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Want to Define a Man?

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking, Lifestyle Design, The 21 Convention

 

“Want to know what defines a man? Look no further than what gets him out of bed every single morning.”

 

Since July 2006, what’s gotten me out of bed every single morning, first and foremost, is The 21 Convention – my greatest achievement, and physical expression of my deepest vision of what is right in the world.

 

While other things have, at times, contributed to this act – The Dream Lounge especially — nothing has taken importance over The 21 Convention. Not even close.

 

By my judgment, this is also it’s greatest appeal.

 

Greatest appeal because a man and his focus – his purpose — succeeding in the world today is becoming rarer by the day.

 

And this is something we value to the highest of degrees.

 

An outlet to admire that which is deserving of admiration.

 

This is the value people attribute to The 21 Convention when they view it as “the grass roots”, “hope for the future”,…

Dear Dream: The PUA Community? – and Its Cardinal Sins

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking, Lifestyle Design

An e-mail from a reader came in today. I have removed his name for anonymity.

I’ve been a subscriber to your blog for some time now. You do a great job. I was first turned on to you by your affiliation with Drew Baye, HIT in general and the primal lifestyle.. It turns out we have strikingly similar interests.
Having successfully implemented proper exercise and nutrition into my life, I have recently shifted my focus to the other great failing of my existence: women. I am very new to the pickup community and have read The Game and some other online stuff but not much else. Respecting your opinion as I do, I was hoping you could steer me in the right direction in terms of gurus and mentors with whom I should invest in and learn from. But also, which ones to avoid! There are just so many out there. I am after training that focuses on wholistic development and teaches skills which transfer into other areas of my…

“It’s Not Popular in Our Culture to be the Leader”

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Lifestyle Design, The 21 Convention

The context Tim is speaking of in this quote is of a true leader — of a man who leads men of independent thought, by voluntary choice, for his own reasons, and for his own sake.

Of a man who refuses to serve or to rule.

This is diametrically opposed to the conventional leaders of today though (who are indeed “popular”) — false leaders who proclaim that they “are their brother’s keepers“.

Men who seek not to conquer nature, but man — every man — by trampling on his personal rights, through the iniation of force, and derivatives there of.

View Tim the Right Hand Man’s full 2010 speech on The21Convention.com.

 

College Bubble Set to Burst in 2011

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Lifestyle Design, Wealth

The following is an excerpt from Inflation.US. See my previous posts on college here and here.

FYI, so far as I am aware, it is nearly impossible to default on student loan debt in our United States — nearly — which is something not often spoken about, but of course, in the tiny fine print.

I’ll be posting my thoughts on that soon enough as well as other thoughts on the collapsing global economy.

The National Inflation Association believes that the United States has a college education bubble that is set to burst beginning in mid-2011. This bursting bubble will have effects that are even more far-reaching than the bursting of the Real Estate bubble in 2006. College education could possibly be the largest scam in U.S. history.

NIA’s advice to the youth of America today is to think for yourselves. Don’t get suckered into overpaying for a college degree that is worthless because everyone else has one. College is only worth attending if you plan on actually learning something there….

Four Hour Body Mini Review

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Exercise, Lifestyle Design, Nutrition, Reviews

This is titled a “mini review” since it is (A) not a full review, and (B) my thoughts on the book as the content applies to me and me only.

First things first, I have enjoyed the book very much. Tim is the ultimate geek for the human body, and this monster of a book proves it.

Second, I found the following chapters and ideas most useful. The rest I either didn’t care about, or simply disagreed with [disclaimer for those who haven't bought it yet: Tim knew many of his readers would be in the same boat before publishing the book, so far as I am aware].

  • Ice Age: Mastering Temperature to Manipulate Weight
  • Six-Minute Abs: Two Exercises That Actually Work
    • Note: I do not perform direct work for my abs, nor will I start doing any. I like this chapter because Drew is in it and I think Drew is awesome. I also have a monopoly on Drew Baye Youtube…

Dream Vitality

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Exercise, Independent Thinking, Lifestyle Design, Nutrition

As most of you know, I started living the nomad life just a few months ago. Below is a message I received just before heading to Los Angeles.

