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In 2004, straight out of college, that was the “car” I drove.
This was when I was in India, and decided to stay there for a while (well, it wasn’t entirely my choice actually, but whateva). Those were the times the “you gotta work a JOB!” mantra was being fed to me left right and center and without wanting to, i bought into SOMe of it.
But never truly.
But anyway, those six months I was there?
The job I chose elicited criticism from all corners.
How dare I choose a job where I was valued, hehe. As opposed to being a dumb cog in the wheel and doing what the bozos do ...
Not so the car my Dad “allowed me to drive” for a while.
Whcih was supposed to be Mom’s, but she never drove, so ...
Remember one thing though.
You only get the car because you’re “working a job!”
When I wanted to buy beer, or stuff like that for myself, I could hoof it for all they cared.
So anyway, yours truly drove that car for a while. Before he pissed off to China which was of course again roundly criticized, but I dont regret a minute of doing so.
Those were the happiest years of my life!
I know I say a lot about negative stuff about the Chinese government, and truth be told, it’s ALL TRUE.
AND NEEDS TO BE SAID.
But same hand, China has some good things too. Some very good things!
And the last thing I did there was drive beat up cars with nothing but an engine in them.
When “giving” me the car (And truth be told, they were buyng a new one anyway, so ), my Dad kept touting one thing proudly.
“The engine is almost as good as new!”
That it was, my friend.
That it was.
Had nary 25 odd k km’s on it ...
But it had NOTHING else.
No brake fluid, which I found out about on a trip to the Himalayas.
A faulty alternator.
A car heater that never worked. And don’t get me started on the A/C. Took me YEARS , literally to get that fixed.
And so forth.
Many other things.
Basically it was a hull with a great engine, but that was about it.
(Believe me if they could have sold it, they would have. But NO-ONE would take that car - not anyone with any knoweldge on cars, even if that be rudimentary, and I suspect Dad knew that)
And the amount I spent on the car (I can just hear my Dad yelling like a banshee “your so ungrateful!” at me) .. well, lets just say I could and should have bought a decent second hand car with that much!
Which my beloved (not) and “lovely” (YES!) wife did tell me to do, but yours truly dumb ass didnt listen at that time.
My wife did give me another sage piece of advice to which I didnt listen either, but anyway, more on that later.
Anyway, I stuck with the car.
And believe me, I learnt a LOT about cars in all those hours spent standing with the guys fixing it, which was damn near daily to be frank.
Growing up, I dont know if you can believe it looking at my macho self now (well, I’ve been that way always to be honest) – but I Was never taught the basics of car maintenance.
I do remember my Dad pushing his old car once when it wouldn’t start ... but change a tyre?
I Doubt he’s ever done that himself in his life, let alone teach me how to do it.
And while I’m not particularly interested in fixing cars myself, I believe this sort of upbringing is guaranteed to make men FAIL initially at life.
But anyway, thats why I do what I do workout wise with my daughter (needless to say I got ZERO advice on that growing up).
And I did learn a lot about cars from that ole car to be honest.
I have very fond memories of it, and I literally shed tears when I was forced to sell it when I moved to the Middle East - - another huge huge mistake in hindsight.
(I did that in private, hehe).
But anyway ...
Fitness wise, is there a parallel?
Well, yes, and NO.
NO, in that fitness curiously enough is the polar opposite of a functional car in that if you got ticker, the rest will WORK.
“You got a ticker problem, kid!”
I still remember Mickey telling Rocky that in II, and he was right!
If you got ticker, you’ll get to 500 Hindu squats in a row and then some, bro. Believe me, you’ll need gumption more than anything else to get there!
If you got ticker, you’ll DO what it takes to get in the best shape of your life despite round criticism from aLL SIDES.
Ditto for life.
You’ll DO the thing, not just talk about it.
So from that perpsective its the opposite, but it isn’t from another – that being – your body in general benefits FAR more from having your heart’s valves blown RIGHT the hell open during workout times.
In other words, INTENSE and quick get the job done, bro.
Not yakking around on machines pumping and toning after every set “because you got the pump”.
That is the most ridiculous way to do it, and it doesnt work in any way I know of, other than to feed thy already bloated ego, hehe.
And the bloated muscles.
Anyway, thats the point really.
See if you can find more!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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I remember a convo I was having with my “beautiful wife” (hehe) a while ago about some silly bed or something my mom bought for my daughter.
To be honest, the thing is an abomination tot he extreme.
Even prison cells have better beds (or about the same). It’s the type of dorm room bed where you ca n’t even stretch your arms without banging against something, or sit up without your head clanging against something, or turn over without falling flat off the damn thing.
Now, my Dad’s company apparently assigns “drivers” (chaffeurs) to him and other senior people at the company (news flash – despite him telling us all our lives he was the BOSS of the company – he ain’t. He’s a senior guy yeah, but the DECISIONS aren’t taken by him – nothing major at least!).
(yours truly only found out about that at the age of 34, I believe) ...
But anyway, this dude was laughing at the bed apparently.
The import was, even a guy that earns a fraction of what Daddy does was laughing at the purchase, because it’s ... well, just RETARDED to an extreme. Gotta say it, bro!
But anyway, point of all this you ask?
My wife made the following comment to mine (I said “well, I don’t know so much about him laughing – does he even have that in HIS home?”) ...
“Of course”, she said, with the finality of a man (or woman) bringing a GUN to a knife fight.
“he probably got it, and a lot more in dowry”, she said.
I mused.
She is probably right!
And plus, the company my Dad works for is one of those old fashioned ones where they do take care of their employees, and where loans etc are disbursed if one really needs ‘em (of course, you gotta jump through hoops and such, but whatever) ... so, he likely DOES have something better.
But again, point being this.
One of the reasons my mom and indeed family was SO MUCH AGAINST my marriage initially was the following (one of many bozo like reasons given).
“You’re not fit to get married”
(Apparently Mommy thought I wasn’t fit to become a parent. Only she’s fit to be anything, hehe).
“There’s no dowry coming in since it’s a love marriage” was the REAL KICKER though, and left unsaid, because it would under pin their OWN so called modern outlook, but at the core, thats what they are themselves.
