Mindset

For a while I wanted to start a podcast focusing on a lot of issues you want to know more about, and finding the right people to work with is something I take my time doing.

We already have Jay back with the best health and fitness information you’ll get anywhere.

And Alex and Ed have done seminars with me.

What about the entrepreneurial podcast, though…

I’ve had more failures than successes, and needed someone to balance me out who has had more successes than failures, and also someone who had expertise in areas I didn’t.

(That’s how partnership works. There’s no reason to work with your twin. You partner with people who have complementary skills.)

A guy came down for a cigar night and seemed OK.

I tend to like people right away and work with them, or not.

Sometimes it leads me into some issues (as with my first film), but more often my instincts are right and it pays off.

(I had a bad feeling about the guy I did my first film with, but it was too late at that point.)

He said, “Wanna start a podcast?”

Sure.

And Mindset Squared was created.

What are we going to talk about?

Well Mike brought down a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle’s 23 to compare with Yamazaki 18, so there will be some “good life” stuff for sure.

And also business and other subjects.

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Gorilla Mindset: Introduction

Gorilla Mindset Chapter 1: Mindset is a Conversation

Gorilla Mindset audiobook reviews

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• Essentials of mindset & lifestyle in one book
• Gorilla Mindset is a series of mindset and lifestyle shifts that you can adopt in your life to get more of what you want. The audiobook helps you take your Gorilla Mindset training to the next level if you are working the paperback/kindle as well.
• Just what I needed Some really great stuff in here about shifting your mindset from accepting life to doing something about it.
• Self awareness Loved this book now I can see myself, or be more aware of myself. Thank you Mike.
• Awesome! Wow! The things we can do when we have our mind focused on dong the right things.
• A relatable book I’ve met Mike on a couple occasions and respect how he thinks and acts with intention. When I first heard the word mindset I thought some woo woo stuff. It took me some time to realize I was mistaken. I felt this book. It resonates. Try it out.
• Great read to start a new year off right! Gorilla Mindset was very empowering and gave me a fresh outlook on life. This book started making me feel like I’ve been standing on the sidelines of my own life and that I am capable of so much more. I am ready to put these new ideas into action.
• You really need this book! This is a fantastic book and is well worth the read. Mike has proven with venture after venture that he knows what he is talking about and is worth listening to. Tons of helpful insights and suggestions here…if you only absorb a small percentage of them, it will still be well worth your time.
• Listen all the way through You have to listen to all of it. There is good material and ok material throughout, even though there is likely one or more things you won’t agree with or like. It’s only about four hours long and not polished but that makes it worth listening to and real.
• Amazing and Enlightening ! Everyone should really read this. I completed with no interruptions! Very Detailed!
• Thought provoking Mike Cernovich brings unique insight to personal development. He’s got advice on mental and physical health as well and relationships.
• Big Brother Advice You Never Got It’s a great book, full of practical advice and I am going to use it. I never got any direction from my parents or brothers and I’m sure my generation(GenX) as a whole didn’t either. It’s only after much toil, that I have taken a sledgehammer to the poorly self poured foundation that I have haphazardly built. The words spoken in this book are more important now than ever. Thank you for the words of wisdom.
• open mind Even if you do not agree with all subjects he talks about, it’s a great read/listen and you will walk away learning something new. Maybe even inspired… waiting on G.M.2
• One of the best if not the greatest book on mindset This book is everything you need to get your mind and body right. With the addition of this audiobook you can hear Mike the same way he delivers on his podcasts. Really glad to have found Cernovich ‘s writing. I’m 110% sure he’s s helped tens of thousands of people all over the world. But this if you need to get your head straight or want more out of life.

You can listen to the full audiobook here.

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I was editing some writing today for a book when this article stood out. In hindsight, the article seems to completely miss the point, as the past and present are out of alignment.

While reviewing a book, I said, “Can you believe that guy wrote a great book?” At the time, I and most others had a thought in our head about who this person was. We had a definition.

If you talked to people today, and asked what they thought of him, their answer would be completely different from ours, years ago.

Some would say that it’s impossible! Whoever that person was three years ago is who he is today.

We have these own ideas about ourselves, as well. We define our identity at a fixed point. “I’m a [insert definition],” and wherever you are is where you’ll go.

