The 21 Convention » Anthony ‘Dream’ Johnson

The Final Return to Orlando Florida

Anthony 'Dream' Johnson — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:54:24 +0000

It was three years ago today that The 21 Convention kicked off as an official live event in Orlando Florida. Ha, we could hardly get a conference room back then. Hotels thought I was joking at 18 years old trying to reserve a room for two days…

Fortunately a Holiday Inn on International Drive decided otherwise when I was willing to throw down my credit card for the room.

And here we are three years and four events later on the eve of the fifth 21 Convention, online tickets available for about another 8 hours.

So is this the last event to be held in Orlando?

Certainly not, but, next year will be for the forseeable future.

I’ve thought about this for quite some time actually, and while I love Orlando – it has been my home for over 4 years now – I think five years straight is plenty.

Four is probably enough as it is, but I would like to give people who have been following the event but not yet able to attend once last chance to visit this part of the world and experience what everyone has been talking about.

As such, 2011 will be the last time The 21 Convention is held in Orlando Florida. It will be heading for another major city in North America the year after that … which one, well, I think it’s best left a surprise .

In any case, if you have considered attending The 21 Convention in Orlando, 2011 will be your last chance. “Mega Early Bird” tickets went on sale last night. They are $150 until August 10th.

However, I am capping the number of sign ups for that price at 10. I simply can’t keep releasing tickets at that price as they just don’t track with hard event expenses, such as video production/room rental/staff/photography.

I chose 10 because the “mega early bird discount” for London moved 9 seats, so limiting Orlando to 10 for the same numerical price (150) seems fair to me.

Even so, 12 seats moved for Orlando 2010 in July of 2009. As such, if you are 100% committed to attending our last event in Orlando, and want to attend for the absolute lowest price possible, I recommend signing up asap.

It’s far off, but is the best option for those who know they are attending 2011, and it helps the convention by allowing me to better track attendance statistics and plan the budget accordingly.

After 10 seats are filled the price is $195. Save $45 today and sign up for The 21 Convention 2011 (North America).

I should also mention, The Community Tapes are now available on DVD, and will be available at the event this year. Find out more by clicking the box art below.

The 21 Convention is Coming to London June 2011

Anthony 'Dream' Johnson — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:23:54 +0000

Man … if you had told me in the very beginning, that I would one day be announcing The 21 Convention 2011, I simply would not have known how to respond.

To think that something so raw, so out of the blue, would continue for five years straight – man that would be phenomenal in it’s own right.

But then to tag on that it would be The 21 Convention 2011 of London … WHAT!?

And obviously, it doesn’t end there, as T21C London will be our second convention in Europe.

Where do I even begin?

Suppose I’ll begin by saying that my original announcement date for London was after T21C 2010 of Orlando Florida, so as to not take away from any of the Orlando “thunder”.

However, the more I thought about it, the more silly that idea seemed. Orlando is rocking out no matter what.

At the same time, tickets have already been selling for London*, and I can only hold the prices at mega early bird rates for so long.

*I announced London to Stockholm attendees a short while ago.

Why London?

Well, I’ve actually thought for some time now about The 21 Convention 2011 (Europe). I remember the thought first crossing my mind on my transatlantic flight to … well technically, and ironically, London, where I had a four hour lay over to Stockholm in early May.

The idea was exciting, but at the time, very little attention could be allotted to it. My eyes were on Stockholm and Stockholm alone (not counting the beautiful Swedish women, of course).

However, on my tour throughout Europe to promote the Stockholm convention, I began to give the idea some more thought by keeping it in the back of my mind, specifically, which city it should be held in.

Out of all the cities I traveled to while on my speaking tour, Amsterdam stuck out the most to me as a potential 2011 location.

For one, an amazing convention called the Real Man Conference had been held there a few years back, and bar none, it was the biggest event this “community” has ever seen.

What’s more, the locals I met while in Amsterdam, were really cool people, and very supportive of The 21 Convention, much like in Stockholm and elsewhere around Europe.

And perhaps above all, Amsterdam is a pretty unique city, that I’m sure a lot of people want to visit almost regardless of any event being held there.