When my sister got married, they threw a gala shebang for all.
And they paid dowry out the ASS despite professing to be “modern” and all this other BS.
Yours truly?
I fought not one, but TWO COURT CASES – ON MY OWN STEAM – WITH MY OWN MONEY – and WITH MY OWN DAMNED LAWYERS – and perhaps most tellingly, with ZERO support to get married!
Not to mention the “honor killing” thing ... which apparently is rampant in India, and whih I could care two hoots less about.
Come to me, is what I say, hehe.
Of course, Mommy dearest in her own Nazi feminist ways wasn’t worried about yours truly getting his ass shot. (lynched more likely, since India from what I gather doenst have much in the way of private gun ownership, unless you're talking "Grandfather" rifles hehe and even those are usually illegal, which SUCKS- I'm ALL for private gun ownership as deterrence! ).
As an old man said in "Death Wish" (a typical laconic Brice Willis flick) ...
"If a man's gotta protect what's his, hes gotta do it himself"
Or as "Angelina" (or perhaps Byzantina or something, I dont know - can't recall - but she was BODACIOUS! .. hehe) said
"When seconds count - the cops are minutes away!"
I fully agree, sis. You got it spot on!
Anyway, back to it. And my situation at the time.
Your sister might be hurt, she whined.
No she wouldn’t.
Honor killing target the girl’s family – NOT the guy’s.
And are a HORRIFIC occurence which India has done very little to stamp out.
Ditto for this dowry nonsense rampant in India TO THIS DATE.
Just why the hell “money” is expected from a certain party if they want to get married to another person is frigging beyond me.
“It’s Indian Culture”, they rant.
Much like the bozos in China rant about “This is China” when confronted with facts. ...
In either case, NO FACTS are given to support their arguments.
But anyway, it’s sad my own marriage ended up the way it did, hehe, given what we went through to get married in the first place.
Maybe I’ll make a movie about it someday, hehe.
(Uncle Bob once asked me to!)
IN the meantime, folks. Here is the deal.
Live life – ON YOUR OWN TERMS.
Do what works – FOR YOU.
And be brazen, and unapologetic to an EXTREME about it, bro (and sis).
Thats really how you achieve. Accomplish. Succeed. At anything!
Fitness wise too, same damned thing. HERE is where you can find out all about my admittedly BRAZEN methods to get fit – but do they work?
Oh hell yeah they do!
And that the bottom line, as Steve Austin would say, hehe.
Last, but not least, I’d rather go it my OWN way, bro. Folks often tell me “your life would be much simpler initially if you had listened to Mommy”.
Yeah.
Right.
But I ain’t no puppet bro.
My FREEDOM and doing what is RIGHT is most important to me. And what I WANT.
I could care two hoots less about social mores which are bullshit for the most part anyway anywhere in the world (but especially so in Asia).
Yours truly contrarian to an extreme, hehe. It’s how I’ve been – how I will be – and how I advise you to be as well!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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(Did I invent a new way of speaking? Hehe. Well, I got no use for a man who can only speeeeelllllll one way , and the bozo English teachers that will claim incorrect grammar and thus. I’d rather go the Twain route, hehe. )
Why I refuse to be the “go between gopher” between Mama and wifey
Rahul MookerjeeHats OFF!
And this one is a bit of a “drama” related email, and might give you a bit of an insight into my (admittedly very dysfunctional) immediate family.
More than it has already, or perhaps the same.
And a bit of an insight into why I don’t, never have, and never will agree with my father’s (and indeed a lot of men out there, and hey, to each his own) philosophy of “if the wifes happy, everyone is”.
I’d reword it, to be honest.
If the FAMILY is happy – and that includes TWO people – everyone IS.
My Dad’s “truism” may have worked back in the day when men were real men (most, at least) and women were real women as opposed to the Nazi feminist shame central types a lot have turned into these days.
(a lot, NOT all. There’s still plenty of good women out there!)
REAL women, I should say.
But in this day and age?
In the dysfunction we live in today?
I’d say it takes TWO to tango, bro.
And I’m sick and tired (actually, I GOT sick and tired) of being blamed by either my wife or my mother for this and that, and the usual bullshit, and of course no-one ever listens to me anyway, so whats the point, I keep telling ‘em.
To be fair my wife does a lot less of it than my mom, but she’s got her own issues with expectations and how things “should be”.
Yours truly contrarian doesn’t agree with her on most things either, especially the “shaming part” (which is so illogical and ridiculous that I LAUGH OUT LOUD on occasion).
But anyway, most men put up with it.
And there is an “expectation” to do so.
And women “expect” this apparently (or a lot do, at least. I wouldn’t say all! I’ve met plenty that have told and advised me to go my own way, which I have, but of course, if they were married to me, then their position would likely CHANGE too!).
Anyway, thats one reason I refuse to live “with someone” long term.
And why I still maintain that what i told my (as my father likes to say) “lovely wife” (hint of jealousy there, hehe) (that reminds me of what my sister often told me about “she’s too beautiful for you” (this was for other girls, not necessarily my wife – yours truly has always been a bit of a “Stud” as it were) wife, that being LIVING together was the right decision (or would have been, and what I initially asked).
NOT just tying the knot blindly.
I figga’ed, as I often do, I’d give it a shot.
As Ricky, a close friend of mine said in Hindi.
“Tu thehra mast banda!”
What he meant was I’m the sort of “free bird” that lives life in the flow, and refuses to be constrained by bullshit no matter how severe.
I’ll find a way out, hehe. Always have.
Always will!
And I refuse to play gopher boy and Never have, and never will, and for men out there, beyond a certain point, I’d recommend YOU do the same thing.
NEVER back down – from anything.
This advice may or may not work for you, but I believe it will in the long term work for ALL parties involved. Men, women, kids, everyone.
And anyway, enough on that. Fitness wise, HERE is where you can pick up the system that allows me to sail through life with VERVE, VIGOR, GUMPTION AND GUSTO no matter WHAT - - the 0 Excuses Fitness System.
