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Or should I say, “family” . . . There is a reason I’m using quotes.

Now, at the outset, I don’t know what prompted me to write this today of all things. I have no idea, literally.

It came to me . . . in the flow.

And when I say family, I’m referring to primarily my parents here. Not my wife or relatives or anything of that nature . . .

It’s something I’ve often talked about, of course. I’ve often said there is virtually nothing I see eye to eye with on my parents, and as Charles (the friend) said “sounds like there is a lot of bad blood for ages between y’all”.

And as Charles, another friend and CUSTOMER once said, they’re your parents. You should try and build a relationship, as they aren’t going to be around forever.

This comment was made in 2017, and it’s sitting on another laptop, so Im not sure if those were the exact words, but I’m pretty sure they WERE.

And he’s right, to an extent, or actually I should say he’s RIGHT for the most part.

Except, when I say that, I’m referring to normal parents.

Those that want their children to actually succeed.

Those that don’t want their children to turn into carbon copies of themselves.

Those that realize their kids have dreams, goals and aspirations.

Perhaps most important, those that realize the power of the subconscious, and the sheer power that parents hold over moulding a child’s brain.

Lots of people look at my kid and claim she’s “too lively” sometimes.

“You need to discipline her more”

And so forth.

And while she does indeed sometimes run amok why don’t we do so?

Because for the most part, we’re teaching her to grow up confident and strong mentally (and physically too - - she’s starting to get forearms bigger than me! Hehe) and that, by far, is the most important gift you could ever give a child my friend.

More than “education” or the joke it’s turned into these days. More than money for sure. More than the latest toys.

It’s confidence, and the KNOWLEDGE that comes from knowing that your parents will stand behind you no matter what.

What do I mean?

Well, before going to college, a well meaning colleague of my Dad once remarked to me “It doesn’t matter what happens, or goes wrong! It doesn’t matter if you get a girl pregnant! The main thing is, you come back and tell your family about it!”

And that is fine and dandy if your family actually CARES, is what I should have told him at that point.

Most worryingly, there are MANY families like this, who subconsciously hinder their children’s growth and amazing though it might sound, COMPETE with their own children!

When we bought a flat sreen TV years ago, my Dad’s next comment a coupl e of days later was “we have a bigger one!” (not his exact words, but the sum and substance).

When I was earning big bucks in mainland China, my Dad had this to say.

“You’ve got a far larger bank account than I did at your age!”

But amazingly enough, NO-ONE pointed me in the direction of doing my own thing. Or in terms of support at anything, except “work a job no matter what” and that is it.

And I think it would be fair to say they didn’t know their own son from Adam, hehe.

In fact, sometimes I wonder if . . . ah, but we best not go there. ?

My mother once admitted to me at the age of 17, “you’re the first kid, and we’ve made mistakes”, and that’s an admission she’s done EVERYTHING to counter since then and very forcefully so that she’s done it.

Anyway there is much much more to this sorry tale, hehe, and the reason I bring it up?

Manifold.

One, because people keep asking.

Two, because a lot of people go through the same thing, and yet think it’s just them it’s happening to.

(and yes, you CAN eventually succeed no matter what!)

Three . . . because, you got it.

It applies to fitness.

The very worst thing you can do, my friend, fitness wise is to have any sort of relationship with folks that don’t believe in you or your goals or your fitness.

It could be my Mom sagely commenting upon “he thinks he’s so strong” at a very impressionable age, or it could be any of the other army of idiots and morons that think “he’s naturally fit” (and that thought he’d never write a book, or do a pull-up, be able to do a 100 pushups etc before I actually did so).

We’re the sum of the people we hang out with the most.

We’re also the sum of the people we follow the most, and believe in the most . . .

And if you want to achieve something; accomplish something, then be prepared to put in the hard yards.

Burn all bridges.

And, as a famous iconoclastic author said on one of his sales page “Tell family, friends and non believers to go straight to HELL”.

And he’s damned right. He struggled for years big time before finally making it to millionaire status.

He knows what he BE talking about.

And so do I, my friend, although I’m nowhere near millionare status . . .

. . . as of NOW!

But my followers are doing all they can to make that happen, hehe. Judging by the testimonials I’m getting for Pushup Central and Advanced Hill Training (and Animal Kingdom Workouts) . .  . well, all I can say is I’m GOBSMACKED my friend.

Pick up the courses if you so choose, but for now, that’s a short answer to a complicated question that don’t even begin to cover all bases. I’ll write more on this later. Adios for now though; and I’ll be back soon!

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

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A while I ago was chatting with my friend Dwayne about  . . . well, I can’t remember. Life in general I believe it was, and we were talking about work and success, and how things don’t often go according to plan.

And how we should always be prepared for not necessarily the best – but the WORST to happen.

Hey, don’t get me wrong.

It’s all well and good to EXPECT the best, but what if that happens in a manner and (perhaps more importantly) TIME not of your choosing?

What if the “worst” were to be something that “was slated to happen” in order for the best to happen?

And curiously enough, that is how it usually DOES work.

When you’re at the bottom of a tall, tall mountain with nowhere to go – guess what.

It’s GREAT NEWS – because you have got only one way to go.

UP!

Henry Ford famously once made the comment along the lines of “when everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplace flies AGAINST the wind, not with it”.

So true, my friend.

So true.

It is only after experiencing the nadirs of FAILURE that one can rise to the heights of success, and after studying scores of successful men and women, I cannot think of a SINGLE case to which this didn’t apply (and usually not just one failure either – several massive failures).

If you’ve never failed at anything, chances are you’re never truly succeeded at that thing either.

Point here though isn’t that failure is required in order to achieve true and lasting success.

That it is, but what Im saying is here is what WHEN the mishaps occur.

Do you sink – or find it in you to SWIM – often times against a mighty tide doing all it can to keep you DOWN – and OUT?

Simply answering yes to the above question isn’t enough.

You must DO the thing.

And the key to this, my friend lies not only in what Dwayne very correctly said – – but also what Claude Bristol said in The Magic of Believing.

Success is a matter of never ending application. The minute you pause to rest on your laurels is the minute it takes wings and FLIES away.

Paraphrased, but the gist is what I just wrote.

And if there ever was a comment that rang true with yours truly THIS IS IT!

(and that’s what Dwayne was talking about with regard to “I’m the chump that keeps working”. And if you want to listen to someone that’s BEEN there and DONE the thing, and then some, well, that’s the man.)

I cannot think of how many times in the past Ive done something successfully.

Built up the momentum. Felt great. Built up several small victories.

And then inexplicably I slacked off. For no good reason, I’d let things “slide”, thinking that the momentum I created would be enough to keep things humming.

It wasn’t, of course, and I found that out the hard way.

Right now, every time I embark on a new biz venture or even something fitness related, I think long term and do NOT let the small successes or failures alter my overall emotional state either way.

You gotta be in it for the long term, and this holds true for fitness too.

Here today, gone tomorrow holds true if you stop to “admire yourself in the mirror” and forget that WORK, solid WORK is still required – and that, my friend, is the topic for today.

Chew on it some, and let me know what you think!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

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