+3 for Amsterdam

Yet, here I am announcing the convention in London – a city I spent less than 5 hours in on my way to Sweden for the 2010 convention.

What gives?

My nose.

Uhhhh…. what?

Yep, my nose.

Over the years I have done my best to use my brain – my logic, my reason – for hosting this convention. When times get tough, rather than bitch and moan, I think.

And that usually works, but not always.

Sometimes I simply have to go with my gut, or, “follow my nose”. This works best when times are especially tough. When people like to tell me to “back off”, “get realistic”, “slow down”, and more or less conform to the invisible rules of the world, set by no one, and observed by nearly everyone.

Well, sometimes these people are right, and I need to calm myself down. But other times, it’s time to say fuck the rules, and make my own as I go along – which perhaps, in part, is what this convention has been about since the very beginning.

This type of action results in all sorts of fun. For example, this spawned The 21 Convention 2007 when people were screaming for me not to host it.

To back off, and let someone “more qualified” do it.

Hmmm …

Making my own rules also led me over 4,000 miles across the Atlantic to host our first ever convention in Europe.

A lot of people told me not to go, to play it safe, etc …

Well, that turned out to be one of the most profound moves of my life, and seemingly this convention’s as well (if we can be so generous as to view it under an individualistic light).

Hmmm …

Point is, using my head has it’s advantages – when used appropiately and during the right span of time – but sometimes you just have to do things in the spite of overwhelming odds.

Fortunately, we have the best of both worlds when it comes to London.

For one, my gut says “London”. I don’t know how else to explain it. I simply SEE this convention happening in London next year – almost literally if I sit back and try to envision it.

Perhaps more importantly, if we take a step back and look at the bigger picture … there are so many potential speakers in the United Kingdom, and so many people I’ve spoken with over the years from there it’s astounding.

Fans of the convention, readers of my blog, family, friends … even e-mails from people coming from the far reaches of the internet, the list is endless.

London has another really important factor going for it as well … ready for it?

The city of London drives more traffic to this site than any other city on the planet. In fact, it drives more traffic than the next three cities combined.

It’s ridiculous. London is just this giant, fat dot on the Google Analytics map.

And so what? People in London watch the free videos. Big deal.

Well, here’s the interesting part – we’ve never hosted The 21 Convention in a city that has significant traffic to the web site. As such – and this is probably news to some – we’ve never had a significant local turn out for an event.

This is totally, 100%, grade A backwards from every other convention in history, that was in any way related to “the community”. The local turn out is always massive, and then you have some guys fly in from far off places.

Not so with The 21 Convention. In both Orlando and Stockholm, the bulk of people who attend fly in from all over the place. And by bulk I mean like 90%.

Well, I’d like to change that.

Why?

It’s my dream to bring this convention to it’s fullest potential, and I don’t believe it’s there yet. Part of that potential is bringing in hundreds if not thousands of people for the convention – be it in Florida, Europe, elsewhere, or everywhere.

In doing so, this frees up a lot of financial wiggle room for the event, while keeping the ticket prices lean and accurate for what you guys are willing to pay.

Financial wiggle room means more ability for cool projects like The Community Tapes, and more bonuses for attendees – like an inclusive dinner after the event.

Perhaps more importantly, lots of people, and more financial wiggle room, gets us in the ball park for some seriously bad ass speakers.

People tell me I’m nuts, but I think this is the event for guys like David Deida – author of The Way of the Superior Man.

People tell me I’m nuts, but I think this is the event for guys like Tim Ferris. (Not to mention he included me in the revised edition of The Four Hour Work Week – come on Tim, where’s the love?).

People tell me I’m nuts, but why should we stop there? Why? Why can’t Anthony Robbins speak at The 21 Convention?

Seems like a pretty successful dude to me, with great ideas to share, don’t you think?

So, people tell me I’m nuts, and I ignore them, while pressing on, sincerely believe these guys not only would speak under the right circumstances at the event, but belong there. THIS is the outlet for them to reach new audiences, and connect in new ways.

