m just sayin’....)
End of the day, everyone I grew up around saw the “here and now”, but the words “do it differently” and “potential for HUGE gains”
Was NOT there in their version of Oxford, or Webster, or what not ...
Until it “happened”, of course. When I wasn’t fit, they said I’d never get fit. When I was, they hemmed and hawed, and never admitted that I was. And so forth. And we’ve all dealt with it, and back to business?
Many other little things which even most so called “Seasoned” businessmen don’t do.
Anyway, this isn’t so much about business as fitness.
I recently (and I wrote about this) received a note from a man – a warrior -whose wife doesnt get it in terms of “training”.
She keeps telling him “not to train” and that he should have stoppe dyears and years ago.
And that he’ll get a heart attack from all the training he does (this to a man that has been doing just that his entire life).
And so forth.
And I’m sure she’s not the only one saying that either, hehe. My own Dad kept telling me “I had a huge belly” (when I did) and that I “overexercised” (I didnt).
Huge belly.
Exercise less, not more?
I give up. And this from a person who hasn’t done a pushup in his entire life most likely, and would not just collapse, but likely have several heart attacks if I put him through ONE minute of what I do in Advanced Hill Training, for one.
So I haven’t, hehe.
But anyway, thats the point.
Do it YOURSELF.
No-one will understand, my friend.
Do it yourself – and enjoy the results YOURSELF.
Because, as Major General Michael once told me.
“YOU did it, Rahul!”
“Now YOU enjoy it!”
(and I did. I was having a few cold ones when he called and told me, hehe. Ah, them days. I miss 'em! )
True indeed my brother. Sage indeed.
Is it any wonder I chose my “English name” to be Michael?
I think not ..
Anyway, enough on that. Those that haven’t taken advantage of the $799 offer for the SHIP – do so now bro. The clock runs out very soon indeed.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – HERE is where you can pick up the best compilation on pull-ups. But remember, keep it to yourself, hehe.
PS #2 – My Dad once asked me if I have “more than one wife”. I still remember him looking at the babes “out of the corner of his eye” when they went to China ... LOL. I best not go there though.
“You only have one as far as we know” ...
LOL!
A customer recently told me that “Anyway my friend I envy you as you seem to have figured out how to live on your own terms and very few men can say that, especially the married ones”.
Yes. I have. So can you, bro – maybe not at “my level”, but in terms of training, business. Oh, YES, you can!
(and for those reading, yes, I WILL continue to live life on my OWN TERMS).
Work SMART – not “hard”!
Nothing against hard work.
In fact it’s required. But there’s something more than hard work that goes into success, my friend. It’s your thinking, and working smart.
Otherwise, and Claude Bristol said this in the Magic of Believing.
If “hard work” was all that was required to attract money, then all the laborers in the world would be multi-millionaires!
That isn’t a verbatim quote, but it’s the sum and substance of what he said.
Now, I Still remember it. And have mentioned it in the 10 Commandments of Successful Sales.
Really speaking, I should say TWENTY or more, and you wll know what I mean when you read the book!
At THAT JOB.
I had closed a sale and got the payment or something, but the client had gypped us.
He ended up paying us less than we were owed, and our operations team ended up doing MORE.
Of course, and this is mentioned in the book that was one of the reasons that that job didnt work out despite my prodigous (sales, hehe) output there as well.
Ultimately if operations doesn’t back you up with stellar service when selling, then ALL the sales in the world won’t help.
Because your customers will decide your product isn’t worth a crap, and in many cases ours wasn’t then.
Anyway, thats one of the reasons behind my underpromise and over-deliver mantra for this site.
But anyway, the boss had this to say.
“Work smart, not harder” (he was saying this to operations).
He was right. Hehe. Pity he didnt use that reasoning when it came to my own one hour workdays and the results I delivered. More on that at the end of the book, and a prime example of how as a boss NOT to demotivate your highest performers ... big time!
But anyway.
Work smart, not hard is something I LIVE by.
Dont get me wrong. I put in a lot of hours!
But I dont do what the bozos do.
Thats another reason my family and myself doesnt get along. My Mom and Dad for one have this idea that life is supposed to be a grind in ways you’d never imagine, and that the basics of life aren’t the basics apparently, and thats there is nothing called “standard of life” – it’s only “grovel for a min wage paycheck”.
So be it.
That is their thinking. They’re entitled to it.
My thinking has always been the polar opposite.
As I sit here finishing up another one of those 20,000 “volume one” books (this one will likely extend to four) for another site, the thought came to mind.
(and I can see the readers asking for MORE already. Hehe. "I look forward to more by this author!" was the latest comment I got on one of my fiction novels) ...
Prodigous output.
And one way I get it done (other than exercise, being motivated etc) is to REPURPOSE.
Why do people have this idea that everything you’ve written has got to be original always?
It doesn’t.
Now sure, ALL of my writing is original. Thats not what I mean.
But you can pull from what you’ve written already. Get ideas. Re-word. Re-write. And believe me, you can pound out BOOKS – both fiction and not that way if you know what you’re doing and have them ORIGINAL too.
Yes.
And yes, all the workouts I give you are original.
But I know how to do it, and therefore my original books at the prodigous rate at which I put ‘em out .. .
And so it is with workouts for me.
I train SMART.
Not hard.
I always have a purpose.
Yes, like Jason Bourne!
