Absolute News. August 2014.
It’s the end of the summer and soon the girls will be packing away their bikinis (and those amazingly short jean shorts where their buttcheeks hang out). It’s not over yet though! I’m planning a trip to Thailand and beyond for epic adventure travel. But in order to make this happen, I have to generate more capitol. I could afford to go right now for a month, but I’d like to go a lot longer, because it is so damn amazing over there.
I have a suspicion that when I’m old and feeble, I won’t be reflecting on my material possessions. I’ll be remembering my experiences, adventures, and all the people I loved. Oh yeah, and the chicks I banged.
I’ll not lie that I’m one of the best dating coach/pickup instructor in the world. No, I didn’t say I’m a pickup artist, because I’m not. I’ve been struggling for a few years with this label. Muggles hate, hate, hate it. It’s just a damn label. I teach men how to get what they want. I lead by example, and I’m a life long student of the game. By game I mean life, because whatever you do is a game, whether you know it or not. Are you a plumber? It’s a game. A comedian? A game. So for this reason, I’m keeping the use of the term pickup artist to a minimum. I’m even erasing it from my book title.
I’m writing a lot, just not blogging
I’ve been getting lots of fanmail for my books (over there on the right). It might seem like I’m not posting as often. That’s because I’m writing an inner game book. It’s still many months away from completion so I’m not going to say much about it. It takes a lot of time and energy to write a book. But I want to get this out quickly so I can move onto my next adventure story, set is Se Asia. So, I sacrifice blogging for book writing. That’s what’s happening. It just seems like a better strategy than trying to be the next big thing in blogging.
After four years of blogging I’ve come to realize that men are ashamed of sharing what I write. Guys like Roosh get big because they focus on negativity. And guys like Mark Manson get big because they drop the pua stuff and write soft, don’t offend anyone type articles that appeal to masses. But I have to sell bootcamps to survive, and so, I must write about pickup. I can’t stray too far off because it might cost me a client. At the same time, I don’t want to be the douchey pua guy who has to explain awkwardly what he does for a living over, and over, and over. But perhaps one day I’ll make more money off my books. Right now I only make about $300 on my best months from book sales, and I’m far from famous — even though I wrote one of the best books of the year, that nobody has read, reviewed, or is talking about. Maybe it will be one of those stories that gets really big after I’m dead.
Thailand Trip
I’m going to Thailand in October and I’ll be offering coaching over there for Oct, Nov and Dec 2014. If you’re interested in more information about travelling with me in Se Asia this winter, add me on Facebook and join my travel group. If you aren’t using Facebook, email me for info. I’ll be posting a sales page with all the information soon. Think about it, ten days or more with me while we hike waterfalls, talk to foreign and tourist women on beaches, party at night, relax in the jungle, explore exotic cities like Bangkok. This is happening and seats are limited. Contact me today for info.
Good to see you have some more books coming out. But the fact that you work so hard (and some other stuff I have been looking up) has been making me think about life. Tony, do you have any work-life balance or are you one of those people where your work IS your life?
No I’m not a workaholic. I kind of wish I was actually. I do however wake up thinking about work, because if I don’t make a living, I won’t be able to do the things I want to do. But when I was an employee I woke up thinking about work in a dreadful way, in that I hated actually going to work, and wanted it to be over. Now my stress is that I haven’t worked hard enough, and my competition will find the client, or if I don’t market nobody will read my work, and I won’t be able to travel because I’ll be broke, or I haven’t done my taxes in a few years and all these other annoying small biz tasks.
As for life balance, I wish it was more balanced. I do get caught up researching and thinking about work at the cost of my social life. I don’t really go out to chase women for my own fun much anymore because I’m always doing it for work. Also, working for myself has cost me some social circle because I’m not forced to interact with people in the office anymore.
Balance is tricky.