This past weekend I attended a mindset seminar hosted by Mike Cernovich. If you read this blog you know that I often refer or link to him in my articles.
I told you all in my first article that he was one of four influences to my creating this site (with the help of a more computer literate friend). I first heard of Mike Cernovich by seeing him mentioned in Bold and Determined.
At some point in the Summer of 2016 I started reading Mike’s original blog, Danger and Play. It was a lifestyle blog geared toward men with the idea of being unapologetically masculine in a world that finds masculinity offensive. It provided tips on fitness, diet, women, confrontation, etc.
I didn’t agree with or apply everything (Mike is a self-proclaimed atheist or agnostic; I can’t recall which and don’t pretend to know the difference) but so much of it made sense and I have applied some of it successfully. Today, he even admits in his current material that he is finding himself being drawn more to God as Revelations continues coming to fruition.
Cernovich was largely apolitical until the Trump movement came along. I started reading his Twitter feed. While the polls were showing Trump comfortably behind, Cernovich stood strong that the polls were fake seeing the energy of Trump’s base compared to that of Crooked Hillary Clinton.
Labor Day of 2016 I was on vacation and read his self published book Gorilla Mindset. Gorilla Mindset is essentially about eliminating negativity, both internal and external, taking responsibility for yourself and writing your own script.
The book had already been a big seller before I read it and he was preparing to release the follow-up, MAGA Mindset which would be released right before the 2016 election with the premise that Trump had won.
That’s how confident he was in Trump’s victory. I may have been just as hopeful but not nearly as confident. While MAGA Mindset is not as known I highly recommend both.
While mainstream media refers to Cernovich as an alt-right (he has disavowed the alt-right too many times to count) Pizzagate (a story he did not break) conspiracy theorist, his journalism the last couple years has been Pulitzer-worthy. Cernovich broke the Susan Rice unmasking story while others sat on it, reported Trump people were not getting security clearance a year before MSM reported such and broke the John Conyers sexual harassment story (causing him to resign) through Buzfeed.
That is just naming a few. Cernovich has been dialing down the politics as he and his family continue to receive death threats from Deep State and far left scum and getting back to his mindset stuff. However he has a film, Hoaxed coming soon.
Mike along with 3 guest speakers discussed success mindset. Cernovich was very humble in speaking first rather than making himself the main event. He seems to be attempting to lower his profile and raise others.
The other speakers included Ed Latimore. Latimore is a semi-retired professional boxer and blogger. His story starts out spending way too many unproductive hours in his early years in Pittsburgh before entering the military which allowed him to obtain a physics degree in addition to boxing and writing.
Brandon Carter is a youtube personality who owns a successful supplement company. His motto is “excuses are for bitches”. This is a self-made guy who grew up in Southside Chicago where his father whom he was extremely close to committed suicide.
These are not a-list celebrities. Just regular guys with inspiring stories who pride themselves on avoiding the grievance of tough upbringings. Today’s supposed civil rights charlatans would have no use for them.
Alexander Cortes is a writer, personal trainer and former dancer who came from a more prodigious beginning but created his own adversity through poor character and choices that he is in the process of righting. His psychological approach to fitness sounds interesting. Time constraints by the venue shortened his presentation.
The nutshell message from all four was eliminating negatives (people and self talk), surrounding yourself with winners and writing your own story. Often we allow ourselves to be imprisoned by the shame that others (possibly loved ones included) place on us stemming from them being offended by our attempts at self improvement.
Cernovich gave an example that was geared toward the younger people in the multi-cultural crowd of about 100 people that if you told your friends that you were staying in Friday night to catch an early train to Manhattan to attend a self improvement seminar, they would think you were strange for doing so rather than spending your Saturday hung over.
I never expected to be someone that would attend such an event. I’m in my 40s and still have at least one friend that would think like that.
If you are looking for overall improvement in your wellbeing I would recommend you read Gorilla Mindset and open your mind to the possibility of attending a Cernovich event.
The only thing you have to lose are the shackles of shame and negativity. Talk soon.
-Marksman
PS: I have heard for a couple weeks how terrible it is for children of those who have declared war on our borders to be separated from their (possible) parents while detained. Yeah, I suppose that’s unfortunate.
You know who else has been separated from their families? Every American who has been killed (intentionally or accidentally) by an illegal alien. That’s in addition to the 60,000,000 unborn babies in the United States that have been slaughtered in their mothers’ wombs since 1973.