Life (263)
I've been asked this one many times, most of the times by angry WOMEN.
Hehe.
The female of the species is indeed deadlier, until they find out they're not . . .
But anyway, here is the question . . . (and the question of "a Magnum pointed at my head", or an angry woman demanding to know "why" ... well, I'll take a raincheck on that one, hehe. I'll plead the 4th too!).
"If you had to choose between me (a girl) and your damned beer, which woul dyou choose!"
I've heard this one a LOT, hehe.
"You love beer more than me!"
And so forth . . .
Well, if I had a 747 pointed at me, and I had to answer no matter what?
BEER!
A nice cold frosty beer.
It never lets you down, no matter what.
End of the day, I'm sure all real men would agree with me on this one!
But anyway, that brings to mind another one of those "Magnum pointed at you" questions (btw ... this was John Walker who coined the "if you have a Magnum pointed at you" - one of my great customers from the UK) . . . or two . . .
One, and its a real, real toughie and a serious question indeed.
Handstand pushups or pull-ups?
Well, I dont know.
Off the cuff?
Right NOW?
I'd say pull-ups, but that don't mean the former exercise isn't tough or doesn't have great benefits or so forth - it probably has as many if not more benefits!
If asked why, I'd probably say I dont know - or - more accurately PERSONAL preference.
And they should BOTH be done TOGETHER - always - forever - your entire life!
And the #2 question is even tougher.
Regular pushups - or handstand pushups!
This is one Charles Mitchell wrestled with, of course, as he read through Pushup Central and finally chose it as a book over Battletank Shoulders - and again, that ain't by ANY means a "diss" against the latter, which he rightly said the workouts within will turn you into half gorilla, half human.
But for me?
Regular pushups, if I really had to choose, and why?
Because of the sheer variety, myf riend.
Because they give you a leg workout from HELL.
And the ones done on your back - well - (and yes, you can do pushups on your back!) - they will BLOW you away with how good they make you feel above anything else!
Truly the BIG DOG of fitness are pushups.
And if you're a Bozo reading this complaining "just pushups" and "we know it all" , well, might as well unsubscribe now - because what I'm offering ain't for you.
It ain't for lily livered poltroons, pansies and so forth.
Neither is Animal Kingdom Workouts - which is an EVEN MORE BRUTAL book in terms of the workouts!
You'll see what I mean when you get on em!
And for now, I'm out. Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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PS # 2 - My daughter seems to be drawing me a Statue of Liberty drawing with the lady holding - you got it - a COLD BEER - a frosty FOAMING ONE at that in her hand. Hehe. Now thats a tough choice, beer or daughter, but I'd choose the latter, but like I said and I told my daughter this - - honey - - we dont need to make those extreme choices, and I'm damned glad we dont!
Amen, hehe. (even if I say so myself).
Anyway, if you've got a beer belly from too much drinking on what not - well - THIS course is what the doctor ordered, along with THIS ONE.
Why the idea of "faking it until you make it" is the dumbest thing the so called self help "sh-urus" spout
Rahul MookerjeeAnd indeed, doing so could be fatal to your success at anything.
Life, fitness, anything . . .
I wrote about in the last email on how the girl "Chloe" (the same complainer I wrote about in an earlier email) has put something to the effect of "Billionaire by age 45" (she's 42, I believe now) on her LinkedIn profile.
Now, this is fine for those that want to do it.
Trouble is,it comes from the "fake it until you make it" bullshit the self help gurus spout.
Affirmations, and all the other crap.
You keep hearing that affirmations are the BIG dog of self help. That repeating to yourself "I am (whatever you want to be" will eventually make it happen.
For instance, if you're broke as sh**, you repeat anyway, 108 times, "I'm rich".
And variants of this.
There is one huge problem with this, my friend - it sets you up for failure.
And if I were Chloe, I'd tell her 3 things which would be all roundly ignored.
One, tell the world what you're going to do, but SHOW it first. If you tell them first, chances are excellent and second to none it will never, ever happen. (or remote chances).
Second, that sort of thing doesn't happen overnight . . .
And third, and most importantly, when you keep telling yourself "you are", then guess what - your subconscious thinks you are.
So you might actually have no money, or be deep in debt, but your mind will think you're a "billionaire".
THIS is the secret the self help gurus do NOT want you to know about.
THIS is ONE of the secrets I talk about in my coaching calls.
And THIS is something I tell you to avoid (well, I dont tell you directly, but I tell you a DIFFERENT way to go about it) in my motivational books and courses.
Zero to Hero! contains one of the REAL secrets - real drivers at the very start of the book, and Gumption Galore! contain it in each and every one of the 51 tips!
But there is NO "fake it till you make it rubbish".
Bozo Schofield sends me this sort of nonsense regularly while living in his hovel on public welfare.
'nuff said?
LOL.
I'm not saying all affirmations are bad, by the way, not the least of which the great Claude Bristol' advice in terms of repeating the same chant over an over again until the subconscious GETS IT, but you have to choose the right word.
And there is a FOUR Letter word here which is much ignore, and which if used right will do the trick (no, it doesn't start with "f" or "a", lol).
Again, all a topic of constant discussion in the Ship . . .
Personally, myself, fitness wise?
I have never ONCE told myself that I "was something" I'm "not".
When I couldn't do pull-ups, I vowed to get damned good at them, and I did.
When I didnt sell online - anything - I vowed I'd do it, and I DID.
