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Men did greater things when it was harder to see boobs. I have a passion for pomegranate martinis, latinas and old porsches. Notes to my younger self.

[vibemaker @vibemaker_]

Courage is the threshold. It unlocks all the good feelings. It expands life. Unless you move past it, you're locked into the bottom tier emotions.

[Th0r @Thzer0r]

I’m entering a new lifemaxxing arc

[vibemaker @vibemaker_]

> might sound cheesy, but problems are blessings in disguise. solving them will bring out the qualities in you that you prayed for
> learn sales (or copywriting). understanding why and how people make decisions is crucial for any form of success
> cut down day-to-day expenses and invest in the most important asset: you, your skills and beliefs
> meditate daily. create a gap between your thoughts and your actions. you need to be able to act without getting overwhelmed by current results

[blue @bluewmist]

To all men who survived rock bottom, what’s one piece of advice would you give a man who feels like giving up right now

[vibemaker @vibemaker_]

"Socializing" in the normie sense is mostly a waste of time. Following your mission and getting good at what you do will unlock the rooms with the people you really wanna hang out with.

[BROTHER LOBO 🐺⚔️ @ellobosalvaje]

Cardio is mostly mental. I’ve believed this for years but I’m finally able to articulate why.

Watch some of the best wrestlers in the world right now. Bo Bassett. Mitchell Messenbrink. Jax Forrest. These guys look like they have unlimited gas. People assume it’s some elite VO2 max, some superior aerobic engine. That’s not what’s happening.

Pay attention to how they move. They’re playing.

Every shot isn’t life or death. Every scramble is an opportunity rather than a life or death crisis. They attack from bad positions. They back out and reset without hesitation if the feeling isn’t there. There’s a looseness to everything they do that looks almost casual, but on the other side of that casual posture is devastating effectiveness.

That looseness isn’t a technique quirk. It’s a performance state. It’s the reason their cardio looks supernatural.

Here’s what I think is actually going on:

Tightness is metabolically expensive. When you’re stressed aka afraid, afraid of giving up position, afraid of losing, afraid of looking bad, your body begins to brace for impact. Muscles that shouldn’t be working are working overtime. Your breathing changes. Your movement loses fluidity. Every action costs more than it should. You’re not gassing because your lungs are small. You’re gassing because fear has a fuel cost.

The playful athlete doesn’t have that overhead. Their nervous system isn’t running a threat response in the background. This makes movement much cheaper. It makes decisions come faster. They can sustain a pace that looks impossible because for them, it actually is easier.

This is why you can’t just coach someone to “attack more.” Coaches can tell their guys to go out and attack. That’s good solid advice. But if the athlete isn’t in a playful state, if they’re tight, if every offensive sequence feels like a high stakes gamble, the instruction won’t translate. The body can’t cooperate. The mind will second guess everything they do. They’ll gas early with no idea as to why.

The fighters that seem to have infinite endurance have trained themselves, or were born with a different relationship to competition. They reduce competition from a high stakes battle to a simple game.

I’ve watched this in myself for years doing jiu jitsu and boxing. The only time I get tired is when I leave that state. When I’m loose, playing, experimenting, being creative, my energy expenditure is different. I do things I didn’t know I could do. Time moves differently. The round ends and I’m surprised it’s over. The moment I get tight, whether it’s ego, whether it’s fear, bad position, someone catching me off guard, my gas disappears almost immediately.

That’s not a coincidence. That’s the mechanism.

And here’s where it gets deeper: some athletes have to almost die to find that state. You’ve seen it in fights. A guy gets badly hurt, nearly finished, he survives and then something releases. The fear burns off. The body stops bracing. And suddenly the guy who looked dead comes back to life and starts performing at a level he couldn’t access before getting dropped.

That state was available the whole time. He didn’t need to get hurt to find it. He just needed to let go of what was costing him.

The best athletes don’t need the near death experience. They walk out already there.

Ali boxed like Ali talked, light, taunting, dancing, impossible to hold. Tyson boxed like Tyson looked, coiled, explosive, total predator. The ring doesn’t create a new person. It reveals the one that’s already there.