Truly the best ever, brah!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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Why blind faith is one of the STUPIDEST things ever
Rahul MookerjeeI remember a conversation I had with my Dad when I was “ye small”, I believe.
I believe maybe a little more, I dont know, maybe around 13.
And given the “problem child” tag they attached to me pretty much since birth, I couldn’t help but ask.
(On that note, I recently bought a RED sweatshirt which says the following “Trouble Maker” on it. Hehe. I love being one! The next one probably will be “Rabble Rouser”, hehe.
Hey, what can I say Dad. I know you didnt bargain for me, but thats what you GOT, hehe).
Anyway, I had to ask.
“Dad, since kids are such a massive burden, why have them anyway?”
(Which actually is NOT a stupid question in this day and age, but back in his day, things were different, and in that day and age, yes, having kids was something I’d still advocate to most people for many reasons.
Now? Now, it’s entirely an individual decision I’d say, and if you dont want any, don’t have ‘em is what I’d say! Especially given how things have become in ALL regards).
He laughed.
“Well, it all turns out well in the end”.
Hmmmmmmmm.
Did it?
I dont think so !
And while yours truly is a bit of an extreme case in that regard, I could point out plenty of “somewhat less extreme” cases where it did NOT turn out alright, especially in my own family.
And speaking of family, I believe other than my paternal grandmother and an Uncle that mysteriously “chose to go missing” are the two people I’m most directly “descended from”.
I spoke about living A frigging ALONE in the last email.
And my “first” paternal Uncle would probably understand that!
To an extent, so would the next . Hehe. He called me a caveman and a WOLF, and those were some of the best names I’ve been called, hehe. I love it!
(And it’s honest too, which I appreciate).
(At least he ASKED me about pushups. More than anyone else in my family ever did, hehe).
But anyway, point being, that FAITH is the elixir of all miracles as Napoleon Hill rightly said.
Without faith, NOTHING AT ALL will happen bro.
If you dont keep the faith, NOTHING will materialize.
But it’s REAL faith.
I spoke about blind faith in an email prior to this that people in general place in fancy degrees, jobs that “sound good” but are the exact opposite, doctors that don’t achieve any tangible results (other than substantially lightening your pocketbook every time you show up – and sometimes wrinkling their nose at you, as some have, hehe, at me. Apparently someone with a medical problem goes to a doc, and that same doc wrinkles his nose at you “becaus ehe can” and with Uncle Bob, “because she can” – and these are the people that the Bozos place their trust in. Truly sad that it’s come to this!).
And blind faith, bro, doesnt work.
Same thing for fitness, and especially fitness.
Just because everyone goes to the gym doesnt mean the gym will give you results, or you even NEED a bloody gym.
Just because the “sheeple” rant about “how your heart needs to be in the target zone for cardio” doesnt mean they’re right.
They’re NOT.
It’s usually the OPPOSITE of what most people DO normally is what is RIGHT – both in terms of life – and fitness.
Am I saying that “going against the grain” is alwayss the best idea?
Well ... YES.
In 99.99999999999% of the cases, it is.
But in that remaining 0.00001% cases, maybe not, but to be honest ... I haven’t seen a single case that qualifies int hat regard, hehe.
And thats what I gotta say for now. Have at, bro!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Be sure and get a quickie in today. I will – and I mean workout, a real workout, not Scofield Quickies, hehe.
Why PUNCHING guilt trips and “shaming” in the figurative FACE is a very damn good idea INDEED!
Rahul MookerjeeYes, indeed!
Everyone’s gone through the guilt trip part, of course – especially if you on this list is trying to DO something with your life (and most of you on the list ARE).
Or have at some point.
And of course, doing something worthwhile requires sacrifice which the indisciplined, LAZY, and “no motivation” nutzos will never understand .
They’d rather see the “bills paid now” present as opposed to see the future from a broad, overall viewpoint.
Yours truly has obviously never been that way. And it hasn’t been easy. Still isn’t (in terms of dealing with the BS sometimes, which is probably why for the most part I live ... A-frigging-LONE!).
Yes, you heard me.
Alone works best a lot of times, and especially with all the Nazi feminists running riot everywhere ...
But really guilt trips – and the other side of the coin – shaming.
When I started to write books, the reaction from family and friends was (and unfortunately, this is what happens most of the time to EVERYONE, yes, including most of the biggest successes you hear about TODAY) “You? How dare you!”
(Or, how can you!)
And hence what I keep saying about following the Napoleon Hill dictum of “Tell the world what you’re going to do, but SHOW it first!”
If you invert the order, you’re playing into their hands . . .
And the shaming part starts when the person doesnt listen to all the (usually utter hogwash and BS) advice he’s (unwanted advice at that) given.
I cannot tell you how many times thats happened to me.
But the way I see it is this, bro.
They’re going to shame you anyway (the nuts).
They’re going to guilt trip you anyway.
So ... rather than try appease a bunch of idiots and morons, why not just buckle down, take it, and keep doing your thing anyway?
Believe me, once these bozos see RESULTS in front of them, their tune will change.
And I can relate. I can relate
Not only that – what matters in life ultimately is what works for YOU.
IF writing erotica works for you, so be it.
If sitting in your man cave making money without leaving the house works for you, SO BE IT.
If working a dead end full time job turns you on ... so BE IT.
NO-ONE, I repeat, NO-ONE has the right to tell YOU how to live your life, NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION MIGHT BE!
Ultimately, we can only take care of others once we take care of our own selves.
And thats a truism the bozos cannot escape either.
Anyway, fitness wise the lesson is obvious.
One, do what it takes to stay in shape.
But two, and more importantly, don’t get suckered into QUITTING by the shamers, pooh poohers, and the nuts that claim “it’s their way thats the best or the highway”.
Make your OWN decision.
And base them on RESULTS.
It’s obvious that you’ll see rapid fat loss, for instance, when you start doing Advanced Hill Training – or Animal Kingdom Workouts
It’s also obvious that the goops will show up saying “oh, thats childish! How could that ever work!”
Same thing for the chest puffers and handstand pushups and the profoundly idiotic bench press exercise.
Or, any decent bodyweight exercise for that matter.
Stick to your guns, my friend. You’re in it for the long haul, and for YOURSELF.