Just gotta get on their radar a bit more. Being able to cover their flight and hotel expenses helps for sure, which becomes a reality with higher attendance. Just gotta make it happen!

Details

If you’ve read this far, you’re probably wondering about more specific details for the event. Well, here they are, as they currently stand.

Dates: June 1st-5^th 2011

June 1^st will be a meet and greet as we are doing here in Orlando this year. The main event will begin Thursday June 2^nd, and run until Sunday June 5^th – a full four days.

Location: London, England, United Kingdom (think I wrote that right)

A final conference room will be decided on this Fall after speaking with some locals and negotiating with various conference centers and hotels.

Potential speakers?

Yikes, this is going to be a long list.

Anthony ‘Dream’ Johnson (that’s me)
Dharam (2010 convention speaker, Pua Training Master Instructor)
Jared ‘Ratisse’ (multi-year convention speaker)
Dejan ‘Zebra’ (multi-year convention speaker)
Vince Kelvin (2010 convention speaker, founder: Pua Summit)
Richard ‘Gambler’ La Ruina (2010 speaker, founder: Pua Training)
London Keychain (Love Systems)
Jeremy Soul (Love Systems)
Frederik “Satisfaction” (2010 speaker)
Alex May
Neil Natura
Smooth Doc (2010 speaker, founder: Real Man Conference)
Dj Fuji (multi year convention speaker)
Andy Yosha (Pua Training Master Instructor, founder: DayGame.com)
Tynan Smith (also known as ‘Herbal’ from The NY Times #1 Bestseller The Game)
Dodger ‘Hshudo’ (multi year convention speaker)
Steve “El Topo” Mayeda (multi year convention speaker)
Orlando Owen (2010 convention speaker)
Keiza Noble

And the list could go on, and on, and on … and these are only (well mostly) people that would speak about dating, relationships, sex, and so forth.

I will also be inviting people to speak on topics outside of the ones listed, opening up a whole new can of worms as it has here in Florida.

Anything else I should know?

Yep. I plan on doing a speaking tour around Europe once again to help get the word out about the convention. Most likely in late April/early May. If you would like me and potentially some other speakers to come to your city, please shoot me an e-mail at Dream@The21Convention.com with “London Tour” in the subject heading.

Beyond that, know that I now have the experience of four conventions under my belt – nearly five – and I am no longer a newbie to Europe.

This is the world’s #1 men’s convention, and I intend to put my money where my mouth is next June in London, the online heart beat of The 21 Convention.

Tickets are already on sale, and 2010 Stockholm attendees have already signed up. You can reserve your seat below, and join the Facebook event here.

The cost to attend The 21 Convention in London will be £ 500 if you do not sign up online beforehand.

If you sign up by July 18^th2010 the cost is only £ 150, which is the most inexpensive a ticket will ever be for the event.

This may sound like semantics, but the door price to the event is the real and final price. Purchasing your ticket online saves you money. Buying in advance saves you even more, and at the same time, allows us to track attendance for the event, calculate budgets, etc.

It’s a win/win, and I hope more people take advantage of it this year rather than waiting till the last minute.

That’s all for now guys. See you next Spring, and see you in London.

-Anthony ‘Dream’ Johnson

Interview with TSB Magazine

Anthony 'Dream' Johnson — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:59:36 +0000

A few weeks ago I agreed to do an interview with Rob Judge of TSB Magazine. It’s titled “How to Become a Stud by August”, but really, it’s 100% about The 21 Convention.

You can read the full interview here.

There’s a bit of an easter egg in there as well regarding a major announcement for The 21 Convention I have yet to (officially) make. It’s big.

Check out a local TV interview I had a while back as well, on a TV show hosted by The 21 Convention’s one and only Peter Murphy.

An interview with the Central Florida Future can be found here as well.

Bill DeSimone Preview for The 21 Convention

Anthony 'Dream' Johnson — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:04:10 +0000

After suffering a severe bicep injury while strength training, Bill DeSimone took it upon himself to look where few personal trainers and fitness “gurus” have before – anatomy, physiology, and bio-mechanical text books. What he found was simple, yet profound: many popular exercises thought to be “safe” and “effective” were in fact in direction contradiction with proper muscle and joint function as the science geeks would have it.

