Man Transformation Journal

[Pook_Jr]

Hey guys,

I will be watching David Deangelo's Man Transformation Dvd and I will journal the things that I learn from the video. If you've seen it feel free to put your insight and such it will be greatly appreciated.

For the record, my name is Pook_Jr simply because I have a man crush on Pook that is all.

I will be watching 1 video a day.

Start: December 17, 2009- End January 5, 2010

 

[Pook_Jr]

December 17, 2009

Video 1

The video served as an introductory for David's Man Transformation program, but it still contained many valuable information. I will only discuss a few of things that was brought up in this video.

"Your mind has you by the balls. Your balls have you by the mind." I laughed my ass off when I heard David said this. Nevertheless, the meaning behind this saying is that you are either in control of yourself, or you aren't.

For the most part we are not in control. We are unaware. Let me elaborate, as we journey through our day we are only aware for some of the time. The rest of the time we are subjected to the laws of habit. Sure we might be aware or conscious that we are thinking at the moment but even that thinking could be a mere replay.

What is regular thinking? Using me as an example, this is what I think I think about on a regular basis:

Trivial:

-Damn, nice ass.

-I'm late... again!

Important:

-I have to pay something.... oh yeah, my phone bill!

-What is my purpose!?!?

-I'm pretty sure I'm improving because I hang out with the best.

-I will definitely improve as long as I'm positive.

Thoughts like "I will definitely improve as long as I'm positive" is healthy and contagious, but it is irrelevant when it doesn't bring upon change in behaviour, which Man Transformation uses as the ultimate result of learning.

During the few moments that we are hyper aware and not in our regular thinking that is when, if cultivated, make changes. Again, those type of moments are rare.

I need to think about this more.

"Power comes from your penis." I think Pook already mentioned this in the past is that what makes a man (Pook man specifically) is that he has embraced his testosterone. However, from my understanding of what David said he refers to it (penis=power) more in situations. For example: during a conversation, the woman has your penis in her purse (not literally); therefore, she has power over you.

"Increase your challenge therefore increase your skill, and not the other way around." It completely make sense when I look at my past I made the most improvement when I challenged myself and the skill itself merely happened as a result of that.

Inevitable thinking. This one is for how to achieve your goals successfully. I think this method incorporates both goal setting and problem solving. It asks, "What do I have to do so X will be inevitable?" The most interesting thing that I learned.

 

[Pook_Jr]

December 18, 2009

Video 2 Part 1

Inevitable success.

How to reach a goal inevitably is discuss more thoroughly in the second video with lots of examples.

Basically, inevitable success is aligning your behaviours, your thinking, and your environment so no matter what conditions (internally or externally) afflicts you the chances of you reaching your target is probable. Inevitable success has two major components: you need an accountability partner, and a punishment. Accountability partner serves as your human journal, provides motivation, and reminds you of your task. The punishment comes in many forms it could be monetary, humiliation, or whatever... It serves as the whip to keep you align to the inevitable path that you set.

Since I already watched this particular video a while ago, I have begun this inevitable success setting already. I've payed out 200+ dollars so far from missing one day, which was extremely frustrating, but I am close to developing the habit that I set out, and never will I try to miss another day ever again!

Keys to habit change:

1. Act now!

2. Do not deviate!


What is required for change?

You must do what is not you. In order to do what is not you, you must be comfortable to let a part of yourself die. When you accept this conditions, self transformation is inevitable.

Does this violate Pook's first commandment which is "be yourself?" (Ponder more)

"Hang out with people that are better than you." Let your role models be your measuring stick. Let their achievements dwarf your own so that you hunger to overcome remains insatiable. Let the reality that they bring, that you are not as good as you thought you were, be the thorn that punctures your ego when it gets too big so that you may remain humble.

I'll try to finish video 2 tomorrow. I will convert the video to audio files because they are just more flexible.

 

[rocksoff]

Throw these gay aassss videos in the garbage man.....DJ BIBLE is where it's at

 

[YAboi]

don't listen to rocksoff man, im following this thread. You can always read the DJ bible and keep us updated with this at the same time.

 

[Darth]

Hey I think it's great you're doing this, but if there's one thing I've learned it's that you can go too far with some of this stuff. All these theories and programs and reading materials are complicating what should be a simple process.

I used to read and watch this kind of stuff nonstop, and I would make lists of things to do, parts of my personality to change, etc. I would take personality tests and read the results eagerly as it told me what kind of a person I was, what I needed to improve, etc.

Then I realized a lot of this stuff is BS, and that no one tells you who you are but you.

So much of this stuff is just a distraction from the core issues: YOU. What you believe in, what you stand for, your view of the world, how you see men vs. women (and I believe Pook is right on with his "Be a Man" post).

