Sleep was short last night, only 4.5 hours.
I woke up from a dream where I was deeply sobbingā¦
ā¦probably because I say goodbye to my stack tonight.
Itās day 5 between cyclesā¦noticed an increase in irritation yesterday, but only in very specific circumstances like drivers doing dumb shit (which is too common where I live), one cashier ignoring the line to socialize and another walking away from her register to talk to her coworker about personal stuff (college kids), and other minor things that normally donāt get under my skin like thatā¦
ā¦I usually have a more proactive focus, would take it in stride and keep flowing.
I think it had more to do with me not being present in the moment than anything else, so minor environmental factors felt exaggerated in scope and importance, like they were attempting to thwart my overall mission (that I was running on autopilot)ā¦
ā¦donāt come between a man and his raw milk and butter, man. Shitās serious. 
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Start of a new cycle todayā¦
- start of 6th with Emperor
- start of 4th with Hero
- and start of 1st with True Sell
Nouveau RICH had to be let goā¦itās not Nouveau, itās me. Iām just not ready, lol. Itās funny because itās true.
The idea was to use it to innovate on ways I could put together licensing deals, but I put the cart before the horse: my networking skills need some work. Probably a complete overhaul. Might have to scrap 'em and get some new ones, tbh.
Opening conversations that bear fruit has been my bottleneck. So, who knows, maybe all I need is a single cycle of True Sell to kick things into gear while I improve that skill, or maybe two.
Like, I really wanted to buy Emperor: Will to Power and run thatā¦the upgraded title and new description are boss af. It really let my imagination run a little wild with possibilities. And I will run it eventually in 2024.
But as much fun as it would be to experience the development and understanding of power ā and Iām sure it wouldāve helped me towards my goals in some fashion ā I have some other more specific things than power to address.
The plan is to finish off December strong 
Short sleep last night, 4.5 hours, but I felt rested enough to get up.
Maybe it has something to do with running a loop of New Emperor and True Sell right before bed? Maybe not.
My dreams had a sense of freedom, and adventure in them. And there was no sense of āneedingā to get up and do stuffā¦
ā¦I laid in bed relaxed for almost an hour before getting up.
I do notice a tweak in my midback from the workout I did yesterday, but Iām not worried about it. Going to do another workout before training this morning, or at least do some mobility work, maybe some yoga.
First impression of True Sellā¦
The plan for this month is to focus on improving my skills in networking and making deals. Iāll dive into and apply the strategy and tactics of a negotiation program and a charisma program that Iāve already picked out. Heavy emphasis on apply.
Focusing on study and over-preparing was a sticking point of mine in the past, but my mindset has shifted.
I know from martial arts, you learn the most when you do the technique for yourselfā¦where you got it right, and where you need work. You can talk about techniques and wax philosophical forever, or watch someone else show you over and over, but it isnāt until you put some skin in the game that you truly learn.
There are things that only practice can teach, so thatās my mindset going into this phase of skill development this month: read only what I need so as to put things into practice. Fall on my face, get up, and repeat. Then, get it right, and profit. Success is inevitable with that strategy.
I feel good about it, and adding True Sell turned out to be exactly the right choice for this moment in time.
I watched this last night before bed on 2x speed, and Iām about to go through it again and take some quick notes while I drink my teaā¦
How to Win (at anything)
Itās fascinating that one of his examples is learning charisma. I love little manifestations like thatā¦they let me know things are flowing.
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I like to prime my mind for making offers in a small, weird way: I go to FB marketplace and buy or sell something. Something that doesnāt matter. Usually a small thing.
Pulled up this old unpurchased thing Iād listed that no oneās even asked about, so I switched up the tone and positioning a little bit to relist itā¦
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I think itās gonna crush, lol
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This weekend was one of the first weekends that I can recall in a long time that I felt completely at ease with not being āproductiveā.
There wasnāt any stress about the long list of tasks on my whiteboard. No judgement of myself for not already being as successful as Iād like. No worries in the back of my mind about anything.
And I still got a couple things done from the list as a natural part of my days, without forcing it.
Iām not living in denial or delusion nowā¦ I just know that Iām going to take care of those things as I get to them, one at a time, and thereās no longer an identity around money/business that makes me feel āless thanā for not accomplishing more.