When I didnt have my own biz years back and wanted to start one, and break FREE - I said I'd do it, and I did it.
Never for a minute in any of that did I fake anything until I made it HAPPEN.
And if I did, it would probably never have happened!
Anyway, several important tips in this one. See if you can find 'em!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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More on not buying into the "too expensive" mindset - and why
Rahul MookerjeeI ain't in Texas as of now, but I did some reseach right quick and what I saw made even my "wearied" eyeballs goggle.
Due to the recent mess with power etc (which seems to be mostly fixed by now from what I hear from people I KNOW living there) - electric had shot up to something like $9000mwh from $20/MWH.
Like a 10K $ increase. Damn! (Government there or something finally put a cap on it, or it might have "Risen" further).
Cold weather has hit MOST of the Southern US this year, but damn, in Texas, the #1 energy producing state and a very independent state for the most part - that would be the last place I'd imagine a power outage like that to happen.
Like I said though, always stay prepared!
Then I read something on the sh-news about some billion dollar gaffe or something about Citibank. Apparently they sent some folks close to a billion green 'uns "by mistake:".
Like, WTF?
How does that even happen?
I can tell you, I ain't seen one red cent of it, hehe.
But really, it's another reason why I rarely if ever read the sh-news these days. Except to check on what Trump is up to!
I mean, does this even sound believable (the "by mistake" part)? Not to me, my friend.
Then from what I hear from my lovely wife back in India, the petrol (gas) prices there have risen to record highs never seen before. So has almost everything else for that matter. You'd think that India, being in the grip of the China plague much like America is, where nothing is really still back to normal or anywhere near it would have LOWER gas prices, but of course, big government can't deal with the hit to their under the table moolah, hehe.
And in INdia, and again from what I hear last year they imposed a "Corona" tax on beer of all things!
(liqor as well).
RETARDED.
A man can't drive without the government sneering at him, and neither can he enjoy a drink without that happening.
THAT is their mentality, and it all adds up to panic, panic, and more panic.
Sadly enough, I seem to be in the minority when I say this, because the sheeple in general don't believe it.
Anyway, I try and not buy into this "its too expensive" stuff.
First thing you know, the minute I do, my OWN prosperous mindset goes down the toilet.
Like Napoelon Hill said, keep a mind tightly closed against any and all negative influences!
This doesn't mean don't acknowledge REALITY - do so - but you could do without reading some of the BS the "sh news" serves up on a regular basis, that I will say!
Money, my friend, at the end of the day is spiritual and is ENERGY that flows to you.
The more you "hoard" or treat it with a panic mindset the more it will RUN away from you.
Much like the girls do from Bozo Schofield, hehe.
But thats actually an apt metaphor and one Napoleon Hill uses in Think and Grow Rich as well where he states the methods of getting rich are not dissimilar in many ways to those you would use when wooing the maiden of your dreams.
And the first and most important key is this (and most miss this) - it starts in your MIND.
The deepest recesses of your mind is where it starts . . .
Once you get that right, you'll never bother about "being broke" again or "running out of money", because you'll truly understand it's all a state of mind.
True, this email may cause a lot of you to rant and rail against my saying this, but it's true - money - and all "material substances" on our great planet are formed FIRST AND FOREMOST - and ONLY - in the mind!
And as to why this is true - and why deep emotion is really the key to all this (i.e staying prosperous no matte rwhat) - well - Zero to Hero explains that bit in the very first Chapter itself, I believe. (that, and the Henry Ford and Henry Kaiser statements that I've included in the book). (a few from those great men).
Get it if you so choose, and along with "10 Commandments of Succesful Sales" - be sure and APPLY the lessons learnt to your life too!
Let me know how it works for you!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS - These are the times when you really go back to the basics, even those that have been reared on the Jim Shim. I mean, I'm hearing from long time gym addicts looking to install pull-up bars at their houses, and good on them for finally coming around to the TRUISM of pull-ups being one of the best yet toughest exercises out there. And to address and GET OVER the "tough" hump - get my course here - and start applying - now!
Texas, probably my favorite state in the US of A, and (in my opinion) one of the most progressive in many ways.
Does many things right, not the least of which being gun rights and such (and therefore low crime rate for the most part). Along with Arizona, it sometimes almost feels one's entered an "autonomous" part of the nation - - especially if one is coming from places like the Socialist Republic of New York (or somewhere in the Union of "Yankee" Socialist Republics), the People's Republic of California, and so on and so forth.
Great place to be!
And over the past week they've been dealing with problems normally only seen in India, hehe (and other "third world countries, or perhaps even certain parts of China 20 years ago).
No power in freezing cold temperatures - way worse than normal, which is why the grid collapsed (so they say).
And no potable water even for days. Texans were literally boiling their water the way it's done in many parts of the world ...
Unthinkable for a state like texas.
Lesson to be learnt?
Never think, in life, business, health wise, or fitness wise "it can't happen to me".
One is NEVER too big to be taken down.
For those thinking Texas "didnt prepare" - wrong. This winter was just one of the coldest out there - and you'd think that with all the A/C's that run in summer, if they had the plants operating at that capacity/output, then there would be no problem now.
Probably not - except?
They didnt expect it.
Always expect the unexpected (but HOPE for the best) is my mantra for everything, my friend.
And for a state that does so much else RIGHT, it comes as an interesting wake up call in some regards.
Some are calling for the state's mostly independent power grid to be "hooked up more" to the national grid.
