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Ravi, Year 3: Self-Improvement Log - Data-Driven, Incremental Growth. Feedback Welcome. Ego & Defenses, Dropping [XMAS MESSAGE FROM MAC]

Many thanks to one of our members for letting me know my calendy link wasn't working.

If you want to book a free consult with me, to see if we'd be a good fitment to work together on my Accountability & High Performance program for business goals, life & romantic, and other areas of focus and commitment, the link on my website (see sig) should be working now.

-Ravi
 
BTW, I was sat chatting to Pancake yesterday having lunch and B J Novak walked past us. That's Ryan Howard from The Office. Small world.
 
Started a forum thread where I will be releasing all of my notes from my mentoring sessions under Dante.

The most elite, respected, proven masculinity coach in the world. Underground and exclusive, invite only.

He is OK with me sharing on the forum.

-MAC
 
Tue 10/09/2024

Actions
(1) Business:

-Block 1: Coaching Delivery + Adding Value
-Block 2: Selfless Service
-Block 3: Content
-Block 4: Biz Dev
-Sales Calls: Inbound enquiries for IronWill

(2) Health:

-Diet: Get good level of kcals/macros. Realistically, this month is manic, and I'll just tick over body-wise.
-Gym: Chest & Biceps + KoT

(3) Mindset:
-Day Game: Approach, work on presence, creating vibe.
-Online Dating: Hinge, Tinder, Bumble, Feeld. Set aside some time to swipe.
-Reflection Work: Field report / Reflecting / Message any leads

Notes:

Feel good.

Been exploring some peptides, as part of some knowledge I've been getting from a great biohacker I met out here. Might be a possible bizpartnership I explore later down the line. Gonna help him out withbrand building, and if he sticks with it and grows an audience, there may be some joint ventures there.

Thing is, there's an opportunity for growth, everywhere. If you live this lifestyle, you make opportunity. A client is created from a conversation here, a partnership opportunity dropped down from the heavens because you met this person there. You catch yourself thinking, it's as if it was all meant to be.

Nothing in my journey, has come easy.

But, the more focused you are, and the more you stick with it........

The brighter horizons and vistas you have available to you.

No matter your starting point, your SMV, your level of intelligence and ability - if you want to live a satisfying, happy, productive and successful life, where there's a will, there's a way. Period.

-MAC
 
Day Game: 10/09/2024

1 – Tall, pretty Asian girl with jacked quads. Stopped, chatted. Didn't hook. Tried to stim – nada. Was a one way convo. Didn't call it out. Set had no real vibe, despite efforts. Exchanged. Fake number.

Thoughts: Should have called out the one way feel of the convo, if they're not wanting to have a convo, and just want to soak in validation, they should just leave and not waste both of our time. The deeper issue is, sets can feel dull and quite dry. Lacking presence.

2 – Another tall Asian girl. She wouldn't stop, but we kept moving, chatting side by side. I didn't like her – bit of a dullard. Ejected.

Thoughts: Clearly, you've got to be way, way, way stronger on the open than anywhere else. You don't really break their reality, they just steam roll through you. Lesson learned & re-learned here, just about every day.

3 – As I was going to approach her, she got her phone and began looking around as if she was looking for someone, which threw me off. Should have remained focused and made something happen, but was thrown off.

4 - She was initially confused, but then gave me a lot of frame. She looked good from afar, but closer, I would say she was a bit too old for me. 40s. Decent looking black chick though. Just outside my age range. She exchanged, but I won't text.

5 – Heard my opener, and then blew me out harshly. Strong objection. Probably way outside her market.

6 – Chick was nice but, again, not my type really. No intent, because I wasn't attracted. Let her go.

Notes:

Not the best volume wise.

We thought gaining muscle would help – raising SMV and all that.

Well, not quite. The verdict is back. The year pushing in the gym, did not make the blindest bit of difference. As suspected.

The good news – I'll sever the cord where it is, and not invest any more into pursuing looksmaxxing. This didn't work – and I'm not entirely sure why. Are my facial features and structure beyond the pale? I don't know – you'd have to tell me.

I wonder why things got so much worse here this year for my product specifically?

My housemate, Carl, who is white-passing, is swimming in matches. I wonder what is the major issue women see with men who look like me?

I'm glad I got the lays I did using the apps, while I could still get something online. The remainder of my own personal journey, is more about creating the version of me, who I want to bring to the world.

Onwards.

-MAC
 
I'll sever the cord where it is, and not invest any more into pursuing looksmaxxing. This didn't work – and I'm not entirely sure why. Are my facial features and structure beyond the pale? I don't know – you'd have to tell me.
I think looksmaxxing works.
Same as game works.
Same as status works etc.