“There’s no random. There’s always a purpose, always an objective”
Sure, I WORK HARD - - but I don’t train for hours like a Bozo (unless I’m hiking etc, which is different obviously).
But my sessions RARELY go beyond half an hour these days. 20 minutes mostly.
And I’m in the best shape of my life approaching the age of forty, and my output has never been more.
In case Bozo Schofield is wondering, in all regards. Ugh. And hehe.
And thats what I gotta impart to you today.
Wisdom of the day and indeed a quote for the ages.
Work smart – not HARD!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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The TWO (or three, actually) D’s that should be avoided like the BUBONIC plague (or the plague from China, for that matter).
I said I’d explain a bit on this one in an email prior to this, and now I will.
When you see someone that is either going nowhere in life, or DOWN – and fast – chances are (and no the economy “shonomy” ain’t to blame either, and neither is yuour family, or parents, or friends, or Bozos, or what not. Jimmy up, bro. Take CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE!) it’s either one of two things.
One, the person is in a cushy position of sorts.
Which won’t last forever.
If you’re not going up, you’re going DOWN. Nothing stagnates in this here Universe (other than the Bozos that putrefy and you can smell their skunkiness from a mile, but I digress) ....
And two, and more commonly these days, the 2D’s .
Depression, and DEMOTIVATION.
One feeds upon the other.
Both are caused by each other.
And both breed a third child called “dicking around” i.e. procrastination. Which is just as terrible, to be honest.
Those that dilly and dally go NOWHERE in life, my friend.
You strike while the iron is HOT. NOW.
You write when the urge strikes you. NOW.
You just do it. NOW.
As Napoleon Hill (and I must admit yours truly knew this for a long time!) was fond of saying.
The time will NEVER be right. IF there is something you want to do it – just do it – NOW!
And there in above can be boiled down the THREE main principles of FAILURE and one of success.
There’s more of course.
But that the gist.
And back to demotivation.
You see it all around you, I’m sure.
You might even be affected by it yourself.
Symptoms include, but are NOT limited to ...
Being “violently aggressive” or otherwise rude and condescending to those that point it out.
Expecting the world on a platter, while doing squat all to MAKE it happen, and ZERO for others.
Doing NOTHING of your own, and depending upon Bozo Shozos for jobs, and going nowhere in life in min wage jobs, and yet be UNWILLING to quit because “who knows what the future holds”. Yeah. Right. I know, for one, that if you continue down this path bro – it’s a path of RUIN – for YOU.
Guilt trips. Agitation. Constant “annoyance and irritation” for no reason whatsoever.
And the list goes on and on and on.
And while there are many things you can do to snap out of this, I promised I’d tell you one thing, so here it is.
One, a kick to the ass (figurative).
And two, MAKE AP LAN!
Get a goal of your own, and work on it.
Without expecting instant results.
Our minds only function at their optimum when they’re faced with solving a problem, and doing (usually what we enjoy).
IF you do the latter, a LOT of your problems will fade away into nothingness, much like the darkness does into dawn daily.
Believe me, I’ve seen it happen for MANY people – and it will happn for you as well.
It has happened for me as well ...
And thats one reason I put out Zero to HERO! - which is a must read in terms of motivation along with Gumption GALORE!
(More Volumes coming out on both these, so stay tuned).
But anyway, my coaching calls go into MORE detail on this as well if you are so inclined, and if not, no problem. Truth be told the above two books - - any OEN Tip in them - - should get you FIRED UP AND READY to go – NOW!
If it doesn’t, you need some serious GLUTENEOUS kicks up the MAXIMUS, hehe.
Last, but not least ... remember the world waits for nobody, my friend.
If you want something you gotta go GET IT – NOW!
Procastination is indeed the “Devil” when it comes to achievement.
So if you’ve been looking into ordering our products, do NOT put thy decision off any more – it might could cost you – quite literally!
And thats it for now.
Back soon.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
Tackle the smallest (and perhaps easiest) issues FIRST!
I Wrote a while ago about doing it OPPOSITE i.e. doing the toughies FIRST.
But there is a caveat I didnt mention. If those toughies can be done QUICK, well and good!
But if not, then what I generally do is the easy stuff first (again, even if it’s not smoething that can be done quick).
And it’s usually the tough stuff I ENJOY, and the annoying crap that I do NOT.
What do I mean.
Well, let me give you ane xample.
This morning I finally made my decision on paperbacks, somethign I’ve been VACILLATING on for way, way too long.
And the decision was (is) final – based upon feedback, paperbacks will be sold now.
Bear in mind, I did not need to do this. The hassle of dealing with shipping etc can be very irritating for yours truly caveman (along with other issues), so for a long time, despite noticing that a lot of, and in fact, the VAST MAJORITY of my customers prefer PAPERBACKS, I was stubborn and Balaam’s ass in that I only offered digital downloads off the site.
But this morning, a massive light bulb struck.
Thank GOD. Hehe.
The ass got a kick up the ASS. LOL.
And when yours truly sometimes gets a kick up the booty, he get to work -in more ways than one if youre on the other site too, hehe.
And I figured. Hey. If theses guys all want paperbacks, lets make it easy for them and let them GET ‘em!
And not only that – the digital option is still there.
So, you have two choices.
One, get BOTH the digital option (instant download) and then the paperback within 2 weeks or so. No waiting involved, and the best of both worlds.