See, once you figure this stuff out, then you're free to live your life with confidence, to be in the moment, and to improve by taking action (working out, good hygiene, etc.) rather than being preoccupied with this stuff.

THEN, you'll become a monster.

This is what I used to have in my head:

"I don't care what other people think. Posture. My posture's no good. Now it is. Wait a minute, that was a negative thought. I'm not supposed to have negative thoughts. Everything positive. What was that quote? I don't know. I don't have any friends anymore. Wait, that's OK, because I'm supposed to hang out with friends that are better than me. But wait, no one's better than me. I'm the man."

*puffs out chest*.

Meanwhile I've been completely oblivious to everyone and everything around me.

Now, this is what I have in my head:

"Look at those 6 cars sitting by the curb. There's a guy and a girl. Girl is dressed badly. Man, it's a beautiful day today. Probably about 62 out. Here's someone. Do I know him? No. OK, here's a girl. Do I know her? Oh, yeah. Hi Christy."

What I'm trying to say is, all these abstract thoughts can be a major distraction. Why don't you try, just for a day, pretending you don't need to be fixed at all, and just observe your environment and enjoy life?

I understand where you're coming from because I was this way.

 

[Pook_Jr]

December 19, 2009

To YAboi and Darth: Thanks guys.

I was unable to post this last night. I think the website was down or something.

Video 2 Part 2

I wasn’t able to finish the video (audio file now) again.Nevertheless, during the short period of time that I listened to it some of the points David brought up made sense of the other things that I’ve previously learned about. Before I discuss that though, I want to bring up the things that he talked about.

New behaviour results in Neurogenesis, which is new neural connections in the brain. Neurogenesis in turn causes development of new habits, which reinforces that new behaviour thus making it into normal behaviour.

On awareness:

Awareness is a rare state. Awareness is that moment when you have great clarity and sensitivity about the forces that directs you to act the way you act. Most of the time we are unaware of these forces just think about gravity. Yes, we know that gravity exist but we are unaware, for the most part, on its effects on our bodies, and how we live unless, of course, you are a physicist or an engineer.

On forces:

Pook talked about a few natural forces and one of them is time. Pook said “the classics” have withstood the test of time. Assuming that everything dies at some point (in time), the classics are immortal. He said the classics are able to withstood this natural force because it itself is natural, a mere reflection of nature. The classics are not the only things that are immortal; we also have people that we will never ever able to forget. Again, this people holds a certain nature in them (I think its called character, which is also a force just like gravity) that time cannot (indefinitely) erode.

On Will Power:

Back to Mr. Deangelo, he discussed about will power and he described it as the raw, and purest form of energy that people have. If this energy is concentrated and directed to do a single action then definitely that action will happen. However, the problem is that will power, the fuel, is commonly burnt on trivial things; therefore, it is much more difficult to complete an action, especially a new action, because there is not enough “will power” to sustain or power it!

Therefore, if a person wants to create “neurogenesis,” first he must have a reservoir of will power to fuel this new behaviour. Then the person must persist on continually doing this new behaviour till the neural pathways, which leads to habit, is formed.

In summary of what I’ve learned and in simple English, successful change (neurogenesis) is possible if a person has awareness, and has the discipline to muster most (if not all) of his will power to an action. This new action must persist through time, which then aids this new action by turning it into a habit.

Change = Effort x Time (possible only if there is Awareness)

 

[Pook_Jr]

December 20, 2009

Video 2 Part 3

I finally finished Man Transformation part 2.

The rest of the video went on to discuss about how to set goals properly, with lots of examples.

Speaking of goals, I wanted to do a post everyday in regards to what I'm learning but now I started to realize that I won't be able to do that so I will re-evaluate my goals. For now though, I will just continue listening to Man Transformation and post once a week of what I've learned.

 

[zekko]

I'm enjoying following your thread but I will say this:
There seems to be two different types of seduction material:
One kind deals almost solely with dealing with women.
The other kind, which is an offshoot of the above, deals with being a complete man and improving every aspect of your life.
It looks like these Man Transformation videos fall into the latter category.

Being a complete man is an important subject but for some reason I will get bored quickly watching videos that take that approach. Probably because at my age I have most of that stuff squared away (or as squared away as I'm likely to get it), and because I want to get to the parts that interest me (the parts about dealing with women).

Self improvement is probably the most important and rewarding part of understanding pickup, and I've gotten a lot of great stuff on this subject on this forum. For some reason it doesn't bore me as much on a message board as it does when it's laid out in an organized video with bullet points. Probably because it's easier to pick and choose what topics interest you on a message board.

It looks like this approach bores you to some extent too since you've had to slow down you viewing and processing time. Clearly a lot of guys need to hear this though.