But the question is at what point it REALLY starts to work.

Even if you made progress (I think you mentioned somewhere 180lbs -> 210lbs). Props.
The thing that matters is if others can see the progress.

Do you look like you lift in the shirt? Are you legit jacked in it?
If not, then it is obvious why it hasn't yielded much results yet.
Maybe you just need to expand the timeline.

To compare this is you from the 9th of July and some Indian actor with a pretty good physique.
I think naturally achievable one. (But fckin actors always need to take some peds lol)
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If your surroundings don’t acknowledge it, it doesn’t matter.

Putting lean size on your frame will take a shit ton of time.
More so if you want it to be noticeable and in the "jacked" category.

To be honest, in my eyes I look like a total DYEL in the wrong shirt.
And that is okay.

Time will show.
 

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We thought gaining muscle would help – raising SMV and all that.
I didn't.

But you look worse than a year ago because you're higher bodyfat.

It's all about being lean, which reveals and defines the face.

In any case, all of this is immaterial because right now you're just a tall stack of lego bricks with no vibe, and girls that sense that.

New York City is the hardest mode. All of us here have had hard days. You can't take to the forum and all your chats and write times of sadness every time you have a tough day, otherwise it's annoying and just "crying wolf". Just do whatever you need to do to let off steam and go back out tomorrow.
 
Yo,

Yesterday, took some time to reflect. Long convo with Carl. We've been on this journey together for 3 years, which means we understand each other a lot.

He's overcome a lot of his inner sticking points over the 3 years, which to me, is just impressive as hell. The shitty beliefs he had about himself, just went away. He proved them wrong, and poof - gone.

I still have a bunch which are quite sticky, but I'm hopeful. It's gotta be done.

So, all that aside - this week's been stressful as fuck. After a shitty year on the apps in Mexico, I chalked that one down to just being a poor product:market fit. Getting to the states, and doing exactly ten times worse, I think you'd forgive me for being thrown for a loop. Especially considering, last year, I could get something.

Day game, is where my focus is going to have to go moving on, because it's where I'll be able to fix certain issues that are problems for me at this point. It's tough in NYC for most.

I think, I'm just going to learn some new mindsets and beliefs this month.

Find different ways of looking at the journey.

It's definitely a confusing patch.

Anyway - a lot of work on today. Just checking in. Meetings & calls all day.

-MAC
 
I think naturally achievab

I think naturally achievable one
brother, that's not achievable naturally. He will never ever be like that natural. If Mac believes that he will waste precious years just to find out it was never achievable. Actors take peds because you can't be like that natural if you're tall and in your 30's
 
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brother, that's not achievable naturally. He will never ever be like that natural. If Mac believes that he will waste precious years just to find out it was never achievable. Actors take peds because you can't be like that natural if you're tall and in your 30's
Second this. I think it would take a dedicated 2 year bulk and then slow cut to do this natty when you could get the same results with a 12-16 week cycle and loose body fat at the same time
 
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What? 2 years??? If it's possible in just 2 years why take peds?? Its not possible to be like that even in 20 years. Thats what makes peds an option. If it was possible in 2 years most males on earth would look like that
 
Solid day of hustle. Lotta work, lotta fun.

Up early, at my first client call at 830, in Williamsburg. One of my agency owner clients. This was a powerful deep dive session, done on his rooftop overlooking the NYC skyline.

Next, ran over to do a hour long consult, with a founder I find interesting. I went, purely to give value, and learn more about him. He ended up asking to join IronWill - I didn't pitch him, but this is a biz win. As we hung out in his place, his housemate, who is an actor on the HBO show The Gilded Age, was rehearsing for their next episode.

That was a bit of a flex ;-)

Next, hung out with my brother Joe of DatingUnchained:


Joe is one of the world's best, if not the best, dating photographer.


Very kindly, Joe took some photos of me. I didn't ask, but my friend of many years helped me out, which is why I am gonna plug him in this post right here. Thanks, Joe!

After all that, it was time to get to work on myself.

I had a Dante coaching session, my 3rd this month, and got some solid work done.

The first set I did, was this gorgeous Iranian girl, who stopped, loved the validation of course, and then exchanged a fake number with me. The learning here, was the sets need WAY more man to woman energy, and to be WAY more polarising. Let's keep it real: I'd rather they split, than waste my time with fake numbers. Be masculine and a leader, or get cucked.

Here, the issue is, my sets just don't have vibe, I'm not using the techniques that would allow me to generate real emotion.

The lower your SMV, the less you can "be yourself" and just be social and calibrated.

And the more you have to really slap them with techniques and tricks, and make them feel.

Otherwise, it's just like what has happened the past 2 weeks - endless fake numbers.