And TWO. JUST the paperback.
Or, you could stick with digital only if you want. So three options, actually.
My first thought in doing all this?
Although I welcomed the decision, I BALKED.
Lots of coding, clicking etc required for each product ...
But being I do NOT outsource stuff to assistants, and probbaly never ever will (hey, what can I say. I run a highly well regulated and very tough and tight ship) ...I have to do it myself.
So, slowly, I got around to it.
Did the first column done.
Phew. Done!
Tea time!
Got a brief pull up workout in (btw, that compilation BE waiting for you at the SPECIAL price bro) ...
Back to it.
Compilations.
Done.
Phew!
And as I sit here writing this, everything except 5 products BE DONE.
A mammoth task - - done in oone hour or less, and likely would never have gotten done if I moaned about the enormity of it all.
Same thing for workouts.
Lots of the workouts I give YOU are 8-10 point workouts.
Bullet points, and each a workout unto itself.
If you just keep thinking “thats too much”, then you’ll never get going, and that BOOTY will keep EXPANDING. Along with the belly.
But if you do what I say in all my books, that being to EAT a bear – but ONE bite at a time – then you might actually – and WILL actually get somewhere.
And thats the wisdom for this one.
Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Yours truly “wise ass” will probably be done with the 5 remanining products by the time this typoooo ridden email hits thy Inbox. Lots of emails I know, but hey. Underpromise and over deliver, hehe. And therefore the HIGH prices which will STAY HIGH.
PS #2 - NONE of this advice will work if you're a "victim" (not really - hehe - we ALL have the ability to SNAP OUT OF IT) of the 2 D's that I'll write about soon. Depression and demotivation. Both worse than the plague, yes, even the plague that the PRC sent! - and both feed on each other. Uggggggh. Napoleon HIll was truly right about avoiding any and ALL negative influences, because of the havoc they can WREAK on your mind.
And no, you dont need counseling - shounseling - bozo like whatnot and what not to SNAP OUT OF IT.
You need a kick to the BOOTY and something else - both of which are explained in my coaching calls for ELITE DOERS IN LIFE - - so apply today in case you're interested.
And I'll offer you a bit of a sneak peek into ONE of the secrets soon via the emails - stay tuned!
Why catering to bozo like bottom feeders is NEVER a good idea, and why “at least a little money” coming in type of statement should be a MASSIVE, MASSIVE RED FLAG!
So, it’s interesting!
Wayyy back in the day, yours truly worked in India and he “quit” a job without being asked to.
Sort of by mutual consent. The boss was a great guy!
Not so much the nutjob he hired as a “consultant” who never expected me to quit.
After I did, he sent me a voice message (well, I called him up to tell him and he told me then) saying this.
“We dont want to lose a talent like you! How about you work at REDUCED pay?”
You can well guess my reaction to that , hehe. Funnily enough depending upon your mindset, perhaps some people would have jumped at it, he’d have saved the company some dough and gotten paid MORE as a result. Hehe.
Lose talent. Pay less. My hairy ass.
Pity the exact same thing happened at the NEXT job – THAT job (pity for them, certainly not me as i went on to do my own thang, hehe).
Anyway, I told Mommy about it, and she ranted instantly
“you should never have left! Take the reduced Pay!”
“At least something is coming in!”
Now, if we were starving to death, perhaps.
But yours truly wouldn’t do it even then.
It’s a matter of thinking, and being valued.
My wife’s been in a foul mood all morning along, and all week long, because an employer she works with (not for) hasn’t been paying her dues for a while.
I keep telling her to do her own thing, but she says “it’s not possible”. Ah well. Can’t make the horse drink, hehe.
But either way, this employer apparently takes on clients at rock bottom or even less “money” and then never gets paid, and then bitches about it, and then doesnt pay my wife (who is NOT connected with sales in any which way either – she’s supposed to get a fixed sum and that is that).
Now, the specifics of the situation don’t matter. I gotta create another product, and I’m in a hurry, and it’s cold, and my fingers need a warming, so I won’t get into it all here.
But really.
(and then apparently “Madam” went into all her WhatShat groups and complained about my wife in a most girly and unprofessional manner)
(sort of like mom in law and wife complaining to each other’s friends (sometimes non existent ones, LOL) about their mutual dislike of each other and how it’s always Rahul’s fault hehe).
Unprofessonalism aside though, it’s about thinking, and thats what I told my “lovely” wife.
Her thinking is bottom of the barrel, I said.
So guess how clients treat her.
And that bro, in a nutshell is why I will NOT reduce the price of any of my books and courses, especially not considering they’re the BEST – by far – damn books on fitness, health, strength and conditoning out there. NOT necessarily in that order either, eh.
Ditto for when people ask me “why my prices are high”.
To keep out the bottom feeders, of whom there are SO many ...
Truth be told, it’s all about thinking.
You attract – as you think – as you ARE!
And on that sage note be sure to pick up the 0 Excuses Fitness System right here (but remember, it ain’t el cheapo deapo, so do think about it hard and long before investing!).
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Pick up the best compilation on pull-ups right HERE. Price WILL go up in 2021, so hurry. Only a few days LEFT, bro.
Why “getting that weight off thy chest” can be both profitable and HEALTHY
Or healthy and profitable, I should say ... (and no, I ain't talking about the idiotic bench press, though YES, getting that dumb weight off thy chest and moving on to productive exercises WILL benefit you, but you know this already!)