And at the end of the day, THAT is what really counts – and MATTERS!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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PS #2 - And as for the idiots that talk about plans until the cows come home, and thinking about plans until they can't think no mo, and disregarding gut feeling, which at the end of the day is really what counts, here's the Tyson quote I like to pull out.
":Everyone's got a plan until ... they get PUNCHED in the mouth!"
Sage, my friend. Sage indeed!
Instead of worrying about “if you’re doing it right” – why not just DO IT?
Rahul MookerjeeJust got done with a brief meditation session.
And much like my workouts, I work these in throughout the day, believe it or not.
You don’t even need a quiet place if you’re doing it right, though that helps.
And as yours truly “seer” as some have called me (perhaps they’re right)’s fingers FLY ... and my mind is so “out there” ... I gotta tell you this.
Meditation wise, most people bitch about “we’re not doing it right”.
Or question themselves 10,0000 times about it ...
Or wonder when the time will be just right ...
Brings back a time when my Mom once famously made the comment about “we should abort our kid since we weren’t fit to be parents, and other assorted rubbish about the tim enever being right”.
It’s pointless trying to reason with her.
So I didnt.
But a friend, Michael told me the following.
“I dont agree at all. The time will never be right!”
And he was RIGHT.
I would have said the same damned thing to Mom, but ...
Anyway, this ain’t about her.
It’s about just DOING THE THING!
Fitness wise, why not just get down and DO THEM darn pushups and bear crawls, and FIND OUT FOR yourself just how effective they are?
Instead of pissing and moaning about form on pull-ups, why not start by DOING what I tell you the best you can?
In terms of “Hindu pushups” being too difficult – and the form “needs to be down pat” (and it does, dont get me wrong) – again – why not just START?
Make a start, bro, and do so NOW.
That isn’t to say form don’t matter.
It DOES. BIG TIME.
But sometimes, and often times, you’re far better off just DOING THE THING as opposed to endless “rounds of questions”.
Believe me, I’ve done these exercises for damn near my whole life or so it seems, and I learn something new EVERY TIME.
Something to be learnt there,methinks.
Now – go out there – andjust do it!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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PS #2 – The Bozo asked me if “really? A book on pishups?” (I’m sure he spelt it that way on purpose, hehe). Well, yes. A book on pushups bro. THE BEST EVER! GRAB IT NOW!
PPS - A customer responded to the above comment in a SAGE manner indeed by asking the Bozo how many books he'd written or what the Bozo knew about any sort of training or anything at all. No response from the Bozo, of course. Hehe. I love it.
(I'm NOT loving the Mc Donalds the Bozo so loves, tho. UGH!)
(Speaks volumes though as to why he's a fat puddle of PUDGE).
Why walking a mile in the OTHER MAN’s shoes is a concept most would never understand.
Rahul MookerjeeIndeed.
I’ve often been asked how I get so much writing done – while working out – and living a rather, as “Milan” put it STORIED life . Hehe.
(He didnt use that word, but thats what he meant).
Or, as my mother keeps saying (and it seems she secretly admires the same for certain people – but of cours enot with me, hehe. How could I ever do anything right eh) a “colorful character”.
Anyway, the key is this.
Mindset. Fitness (yes, staying fit extends way beyond the PHYSICAL and health benefits alone).
And you already know about that.
But, what you may or may NOT know is the following.
I can write to you in any “voice”, for instance.
I’v ebeen called a chameleon multiple times, and it’s true. Hehe.
Back in the day when I worked a job, and when they actually wanted PEOPLE with REAL SKILLS as opposed to disposable monkeys as the case is NOW, I’d put the following on my resume.
“Can work with many different cultures successfully”
(or a variant of that, gussied up and all)
(“Gussied” is an expression in the Southern US for those that dont know, hehe).
But anyway, the point is ...
... IN order to truly connect with anyone, you have to understand them first. How they think. How they FEEL. How they react. And so forth.
Everything.
The whole she-bang.
And its part of the reason why trolling me, for instance usually doesnt just end up flat on it’s face -it (as a customer recently put it) whacks the bozos right across the face and then some.
I can write to you as a woman right now if I so choose.
Or a “sissifed” male.
Or, a “gym goer beating his chest about how the bench press is soooooo much better than handstand pushups” and that the “iron is what really counts and builds real strength”.
Man. Woman. Anything in between (I haven’t done this as yet tho, hehe).
(Because no, I dont have a biz dedicated to in betweens. LOL) .
But the point begets ...
And fitness wis,e this is why the idiots who claim “bodyweight exercises don’t build strength” or “bodyweight is only good when you cant get to the GYMMMMMMMMMM BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” or “bodyweight exercises only build endurance” or “bodyweight exercises get you healthy, but thats it!”
The last puzzles me.
I mean, yes, they’re right on that one.
But thats not all they do.
And if bodyweight truly gets you healthy, and the other stuff doesnt really do it, why would you not want to make the switch?
Befuddles your struly!
But point is, they have NO INKLING. They’ve never ever done the thing!
The bench presser bragging about how much he can press has likely never done a decent OVERHEAD press in his life, let alone get into a handstand.
The wackos who claim they’re big and strong (but are really more FAT around the MIDSECTION than anything else) and so can’t do pull-ups - - and then claim that pull-ups dont build strength while secretly trying to do ‘em – well, the less said the better !
And so on and so forth.
Lesson in all this?
Dont’ comment unless you’ve been there and done that, bro. And most people have not.
You could, of course – but it would just make you look like an idiot.
And thats what I had to get off my chest.
It’s off now, so I’m out.
Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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And sometimes very practical uses other than “comic relief” ...
Bozos such as Glyn Schofield the PRIME and one and ONLY BOZO-NATOR as I like to call him can teach us a lot of things about life, once you learn how to read between the loony tune lines.
What do I m ean?
Well, for starters, he gives the word “shirker” a whole new meaning and dimension.
This is a dude who despite being practically born with a silver spoon in his mouth does all he can to mess it up.
A guy whose outward mild manner and calm demeanor decieves many a person – friends included, and certainly the monkey jobs he works.
