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Make Reality Your Bitch

by Drawk Kwast – February 5th, 2011

global dominationMy philosophy is simple, make reality your bitch. I’ve heard it said that life is what happens to you while you’re waiting for your plans to work out. What a waste of a life to spend it waiting for things to work out. I would much rather spend my time making reality my bitch.

Many positive thinkers suffer from an overdose of delusional positive thinking and a lack of action. They’re sure everything is just going to somehow work out for them. Positive thinking is not about believing that situations will magically workout for you. Positive thinking is about knowing that everything is going to fly off the rails at some point and having an unshakable faith in yourself that – no matter what – you will be able to take action, get things back under control, and get moving in the right direction again.

As an atheist, I have faith in myself the same way religious people have faith in a god. Gaining that faith is a process. People who live a life constantly going after what they want have practiced dealing with every shape and size of obstacle that could stand in their way. As they practice getting around today’s roadblocks, they insure that getting around tomorrow’s roadblocks will be easier.

If you want something, you are going to have to go for it because nothing in this world with any value will ever be simply given to you. As the Chinese say, “Man sit with mouth open long time before roast duck fly in.” You’re going to have to jump into the situations you want in life with both feet. Then just relax, because you’re not in control, you are learning how to be in control. Keep it up and one day reality will be your bitch.

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We Would Fail Kindergarten

by Drawk Kwast – May 11th, 2010

kindergarten play blocksDrawk Kwast and Mike Murray talk about con artistry, the life of a technology entrepreneur, how they have fun with strangers, and why they would both fail another year of kindergarten.

Mike Murray is a serial entrepreneur who has spent more than a decade helping companies and individuals understand how they can be exploited by those with nefarious influence skills. From his work in the late 90′s as a penetration tester and vulnerability researcher to leadership positions at nCircle, Neohapsis and Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, his focus has always been on using vulnerability assessment through penetration testing and social engineering to proactively defend organizations. Mike co-founded MAD Security, where he leads engagements to help corporate and government customers understand and protect their security organization . He is also in charge of the advanced curriculum of The Hacker Academy, an advanced online training environment focused on the newest methods of computer penetration testing and social engineering. Mike has a variety of other diverse interests, from his work on human systems and influence to his work work with many people on their careers both within the security industry (through InfoSec Leaders with Lee Kushner) and outside of security (through the Connected Career). Mike’s thoughts on security can be found on his blog at Episteme.ca, and his work on helping build careers can be found at InfoSecLeaders.com and ConnectedCareer.com.

Drawk Kwast’s methods have been called unconventional, and he makes no apologies as he teaches men how to dominate the competition at work, attract the most desirable women on the planet, and ultimately achieve a fulfilling life. Forbes, USA Today, Details, Worth, and Entrepreneur have all recognized his ability to transform clients’ desires into reality through his 60-day Total Experience Immersion training program. His first book, Domination Basics: Secrets of the Alpha Male Book 1 (ISBN 1453801898), is available at Amazon.com and wherever books are sold. Visit his website at www.drawkkwast.com.

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Self Sabotage Part II – The Rollercoaster Crashes

by Drawk Kwast – April 9th, 2010

This is the second chapter in the story of Gary and his psycho bipolar girlfriend, Melinda. You can read the first part of their story in my article titled Self Sabotage: The Emotional Rollercoaster. That article explained what motivates Gary to date an insane person, while this second article documents the disaster that became of his life because he stayed with her. So for all of you who emailed me asking what happened with Gary and Melinda, enjoy.

I remember the first time I met Melinda and realized that there was something very wrong with this girl. I remember Gary shrugging his shoulders and telling me that she was “on medication for being psychologically unstable.” I also remember the first time I told Gary that if he didn’t get rid of Melinda, only bad things could happen as a result of keeping her around.