I dont agree - unless there is a convincing argument, I'd say it's far better to be independent as far as possible.
But, due planning is required .... but of course, what does one do with completely unseasonal temperatures!
(some seem to be saying that this sort of winter happens every 8 years, so why not prepare).
As always, tons of opposing viewpoints on everything.
End of the day - always remember - if it CAN happen - chances are it might - and therefore - always plan for it!
Same thing with your health and fitness my friend.
Always stay PREPARED for anything.
Because, as a customer of mine said a while "yo unever know! You just might need it one day!"
And that, my friend is that.
BAck soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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The difference between BULLYING and being aggressive - and what HYPOCRITES and bullies all usually have in common
Rahul MookerjeeWell, two things I should say. Or three.
It's odd, but the biggest bullies I've observed all my life, right from childhood until the grand ole age of 40 PLUS - when more WORLDS BE opening up to me DAILY ... aren't necessarily what you might expect physically. Or even mentally in most cases.
Most, despite their outright bravado and or bluster are usually timed and "sad in their own little lives from which they have NO escape".
So, they take it out - on whoever they can.
Emphasis on "can".
If the person is a boss, he'll be an ugly mean boss and "fire" people whenever he can - not necessarily because he's physcially or mentally any better than them. By dint of his "position". And he'll then go back home to his own sorry life and wifey ordering him around ...
Or, it could be the schoolyard bully.
Big and fat. Yours truly has been on the receiving end of more than a few whacks from these wackos which is good as it taught me a lot.
Not to mention the two things that every street fighter should know (Aaron, a friend of mine back in the day called me just that).
"you're a street fighter!"
That I can be, and am ...
Two things?
ONe, always have something in reserve.
Two, never stop ATTACKING no matter what, and if attacked, attack x 10000 BACK.
Read Shantaram, the tale of the Aussie that shows up in India illegally and then stays on for more on this (well, it's mentioned somewher ein the annals of the book. Hehe. Quite a long read but a great one).
But anyway, bullies. And hypocrites.
They do the things they tell others NOT to do themselves. They attack - but ONLY when they KNOW they will win - because they have an unfair advantage.
They force (or try to force) others to live THEIR way.
And perhaps most stunningly, or not - when these bullies (and I'm talking male bullies here, but I have no doubt female ones are the same - they ARE, actually) - when confronted with MEN that ask these people to back their shit up - they fail - miserably - and often in a most humiliating manner.
I've seen it time and time again for ALL bullies I've ever encountered.
And dont get me wrong.
Yours truly has got his ass handed to him many a times.
But I was BEATEN.
I was NOT humiliated.
And I've always oddly enough managed to be in situations where the other person was bigger, or he had some sort of advantage - but NOT an unfair one.
Thats how you best yourself, my friend.
By going up AND against someone better, learning, and then eventually BETTERING.
True aggression is fighting back against these idiots.
And once you do, they piss off to their little holes and let you live "and let live".
Bozo Schofield is a prime example of this, although I've no doubt he's plotting his next "troll move" with his nicotine stained teeth baring with every thought. Hehe.
True aggression is standing up for what you believe in - what you know to be true - and doing it no matter how much opposition you might encounter or "what the buffoons out there might say".
True aggression isn't kicking a man when he's down, or appears to be.
True aggression physically is a FAIR fight - not an unfair one.
And so forth.
Anyway, point of all this is .....
.... I dont know!
Brain dump, I suppose, one of those many brain dumps, but I believe you'll find it inspirational anyway.
But anyway, I think the things in common?
Bullies and hypocrities usually have the loudest voice, flappiest man tits, and biggest bellies ...
(and are usually hunchback of Notre Dame x 10000)
(if you're a person reading this that wants to FIX this above issue - go here - and get the course - not just READ - GET IT. And then implement!).
Some may be in shape, but most are NOT.
"He who talks the most usually HAS a massive belly" (I'm talking people that give inane and unwanted advice to others on how to live their lives etc, or the bullies, and so forth).
And they accuse real men of being bullies.
HA!
Matty "Big Matt the Bat" Hayden, an Aussie cricketing legend and a guy I greatly admire was accused of being a bully often.
"He's huge!" people would remark.
That he was!
There is a reason that picture of him is there on the Battletank Shoulders page (I've no doubt that if you were to ask him, he'd list handstand pushups along with swimming as the reason behind that brawn - or one of them!)
He took on the opposition. Often three at a time.
They backed down.
PHYSCIALITY!
And so they called him a bully.
A man who was and is as gentle and laid back off the field as could be, and certainly no "firebrand" like yours truly, hehe.
Family man. Christian. (no I'm not espousing any religion in particular here).
And so forth.
And the moronic idiots who called me that secretly looked at him and wished they could be HIM.
Hehe.
"nuff said.
Anyway, true aggression in life and fitness is what it's about.
Fitness wise, start here.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS - And once you pick up that course, be sure to pick this one up too. Simply a MUST have for ANY sort of trainee.
Something I've often noticed in life, and something I often tell my little girl is this.
"Have you ever noted that the people that TALK the most - and run their mouths the most without actually having done the thing - or a shred of useful ANYTHING in their lives" have two things in common?
One, humungous bellies and massive mammoth elephant asses. (not in a good way that last one).
Unless you like 'em big, hehe.
Or, the other thing ... they have never done ANYTHING in their own life and secretly wish they HAD.
