Dragon Emperor 2, Year of the Phoenix

Happy new year!

Just read this from top to bottom, although admittedly not with a fine toothed comb.

You said that there were certain blocks to your success but I didn’t see a clear definition of what success is, to you.

Could you elaborate on what your vision of “success” is that you’re trying to create with these subs??

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The list of goals in the first post outlines what I’m defining as success for this year.

If you could have one of those accomplished today, but only one of them, which would be most important? (you could still accomplish them later, but one would be accomplished at the snap of a finger in this example.)

Actually I like this question because you can pick one of two basic types of answer.

Either pick the one you care about most, or pick the one that if you accomplished that, everything else would be easy or effortless because your efforts are supported by that accomplished goal.

Sorry to nitpick, I just see a list, not a dream/vision. When it’s one burning desire, you’ll accomplish it. When there’s dozens of “nice to haves” things won’t change as quickly.

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The top goal there, increasing my yearly income by at least 25k would make the rest of them easier to accomplish. That is my top goal.

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In that case, have you considered HOM?

Saint said it’s got 90% of the Emperor script in it - but obviously it has an extremely upgraded financial scripting.

On top of that, a lot more unique relationship scripting, great for marriages and long term relationships. I’m in a monogamous relationship not an open one like yourself but I can see from experience how the connections made in HOM can enhance some seduction efforts. HOM was my main sub for a long time - recently using NR instead.

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I’m good with what I’m running, thanks.

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      **1/1/24  CYCLE 1 WEEK 2**
  • I spent New Year’s Eve with my family last night. It’s the first time in many years that I haven’t been working, so that was nice.
    It was simple. I made a couple pitchers of my infamous adult milkshakes, the wife cooked one of her specialties, and we watched comedy until we watched the ball drop. I also managed to hit the across the street neighbors house with a champagne cork.

  • I was starting to yell at myself for not getting a section of the house cleaned up after I got up, but I did clean up after the celebration, so I’ll go ahead and count that.

  • I’m going to run six minute loops starting tonight. I’ll be very cognizant of recon. I think that DRP should be causing more than it is, so I’m trying to push into the territory where I get a little, but not too much.

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  • I listened to that book for another hour and a half tonight, and The Winner Effect is due to be delivered tomorrow so I can start the habit of doing a few pages of self improvement reading first thing when I wake up.
    I’m finding listening easier than I have with this kind of material. I’ve tried committing to that kind of thing before, and frankly, found it boring enough that I eventually just stopped doing it. This is different.
    I think what I’m doing here is really immersing myself in self improvement. I don’t mean that in a hippy dippy type of way. I mean that I’m exposing myself to something that if followed will lead to an improvement in my internal and or external world several times every day. Maybe I should read a few pages right before going to sleep too so that it’s the first thing I do when I wake up and the last thing I do before sleep.
    This should make it a theme that really permeates my life.

  • As far as the audio books go, I’ve already got a list of other ones that I want to listen to when I’m done with this one.
    I could finish it in one night, but that makes it more of a one shot chore than I want it to be.

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  • I started to feel overwhelmed by all of the problems we have after I woke up.
    Just started, it didn’t get intense because a set of phrases started going through my head.
    “Focus on what you have immediate control of. Gain momentum. Upward spiral.”
    I kind of kept chanting that in my head while I got ready and as I cleaned up another section of the bedroom.
    I don’t know how that saying relates to the script, but it’s very positive and exactly what I need to hear right now. It also completely got me out of the stressful mindset that I had been going into.
    This may be a major mantra for me this year.

  • I got the work that I’d set out to do done, and more routine stuff besides that.

  • It seems to me that DRP is much more externally focused than the old school DR was. At least for me.
    I am a lot more interested in moving forward into the new me than I am in analyzing the why’s and wherefores of why I am the way I am like I was on DR.