By the time one of her mood swings resulted in the police coming, I thought to myself that surely Gary would realize that he had to get rid of her – but to my amazement they were back together later that night. After that, I took it upon myself one evening to put a beer in Gary’s hand and have a bit of a sit-down conversation with him. I told him that if he did not get rid of his girlfriend, something was going to happen that would be irreversible. I explained to him that if he did not get away now, the day would come when he would not be able to get away, and that’s where our story picks back up with these two, the point of no return…

One of the benefits of dating a crazy girl is that the crazier they are, the better they are in bed. This was something that Gary not only knew, but enjoyed quite frequently. The biggest problem with Gary’s enjoyment of this was that Gary enjoyed it without the use of a condom. Not smart. Melinda’s idea of birth control was abortion, and she had already had five of them with Gary. What had not occurred to him was: what would result if the day came that she got pregnant and decided not to have an abortion?

The day finally came when Gary decided he had had enough of Melinda. He told her they were finished, and he was serious about it. What Gary did not know however, was that by the time he told her this, she was pregnant again. So what did Melinda decide to do to keep Gary in her life? Simple answer, don’t have another abortion. Having his child would guarantee that he was in her life permanently. Gary having a child with Melinda would also guarantee that his child would turn out just as crazy as she is. The surprises that Gary had not considered just kept on getting better.

So what happened over the next nine months? Interesting things: I’ll give you the highlights. Melinda, crazy as ever, and now with the added bonus of the out of control emotions that pregnant women have, ruined a perfectly good frying pan over Gary’s head. I say ruined because afterwards, it was so dented that it was unusable. Gary got lucky with that, no permanent brain damage (although considering the decisions this guy makes in life, I question whether his brain ever did work correctly). When the police got there they arrested Melinda and took her away in handcuffs, but when it came time for Gary to testify in court, he didn’t for the sake of his unborn child.

And while all of this was happening, he was having sex with another girl, Ayesha. You’ll remember that I said Gary doesn’t like having sex with condoms. You guessed it, Ayesha gets pregnant also. Ayesha’s boyfriend was very upset when he got out of prison and found out about all this.

So this leaves Gary with a two-week-old son, another baby on the way from a different girl, and a guy who just got out of prison looking for him. My advice to Gary was to sue for custody of his son, sever ties with Melinda, and learn how to use a condom. Gary replies by telling me, “Well at least things can’t get any worse.” He was wrong about this also.

After having their son, Melinda assures Gary that she has had a birth control implant put in, and they continue to have unprotected sex. Within weeks, Melinda tells Gary that she is pregnant again. At three months pregnant Melinda and Gary go to see a doctor for prenatal care. The doctor looks up at Gary and assures him that his girlfriend is doing fine for being six weeks pregnant. Gary looks at the doctor and says, you mean three months pregnant right? The doctor assures Gary that he knows what he’s talking about, and no, in fact Melinda is six weeks pregnant.

Melinda’s story is that she had a miscarriage, didn’t even know it was a miscarriage, and must have become pregnant again six weeks ago. This is the type of insanity that you just can’t make up, or believe actually happened, either.

Now let’s discuss what this has done to Gary financially. With the new baby in the house, formula to buy, and the never ending supply of diapers needed, Gary found himself frequently short on cash. His solution was to continuously get car title loans to make ends meet. This worked for a while until the day that he could not make the high interest payments and they took his car. So how does Gary get to work every day? Melinda drives him every morning and picks him up every evening spending the whole time nagging him about how he needs to figure out how to buy a car. The irony is that Melinda isn’t working either. She is on unemployment and disability. It’s hilarious to me to know that a leech of the system like Melinda continuously nags Gary about not making enough money.

The moral to the story is to be careful who you surround yourself with, and always, always use a condom! Gary called me the other day and my advice was a murder-suicide. He wasn’t sure if I was kidding or not, and neither was I.

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Bill Gates: McDonalds Employee of the Month

by Drawk Kwast – July 21st, 2009

Today I asked myself what would have happened if Bill Gates would have taken some bad career advice and just gotten a job at McDonalds rather than starting Microsoft.  I’m picturing Bill Gates wearing a McDonald’s uniform, including the stupid hat, standing behind the counter at McDonalds, ready to take your order with a smile.  This is one of the more amusing images that have ever run through my mind.  As an entrepreneur, my brain considers some wild “what if” questions to learn from.