(not the chance to do it, but the GUTS to STRAY from the tried, tested, true and narrow).
Believe me, living life on your own terms kingsize takes a lot of guts bro - in many ways.
Many sacrifices etc.
Anyway, I've made no secret of my admiration for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.
Sanju Baba, hehe.
And while he's made many movies, the runaway standout of his career will always be the medical comdedy "Munna Bhai MBBS" where a friendly local goon attemps to "fool all and sundry" and become the prestigous "doctor" everyone thinks he is (in his family).
It like "Three Idiots" is a parody on the educational system in India which is an utter joke (like in most countries, actually).
But anyway, as the goon proceeds through college, you'll be in splits.
And he manages to get away with it all with the simple line.
"Try as hard as you can, my friend - and I'll do it anyway!"
(I should have said "try as hard as you can, you BOZO" - Mamu is Bozo in some sort of Hindi vernacular something. Mamu Schofield, hehe.)
(The Oxford Bozo. LOL!)
one simple line.
But it works miracles, if taken to heart!
Emblazon your OWN path today my friend - and keep the above in mind - you'll succeed at levels you NEVER thought possible.
Believe me, it's true!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS - And if you're one of the gang with humungous bellies hanging over your pants, saggy man tits, the "Hunchback of Everyday - Dame" (LOL) - well - start rectifying NOW!
Top 10 reasons I found (off the cuff) to be GRATEFUL!
Rahul MookerjeeWithout further ado, and without further explanations on the "Law of Gratitude", or the power, or the sheer importance of this - which most ignore - lets dive straight into it.
I dont know, right off the cuff ...
1. I'm grateful to have the ability to LEAD. It is in part what has always landed me the positions I like - and enjoy - and it is again in part, a reason I'm doing what I am today (just one reason, but an important one).
(I would replace the word ability with "opportunity" because I believe we ALL have the ability, and we create our own opportunities if we do the thing, and take the steps required to achieve what we WANT out of life)
(and I dont know if you can feel the happiness - for no reason- coming off these words!)
2. I'm happy to have the ability - or opportunity for ...well, nothing and EVERYTHING!
There is so much abundance!
3. This damn green tea I'm drinking. It's by far the BEST I've had in a while!
4. The ability to keep myself in top shape, and learn from the best - by DOING, not so much by getting instruction - and then "bettering the Master" in many ways.
There is a reason that my customers say my courses are truly the best out there, better than a lot of gurus, and they pay big bucks for them, and it ain't vanity or Tom Tomming. It's fact
5. I'm grateful to be able to inspire and help YOU on thi slist!
6. I should have said this above and first, but I'm grateful just to be able to TALK to you on this list - for yall to be part of the small but elite 0 Excuses Fitness family (or for those that choose to be, the SHIP!).
(Fear not - the "small" is expanding very rapidly. Hehe. )
7. I'm grateful to have a functioning BRAIN - but more importantly, I'm - and this should really be #1, though they all are! To have the opportunity to read Napoleon Hill and Claude Bristol's books - and in the "contemporary era" although he ain't self help or fitness, the great Ben Settle. Believe me, I'm not his customer. HE and I dont know each other from Adam, but great minds think alike my friend. We all "are". And I've always been a huge believer in what he says - his philosophies of doing biz - and on life in general.
And while I won't say "he is the reason behind my success or not", I WILL say this - when I need motivation (yes, I'm human too!) - then I go to his blog, and I read. Anyway, shout out to him - he's a great guy - I know that and we ain't even met.
And one of the best sales persons I know, heh, and the reason is self explanatory.
Gotta give credit where it's due. I thought of emailing him directly, but telling you on this list would help him more, so I'm telling YOU!
8. I'm grateful for the "gift" of always having shelter over my head, food in my stomach, and even in the direst of times, beer in hand, hehe. I'm being facetious for the last one obviously - but ... it's TRUE.
True, I am the one "responsible" for this through my thoughts. But still ... I gotta say it!
And anyway, I wanted to give you 10 reasons, but I gave you 8, hehe.
I dont know why, but I'll stop here.
LIFE - IS - GREAT!
And that should be #9, hehe.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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PS #2 - The "opportunity" to learn from the school of hard knocks. YES! YUS!
Life's a trip, eh.
Thats some trippy ass shit, G.... (Nah, it ain't the Bozo Glyn we're referring to here, hehe).
Those two lines were more sage lines from one of the best movies ever, Training Day . . .
And it is a trip, really!
Bengali, a language I was "supposed" to be the best at, but never was. I didn't quite like it growing up!
(I was born in that part of the country, for those interested. Neighboring China of all things. Fancy that. Who'd have thunkkkkk yours truly would end up in no place other than China years later)?
Bengal, the land of the poets, Mamata "Didi" and a state which back then was supposed to be underdeveloped, and right now in many regards isn't all that bad of a place to live actually.
(though I wouldn't really want to live there either)
Poets, poetry, and even WRESTLING, though for some reason the burgeiose Bengali lot (hey, thats alliteration right there! New book?? LOL) prefer to focus more on Tagore than the wrassling ...
(and really, the Gama was the most famous in INdia, and he was a North Indian breed. North India being where yours truly grew up).
anyway ... where was I?
The language, eh.
I've mentioned "Baba" in the email before. The Bengali word for Dad.
And I've mentioned (well, years ago I think) how though I can't speak Bengali, dont "look" it etc, (actually I'm not sure WHAT I look like other than a bonafide CHAMELEON) .. some dude in HK in 2005 just stopped me ont he street and started speaking to me in rapid fire Bengali!