Back in 1999, I was having a bit of a smoke out with an Italian buddy of mine in college.
We were in “Elam Arms”. Fourth floor I believe. And smoking was prohibited, as was drinking beer, so naturally the first thing we and most other college going dudes (not sure about the gals tho) would do would be to ... well, smoke and drink.
Yours truly has never really been a Marlboro man.
He has plenty of hair on his chest from working out and drinking a lot of beer, but smoking? I dont know – I smoked heavily for years, but it never really “made me happy” or whatever it is a good beer does me. Not dopamine, I know that much. How could it. LOL.
Lots of people tried to get me on weed etc.
Just didnt work.
Anyway, my buddy and I were there, after having lugged the cases of beer up four flights of stairs we needed a break.
“Take the weight off your legs, Rahul” he said.
(Maybe he said "load". I'm not sure, hehe)
And now, despite this being about taking weight off your CHEST, lets start with the legs.
Some of the best upper body exercises are done when you take the weight off your legs.
Handstand pushups, pull-ups, and more.
Yet others when you KEEP the weight on your legs.
Pushups again! Really – pushups work the entire body in a way nothing else can.
But the main thing is the FEELNG these workouts give you. The “top of the morning” sort of feeling that LASTS all day.
And the feel good “cartharis” feeling (however you spell the word).
I dont know about you, my friend.
But EVERY Time I’m feeling down – or slightly lethargic – or not quite “all is well with the world”, I go to my ONE AND ONLY fall back option.
(well, other than mental tricks).
Exercise!
I’ll climb that hill. My favorite exercise by far, and there are many!
If I dont have time – I’ll knock out a quick set of pull-ups or handstand pushups.
Or, and another favorite – Hindu squats.
Not only do these exercises get the heart pumping and blood ROARING and lungs BURNING within a very short span of time – they also make you feel like “all problems cease to exist”.
You feel calm, relaxed, on top of the world, and like a tiger ready to hunt it’s prey down, or take it on face to face if need be!
Truly a “weight off your chest” eh.
And HERE is the real nub of all this, and where I’m leading up to with all this.
Making MONEY is the same.
MOST, if not all of my “grand slam” emails for one have come about by the simple matter of getting a massive weight off my chest, or mind.
There.
I said it!
And this might come across as anathema to the nuts who claim “you just say just do it”, and don’t give us any instructions.
Well, my dear friends (those in that category) your shining and glaring lack of MARKETING knowledge shows through in that statement, as well as your assumption that “the entire world needs to be given to you for free”.
Nope.
It doesn’t (and even when it is, you dont value it anyway).
So, three lessons in today’s email – see if you can spot ‘em! The last is admittedly a bit hard to spot, but you’ll get there if you try.
As you will your fitness goals if you keep at it with the 0 Excuses Fitness System.
Grab it now.
NO goal shall be impossible once you’re ON it!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
(PS – Would you believe it, but one of the emails that pulled in a ton of money the FIRST day I wrote it – and I wasn’t even expecting sales from it – was titled nothing other than “Bulldog Tenacity”. Do a search on the blog an dyou’ll find it, but thats truly the nature of this BEAST, my friend. More on this on my coaching calls – and if you’re so inclined, apply for one on one coaching right HERE, and we’ll see what we can cook up for YOU.)
(PS #2 – But I’m not cheap. I know!)
Why China continues to not just shoot itself in the foot but cut the foot off – and why true success (or spirit) transcends all – yes, even “economic” trouble!
Quite a bit to get off my (hairy) chest today, eh.
First being China. For a long time a lot of people globally weren’t just sleeping on the China threat – they were content to “ignore” it for the time being.
Practicality, some might say ... (though I dont know – the shoddy made Chinese goods and “copy central” I’ve encountered in China and the very rapidly rising labor costs seem to outcut any of the other advantages, but whatever).
They were willing to ignore everything they do internally. Their lack of democracy, brutal suppression of their own citizens. Everything.
And then they sent the plague over, which obviously was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Now if there is ONE reason China managed to pull itself out of it’s post 1960’s – 70’s slump, it ws Deng Xiaoping, who despite his faults is a modern day great leader in my opinion.
And his economic policies.
I still remember his UN adddress saying basically that if one day China became a threat to the world, “the world and Chinese citizens themselves must unite against China”.
True story and quote (though not verbatim).
And Xiaping threw the DOORS open in terms of the economy, and the results showed.
Those were heady times. The WORLD was in a phase of progress (though keen observers could see what lay ahead....).
And the 1990’s and early 2000’s created a wave of entrepreunerus globally.
Jack Ma, Alibaba scion being one.
Matt Furey, another “internet” millionaire.
That was about the time the Internet came out, and anyone smart enough to know their ass from a hole in the ground USED it – and made a fortune off it.
(Yours truly made a considerable amount of dough working a "job" in those days, so never really got around to it. Pity, but hey. Live and learn!)
Would they still have done it today?
Well, thats up in the air.
But I believe YES.
True success stories dont piss and moan about tough times. They find a way – I should know!
(Some of the successes of YORE have been built during unimaginable Depressions and times FAR tougher than the molly coddled majority find themselves in NOW)
(Those of us old enough to remember or read know, hehe. I guess I’m dating myself by saying that, and hey – my birthday is coming up soon too! Stay tuned on that front. Something special planned on that date!)