There is something I have to remind myself of on the rare occasion that I eat fast food.  It is that if the people working there were competent, they would not be working there.  Something will happen, like getting soggy fries, at which point I’ll say to myself, “What type of an idiot could miss the fact that the fries are soggy?” Or, maybe the person at the cash resister just cannot figure out all of the complicated buttons on “order-takey-thingy” and I’ll start to get impatient.  At those times I have to remind myself that if they were competent, they would not be working at McDonalds.  Competent people are doing things like landing airplanes and getting paid much, much more.

At one point I actually figured out the costs to have a completely competent staff at McDonalds.  The cost of my double quarter pounder meal would go up to about $11.97, at which point I wouldn’t buy it.  Well, in all honesty, I probably would go just once.  Just one time I would like to get things perfect.  No ice in the drink.  No onions on the burger.  Maybe I could get fries that were pulled out of the fryer exactly when the buzzer went off leaving them cooked perfectly.  Service with a smile.  I know, I ask for too much.

Today I asked myself what would have happened if Bill Gates would have picked the McCareer path.  The guy is competent and takes great pride in what he does.  We can assume that he would have been a manager in no time.  Once he was a manager, I would bet that his location would be one of the cleanest and most efficient restaurants in the chain.  Being that he would do such a good job compared to all the idiots around him, he would no doubt get lots of positive reinforcement as to how good he was at his McJob.  The saddest thing would be that all of the positive reinforcement would motivate him to stay at that job and prevent him from becoming the billionaire he was capable of being.  I am sure in that case his parents would have been just as proud of him.  His mother would have loved him just as much.  He just wouldn’t have any money.

Just because someone is the best at shoveling horse manure doesn’t mean that they are living up to their potential.  In fact, it is the opposite that is true.  Anyone who is perfect at what they do isn’t pushing themselves.  Consider Bill Gates.  He would have been perfectly capable of running a McDonalds, while on the other hand starting Microsoft looked more like a train wreck that he somehow made it through.  That is what entrepreneurship is all about.  Surviving the train wrecks you create until you lean enough from the experiences to build wealth.

We all know about that underappreciated and underpaid secretary who does all the work and believes that she could never pull it off on her own.  She is wrong.  How about the starving artist who believes that no one else could love his work?  He is wrong also.  How about you?  What is your passion?  Are you a creative person working a not so creative job?  Has your self doubt lead you to a life of being good at shoveling horse manure?  Just because you’re good at what you do now doesn’t necessarily mean that you should be doing it.

It may be time to start looking at things from a different perspective.  It may be that you are limiting yourself because you are good at your current mediocre task.  What if there is a billionaire hiding inside you?  Do you ever feel like the life you have now may not be the life you were meant to live?  If so, it may be time for you to explore the perspective of people who are getting everything they want out of life.

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Stop Doing What You Hate Now!

by Drawk Kwast – July 16th, 2008

Why would anyone in their right mind spend time getting better at something they hate to do?  The concept seems insane, doesn’t it?  This is something only a crazy person would invest time into.  So why is it then that the majority of the workforce in America does exactly that every day they go to work?  Is the majority of the workforce crazy?  In my opinion, yes, this is crazy.

Any human being who spends time at anything is going to get better at doing that thing. If you give me the meanest guy you can find from your local biker bar and I make him hangout with an 80 year old lady for a month to learn how to crochet, guess what?  Every day he will get better at it.  By the end of the month, he will be good at it.  Now does this then make a logical point that every guy like this should be doing that?  No, that would be crazy!  Now you understand that just because you’re getting better at something doesn’t necessarily mean that you should be doing it.  Just because you work at a stable and every day you get better at shoveling horse poop, doesn’t mean you should stay at that job.

Let’s take a look at the concept of desensitization.  If you are staying at the same job because the longer you are there, the less you hate it, you are again crazy.  Your goal in life should not be a job that you hate less by the day; it should be a job that you actually enjoy doing.  Desensitization basically states that in any situation of continued exposure to discomfort, over time, you feel the discomfort less and less.  It’s not that the situation is getting any better, it’s just that you are getting more used to it.  This is incredibly dangerous.  You are getting more and more used to being unhappy and poor by the day and the longer you live like this, the less of a chance you will actually do something to better your situation.