Some things, the logic just isnt ... and if you need further proof of why I believe in SPIRIT, this is why!
Anyway, Hindi was the local lingo where I grew up.
Much hated by Mom, hehe.
She'd rather her "cultured Bengali"
And while I'm not entirely sure that either Bengalis or those from the Northern part of the nation are more "cultured" - thats one of those "India things" you have to experience to truly understand - and being even I don't quite understand it, we'll let it go for now. Hehe.
But anyway ...
I'll give my parents kudos for ONE Thing.
They might or might not have done it for reasons other than what it turned out to be.
But their insistence on me speaking good English - and also introducing me to reading etc was the BEST DAMNED (and probably the only, hehe) thing they ever did.
So - despite all the hoo haa - and Charles Mitchell, here I am finally saying it.
THANK YOU Mom and Dad - for that!
If THAT influence along with all the other negativity wasn't there, I'd be screwed right about now.
True, I was never encouraged to write etc.
True, I got wher eI am on my OWN STEAM.
(and every I was put in Bozo jobs etc or told to, or what not which I hated - I quit rather promptly. That was back in the day when I still did jobs. Hehe. Right now they're a distant foggy memory if even that!)
But that communication I'm so famed for - well - it has to start somewhere.
For me, it started via READING.
something I still do, albeit not fiction.
Anyway, back to "Baba".
I used to call my Dad ... "Baaaaa" for some reason.
The second "Ba" never came out.
So it sounded like a sheep, almost ...
LOL.
And it was quite the joke, even for yours truly!
My own daughter calls me Dad. And I'd rather that!
But you old timers reading this will recall the "Ma" and "Pa" times when YOU were growing up, especially those of you from the UK etc.
(The UK And India do have a very interesting shared history!)
Anyway ....
POint of all this is THIS.
The Sheep, my friend, is an admirable and calm animal in many regards, but (and I love eating it!) I'd rather the STALLION.
The stallion that REARS AND BUCKS - and is on the page of Barnstormer Shoulders - because guess what - a STALLION is what YOU will feel like when you get on those workouts!
The stallion you've always wanted to be!
And more - the stallion is NOT one of the animals mentioned in Animal Kingdom Workouts.
Neither is the sheep, but the CHICKEN is.
If life and workouts aren't contradictions, then I dont know what is!
And on that note, I'm out.
Have your fill right HERE.
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS - Remember, an oldie but goldie you simply MUST HAVE is right HERE.
PS #2 - For those interested in Fast and Furious Fitness, a collectori's item by now, shoot me an email and we'll see what we can finangle, heh.
Yours truly, the lazy ass tennis player that "never was"
Rahul MookerjeeOne memory I've always had growing up at home was this - on Sundays, the "day of rest" - it was always the "most hectic".
Including Saturdays. . .
India's normal chaos was magnified x 10 duing those two days, at least in our house growing up.
When "Baba" (the Bengali way of saying "Dad", I think) was there - "all hell often broke loose in many regards", hehe. Including a couple of piegons one day who raised such a ruckus that you'd think Cain himself had shown up ...
Anyway, mispellings and all that aside, yours truly is the polar opposite in that regard. Perhaps thats why?
Yours truly prefers living in a CAVE, and working with those that do so too, and he's done it.
And he workouts in a cave by himself too for the most part, unless he's in Qi Feng Park, but he can't stand crowds even there.
But there's something else ... that he COULDN'T STAND - and still can't in many regards!
The HEAT.
The blazing heat and humidity in Southern China. The blazing HEAT when I grew up. (it wasn't that humid there, but it was even hotter in terms of temperature).
But anyway, I hated it growing up.
And one of the rules oddly enough in our house (for me, at least) growing up was to "play tennis" at the grand ole hour of 9 AM on a Sunday morning, which meant "el caveman" was required to wake up even earlier.
Ugh!
How we (I) rebelled and fought against it.
I still remember my Dad telling me about my frequent sips of water throughout the game.
"You need a pipe to your mouth!"
LOL. The Bozo is no doubt having several org-you know what reading this ...
And I remember the heat. Ugh, the heat!
But anyway, point of this?
Was that I was actually GOOD at tennis, but I was too damned LAZY to do it - in the heat.
It wasn't so much waking up.
And though I don't get along with my parents, my father did in his own way sometimes "try".
Especially with that infamous comment of "playing like Michael Chang" (French Open was going on around that time, I believe, and it was a particularly good day at the courts too).
What yours truly REALLY REALLY enjoyed though was the evening SWIM in the pool, albeit in a pool so crowded you could barely swim.
Ah, the White Tiger.
I could probably write book #2 on that!
But I dont want to, hehe. The less I think about India in many regards the better, and it's sad, really.
A country with so much damned potential, and yet, the end result?
We truly ARE, as a nation, or people - as we think.
And anyway, fitness wise and workout wise, my thinking is to be LAZY - and get it done.
I dont mean lazy as in "what I do".
But I mean as in "do it when I like", and as I like, and get stellar results by NOT spending all day long.
And that, my friend, reflects itself in all the brief workouts I do, and write about.
On yet another side note, the heat.
I still hate it! Can't live without A/C on all the damn time, and that cold BEER ...
But workout wise, I think y'all know I conquered both the laziness and the "heat phobia".
Oh boy.