The book I was reviewing was by a cartoonist. “Just a cartoonist….”

Do you know who I am talking about?

At the time of my review, Scott Adams had around 13,000 Twitter followers.

Today he’s a household name, but not for cartooning.

Your past is not your future.

Every day people tell me they can’t do something new because of “the past.” I used to have more patience for them, but my own life has proven them wrong. Have they been paying any attention to the past four years of my life?

Probably not. They’ve been too busy drinking from the well of self-pity.

Right now I am writing this article while my two-year old daughter is on my lap.

Going to D.C. and then New York to screen my feature-length film, Hoaxed.

Four years ago, no one would have thought of me as a filmmaker. Or journalist. Or….

But I never let the definitions other people held of me define me.

Today if you follow me online, you probably have encountered someone screaming at you.

DON’T YOU KNOW WHO CERNOVICH IS?????

They have a definition of me, based on the past, and it’s not a favorable one.

Now imagine for a minute that I let my worst haters define me. Where would I be?

I’d be defending myself. “I’m not that guy!”

Rather than living a new life, creating a new storyline.

When you defend yourself, you’re allowing the other side to frame the issue.

Of course, it’s unlikely you’re a public figure like me.

But you have those voices in your head – those voices that were put there by

I think of those voices as “scripts.” Script can mean computer commands or simply lines you’ve been taught to say to yourself.

“We are all unpaid actors in some giant script that we didn’t write.”

That’s deep, isn’t it?

What if I told you who said it…What would you say?

Kanye West was responsible for that insight.

If you have a definition of Kanye, based on the past, then you’re limiting him.

“He’s just a ….”

Again, this article isn’t about Scott Adams, Kanye, or me.

It’s about YOU.

If you’re using language patterns, if you’re believing Scott Adams is “just a cartoonist” or Kanye is “just a ….,” then you’re using those same language patterns in your own self-talk.

You’re reinforcing that script someone else wrote.

You’re letting your past control your future.

The past is not your future.

The future is yours.

– Mike

P.S. If you want to go deeper into these issues, check out The Power of Mindset.

“You’re not the same….You’ve changed.”

That’s the G-rated, non-manipulative version of the story whenever you level-up in life, and yes that language is almost always used when you’ve improved.

Isn’t that interesting? If you step down in life, people don’t tell you how much you’ve changed. They either avoid you or secretly feel happy that you’re lower than they are. It’s unpleasant stuff to think about, but we haven’t evolved as much as we’d like to think.

The #1 reason people criticize you for changing is because of their own fear, they are afraid of losing you. Your improvement reflects a mirror on them. They feel inadequate.

While we don’t want to be cruel people, your improvement can’t be held back by negative feelings others have.

I’ve been thinking about this issue a lot because as someone with a large audience, people get furious at me for writing about or speaking about a new subject.

And these emotions apply to “public personalities” as well as on the micro level.

When you quit drinking, your drinking buddies are upset. When you hit the gym, your friends may make snide remarks about you new “obsession.”

We hear that word a lot in this world, don’t we? Obsession.

What is wrong with being obsessed with a new business, or a new hobby, especially a positive hobby like health, fitness, or mindset.

And if you ask me, people are OBSESSED with television. They watch it for hours a day. Why aren’t people out there screaming at TV watchers? (For what it’s worth, I spend too much time online, so no judgment here if TV is your bag.)

I have trouble trusting people who aren’t obsessed. How can you not wake up thrilled about some activity? That’s not a good life.

What drives you?

People always ask me some various of that question. Why do you do what you do?

I grew up on welfare. Literally. In America everyone loves a rags to riches story, and people often “indulge” stories of their past. But for real, we spent some time on welfare, and my dad worked for less than $10 an hour in factories.

For me, there was never an option to “settle.” I often feel bad for the kids in media who go after me, they don’t have anything going on, they don’t know what it’s like to suffer….to sense that, “If I don’t make it, I got nothing.”

Knowing that I either made it or have nothing is why I do what I do.

But enough of this diary entry stuff.

Change is good.

Obsession is a requirement for success.

And don’t let the haters get you down – whether it’s one nasty person in your social circle or it’s millions of people.