And the jobs he makes sure to screw up in any way possible!
I Still remember telling him how good he had it compared to a lot of other people.
And he did. Really.
And of course, despite that, he’s always one step away from being homeless.
As Napoelon Hill talks about in the Laws of Success, he was working for a rich man once when BROKE.
He was so broke at the time he’d go into cake shops and try and strike a deal with the baker to get bread for half a penny, so hungry was he! (those were the pre-welfare days apparently – REAL MAN days to be honest).
And the man he worked for had two kids.
Whom he sent a 100 bucks a month each.
Remember, this was in the 1920’s or so, so thats more like I guess $1000 or more in today’s terms. Not entirely sure, but it’s a lot more now, I’ll say that.
Did Hill envy the checks he prepared for his boss?
At the time, YES.
And yet, years later when he penned “Get Rich with Peace of Mind”, he wrote about how he was GLAD that experience occured to him, because it taught him the value of HARD WORK, and pulling yourself up the BOOTSTRAPS. Literally!
IT gave him, in short, a chance to put his OWN principles into practice while an before he preached ‘em.
The best education ever.
As for the kiddos, well, they completed college, were placed in their Dad’s firm, and promptly, over the course of 10 years proceeded to royally SCREW everything up!
And thats what the Bozo does, of course.
Taking responsiblity for your life is key to success at anything, my friend.
Fitness included.
IF you’re tired of the flab around your midsection, TAKE responsiblity – and then SOLID ACTION!
Actions are what speak, friend, not “hot air”.
And not mere words.
The best of intentions need to be backed up.
And if you’re tired of that weak upper body, then get on one of the BEST courses there is for the upper body in terms of workouts – right here – Shoulders like Boulders.
It’s simple, really.
Stop talking – and just do it!
I know, I know. How dare I say that. But Idid.
And I’m right, even tho I say it myself, hehe.
Thats that for now. Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
P S- Here is the link for more “real man” workouts, in case you’re interested – BattleTank Shoulders.
PS #2 – Check out what a customer left in terms of a review on this one -
Another BARNSTORMER, Rahul!
Yet again the bodyweight guru smashes it out of the park with "the book" on building shoulder size and power.
Like Rahul's other books this one is elegant in it's "simplicity" (simplistic not easy).
If you like to "train savage" this is must have book!!!
Bravo Rahul bravo.
Amen, bro. Amen!
The answer as always is ... It depends!
Fitness, workouts? It depends.
Life? It depends.
Business – it depends!
And I’ll start off with a core disagreement my father (And indeed most of my family) and myself have had.
That being the following – if you have more “ability” than the next person, you should do more.
And this has played out to an extent in some of my jobs – except WITHOUT the pay which I deem commensurate for “doing more”.
Por ejempelo, THAT job when they were getting ready to can me, except didnt know how to do it, hehe.
(I made it easier for them later, but thats a different story).
They got me – or tried to get me to “train” a sales person. Whose base salary despite lack of any results or even evidence that some was on the way was WAY higher than what mine was when I joined (although to be fair, with the hike they gave me after seeing six months of solid results) I was still higher.
And on the pecking chain, I was most certainly higher.
But it was a classic case of “give him the title, but NOT the money”.
Didnt work out well, bro. Hehe.
My Dad was of the opinion (and likely still is) – if you CAN do more – you’ll be EXPECTED to do more.
No matter what.
Goodie. I agree.
“Where’s the pay then, Dad”, I remember asking back when we still on speaking terms.
No response, or an irritated “you think you’re so logical” illogical emotion driven “lash out”.
And thats where we differ. Core difference.
I am NOT one to take it up the ass just because “I can”.
And I dont recommend you to either, hehe.
If you’re doing more – you GET MORE for it.
If my products give you the best workouts out there, and indeed, that is what those that have DONE the thing say, then they WILL be higher priced.
You get what you pay for, friend. Thats just how life functions!
And anyone who says otherwise is either bullshitting or has NO clue.
But on that note ...
Napoleon Hill once famously made the comment about “if a man does more than what he is paid for, then he’ll soon find the WORLD lining up to pay him MORE than what he would ask for for that extra work!”
And if taken in THAT spirit, I agree.
Fully.
Except it was never explained to me that way ...
But yeah.
Thats what I do in my own life. I go the whole humpty.
My wife once told me that “I was giving more clothes than I should for the laundry’ (in her language).
Hey, what can I do.
She said there were less clothes to wash. “give me more if you have ‘em!”
So I gave ‘em!
But anyway, my products.
I believe in going the extra mile, because I WANT to.
I am NOT being FORCED to.
I WANT to.
And it ain’t about money either, though that naturally follows per the law I stated above.
It’s about the SATISFACTION at the end of the day, my friend, at saying it like is – inspiring people to BE more than what they ARE NOW – and watching them (sometimes right infront of my eyes) get in the best damned shape of their life.
Priceless, my brother. Truly priceless!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Pick up more motivational tips like this right here – Gumption Galore.
PS #2 – The SAME thing applies to your fitness programs, and forked tongue aside, for the vast majority of you? Most people need a kick up the ass to do MORE, not less. But if you’re doing more – truly so – then back off once in a while or every few days. This approach will work wonders too so long as you “do something daily”. Try it, and report back!
The difference between REAL REVIEWS and Bozo like trollish “sh-views” as I like to call ‘em.
Rahul MookerjeeHehe.
I’ve been writing on this for a WHILE NOW ... and I’ve been asking people up and down (those that buy my stuff, and there bE a plenty, hehe) to leave ... REVIEWS!
One of my customers recently wrote back telling me the following.
“Reviews are personal opinion a lot of times, and so I generally don’t leave them as what works for one person might not for another. But with your books, I’m more than happy to shout from the rooftops as to how good they are, because the stuff is REAL, and WORKS! Thank you for putting the best training material out there”.
Now, this is taken from an email – stored in my memory banks. It’s there on the laptop too, but I haven’t dug it out, so it ain’t verbatim.
But that is the sum and substance of what he said ...
Now a few flashbacks (those y’all enjoy so much, hehe. As “Milan” once told me, “You truly dont have a dull moment in your life!”)