Same thing for fitness, bro.
If you’re stuck at home and can’t go to your favorite gym, there isn’t much point whining and groaning is there?
Might as well take ACTION ...
Back to China though (yes, this one is a bit of a “different” email than what I normally send but so be it) ... the chinese growth story has been on the ROCKS For years for those in the know.
Yes, I know. The English teachers tell you how they can make a fortune there while barely scraping by (truth be told, even they’re coming around to acknowledge the painful dancing monkey reality) and the nuts living on their wives and girlfriends while masquerading as “China biz experts” or “China watchers” (in reality all they’re watching is their own bank accounts, desperately hoping for some “red” in that account – China’s the opposite from the ROW in that RED means UP and black means DOWN) saying China’s the best place in the world to do business, there’s nothign wrong with theplace, and thus forth.
No.
It’s not.
Ask someone that has been dealing with Chinese factories for AGES now, including a nascent venture I started a couple of years ago that has been put on hold now funnily enough due to the plague itself.
China, I’ve always said is a giant and carefully constructed SMOKESCREEN that covers up the true filth of the place.
India is much the same without the smokescreen. WYSIWYG with India, and truth be told, end of the day, that approach works far better.
Same thing for my fitness books – of course – I dont mess around. I give it to you STRAIGHT. What you see is indeed what you get!
But anyway, the chinese recklnesses in extending inane amounts of state backed “loan shoan”, mindless infrastructure building (ghost towns anyone) and a general and massive economic slowdown over the ages they’ve done all to cover up is coming back to bite them in ass.
Has been for years.
The plague has made it worse.
And the icing on the cake I believe is Xi Jinping’s slow but gradual stranglehold on the economy.
China for those that think otherwise was never truly a free economy.
No private ownership of land for one.
And ANY business that gets too big is eventually taken over by the Chinese government, unless it strictly toes party lines which get more repressive as the biz goes.
WeShat, for instance is never in trouble despite it’s monopoly on the Chinese market.
But AliBaba, and Jack Ma seem to be getting in progressively bad books with the Chinese goverment in general, mostly because of Ma’s propensity to say it like it IS.
And he is SPOT on in that Chinese lending practices, government oversight etc needs to be TONED DOWN, not “increased”.
You either control the economy with an iron fist, or you have a free market economy.
Can’t have both, brah.
And Xi JinPing is slowly doing all he can to take China back to the 1960’s cultural revolution days.
Still not so bad that yours truly can’t blog about it, but there are lines you cannot cross. (despite the Bozo making these posts “famous” on WeShat, it hasn’t crossed any red lines).
But you gotta know what those red lines are. And these days, things are becoming increasingly tougher.
And the free market is all but dead in China now practically speaking.
Lesson here?
Well, I wish I could say there is one.
Move away from China yes (in terms of production lines etc). Thats the obvious lesson.
Where is the question.
I’d love to say India, but under NM, much of the same thing is happening in India (though honestly, I’d rather NM 1, 2, 3, 4 and 1000000 and his inept handling of the economy as opposed to the Xi the utter dictator. At least NM has SOME sort of weird vision for the country as opposed to running it as his personal fiefdom as Xitler does. OK, I dont agree with it either, but hey ...).
Vietnam? Perhaps 10% there ...
So there’s no real obvious option either....
Wait and watch, but thats the tale on China my friend.
From one that truly KNOWS what he BE talking about. 2003 - 2020 and COUNTING, so to speak ... 17 years. Dang. Even I didnt realize it was that long! OK, lets take out a few years between 2008-2011 or so off and on, but still mostly in China. Whew. Been a while since I first showed up in the heady days in 2003! ANd I have some very very fond memories of thoset imes too! ;)
Yes, this was a rather long one, but given what China has done to the ROW, I occasionally do write about this sort of thing (have this year TWICE in the past).
Those articles ran well over 2000 words too, hehe.
Anyway, thats it for now. If y’all need stuff sourced from China and are looking for a reliable person to get it done than won’t BS you – let me know.
And fitness wise, of course – half of my products were “filmed in China” and the other half – well – where I “may be” at the time, hehe.
Be sure and pick some up here – truly what you need for home based fitness!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – We’ll be back to regular programming tomorrow. I gotta get these things off my (admittedly "hairy") chest every six months or so, hehe.
More...
Why I rarely, if ever build WEBSITES for anyone any more.
That was one of the things yours truly did “back in the day” .... but I must admit that with a few exceptions – I was roundly DISAPPOINTED by the attitude of most of the people I worked for.
Perhaps I just didnt attract the right lot back then in terms of web development or what not (but then again given the “ESL teacher” standard of most of the nutzos running around in mainland China claming to all be businessmen and “waiting for their next thang or opportunity” - - in other words, BOTTOM of the friggin barrel – it doesnt surprise me one damn bit).
Dont get me wrong. There are SOME genuine people there.
Some REAL business people. In fact, I know more than a few.
But those are usually the lot that showed up when I first did i..e in the early 2000’s or BEFORE.
The REAL expats.
As opposed to the “running around from pillar to post looking for the next ESL gig” expat these days (post 2010 or so actually).