The next, was a really hot chick from Iceland. As above, she absorbed the validation, while not really giving any depth in her answers, and not really being engaged. I did call it out, but she was quite a nice woman and was pleasantly going on with it. Turns out, she was a flight attendant, was in NYC for 3 hrs, and was getting off shortly. She enjoyed the ego boost, exchanged her number, and won't be back most likely.

The next two sets, were blowouts. I battled a little on the first, but she wouldn't engage. I battled firmly and strongly on the other, but her blowout was very strong and harsh - simply way outside my market, I was a "hell no" for her.

Finding a gal who will chat and be in a genuine romantic interaction, is like finding a needle in a haystack. It happened once, miraculously, during the past few weeks of day game.

"Don't have high expectations. Your SMV and base value is too low to do well here. But outside of the US, you will find the occasional miracle. I have to be honest with you, so you don't get your hopes up"
-Dante

FINALLY, some damn honesty in this space.

I would rather be outwardly told the truth, than be misled for years by the swathes of coaches and mentors I had going through this game.

I am glad Dante is honest with me. We know the facts. If I had even a minuscule shred of SMV and physical looks, I'd have seen it in the apps, or in approaches.

There IS still a way to create outcomes if your looks are garbage and you're in the 4/5 range in the eyes of woman. Sheer brass balls and relentlessness.

With enough sheer grinding, you eventually meet a chick who can look past poor looks and SMV, and can listen to what you're communicating, understand you are human too, and can be persuaded to be open to getting to know you. In 200+ dates, I did see one or two, who were open to getting to know me.

I think I may now at the stage The Bastard was at, when he got to the point he was unable to compete on the market anymore. Like that legend, I'm glad for the outcomes I did create the first few years! Getting priced out the market, is ultimately coming for us all. You have to do what you can, with what you've got, before your time is up. Feels like, my year was this year, looking at what sort of quality I got in Mexico & the USA.

And I am sure inner peace will follow.

I hope we as a forum can embrace truth telling & honesty and push back on pieces of shit who straight up lie to Low SMV men in particular.

It IS possible to get outcomes. But it will be 1000 x harder, you'll have to go to great, great lengths, and it's ghosting, flaking, and next to no retention. As well as very low quality more often than not.

...But if you stay in it for long enough, while your product is able to get something, you'll have the possibility of finding a miracle.

The more you read my posts, and actually know the truth of how this works. Plus, it makes it that much harder for you to be misled. Most won't drop their ego, and will keep telling themselves a dream about things working out. Truth is, it takes an incredibly strong person to gut up and accept the realities of the market place and do the work anyway.

We all have a choice with how we spend our life. You can fight back, or just stay in the slow lane and rot.

Back tomorrow.

-MAC
 
Fri 13/09/2024

Actions

(1) Business:
-Block 1: Coaching + 3 Client Calls
-Block 2: Biz Dev
-Block 3: Content
-Block 4: Selfless Service
-Others: Project

(2) Body:
-Diet

(3) Mindset:
-Online Hustle

Notes:

Off to do my first client call, at a sauna and cold plunge place.

Meeting with a few guys from my program for lunch after.

Delivering services, working with my guys. It's going to be a focused, business oriented kinda day. No running around in the streets, no rizzing girls on the apps. Well – I'd need some girls to talk to for that one ;-)

….I did actually get 2 matches this week. Hinge. And that was after 2-3,000 profiles liked this week. Why did I get them? The girls are literally 6ft tall, and don't have as large a pool as other chicks.

There are always SOME kind of ways to win. Always.

Me and Carl, are experimenting with some injectables for biohacking. I know that may sound a little much to some of you, but if you're read this log this far, you'll forgive me for the overshares. I'm impressed with what we've tried so far. I felt it. We've got vials of cerebrolysin and NAD+ knocking about, thanks to our physician friend. And I feel like I am getting a bit of a performance edge out of it.

They seem to give a little boost, but I'm not convinced it's anything I can't get from ice baths and saunas. Proof's in the pudding. If my work performance gets better, that'll get my interest. Right now, not super sold.

Time to work then, boys.

-MAC
 
Truth is, it takes an incredibly strong person to gut up and accept the realities of the market place and do the work anyway.
Yes, this type of pain and negative validation would make most humans non functional. It's just incredible the way you keep pushing forward
 
Yes, this type of pain and negative validation would make most humans non functional. It's just incredible the way you keep pushing forward

Certainly been there, my friend.

But, I will challenge your thinking on one thing.

We're just not the person you were at the start.

Negative feedback, isn't how I look we look at it, Thrice. Not after being in the game for years. That is not how I've personally learned to think about this, and I actively work on modifying my thinking to be more helpful, and more aligned with reality.