So back when I was working a full time job (in China, again!) ... ‘twas time for an annual review (Which was delayed by three months for whatever reason. Isuspect they were planning on how to get rid of me first. Hehe).
It was a scathing review indeed, and “Jim”, my boss (and the VP there) had this to say to me in a consoling and somewhat condescending manner.
“This really nails you to the wall! I hope you don’t mind!”
Me? Mind? I could care less to be honest on a lot of that stuff. I hated that job – but just didnt know how to escape that life, hehe.
Live and learn!
Then he asked me if I “agreed” with the review. Followed up by “no-one’s ever disagreed with my reviews before!”
Sort of like saying you better do as I say, or else.
Yours truly isn’t the type to cower down in front of anyone, and he knew it.
He was probably banking on the fact I WOULD disagree inwriting, and they would can me that much faster.
No dice, bro.
I just smiled, agreed, and walked away.
Now, in fairness some of what he said on the review was right. Mea Culpa.
But mostly, it was “I dont like Rahul because the HR manager, a snotty someone who was FAT to say the least didnt like the look of me from the word go, and he needed HR more than he needed me so he could keep his “cheap” China employees in line through someone else, and so forth...) ...
Anyway, when one door closes for no fault of yours, a bette ropens.
And it did with Freddie, and in THAT case, yours truly was wrong for leaving “in a huff” as he did.
True. I was young and wild.
But, no excuses. Freddie personally did RIGHT by me, and I probably should have at least left in a more “civilized” manner than I did eventually.
Again, live and learn.
But really, Jim’s whole review boiled down to another thing. And something HE got wrong.
“You wanted to do more”, he said. “We gave you more, and you didnt do it”.
Right.
Except he gave me what I did NOT want and ask for
I asked to be put into sales.
Via email. In writing.
And that was ignored.
And ... that was something my employers post all this didnt ignore.
Por ejempelo, “Pankaj”, an Indian employer of mine once when I walked into his office, bored with the “system analyst” job I was hired for and seeing others doing somthing I could do much, muuch better! ... (he was the CEO) had this to say when I asked him if I could do it (much to the detriment of my direct reports).
“Just do it!"
(he didnt say it in those words, but he agreed at the speed of light. Most sensible biz men would if they saw green dollar signs flashing in front of their eyes, which he (and I) did. Hehe).
And I did.
Bagged a 7000 plus sale my first try.
Wasn’t bad, I’d say!
And then of course, history was made in THAT job where I took the company from “Zero to Hero” ...
But anyway, point of all this is to say reviews aren’t necessarily bad ... provided they are FACTUAL.
Just like my mom’s inane rants about “Your 40, do something with your life” (because I dont do what she wants me to do) clearly shows BIAS and stupidity, the trollish reviews I often get ar ethe same.
And they’re hilarious. Glyn the Bozo, if you’re reading this, please leave more reviews of this nature!
And here goes his latest.
Terrible trash for Tom Toms!
(This for my advanced book on pull-ups).
Review underneath (if you can call it a review).
The author claims to share how he can be a stud, I thought I would try it. My days would start at 3am with me walking 20 miles a day, and doing 25 laps of the swimming pool at the complex. The rest of the time, I was doing volunteer work or working with the local authorities. I was just a typical Tom Tom! I wanted to be a stud like Rahul who has no friends or sex life. Sure enough, the book was utterly drivel. I asked for my money back but Rahul launched into a campaign of threats. He is obviously a loner and we hope he will get help.
(This was in response to me referring to him as a China tom tommer, which in addition to all his other glowing (not) qualities, he is. Hehe).
(A s for the workout part, he copied it off the “free” section of the blog and meshed it in with his own unique experience of collapsing in a heap at 7PM after God knows what was on, and then waking up “hungry for more” at 3AM ..)
(And getting booted out of the one room dorm his “paper mill” Chinese university assigned him to be a dancing monkey).
Now, I've addressed this and his other trollish reviews here - Why you genuine customers out there should ALWAYS leave reviews (even if the book isn’t up to your expectations) (0excusesfitness.com) - so I won't do it NOW.
But and again, does this sort of thing sound like a REAL review? Genuine? Or not?
I think the answer is obvious.
More importantly though, if you the shopper are trying to decide which book(s) to buy – does it actually help?
Obviously and of course not.
So, and here’s another call out to ALL of you. Some of you have already stepped up to the plate, but this is a repeat call out – to leave reviews in any way, shape or form you desire.
All I ask is that they are GENUINE reviews (Without an “axe to grind” as it were).
Because if you don’t, the bozos will, because sitting in Mama’s basement twiddling their thumbs and sending inane WeChat messages to women they dont know gets boring after a while ...
LOL again.
But I gotta thank Scho the Tro(ll) for his inane rubbish. Not only does it make sales, but some of it makes me laugh – repeatedly. Hehe.
Anyway, thats it from yours truly.
Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – HERE is where you can pick up the BEST fitness system EVER that WILL whip you into the best shape of your life – and QUICK!
PS #2 – Being Glyn is, as a mutual friend told me “obsessed with me”, I guess I shouldn’t ask “if he’s reading this”. The dopamine levels do get low every hour or so from what I hear, and from all the IP’s he trying to read it from after being roundly blocked on ALL. LOL again!
More...
Sage lesson indeed in today’s email, so hang tight and let’s sget into it.
I remember reading this on Ben Settle’s site once ...
“My concealed carry instructor once said that “everyone’s goin gto do what they’re going to do””
(in short)
(and being I read this a year or so ago, I do not remember the exact wording his instructor used – but basically what he was saying was “you can take a horse to water but you cant make it drink”. )
What do I mean?
Well, consider for example yours truly’s long, Jesus like (at a point, and getting there again now) LOCKS.
Complimented by a well hidden BALD Spot, hehe.
Hair that everyone (excepting a few people) have despised ever since I knew.
I remember a highly idiotic teacher in high school (we used to call him “The Watchman” for he was the one assigned to catch those in the habit of “bunking” (sorry, thats an old British term,hehe) class etc) looking me up and down in 12 th grade and having THIS to say.