Which means the real question isn’t “how do I build more cardio.” It’s “who am I when I compete, and is that person loose enough to play?”

The future of grappling and combat sports belongs to the athletes who figured out play is the highest performance state. Not getting hyped up. Not being ultra aggression. Not discipline grinding through pain.

Play. Loose. Passionate. Present.

Train your nervous system to live there and your “cardio” will take care of itself.

[Fabian S. @fabianschmid_09]

one of the single greatest tactic for your social life is the concept of "assumed familiarity". once you know this concept you notice it in every charismatic man. makes you instantly likable. just act like you've known others for years already.

[vibemaker @vibemaker_]

Nothing keeps you stuck in the past like constantly listening to your favorite music from 5 years ago. If you want to move forward, there's no room for sentimentality. Pile up new bangers. Create new neural pathways and make them fire.

[Jake Johnson @supraanima]

Opening your heart isn’t some magic thing

It’s just letting go of what’s keeping it closed

But that requires radical honesty with yourself

- what are you running from?
- what are you trying to control?
- where are you lying to yourself?
- what are you scared to let go of?

Answer those and the heart opens on its own

[vibemaker @vibemaker_]

@colejaczko multiple language mastery

[brute de force @brutedeforce]

Real rebels get rich

[David @yourealazyfvck]

The more experience you put into your life as a young man along with the crazy risks you take on yourself allow you to age faster but still be young

You can live 100 more lifetimes by 28 than the guy who sat in his house jerking off and going to work everyday if you just LIVED

[vibemaker @vibemaker_]

If you’ve ever felt like you're missing out on life, it's prob not because you lack courage. You simply do not allow yourself to get hungry enough. You want to meet a girl? Then you scroll IG… and your belly is full. You're in the mood for an adventure? You rewatch an old James Bond movie… and your belly is full. You need to stay hungry and hold that tension without reaching for a digital substitute. Then it's only a matter of time until you take action in the real world.

[Ben Westgate @BenWestgate_]

In addition to bitcoins

Thieves can not Steal your

Brutal Handsomeness
Multiple Language Mastery
Deen
Incredible Shape
Low Profile
Heavy Smoking
Rugged Individualism
Hand Speed
Fast Twitch Fiber Density
Astral Travel
Custom Suits
Akhira

The Original “non-Confiscable Assets”.

[vibemaker @vibemaker_]

Going for mediocre goals is retarded. That's where the most competition is. Ever tried renting a cheap or somewhat mid-priced apartment? Every normie standing in line with their 20 neatly organized documents, ready to throw them at the owner. Way easier and less stressful to just make more money and rent higher. Competition thins rapidly. Cash down, zero questions asked. Moving in the next day. That's why you gotta be delusional enough to aim for the high goals. Literally no exceptions to this. Easier to hit on the perfect ten in the room than on the three 7s, too.

[Th0r @Thzer0r]

mental how the greatest account on here wasn’t g manifesto, brute etc but a med student who drove a 95 325i

[Th0r @Thzer0r]

if u want to be in a reflective and contemplative place play all the bangers that defined your past chapters. when it’s gas pedal time new tunes only, 500x times on repeat.

[よん@oasisアリガット @runran794]

バルセロナのビーチおっぱいぽろーんの裸のねーちゃん多し
これは文化なのか

[vibemaker @vibemaker_]

What most struggling 'personal brands' and online marketers don't understand is that people buy the person behind the brand and the stories attached to them.

[vibemaker @vibemaker_]

If you think you're socially awkward, you're prob not. You've just been conditioned to not follow spontaneous impulses and desires. This manifests as social awkwardness because what you internally want and what you project on the outside are two different things. People can sense this incongruence. You can break this by making a habit of going after what you want more often. Over time you'll be smoother and more natural in all settings.

[Cole Jaczko @colejaczko]

This tweet impacted me greatly

Irony of it all is the prettiest girls get hit on the least

Guys don’t have the confidence to approach any girl, let alone the hottest one

Thank you @SolBrah ! Saw it years ago on my journey to become more confident & this helped me greatly. Been in my camera roll ever since

[vibemaker @vibemaker_]

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