Nothing wrong with ESL for whoever wants to do it (though I cannot think of one good reason why one would want to be a dancing monkey, but whatever. You won’t hear a PEEP out of me in that regard, but no, sorry, I ain’t gonna change my opinion either on it) - - because it’s TRUE. And you know it.
But anyway ...
Websites.
So, let me give you an example of why I don’t (in general – I make exceptions every so often) do this sort of work no mo.
Guy contacts me out of the blue. Bitches up a storm about what I charge, and finally pays after months.
As soon as he pays I gently remind him that all payment charges, bank fees etc are HIS responsibility, not mine (apparently since the obvious didnt get through).
After that, he complains up a storm about “having to do everything himself’ once the job is DONE.
Which was pretty much per the deal I have with all people.
I’ll build the damn thing, and giv eyou the tools you need to admin it, bro. After that I’ll help occasionally with tutorials etc ... but other than that, anything extra costs.
Guy doesnt get that.
Complains up a storm. Wastes so much time (or I should I waste so much time explaining the obvious to him) that I could have built a new site in that time and gotten paid twice over.
He doesnt listen. Keeps complaining about the ONE TIME payment he made. Despite the deal and everything being crystal clear at the outset, he complains about “layers upon layers of deals” and that “I’m a vampire” for charging the prices I do.
OK. Maybe I’m a vampire.
But I am nothing if not scruplously FAIR when it comes to this sort of biz bro. And customers that contact me personally for books etc here know this better than most people!
He delays payment every time it’s due. Websites are like you renting an apartment. Either you pony up the monthly cost (or pay a year in advance) or you DON’T. It’s that simple.
Same thing for the domain which are paid in advance annually.
Thats just how it works.
I usually send reminders to all my clients (though honestly I’ve jettisoned most of the web guys, as they were not worth my time) TWICE.
Once a month before the service is due, and once two weeks before it’s due.
I dont need to do this.
It’s THEIR Responsiblity to stay up to date on payments, much like it’s mine to stay up to date and pay rent on TIME.
A lot don’t.
This latest “vampire” guy contact me through his brother SIX (more than) months after the damn thing (his site) was overdue, and this despite me sending him messages pre-renewal date, and despite him knowing fully well that once it;s gone its gone, he still emails me about “I want to renew the site”.
OK.
Maybe he wants to re-do it I thought. Let’s give him another chance.
My gut said NO.
I did it anyway. Explained it via email.
And presto, and as I thought, elder bro’s message pops up on WeShat saying that “my bro emailed yo”, and then nothing.
Letting it hang.
Waiting for ME to say something. Because he knows fully well he’s going to have to pony up or else.
I mean, dude, REALLY.
Call me a vampire, sure.
But would you expect to NOT pay rent for six months and more, and expect the landlord to keep your stuff, keep the apartment vacant for your delinquent ass (in terms of payments) and let you have th eKEYS as well?
I think in my world, not.
And unfortunately, the vast majority of people out there, at least those I’ve met seem to think a website is something that you can turn on and off like a boundless stream of water from a free switch.
Not how it works, pally.
Now, I’ve had some great clients from China. Don’t get me wrong.
A famous Canadian model for one who I still stay in touch with.
A school in Shenzhen I once built a site for, and they didnt renew post year #3 I believe, but at least they didnt go loco on me a like a few others nutzos did.
And more.
And the latest is a lady who wants a site built.
I told her to give me specs etc, and that I’d quote her.
A little voice said she wasn’t the paying sort.
And I was right. Never heard back from her either.
And thats perfectly fine as well.
And thats why I keep my prices on the HIGH side in terms of web development as well when I DO do it, which isn’t often at all these days ..
Fitness wise?
Same thing. So I can weed out the annoyances and lookie lou’s for one.
Some still manange to get through though, as I’ve written about before.
Ah well.
Such is life, my friend.
Anyway, enough on “life” for now. Yours truly el vampiro is a blood sucking fitness vampire for sure, and right now, fangs bared, I’m directing YOU to the best dammned fitness system ever – for you humans, hehe – the 0 Excuses Fitness System .
Keep the garlic away! ;-
Oh, and (edit) - this guy complained about my services numerous times (mostly all because getting any cash out of him for services rendered is like attempting to squeeze blood out of a ROCK ) and told me up and down that "he's using someone else who is far cheaper".
He said this many times.
And yet, hes back at yours truly's virtual doorstep ...
Says a lot eh.
Hehe.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Oh, and don’t forget to pick up the one course that has the Bozos all over the world stunned, sunned, shocked, burnt, hurt, ass hurt, and more with the sheer REALISM of the course and the BARNSTORMING nature of the fitness info therein – Battletank Shoulders. Really, pally. BEST course ever in terms of upper body work and I got many!
PS #2 – Apparently I was called a vampire because the client wanted to use my credit card to book a ticket back home, and I quoted him the exact amount plus currency conversion charges, and I did NOT , I repeat NOT charge him for my time.
That wasn’t good enough for this shclub tho. Apparently he thinks I owe him my credit card.
Ah hell. It’s one of those days, hehe.
Ah, the joys of dysfunction ... NOT! (and then some, hehe)
Growing up my “eldest” cousin was my Mom’s favorite for some reason.
“He’s so serious and studious” I kept hearing my mother say, and in the same breath she’d look at me with a censorious Victorian era stare.