“You want me to cut your hair off for you, boy!?”
Menacing, imposing. Giggle, giggle.
Or my Dad in eighth grade ...
Or my Mom throwing a fit about it when I returned from China for a brief sojourn in 2006 ...
Or my wife, who makes it a point to boot me to the barber every chance she gets (and she doesnt get many, but she tries).
LOL.
Even I’m laughing writing this!
But reall,y point begets.
Amidst all this, I cannot recall a time where I’ve had short hair consistently for any length of time.
Regardless of the fact that according to these fine folks – “I look more handsome with short hair”.
Right ...
I highly doubt people would getting their panties in a wad over it if that were to be the case.
And even if that were to be true, so what.
I don’t like short hair on myself, period.
So, I keep it long!
And thats as simple as it gets, and what it boils down. Given I’m hardly parading about nude in public, I think thats an allowance that can be made, no (is what I tell these people).
Not that it does a damn bit of good.
Because guess what.
Everyones gonna do what they’re going to do ultimately.
Me, you, them, everyone.
You can take a horse to water, brah, but you simply cannot “make” it drink.
Fitness wise, thats why I never try and “argue” my own point with people who’re clearly not interested.
When people call me up and try and “draw me” (bait me) into the “Deadlifts are better than pull-ups” idiotic discussion, I dont take it (I used to earlier, but now, no longer).
All you’ll get out of me is a simple “OK”.
And thats it!
For some reason, that infuriates these nuts more, hehe.
Andthey keep trying to press their own point of view to me, and it might as well so much water sliding down a duck’s (or a beached whale’s) back ..
Really.
If someone doesnt want to do something, they wont do it.
Fitness wise, if you here on this list WANT to make something off yourself, and your fitness levels, and indeed life in general, well, I’m HERE for you and then some and I’ll give you all the advice you need – and then some!
But if you’re inclined to do the exact opposite, well, then guess what.
Youwon’t hear a peep outta me.
Because, “they’re going to do what they will, and so will everyone, and ...”
Ah, but wait. We covered that one before didnt we??
And thats that for now. Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
Ps – Pick up the best damned fitness system TODAY, my friend.
The story of the two models, and what it taught me ...
Rahul MookerjeeAges ago, in 2014 I believe it was, I built a great website for a client of mine.
A world famous model.
And while he hasn't been modeling for a while that I know of, at least not in China, his name etc is very much still there on Google.
Canadian, ex Army (not sure if he was Special Forces, but he might well could have been).
Tall. Strapping. Everything you'd expect of a model ... and as he did the “Namaste” sign while handing me the advance cash for the website I was going to build for him, I was both somewhat flattered and honored by the gesture!
Its the little things that count!
No-one would have guessed it, but him.
Hence what I say about him probably being in the Special Forces. Those guys aren't just “buff”- they're smart too
Anyway, that was back during my “Fat” and not overly “confident” days if you get my drift.
And the life changing experience (a few months) that I've written about SO much with a certain peron that shall go unnamed here occured just a month later, strangely enough and turned my entire life around, but for then, I remember asking the model.
“Any chance I could ever be a model”, I asked him, laughing in the Metro.
(subway)
I was expecting him to say NO.
And it wouldn't have upset me in the least if he HAD said that.
Instead he took one look at me and said the following.
“Of course you can! Just make a nice model card etc, get some decent pictures taken and you're off to the races”.
(And he actually sent me a ton of contacts etc to get this done, and I'll always appreciate that!)
And he was right. Years later, and years prior to this as well (my wife when she met me apparently told me the same thing and I WAS in shape then, so...) as people kept commenting about “if I went to the gym” or “you look like a movie star”, or “you have that X shape girls love!” or “your back is built!” I did actually briefly dabble in modeling.
And instantly gave it UP.
Yours truly “cranky” couldn't handle the constant demand for selfies, “looking good”, and the assorted BS that goes with walking the ramp, my friend.
Anyway, point is this.
Another dude I knew at the exact same time in that “Keeping it Real in China” WeShat group I once started was a model too.
South African. Tall. Strapping. Probably not from the military, but there was one key difference between dude above, and the dude I'm talking about here.
First was a FIT guy.
Second was a boobybuilder, who felt one fine day for whatever reason compelled to share the fact (in public) that he'd let his condoms “dry out so he could re-use them” . . . and posted pictures of the same in the group as well.
Ugh.
Anyway, that isnt what I'm referring to here either.
I asked him the same question I asked the other dude
And his response?
“Do you have muscles? Do you have a six pack ?”
“Unless you go to the gym daily and pump n tone, you can never do it!”
And so forth.
And this same scenario has been repeated several times over my life.
Moral of the story being?
First, business is more about people liking each other (once we get past the core competencies) than anything else. And second, some people will find any excuse to tell you a bazillion reasons why you CANNOT do the thing, while others will do all they can to uplift you.
Curiously enough, or maybe not, the self made lot fall in category #2, not ONE.
And thats why I still occasionally chat with my “once friend” Charles despite our many irreconcilable differences.
There was a period in his life when he was making money doing what I hate, despise and detest with a passion, that being teaching English in China, and I remember him doing all he could to “get me on the train”.
Which I did, of course. But left it shortly after I got on for reasons I've made very clear in past emails ...
If there is one thing yours truly simply WILL NOT DO in China, it is this – teach English there!
But I still remember Charles telling me over and over again.
“Again, there's no reason why you cant do it!”
And hes right. No reason. Except for the fact I did not want to do it – with a passion!
Pity he didnt apply the same logic to fitness, but hey, to each his own.
And that brings me to th ecentral point of this rather long winded DISPATCH.
Central point #3.
That being, fitness wise, I'd rather be the guy that tells you the many reasons you CAN do pull-ups, for one, and tell you whats holding you back as opposed to being the molly coddler who tells you what you “want to know” i.e. “oh, they're so tough!” ,or “oh, you're not fat – youre just “big”!”
And so forth.
I would rather be and AM the person that would FIGHT for the above and FIND reasons to tell you why you CAN do a certain thing as opposed to cannot.
Thats just how I've been all my life!
And perhaps thats why I've never had a dull moment in my life, hehe.