More mentioned in the book on inspirational fitness recollections,but as I sign off ...
Another quote from Training Day.
"Life's a trip, eh"
"Thats some trippy ass shit!"
Contradiction, I'll say that - and so it SHOULD BE!
Shades of grey, my friend. Shades of grey. And on that note, I'm out. Back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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This morning when I woke up, I had another of those Napoleon Hill moments.
He writes in Outwitting the Devil about how he was forced to stay in hiding for a year, maybe more due to his fear of being assasinated (for a biz associate of his callng mobsters out for what they were) and how he for more than a year "never left the house without a pistol in hand' (at night).
Every time a car stopped outside the house, I'd carefully scrutinize its occupants for a while through the basement window, and only when I thought it was safe did I ..
After a few months of this experience, my MIND began to crack.
And these are a few quotes from the book "Outwitting the Devil" you must read, my friend.
It APPLIES today.
And it applies to a lot of you living under these inane and retared lockdowns, especially in Europe etc, but also India, Asia etc.
If you're a wackjob in China reading this that claims "but China is open" (and this ain't even about CHina) - well guess what.
It may be open, but business ain't exactly booming, and neither is travel during the busiest part of the year.
'tis a FACT Jack.
Anyway ... my own experience obviously has got nothing to do with the specifics of HIll's situation.
But like I said, I've noticed, and continue to notice ALARMING (in a very good way) parallels between Hill's life and mine, hehe.
(except for the many marriages, hehe).
I might as well be a reincarnated version of him in many ways - which to me would be an absolute and complete HONOR.
There are few men I admire more.
And anyway, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
Grouchy.
Big time.
Many reasons.
But I was just ... I dont know, DOWN.
Didnt feel like doing squat.
Thought "oh god, this day is going to be terrible".
And so forth.
Lets put aside the hocus pocus of feeling good daily on auto pilot the idiotic self help books teach you.
Life doesnt work like that - not real life.
And I paced around the room.
Like Hill did on the hill all those years ago!
The moon shone brightly in his case, the light did in mine.
SNAP OUT OF IT, Rahul! You gotta get your BRAIN out of this lethargy thats affecting most of the world!
SNAP OUT OF IT!
You've got a job to do - motivate - inspire - continue to do what you do BEST!
It didnt happen instantly.
But a few rounds around the house, and a song or two later, I was FIRED UP.
I opened the computer.
(what beautiful English, as the Chinese say, hehe).
OK, so I turned it on.
But anyway ...
No air conditioner to "open".
And I got to it and I've cranked out some great stuff for ALL my busiensses within less than an hour.
Thats about 5000 words in all, I'd say. I think 5540, but not sure.
But anyway.
Mentally?
I FEEL GREAT - and buzzed.
In a short while I'm going to workout - handstands and pull-ups.
And I'll feel even better.
This, my friend is one example of how to do it.
See if you can relate!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS - Be sure and pick up Gumption Galore! and Zero to HERO! which for YOU are prime reads for days "like this". No, ranting and venting on social media ain't gonna cut it bro ...
More...
And that can never be extinguished, no matter what . . .
No, I'm not just talking a deep desire to get fit my friend. Those of you with that desire would likely already have DONE the needful.
My thoughts here are something different, but not really, and as I literally "write in the flow", this was inspired by a flame - literally - burning in the darkness - as I boiled my tea in a way I normally don't.
Now, the flame was turning BLUE.
Which is great.
Blue, by the way is one of my favorite colors!
The color of SPIRIT, or so I believe. Peace, harmony and BEING ATTUNED To the SPIRIT while having a flame burneth inside of me ALL the time.
And therein, my friend, I explained "my flame" to you.
What is YOURS?
WHAT is that ONE thing you have always wanted to do (maybe more than one) -but never HAVE?
Maybe you dont even KNOW what it is, or if you do, you're scared to acknowledge it or believe "that sort of thing is not possible for me, or can never happen".
Well, you're sadly mistaken my friend if you believe the last.
The other two are very common though.
And what is amazingly often enough the MOST common is that people dont even KNOW what they want out of life. Don't feel bad if thats you. Yours truly never really had a crystal clear vision of any of it until the age of 36 or so, and it's only really crystallized in the last couple of years.
Napoelon Hill, that VISIONARY was RIGHT about the ages of 40-50 being the most productive for a man (due to the reasons mentioned in Think and Grow Rich).
(and one main reason he mentioned was "sowing your wild oats before that", which most men do, or (more commonly) want to do).
Huge mistake, unless done right, and I believe I have done it right!
But Bozo like "chasing women" and (in his case) sticking his tongue where the sun dont shine only guarantees one thing - well - more Bozo like results like HE is getting
And thats what Schofield wants so thats fine by me, hehe.
But YOU, my friend, would be well served by figuring out WHAT that burning flame is for YOU.
I could tell you what it is for me, but it wouldn't necessrily resonate with you. We're all different.
Figure out what it is - and then BELIEVE - and then ACHIEVE.
Get - AFTER IT!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
PS - In Zero to Hero, the VERY FIRST "introductory Chapter" gives you a HUGE clue into the what and "how" of what I've said above. Pick it up NOW.
PS #2 - Fitness wise, if you really, really want to do it, guess what? You'll find a way, and them obstacles will MELT away . . .
(But thats only if you REALLY want something)
What I’d happily do for one of my maternal uncles, ONCE I meet him …
Rahul MookerjeeHe “passed on” a while ago, years ago, I believe in 2013. I’m not sure, but I think thats when.