“some people aren’t that serious about their studies”, she’d go in that manner I do NOT – I repeat – NOT recommend you talk to your kids that way at all, even if youre highly dissatisfied with them because it believe me, it can really mess kids up.
Permanently. And yours truly felt the effects too, but yours truly had one thing which not everyone does – that being a desire to FIGHT. Always. Even when the chips were down.
But as Uncle Bob said upon hearing about my family.
“Parents can really screw up a kid’s development”.
He was right, of course (and I can hear the chorus of “no he wasnt” from a certain quarter who is admittedly secretly and avidly not just reading this, but gobbling it up).
Anyway this eldest cousin never “tried to be physically strong”. So of course he was the bomb!
His brother?
Nah. Not so much.
I never heard my mom utter ONE complimentary word about him.
If anything, at the age of 19 apparently he came to my Mom’s place to stay with them while he went to college.
I still remember my mother writing to me about ... guess what?
You got it.
“He sits at home! He doesnt go anywhere! He just sits at home! ” she wailed.
(apparently going to college didn't count)
For whatever reason, those that “sit at home” dont go down too well with my (not in her opinion) dysfunctional mom even if theyre going to college or makinh money or what not – of course, she herself has the right despite not even FINISHING college herself, let alone ever work a SINGLE DAY IN HER WHOLE LIFE.
(Apparently the excuse for that is “I got married young”.)
Right, Mama .........
I gotta give it to you.
You’re the best Nazi feminist I ever knew!
Anyway, cousin #2 is a great guy.
He drinks beer. Sits at home. Probably makes money doing it too (or at least he sat at home then, not sure about now, hehe).
And he was NAUGHTY when growing up.
Same as my own child. Whom I love more than anything else in the world, and (admittedly) pander to her to a T.
She had me wrapped around her little finger from the minute she was born, with those large eyes staring at me!
“IS this Papa?”
I could FEEL IT!
Anyway, cousin #2 was a carbon copy pretty much of my Uncle, who always tried to help me. Praise me. Singing. Otherwise. Etc.
OF course, he drank like a fish, so he was persona non grata for Mom too (and he smoked like a chimney, hehe).
Much like yours truly.
And that alone should tell you a lot about why I Dont and have never gotten along with family.
Their view is life is a grind.
Mine is the opposite.
And so it stands.
But I remember my aunt though never directly praising me other than the wistful “you’ve got slim surgeon’s fingers” (in a good way she said that) always being KIND.
Never had a bad thing to say to ANYONE growing up. Any kid, that is.
Of course, this was a lady that actually WORKED in her life at a certain point.
An English teacher no less, so shes no doubt NOT HAPPY With all my typoooooooooos and miz-spelings”.
Lings.
Hehe.
Anyway, I won’t go there.
But point is, even my Dad ... despite his tendency to pander to Nazi feminism (truth be told – hey – he chose that path – more power to him!) ... was mostly FAIR.
To ALL the kids.
Unlike my dear Mom.
And thereeth, my friend lies the tale of dysfunction, at least for now.
Ok, enough of this brain dump.
Pick up the MOST functional fitness system you’ve ever been on right here – the 0 Excuses Fitness System.
Believe me, the results will BLOW you away.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS - - A recent customer termed my book on CORE training Corrugated Core to be one of the most functional ever in terms of REAL strength and fitness. Go HERE To check it out!
PS #2 – all the stories I tell are TRUE, hehe. Just in case you were wondering – yes – such dysfunction DOES exist!
PPS – But, and I almost forgot to say this, As Napoleon Hill famously said.
“Every adversity, every temporary difficulty carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. Mind you, I did not say the FLOWER of full blown success, but the SEED from which said success might be said to germinate”.
Sage, my friend. Sage. I highly recommend reading “Outwitting the Devil”, even if you’re not religious (I sure ain’t, and I love the book).
I wouldn’t be where I am today without all of the above and then some – so thank you in that regard, Mama. I wouldn’t have the DESIRE To get back and keep going after constantly gettring knocked down. I’d have never created this or other businsesses, or accomplishe dwhat I have in MANY OTHER sphere of LIFE and believe me, there are many. I’d probably be one of the bozos you like so much if all of this wasn’t there.
Come to think of it – that is what you want – and don’t. Hehe. ‘nuff said!
On building momentum by getting the HARD stuff done first!
Which of course is a contrarian way to the extreme, and that exact OPPOSITE of what most “gurus” claim (and to be honest, some of those people DO KNOW what theyre talking about!).
And opposite of what I’ve said in the past too.
Perhaps this email should be read by “super motivated” folks.
If you NEED motivation to get started (fitness, life, work etc) ... well, you do the easy stuff first and build momentum.
But for you SUPER MOTIVATED lot out there?
That really want to EXCEL at whatever it is you do??
Could be as simple as fixing a lightbulb, for instance.
This afternoon I had three bulbs to fix.
Two easy peasy, one tough in that I had to take off the “glass cover” around it (an insanely annoying thing to do).
So fixing light bulbs is easy anyway, you say!
Yes.
IT is!
But I got the “hard part” out of the way anyway!
FIRST.
And my thinking was as follows.
The other two are easy anyway. Why not just do those later?
Thats like saying “thats already done”!
And it was, in a way. Hehe.
So I got the toughie out of the way FIRST.
If I did it in the reverse manner, would it have worked?
Hell yes.