All for now – back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – The new course on isometrics is done – except for the workouts part, and me getting all the pictures into the book. Will take another couple of days – but again – I want to make sure I get it done RIGHT the first time around – so rest assured – on the way!
(I am also re-doing some of the exercise descriptions to make it easier to understand from an isometric standpoint – so hang in there, folks!).
You CAN place pre-orders via email tho - here is the sales page for the book - https://0excusesfitness.com/isometric-and-flexibility-training/
PS #2 – In the meantime, feel free to pick up the system that will get you in the best shape of your life at “warp speeds” - the 0 Excuses Fitness System.
PPS – Been having one of those “annoying days” so far. Is it any coincidence that I got on social media for a sum total of 5 minutes last night, and ... !
UGGGGGH. Pity I cannot avoid it altogether, but I do my best to!
Why YOU SHOULD aspire to be a CEO with highly paid “bailouts” and benefits that the averag eperson can only “dream of”.
Rahul MookerjeeI'm sure to get a lot of asinine response sto my last email ...
to the extent of “how dare I support the rich!”
OR “don't you know times are tough!!”
Or ... “WAH! We need support, not you dragging us down!”
Well, goodie again, but I ain't dragging you down my friend. I'm exhorting you to RISE UP on your own terms and if you're too much of a PRIME BOZO to see this, well, my site ain't for you.
Neither are my products, and I wouldn't sell to you if you handed me money on a PLATTER.
Well, maybe if you put it on a platter, hehe. But NOT otherwise.
Now, whats the point here you might ask.
It's this ... that you SHOULD aspire to be the CEO you profess to hate
so much.
Let me ask you one thing (this is for the prime bozos, not those that get it).
“Don't you honestly want to live life on your own terms, free of WORRY and STRESS over monety of all things, but other things too?”
Show me a bozo that doesnt answer yes to this, and I'll eat my hat.
That I don't wear, hehe.
But again.
They're saying it, sure.
But they ar ejust SAYING it .
Do they really want it?
The majority DON'T.
If they did, they'd do the thing as opposed to whining on social media and doing nary a thing to improve their own lives (look at how many of these people have their own products etc, or a side gig that they actively promote etc (I know, how dare I. Moneeeeee!) and so forth).
How many are actually fit and healthy as opposed to LAZY.
I'd bet not too many at all. Probably 1 – 1 is my guess, and being I'm a math whiz, I'll let YOU figure that one out.
I dont normally use emoticons, but it seems appropriate here.
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Anyway, we all hate that we can't (or are too scared to become).
Bozo Scofield hates me because I am what he never was, and never WILL be unless he stops being a troll and low life loser
The nuts that claim to “lift me up and throw me out of the window” would do better if they actuallyacknowledged they need to LOSE weight – around the MIDSECTION – and therefore get better at pull-ups which they want !
(And if they didnt, they wouldn't be trolling yours truly with idiotic comments).
In short, we hate that we AREN'T, and dont seem to be on a road to be either, hehe.
And fitness wise, same thing ...
Need I say more?
I think NOT, so I'll sign off – for now. Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Zero to Hero contains an intensely personal and motivational story about TRUE HAPPINESS that I mentioned in the last email. In case you're tired of being a PRIME BOZO, check it out right HERE – Zero to HERO!
PS #2 – Oh, and pick up the best course out there on doing pull-ups right HERE. (and HERE if you consider yourself to be “advanced”).
(dont write back WHINING about the workouts being tough. They're tough,a nd they shall REMAIN that way, bro!).
I gotta do it again ... last time. Promise!
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Why I dont and probably never will segment my lists.
Rahul MookerjeeAnd go completely contrary to the advice that most gurus (so called) spout on this.
You keep hearing “segmentation” and segmeting i.e seperating people on lists to “give them more of what they prefer” to make more money.
And truth be told, there is logic to that.
For instance, if you're selling feminine items, for one, such as bras, underwear etc – you wouldn't want to come across as an uber macho “mysognistic” “male supremacist or “MGTOW” or whatever they call it (no, that last philosophy isnt what I mention in the second – far from it – but most people on the “outside” think it is...) ...
If you're selling products on pull-ups, and that alone, then you probably don't want to be talking about the benefits of lat pulldowns to those on that list.
(unless you want to do something I do VERY often to make more dough, and something marketing related, and unfortunately something most people don't do well at all, so I'll let that sleeping dog lie for now, hehe).
But segmentation isn't the magic bullet it's made out to be.
Nothing is, to be quite honest.
It's about showcasing YOU, if I can put it in one word (or a few) – and I get that most people reading this won't believe me, which is fine. I'm not trying to convince you to do that.
But anyway, on the other site, one person wrote to me about “how he shouldn't have to read about what I was writing about” (I was writing about something RELATED but not what “he liked” or “claimed he liked”).
It's wierd.
Probe people's minds, and you'll find that they WANT the very thing they claim to despise (for instance, the nuts claiming that “weights are where it's at” and that “pull-ups areOK, but the deadlift RULES” while secretly poring over yours truly pul-up books) ...
... And thats people in general for you.
Way, way too scared to acknowledge what they truly want, even to themselves, and thats why when you ask people what they WANT, you'll come up with a blank in MOST cases.
No, “more money” doesnt cut it either!
And back to the topic at hand.
It's impossible for me, for one to talk about pull-ups or getting better at them without talking about PUSHUPS in tandem.
Specifically Hindu pushps and handstand training. (and pushups).
And if its impossible for me, yours truly pull-up “Master” in many regards, you'd better bet your bottom dollar it can't be done.
The two are mutually symbiotic.
Much like if you cant stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen!
And so on both the sites (0 Excuses Fitness and this one), you'll see you sign up for ONE list.
Because fitness is an all encompassing thing, my friend.
And the sooner you realize that, the better.
And those that dont', well, the unsubscribe link is right ther.e
Anyway, enough on that. HERE is where you can pick up Jump Rope Mania! - a course I've been meaning to put out for ages, but dillied and daddled on, but finally got around to a couple of days ago. Have at!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS – Be sure and pick up the course on pushups as well – goes with the above!