Curiously enough, at a time when yours truly moved back (again!) to China due to reasons mentioned in emails prior, and curiously enough … well?
Was it a case of passing the BATON along – again – unconsciously?
He often appeared in dreams in very vivid form, often giving me advice and such which I sometimes followed, when I could decipher it!
And this just increased after the age of 36 or 37 …
Anyway he was a man that ENJOYED his life.
Drank. Smoked. Probably other things I don’t know about either, hehe.
And I still remember him standing on our balcony when yours truly was “ye small”, smoke billowing out of his nostrils.
Curiously enough, despite the almost Purantical and very strident opposition my immediate family has to me drinking, smoking etc (I Do it anyway, hehe) -my grand mother – that PATNERAL grandmother was of a different bent of mind.
Her son came home from school (college) and smoked at home.
It was allowed.
Do it in the open, she probably told them (which is what I tell my daughter NOW).
The same thing my Dad’s friend told my Mom at age of 17, hehe.
I still remember it.
“…. what will you do when you can’t stop him anymore!”
And to me?
Half drunk, jolly ole fellow, and he raised a glass, got me a beer (or opened the fridge) and said the following
“Even if you get a girl pregnant, tell your family!”
Maybe if I was part of the George Bush style family I would, but mine?
Hell, I couldn’t even tell them about my marriage – they found about it in the news paper (when I could finally tell ‘em!).
Ah, my stories.
But anyway, back to my Uncle.
And the paternal grandmother I’ve written so much about.
Both people I didn’t really know for various reasons, but both pretty much the only people (along with the guy who called me a wolf, and very rightly so, hehe) that saw something in me.
Napoleon Hill writes about his family often thought of him as a rank outcast, loser, and much more unprintable here until the day he died pretty much.
Yet, the stepmother who he first met at a young age was the one that encouraged him to take up a typewriter rather than the gun.
She SAW something in him.
“If you beat this boy again, I will never speak to you!”
Was what she told his Dad, notorious for handing out hidings that in Hills words would have brought down the SPCA on him if he did that to a horse!
(all for not going to church. Hence, the “Outwitting the Devil” book years later).
But anyway, my Uncle.
Despite what others in the family thought, despite what my Mom said about him “needing to be more responsible because he had two kids” and less carefree or what not, despite what others may or may not have said or thought, I still remember him ENJOYING life.
With a glass in hand, hehe.
I STILL Remember him telling me I had a good voice.
(and he didnt see it as a rank nuisance as my Mom did, hehe. Bathroom singers and all that, and my songs were "movie" songs where guys were openly "hitting on sexy gals". How dare I, hehe)
Well, he told his wife. A kindly aunt whose never really done much wrong to me, and who I don’t know much either really, but she’s “all right” I’d say.
A man that never had much for most of his life, but could care less (but he finally hit it big in his final years).
Curiously enough, or maybe not, both my paternal grandma and him (I knew the former even less) passed away with 3 years of each other. Or 4. Both wayyy before I ever became as attuned to the Spirit as I am now.
But they are the ones, the ONLY ones that show up in dreams in a positive manner.
A helpful manner.
And back to the good ole Uncle?
Well, we’ll meet. And I’ll pour a whiskey for him someday.
But NOT NOW.
Too much to do, too many years to LIVE on this here “earthly plane”, hehe, before I build my wolf house or harem or what not “in the beyond”.
Too much!
And I’ll write more on this later!
YEE – HA!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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Why I ALWAYS, I repeat, ALWAYS ‘suffix’ the phrase “It is what it is” with “for now”
Rahul MookerjeeAnd most don’t.
Which to me is a massive mistake right out of the gate.
I’ve written about this before, but the thought struck me to write to you AGAIN about it, so here I am now doing just that (and I think really, with the way the world is thinking collectively, what it needs right about now is a massive kick up the ass to do more – and think POSITIVE from the inside out as opposed to just words).
Anyway, this “it is what it is saying”. . .
Look, most people just use it when there is something they would like to change about their life, but CANNOT – and have NO idea on how to either motivate the person in front of them to change their live, or do so THEMSELVES.
Usually a combo of the two, I’ve found.
You’ll find that without exception, every time the average person is in a rut, he may “want” to, on the outside, change things, but then reality hits – hard.
“It is what it is”, he shrugs .
Maybe it is, my friend.
But I know one damn thing.
Saying just that and nothing else IRRITATES the HELL out of me.
It is also why I’ve STOPPED talking about anything important with most people, problems, nuisances, annoyances (hey, we all got ‘em), because a) I usually draw a giant blank with most people (they have not experienced half or less of what I have so they’ve got no idea HOW to respond or what to say), b) because the average nutzo out there wants to hear just that “it is what it is” and then lament about it and c) because saying just that isn’t exactly the most productive of things to do.
Adding the “for now” on makes a huge, huge difference.
Let’s say you don’t like where you’re living at the point.
Until you can change that reality (could be an apartment, country, city, whatever) – “it is what it is”.
But if that is what you think, and nothing else, chances are nothing ever WILL change.
If you, however, take that statement, and think internally, for now, but like hell it will REMAIN that way.
I will CHANGE it.
IF that is what you think, then you may or may not need to add the suffix externally.
But even those that think that way, a rare breed would be well served by SAYING the suffix too – so as to leave your subconscious in NO doubt about what you want, and how you want it.