IN probably the same time, but mentally, I’d constantly think of “the hard one remains!”.
And its the same thing with my fitness routines.
I do the toughies FIRST, and unless you’re trying to DO an exercise, it’s the rught way to do it.
If you’re just starting out with handstands and handstand pushups, obviously do the reverse.
But after a certain point, you crank the heat up.
Literally. And figuratively.
And the way to do that is harder workouts , and the way to do that?
Well, it’s to do the toughies FIRST when you have the most energy instead of waiting until the “fag end”. Hehe.
Dont get me wrong. You can do it that way and still make great gains, but in my NOT SO HUMBLE opinion on this one, the first way is BETTER.
Boith work, but if one is better, why not choose that and see how it goes??
And this works for life – fitness – everythang, really.
And I’m out for now. Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – HERE is where you can pick up a book on ONE exercise done in reverse – the best damn exercise ever, and with DAMNED GOOD REASON! Be sure to check out the testimonials on this one, hehe.
On UNCONVENTIONAL (books) and MORE!
This morning, I chanced upon the news.
Which I do NOT read.
I repeat, I do not read most of the garbage out there thats put out for news. Denzel was right in Training Day about it being 90% B.S., and people reading it for entertainment, but yours truly caveman has other things he does for entertainement.
Like writing these typo ridden emails to YOU on this list.
OR talking about something MEANINGFUL.
Or, writing books. And usually very unconventional ones!
Dr Bisland, a great professor of mine for “databases class” if I remember right had this to say once about an instance when the grader literally TORE me apart on an exam.
Now, getting D’s and F’s was nothing out of the ordinary for yours truly.
Including a summer where I believe a friend of mine did nothing but drin kbeer all semester, and ended up with three D’s and a F, and yours truly made A’s that summer, but made up for it with an F the next time around (although to be FAIR, that was more Dr. Burgess going hard on me, hehe, I didnt really deserve that F. Well, maybe if you were to follow the letter of the law – but I digress!).
(I went rough on Burgess too tho with the "Brit" jokes, so even stevens, and NO hard feelings now, hehe. I'd shake his hand if I met him today!)
Anyway, I took the paper back to the good Prof for re-grading.
And upon looking at it (it was a question related to relational databases) - - well - - the prof “hmme’d” and laughed.
“You have an unconventional way of doing things”, he went. But hey. If it works, is what he said, while reversing the negative points.
“Thats why I wanted to bring it back to you”, I said.
He shrugged.
By all means son, if it works – then you get the grade! (he didnt say that, but that was his import).
I still stay in touch with him!
One of the BEST profs ever, despite the INANE rants about him being “racist” and so forth, while the real racists sometimes got a free pass ...
Anyway, where was I.
Ah.
Saikar Majumadar, an author I HAVE NOT heard from ADAM until today, popped upon on some news today.
I ignored it initially.
But something told me to go check i tout, and I did.
Guy is a Bengali. Hehe.
Just like yours truly (perhaps thats why I love the Bengal TIGER so much, heh) – but yours truly never really grew up in Calcutta other than a few visits.
(And yes, I said Calcutta. I did NOT say Kolkata. Some things should be left as they are, much like I’m against renamining military bases etc with “confederate” sounding names or what not – history is history, and thats the bottom line, folks!)
But anyway, it’s funny. I still remember an instance in Hong Kong where a guy just walked up to me and started speaking a language I had NOT IN YEARS – Bengali!
God knows how he knew, hehe, or Goddess perhaps since a “Goddess” seems to be the reigning deity in that part of the land!
But anyway ........ this dude has written some unconventional books apparently.
And on topics which in conventional India, which back int he day was the MOST OPEN society ever (and YES, they DID EAT BEEF AND PORK in ancient India – it’s the modern day Modi inspired religious BS that has put all that to paid and more) are best left undiscussed
Homosexuality. Class barriers. And such.
All taboos topics apparently.
I write about them!
Yes. Thats another one of those businesses I do, but hey.
Yours truly has ALWAYS BEEN called out for being unconventional.
“Why can’t you do what everyone does” , goes the chant.
For ANYTHING. Life. Work. Business.
And fitness!
I go by GUT, and gut often seems miraculous and unconventional and it IS, and guess WHAT. It ain’t changing!
My fitness books are some of the most unconventional ones you’ll ever see, with workouts that would make most strongmen puke within the minute or couple.
Literally.
My TECHNIQUES of doing things (specifically how I teach th ehandstand pushup) is UNCONVENTIONAL to a T!
Everything about me is.
But does it WORK?
And BETTER than the rest of the junk out there?
Well – you be the judge, my friend!
Unconvetional should be embraced, my friend.
And truth be told, if all of us paid heed to intuition and less on “logic”, then the world would be a far better place TODAY!
All for now – back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Some of the pushups in Pushup Central are the most unique and unconventional ever. Check ‘em out NOW!
PS #2 - I still remember Vincent telling me once "your not like most people from India!"
And in terms of Bengalis, we're (and truth be told, sometimes I wonder if I have INdian roots at all, hehe) SUPPOSED to be intellectuals, and great poets and that but NOT physical, hehe. Perhaps that explains my up bringing and Mom's "he thinks he's so strong" jibes. Hehe.
And how did it turn out on BOTH fronts?
Well, you be the judge - and read what Gautam, a customer from INDIA no less had to say right HERE !