There was a moment where I had an odd sense of not really knowing what to do with such a peaceful state. I thought, āIs this what normal people feel like?ā
It might sound like I lost a ādriveā or āhungerā that gets espoused by some business goo-roos as necessary to āalways be (insert whatever)āā¦but thatās not even close to what I feel. I havenāt ālostā a thing except an identity that didnāt serve me well.
I actually feel like I have more energy to direct towards my goals, not less. Dropping the identity that had me feeling bad or anxious about the gap between where I am and where I want to be has released a tremendous about of raw energy for me to do whatever I want withā¦including business development. More training. More anything.
I might be explaining myself poorly here, but itās like I feel more ME than I have in a long time.
And when I asked if anything seemed different about me, I was told I seemed lighter and unburdened. And that Iād gotten funnier this weekendā¦
Itās an awesome experience that feels so normal and familiar. And free. Like breathing.
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Iāve seen the concept of flow mentioned recently, but havenāt read any books about it or anythingā¦Iāll get around to it one of these days probably. What I do know about it is I experience it a lot in martial arts, but I couldnāt tell anyone else how to do it. And saying ājust focusā seems like a crude over-simplificationā¦
But I think I can better explain it now.
Yesterday while I was suffering through 30 minutes of lunges (with push presses at the top of every minute), I found flow.
I found the sweet spot. Itās like a rhythm of effort, presence, and acceptance that takes you deeper into the thing youāre doing. And it unlocks a greater level of ability within the body. At least thatās how it felt because at one point I didnāt think I would make it, lol.
Itās such an incredible thing to think about the complexity behind a single movement the body makes, and we get to pilot these meat machines simply using our will.
In other wordsā¦
Youāre a bone mech operator, Harry.
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A cool synch just happened listening to a podcast while having breakfastā¦
The guy speaking was a high level athlete and he said, āIn flow state, youāre not there doing it. It just happens. Perfection happens through you. As much as that body can be perfect, it is perfect in the flow state. In the flow state, the extra energy that comes inā¦you didnāt sponsor that. Thatās eternity thatās flowing through you.ā
I like that imagery.
What I labeled as acceptance (of things as is), he labels as āsurrender your egoā. (He goes on to say as much, but I wasāt about to type out the whole transcript, lol.)
Language is fascinating, and difficult to do well so that the intended meaning is transmittedā¦yet even though I used different words to describe my experience, I was able to pick up what he put down. It resonated.
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My new baseline is normalizing, and at first I wondered if I wasnāt in as good a mood as I was over the weekend, wondering if Iād lost āitāā¦
But then I realized that the only thing that I wasnāt feeling as obviously over the last couple days was the āaccelerationā up to this new baseline. Iāve reached a new cruising altitude, so the sense of an obvious change has diminished, even though the results are still present. Everything feels stable and balanced.
And I know this because I got an instant test in the form of a lost deal and another person lagging with a response: I felt nothing more than an acceptance of facts, and gladly moved on to take care of other things (and Iāll follow up with the laggard later).
No strong emotional response. Actually, not much of a blip at all.
And that same non-reactivity is also playing out with something valuable that I have up for auction: I didnāt set a reserve price and started bidding super super low as a simple test to see whether I am truly shifting into abundance or if Iām fooling myselfā¦
And again, even though the current bid is not even close to what I expected to get for it, I feel no negative emotions about it. Thereās only a sense of āhuh, thought thereād be more interestāā¦like Iām just gathering data without much attachment. Sure, thereās still 4 days before bidding closes and itās not big thing, but this is definitely a deep shift in my perception to not be concerned at all about it.
Actually now that Iām writing this out, it sounds like it could be part of the bloom from two cycles of Nouveau RICHā¦studying the market response and simply collecting data.
Either way, itās obvious the New Wealth Experience is having a profound effect on my relationship to money. Thereās tons of it out there, waiting for me to leverage the right opportunities to collect more of it in the way that facilitates the life I choose to live and reflects the values I hold. And thatās all there is to it.
If I had to sum it up, Iād say the identity shift is along the lines of going from service provider to investor. Reality will catch up as I do things differently now.
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The results are starting to flow in effortlessly and surprising me with how theyāre showing upā¦
I had just put a task on my whiteboard that I chose an arbitrary number for i.e. open conversations with five plumbing business owners that have at least 4 employees, 3 huge ads, 2 mini-vans, and a partridge in a pear treeā¦
(donāt be alarmed, thatās just a little Christmas joke for ya)
And lo and behold, while on a group call with my business mentor, he issues a challenge to incentivize us to take action: to reach out to FIVE people that might be a good fit.