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  • Chapter 4 of One Small Step Can Change Your Life gave me a lightbulb moment.
    He was talking about kids from dysfunctional families who didn’t think they were allowed to want things.
    Yup, that’s me.
    That’s one reason that the self development process has been difficult for me, and also part of why I have found myself in a life situation that would not be what I chose for myself.
    Growing up, I was not allowed to have my own interests, hobbies, etc.
    I’ve explained that with my mother it was a self aggrandizing power game to make sure that I didn’t get anything I really wanted. I did get yelled at for asking for things by both parents like was described in the book, but there was more to it.
    With my father, my his interests had to be my interests.
    I was his only source of emotional support after Mom tore him apart and discarded him, and I lived under the constant terror from his suicide threats.
    That meant that if he liked doing something, I didn’t dare do anything but enthusiastically participate no matter how uninteresting I found it.
    That meant that every weekend was devoted to something he wanted to do, and every gift being related to one of his interests.
    I’m having a very hard time putting my finger on what I want and what I want my life to look like.
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Sounds like Phoenix is shuffling your values around. I had a few days early on with Phoenix where all my goals and plans felt like a useless glob of jelly.

It made me question what I have been labeling as important.

It’ll pass, but I found some truths I’d been hiding from myself.

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  • For the last few days, I’ve been getting an idea of where to maybe go with my career. It’s not something I can do tomorrow, but it’s been growing in my head for the last week or so.
    I’ve worked in security, law enforcement, and corrections for over twenty years.
    I’m pretty well topped out as far as where I’m at now.
    Now, where can someone with my skill set make better money?
    Executive protection.
    Now, I’m going to have to get into shape before I actually try this, but there’s an idea for a way forward.
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  • I got up and did my reading this afternoon. Then I got right on cleaning. The bathroom counter today. We have too much stuff for it to look really neat, but it’s a lot better.
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  • A week ago I felt like my world was potentially on the brink of falling apart. And yes, there are a lot of potential problems that could blow up on me.
    Every time I might go into a stressful state though, I just kind of automatically start repeating “Focus on what you have direct control over, gain momentum, upward spiral” in my head automatically. I can’t even “hear” the stress and negative thoughts underneath it like I could when I used to try similar techniques in the past.
    This is bloody amazing. I feel a lot more relaxed and in control even though a lot of the circumstances haven’t changed.
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  • I just read through the discussion thread on the new Primal. That sounds like a great one to add into my stack once RICH does its thing enough for me not to absolutely need it.
    It has something that I’d like to have more of in my life. Fun. Not only would I like this to be the year things really turn towards achieving my goals and feeling successful, but I’d definitely like to enjoy the moments along the way more.
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  • That’s interesting. I was listening to my book tonight, and I noticed something. My attention span has improved.
    Recently I had noticed that I have a lot of trouble focusing on anything for more than a couple of minutes.
    Not anymore apparently.
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It’s interesting how even seemingly small steps open stuff up faster than one suspects.

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  • Did my reading when I woke up this afternoon and then got talking to the wife. I almost didn’t do any cleaning step before work, but I made sure to one small thing so that I can say I made some improvement to the house today.

  • I am really itching to try out either the new Primal or the new PS next cycle. I suspect that I can get the benefits of RICH with just one mini loop a week, and I’m experienced enough with the title that I don’t think adding that is going to mess with the effectiveness of the rest of my stack.
    Which one though?
    I’m leaning toward Primal at the moment because I have very little opportunity to use PS in my day to day life. For the most part I’m at home managing a household or I’m at work.
    As I understand it, Primal isn’t just about seduction, it’s more about attitude, enjoyment of life, and being uninhibited, so I could get a lot of benefit out of it even with limited contact with available women.
    In the other hand, I PS could help me to make the most out of the opportunities that I do have and perhaps encourage me to find and take advantage of others.

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My understanding is that Primal is indeed basically still “Inner Game” or “Inner Alpha” and can lead to seduction opportunities indirectly based on whatever “healing” Primal does.

PS would indeed help with whatever situations you can engineer or find yourself in to express.

Both seem like good ones.

I’m considering going back into Primal Ascension (with the new Primal). When I was doing Ascension and Godlike Masculinity before, that was awesome. So Primal, Ascension, GLM might be my next experiment.

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I don’t know that you’d even need GLM in there with this new Primal. Dudes seem to be loving it.

I still have a couple of weeks to figure it out. Primal would probably be the best move. Get my inner game sorted out while I re arrange my life so that PS can have the maximum impact.

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