“When” is something I’ve never paid attention to. My deadlines just “happen”. In the flow!
But all the results I’ve created and attracted in my life (wrt things I did not want, or things I was forced to change or what not – well – NONE of that would have happened if I sat on my big ole rumpus and said “it is what it is” and then nothing).
(not big rumpus now, hehe. But you understand the point!)
Take ACTION, and do so NOW BRO.
It’s those baby steps that will get you to the GOAL …
Fitness wise, fitting into those dream jeans might be a long, long way off – NOW.
Will it be that way forever?
You decide.
Doing ONE perfect pull-up may sound impossible. Right about NOW. Especially when your chinning bar at home can’t support your weight …
(it happens!)
FOR NOW.
The future, my friend, only YOU and only YOU can choose.
It is what it is – for NOW.
And that, more than anything else in my opinion is what people need to hear GLOBALLY TODAY.
Tell as many as you can!
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I’ll be back soon!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee
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The story of my life that was never written … but it MIGHT SOON!
Rahul MookerjeeMany have commented on my very “storied” and indeed COLORFUL life thus far.
Hehe.
And rightly so. I’ve done things most wouldn’t in several lifetimes, and I don’t mean just training wise.
I mean the combo – the medley – the “all in one” package.
(who charges a PACKET and a half too, hehe)
Training wise. Writing wise. And doing what I do with all my other businesses (some of them you’d be hard pressed to believe it’s actually ME doing it, hehe).
And yet, I do.
I continue to do the unexpected, pull Houdinis when I need it (if I do), pull rabbits out of hats, and … do pretty well while doing all of that I’d sa
Other than the mosquitoes that sometimes buzz near me. Ugh.
Like the trolls, kinda of, I swat ‘em away.
But trolls, my friend, are an indicator of your success.
The more you have, and the more they’re “jealous” of that one crab leaving the bucket (believe me, to me, I haven’t left – Ive got so much more I gotta accomplish! SO MUCH!) - the more YOU succeed, bro.
Trust me on this one.
It’s been proven time and time again.
I don’t quite do what Dan Kennedy taught everyone to do .. that being to raise your arms and scream HURRAH! The first time you receive a trollish review.
I DID do it for the Gorilla Grip “price shopper” review in 2017 tho right after I revamped the course with some blazing hot tips and stuff.
And I’ve never looked back since then, because trolls = WINNING for me.
And yours truly has never lost the WAR. I may seem to lose a battle temporarily.
But trust me, I don’t lose the WAR.
And some of what I do, but by NO means the entire shebang has been detailed in “Zero to Hero”.
Saleswise, in the 10 Commandments of Successful Sales.
And I Could write second and third volumes for BOTH those books right NOW if I wanted to.
Because trust me, there is so much more.
But anyway, Zero to Hero initially was intended as the story of MY LIFE!
It was intended to have a tagline “From 120-60kgs – from FAILURE to SUCCESS – CONCEIVE – BELIEVE – ACHIEVE!”
For some odd reason, after I put the book on for sale in 2017, I removed it almost as quickly.
I don’t know why.
Within a few days, 0 Excuses Fitness came to LIFE. Everything else did. And of course, the other site was alive and kicking for a LONG, LONG time prior to that … Ten years and counting!
Why didn’t I simply morph all I do into one site?
Well, I thought about it a LOT!
And Bozo Schofield had nothing to do with my thinking, trust me. Hehe.
Neither did the trolling etc.
But I thought about it a lot.
Then I did what I Do best, make an “on the spur of the moment” decision.
Just do it, said my mind after a loong walk on a lovely CALM afternoon in Southern China.
That lovely walk by the pond nearby, "talking to the golden fishes" ...
I did it!
Anyway, so the story of my life.
It’s sitting on a hard drive SOMEWHERE.
Except with all the crashes, I don’t know WHICH ONE.
I might re-write it someday if there is demand, and actually there is.
But it will be a BEHEMOTH! Trust me on this one.
A 2000 plus page behemoth if anything … sort of like Gregory David Robert’s Shantaram that I so enjoyed reading.
(Curiously enough, his book was torn apart by prison guards not once, twice, but THRICE. Great minds go through similar experiences, hehe).
(AND THEY FIND A WAY!)
That was almost a 1000 pages, and he wrote two more I believe after that.
Lots of folks told me “he had a photographic memory”.
Which I agree with.
But of course in the same breath these people told me yours truly was useless, and I didn’t.
HA!
Proof, my friend, is truly IN THE PUDDING NOW!
And Greg – if you’re even in Colaba again, be sure and enjoy some of that Kingfisher beer, and do some boxing, hehe.
Anyway, thats it for now. That book won’t be coming out anytime soon as I’ve got too many projects on my hands I need to get done fitness wise.
But for now, it’s back to relaxing, green tea, and RUMINATING.
The thinking that this man does, and that YOU do can truly CATAPULT you to places and levels you never DREAMED OF, my friend. IN ways you never ever imagined possible.
Too many different things! You wouldn't even believe ... as I said on the other site!
Trust me, bro.
IT’s TRUE!
Best,
Rahul Mookerjee aka Mi … ah, but I didn’t reveal all on one of the other sites, so I wont do so NOW HERE. Not the right time, but it’s “Coming”, pun NOT Intended. Hehe.
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PPS - Bozo Blowfield once told me in his trolling to "get a gorilla grip". LOL. 'nuff said!