Hey Anthony-

Are you just going to be in LA or are you going other places. I’m in Fresno, which is midway between LA and San Fran. If you end up here. You’re welcome to crash out at my pad for a day or two. I’m next to a starbucks and a gym and I’d love to do a HIT with you. (wow that sounds gay haha).

Anyhow, it’s the least I could do because I’ve lost 80 lbs with your advice on diet and HIT.

-Gary K.

I share this because I was awestruck when I read it: someone lost 80 pounds of body fat simply by reading and applying the content of my blog?

Holy ****.

While this is an inspirational example of success in applying the right principles to your physical and dietary habits … it is also an extreme example…

A Year In Review

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Lifestyle Design, Meeting Cool People, Miscellaneous

It’s been an exciting year for me, and many of you as well. This post is in memory of and tribute to this past year.

(Note: The blog design was changed a few weeks ago. As a result, not all posts are “pretty”, but, the ones I link here do work fine).

Hope you enjoy seeing the word “I”.

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1. I produced a 6 episode documentary series titled The Community Tapes [Volume 1] this year. Interviewed were 5 speakers from The 21 Convention, and one multi-year attendee.

This is, bar none, the highest quality documentary series for men ever produced. I suggest you watch it online for free or buy it on DVD.

2. I hosted two back to back international conventions. One in Stockholm Sweden (June), and one in Orlando Florida (July). This was the fourth year in a row I’ve hosted The 21 Convention (in total there have now been five events).

3. I met dozens of people I had been wanting to…

Lifestyle Experiment: Homeless By Design

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Lifestyle Design

I originally wrote something a bit more emotional up, but decided to instead re-write this as bare bones as possible (take that for what it’s worth, as I am pretty long winded at times).

Long story short: I am homeless, have been since July 30th 2010, and plan to continue this lifestyle for … man, who knows how long.

What do I mean by “homeless”?

Just that: I have no home. There is literally no where in the world right now that I would consider “home”.

No bedroom, no house, no apartment, no condo, etc.

I have chosen to simultaneously live no where and everywhere, all at the same time.

From mainland Florida, to California, Texas, the Florida Keys, Australia, and Europe, my goals are set high, far, and wide.

As I write this I sit in a coffee shop off Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles California. Yet, this was not my first stop. That title goes, ironically, to Orlando Florida.

I lived there for four years, and the lease on my then current…

Dude, You’re Gettin a Dell!

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Lifestyle Design, Miscellaneous

Okay first things first. I couldn’t resist changing the title to “Dude, you’re getting a Dell!”. I saw those commercials one too many times as a kid and it was time for a return of the quote. What I didn’t know was that the actor, Ben Curtis, stopped doing the commercials after becoming a fan of Gateway …. (of which, I am not, but then again I am no fan of unconstitutional federal drug wars, either).

In any case, I wrote about some pretty serious stuff yesterday, and while I woke up with the intention to finish the post, I quickly realized I need a break for at least one day to write about something less dramatic.

So, you guys get to hear about my new laptop today, including why I bought it, what’s under the hood, and some of the benefits of this laptop over my previous HP.

For starters, my previous laptop was a 2007, HP DV 6700. I got it new in the…

Dream Vitality Is Nearly Here, Are You Ready?

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Exercise, Lifestyle Design, Nutrition

Compliments of Dj Fuji

To my pleasant surprise there has been a lot of interest in the Dream Vitality CYL program. Considering the massive comment history on TDL with regards to exercise and nutrition posts, I suppose this shouldn’t be a surprise, but no biggie. I always welcome comments and suggestions, and indeed there has been a ton.

Which is pretty exciting. I really had no idea how you guys would respond to me offering a 12 week phone and e-mail coaching program, but here we are, only days away from it beginning.

So what does Dream Vitality come down to exactly?

It boils down to this – I have spent an enormous amount of time and effort researching exercise, nutrition, and healthy living over the past few years.

While my research pales in comparsion to people like Doug McGuff, Mark Sisson, Kurt Harris, Drew Baye, and so on, I feel that I have learned an immense amount, and really dug through a lot of outright nonsense in industries neck…