The one and only resource that you have a fixed supply of is time.  Money can be made and lost easily, and money can buy just about any resource, except for time.  Time is the one thing that you only get so much of.  With this understanding, let’s look at the use of your time.  If you spend 10 hours doing something you hate, you’re going to get better at it.  However, if you spend that same amount of time doing something you enjoy, something you’re passionate about; your improvement will be far greater.  Logic then dictates that the better you get at doing something, the more money you can make doing it.  This is yet another reason to quit doing the job you hate as soon as possible.  Sure, you may have to down-shift your income level for a while, but in the long run you’ll end up happier and wealthier.  The sooner you start, the sooner you’ll get there.

It’s time to debunk the myth that everyone with money is unhappy.  What a load of crap!  I speak from personal experience on this one.  I have lived through times in my life when I have deposited $100,000.00 checks into my bank account and I have lived through times when I pulled lost change out of the washers at a public Laundromat so I could order dinner off of the dollar menu at McDonalds.  Here is the real truth about the link between money and happiness that no one else will share with you.

Money buys you more of whatever you had in your life before you had money.

That’s it.  That is the equation right there.  That’s all there is to it.  Simple, isn’t it?  Take a drug addict on skid-row and give them a bunch of money, what do they do?  Buy more drugs.  Show me someone without any friends or money, give them money and guess what?  Somehow they end up even more isolated from people.  Show me a person who is happy, who loves what they do in life, give them money, and I will show you an even happier person.  Do what you love, make more money as a result, and that money will buy you more of what you already had.  Go make it happen.

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Carpenter & Movie Star

by Drawk Kwast – June 30th, 2008

A wise man wins a brand new car. His friends say to him “you are so fortunate to have won such a beautiful car!” The man replies simply “Perhaps.” A few weeks later the man is enjoying a joy ride in his new car and another driver crashes into him severely injuring him. The man’s friends come to the man’s side and proclaim how bad it was that he was injured in the car wreck. The man simply replies “Perhaps.” While recovering in the hospital one night there is an earthquake and a tree falls on the man’s house crushing his room and his bed where he sleeps. His friends come to his bed side telling him of the damage to his house and how lucky he was to have been in the hospital to which the man grins and replies once more “Perhaps.” Has there ever been a point in your life that everything in your favor appeared to be working against you?

Thomas Edison’s teachers said he was “too stupid to learn anything.” He was fired from his first two jobs for being “non-productive.” As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When a reporter asked, “How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?” Edison replied, “I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.” If Edison would have stopped at his 999th attempt, we would be sitting in darkness.

As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a private. Afterwards, he was a failure as a businessman. As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to be a success. He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress, defeated in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office, defeated in the senatorial election of 1854, defeated in his efforts for the vice-presidency in 1856, and defeated in the senatorial election of 1858. At about that time, he wrote in a letter to a friend, “I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth.” In 1864 he was elected President of the United States… for the second time.

Albert Einstein did not speak until he was 4-years-old and did not read until he was 7. His parents thought he was “sub-normal,” and one of his teachers described him as “mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams.” He was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. He eventually learned to speak, read, and his math changed reality as we know it.

Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” He went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland. In fact, the proposed park was rejected by the city of Anaheim on the grounds that it would only attract riffraff. City officials have since changed their views on this.

In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modeling Agency, told modeling hopeful Norma Jean Baker, “You’d better learn secretarial work or else get married.” I’m sure you know that Norma Jean was Marilyn Monroe. Now, who was Emmeline Snively?

After Harrison Ford’s first performance as a hotel bellhop in the film Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, the studio vice-president called him into his office. “Sit down kid,” the studio head said, “I want to tell you a story. The first time Tony Curtis was ever in a movie he delivered a bag of groceries. We took one look at him and knew he was a movie star.” Ford replied, “I thought you were supposed to think that he was a grocery delivery boy.” The vice-president dismissed Ford with “You ain’t got it kid , you ain’t got it … now get out of here.” Ford gave up and became a self-taught professional carpenter working in the Hollywood Hills area to better support his then-wife and two small sons. Proving that reality is stranger than fiction, George Lucas hired Ford to build cabinets in his home. Ford’s work as a carpenter landed the actor his biggest role to date as Han Solo in Star Wars.

How will they tell your story?

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