If our thinking is:
-Logical
-Realistic
-Helpful and based on how the world actually works

We tend to do better.

And if nothing else, there's less of the stress that is destabilising to progress.

Stepping back, slowing down, and really getting objective: it's how you do this.

My thoughts:

-Online: The market decides. As a very niche product, there ARE some women who are into me. It is exceptionally rare, but they do exist. Myself and Carl did an experiment this week on our market. I, am a Brown-Brown British-Indian guy, with very ethnic features. Carl, is an Arab, but is white-passing - women think he's Italian. For 3,000 profiles liked on Hinge, I got 2 matches, he got 600. Our profiles are the same quality, I actually built his myself. The only difference? He is not considered Low SMV, and I am. That is how superficial it is online, and now I am not just looking to get lays, why would I care about these apps....?

You do not take this personally. See, I know I am a good person, and my actions prove it. I am here Saturday morning doing my 90mins of selfless service, which is serving you on the forum at this moment, and also serving others in my life. You don't see the many people I've offered free consults and mentoring to here in NYC, purely because I wanted to and liked them. I hold my head high when I walk the streets, because I know I care, and do the right thing. And that is me standing strong to my core values. Every. Single. Day.

Travelling the world (UK Europe, Latin America, USA), has been good, but didn't produce the turnaround I was told it would. The response I can forsee is, "just keep travelling bro". Ignorance. It gets tiring explaining the same thing to these people, again and again. Low SMV does not end due to moving to a different location, it will always stay with you wherever you go. You must make a personal individual commitment to yourself and driving yourself to excellence, because you believe in yourself.

-Approaching, I think this is a positive goal in and of itself, and a very worthy mission. To get progressively better socially, and become a more vibrant and charismatic man, is great. As a leader, I like that, and it adds a tonne to my life - so we're all in here.

None of this, is negative.

I am living proof, through sheer, relentless grinding, you can still get results despite Low SMV.

And I will keep winning in life, and becoming more and more successful, because I will just keep working on my life, my business, my health and body, and my inner world, and I will become the business owner and leader I seek to be!

Life is pretty good. And will keep getting better.

I'm going to approach today, I do have leads from the apps. 2 numbers, which took about 5 k profiles to like, and 2 weeks of hustle. Quality wise, the usual, pretty meh, but I am vibing with them and enjoying the energy. Let's see what happens.

I have a tonne of people to meet today. I will prioritise IronWill clients, but also OGs from other programs I've been on.

And I'll be approaching, seeing my wings, and spending some time with the boys.

THAT is what this is about.

A whole, balanced life, with every going into different things.

Staying in a winning mindset.

-MAC
 
Deep Gratitude For My Friend Joe, of DatingUnchained

3 things I love about Joe:

(1) His energy and genuine, realness. One of the most authentic dudes I've ever met in my life.
(2) His vision and mindset: An inspiration to me to be honest.
(3) The journey: I love following his story and being able to have a life where I was part of it

Joe has always been a supporter of mine, since when I first started, and has been good to me. He is one of the best in the world at what he does, and he took these amazing photos of me. This is a really kind gesture and one I appreciate a lot. I respect him and his business and understand to get Joe's time as a elite dating photographer, is a real investment. But my friend of many years helped me out and gave me some incredible photos that are going to help me and my business, as well as my profiles. Thank you brother I appreciate you.

I'll post some on the dating photos feedback thread, and also here.

If any stand out, lmk, and I'll get them edited and faceapp'd and give them a go online.

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Today was a big, bad day of networking, being in the community, and pushing oneself.

Connected with some guys from Andys coaching a long time ago. Great, great dudes. Looking forward to spending more time.

And then shadowed some mentoring sessions Dante was doing.

Was quite tired, but feeling good and grounded. Throughout the day, I did 2 approaches. 1 was barely, barely engaged, the other was an extremely hard blowout - she was later joined by her family, so clearly didn't want to chat to me.

It was fun chatting to the boys, and just socialising and being out all day.

Tomorrow, will go connect with more of my people, IronWill former coaching clients. I'm gonna give one a 2hr deep dive session, because he's a legend and I wanna add value to his life.

I'll then do a shrooms session with Carl for inner game.

-MAC
 
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Took 5,000 odd profiles liked on Hinge but now have 4 girls to text. One date is pitched for tomorrow, the shrooms trip is a small dose of 1g, I think I will be fine to go on a date at 8pm.
 
I'll then do a shrooms session with Carl for inner game.​
When I read this I was instantly like "Damn :-D", because it sounds so casual.

Last time I did shrooms (1,25g) almost 6 years ago it was just for shits and giggles but I met God, became permanently sober and quit my job to apply to uni. I want to hear a trip report!​
 
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