Sure, thatās ārandomā, and 5 is a commonly used number, right? Right.
So as the call goes on, he then addresses perfectly the exact issue Iāve had with wrapping my head around a specific concept to create higher leverage opportunities. And it was delivered in a perfect way for me.
It clicked.
I want to write that Iām pumped, but Iām not.
Iām in a state of knowingness: new reality incomingā¦
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Note to self:
You canāt save anybody, you can only send them Love. They have to figure it out for themselves.
Be careful of too much of your Time, Energy and Attention being harvested in the name of āhelpingā someone else.
Itās better to be kind, than to be āa helpā.
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I think the Hero scripting around wisdom is expressing a little more obviously for me nowā¦
Iāve had several insights over the last week and when I dug into certain concepts with our instructor during training yesterday, it felt like my brain had been upgraded. I noticed some things I hadnāt before.
Beyond that, physical conditioning is steadily improving. I havenāt implemented two-a-days again yet, but theyāre coming. For now, one hard workout followed by a low-distance run is keeping the momentum going.
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My communication style has already shifted noticeably after only three loops of True Sell this cycle. Iām a little more chatty now in general, and even more with select people, but I can always shift gears into a more stoic and silent frame anytime I want because Iāve had plenty of practice with thatā¦and having Emperor plus Hero in the stack enhances it.
Besides feeling more ālooseā with how I talk to folks, Iām also far more aware of the non-verbals. Not that I have my attention focused on it more, just that āthe noticingā happens automatically. I get a sense and an impression of the intent the other person has with what theyāre communicating and how theyāre doing it.
Thatās nothing new, we all do that all the time, itās just obvious that that sense has become sharper for me.
Itās also enhancing my ability to really listen. Iāve always been observant and a good listener, but even that experience hasā¦expanded? become sharper? deeper? Iām not sure how to explain it, but it ties into the heightened sense of understanding overall.
I think I might throw True Sell in a custom with Emperor in the not too distant future. Itās a good combo.
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So the scripting in True Sell to help with marketing worksā¦
My personal profile on FB has basically been in a deep coma for the last year or so, no activity whatsoever, and on Friday I get the impulse to post basically a straight up offer to my tiny friends list.
I never do that. And never think to. In fact, I didnāt think a single person would respond because I havenāt used that channel to network with business owners or creators.
Well, I got ONE!
Which tells me: I need new friends.
Good thing Iām using the best networking sub in all the landā¦lfg
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I havenāt written much about New Emperor experiences, so it got me thinking why that isā¦
And all I can come up with is that the influences of the script have normalized. I mentioned this in an earlier post about my baseline energy increasing rapidly then leveling out, so I no longer feel the āaccelerationā of the change.
After reading the sales page again, and remembering that this is now my 6th cycle with Emperor in my stack, I see how Iām in the stage of ālaying the foundationā for my empire. I have a clear vision of how I plan to operate in commerce and handle all of my endeavors privately going forward, but the learning curve is steep and doesnāt happen overnight, or over a month of studyā¦the concept for this formulated around 3 months ago.
And thatās where New Emperor is shining. Itās taking my natural tenacity to not give up on something I have my heart set on, and itās cranking it up.
Iām almost ready to make my first major move away from the norm and the next couple of weeks will be focused on making sure I have my tās crossed and iās dottedā¦
Building this out in 2024 is going to be fun.
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Talking with a friend before training, we were having a deep discussion about which traits we each think the other has based on the characters from Lord of the Ringsā¦
The first thing said to me was, āYouāre like Gimli. You like to fight and talk shit.ā roflā¦that is not inaccurate.
āYouāre definitely not like Sam. Youāre not a second-in-command or support type character. And you donāt whine or complain like Frodo.ā
āI guess youāre also like Aragorn in that you donāt want to be the king, but youāll do it if it has to be done.ā
And that basically sums up the way Emperor has been expressing for me, lol.
I have a call coming up this morning to explore a potential deal in the watch marketā¦a market I know zero aboutā¦and Iām totally calm. Donāt feel any worry about closing, or losing it at all.
For me, thatās a clear sign that my internal sense of abundance has bloomed, and my stance has changedā¦because I didnāt have to ātryā to get into this state. It feels normal.
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