The result of this discovery was the Moment Arm Exercise manual that took the internet by storm. At this point Bill is arguably the world’s leading authority on the often overlooked yet critical bio-mechanics of exercise, which when used to your advantage, can dramatically increase the safety and effectiveness of your workouts – now and for the long haul. See my interview with Bill on The Dream Lounge and view all of his free videos on YouTube.com/Optimalex.

Steve ‘El Topo’ Mayeda Preview & Coaching for The 21 Convention

Anthony 'Dream' Johnson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:46:58 +0000

Download the free audio from Steve “El Topo” Mayeda by clicking here (no sign up required).

Visit Steve’s website at TheRedMole.com

Nick Sparks and Francis Adams Preview & Coaching for The 21 Convention

Anthony 'Dream' Johnson — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:09:20 +0000

T21C 2009 speakers Nick Sparks and Francis Adams discuss The 21 Convention 2010 of Orlando Florida and the coaching they will be offering.

If interested pre-event contact Francis@TheSocialMan.com

Turning Back the Clock

Anthony 'Dream' Johnson — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:35:08 +0000

I’d like to take the time today to re-post some classic written reviews of the live event, from 2009, 2008, and even 2007. Admittedly, these are my favorite reviews, written by people I consider some of my closest friends – even though I have only hung out with them 2 or 3 times my entire life.

Funny how that works.

From Dasani – three year attendee.

I intend this to be as much a review of The 21 Convention put on by Dream as it is a recap of each speech and the content covered. The event, newly changed from The Under 21 Convention, now that the focus isn’t as specifically on the under 21 pickup crowd, spanned across four full days from as early as 10 am until 8 pm each night.Generally the format was, two speakers followed by a lunch break, then three more speakers after lunch, with shorter breaks between each speech. You can imagine how much content was covered in the allotted time. Let’s get to it.

Day 1

Dream

After introducing the convention, Dream launched into his speech that he titled “Rise Above.” Life lessons, personal stories, and revelations formed the meat of the content, all geared toward the idea that, in my words, no matter how bad it gets you can always come out on top and still kicking. From heartbreaking loss to financial ruin, he laid it all out on the line, putting on a solid performance.

El Topo

The second speaker, El Topo, began by talking about what makes a good instructor and what the role of the instructor is and how they can accomplish it. He then delved into his methodology of game and how to implement it.Topo quickly transformed questions from the crowd such as “what is one thing you like about yourself and one thing you dislike” through these methods into personal and specific grounding routines. The man demonstrated a complete knowledge of the topic he covered and never failed to address any specific question about himself or what he teaches. He’s one of the genuinely good guys out there who cares about helping out and giving back, putting on multiple talks at the end of each day and even taking somewhere around 10 guys out each night to work specifically with – for free.

Julian Foxx

Highlights of this speaker included several drills that he teaches to his paying students, a method of creating incentive to go out and accomplish your goals, and several specific techniques. A low energy, but none the less knowledgeable speaker.

Adonis

Everything you could want to know about same night lays: where to take her, how to do it, when to do it, and techniques for making it happen. The man is a veritable machine set to ‘Fuck’ who managed to take time off to speak about the mechanisms that turn his gears. Very solid speech from a gifted and extremely knowledgeable speaker, the man also went out and made himself available to guys in-field at no charge.

Nilatak

A return speaker from the ’07 convention and the man who gave me the single best feedback post in response to a field report ever, Nilatak just had a short time to jump on stage and do some short demonstrations. He had three guys from the audience, at different skill levels, come on stage and approach him, after which he would break down what was good, what wasn’t, and how to fix common problems. Good stuff, great guy.

Psych

From PUA Training, Psych was a convention attendee and audience member last year, turned trainer and speaker this year. He talked on his concept of social game, adding value, and what he considers to be the three keys to pickup: likeability, persuasion and sexuality. Pulling back from the game for a bit, he showed a brief clip of AFC Adam from last year’s convention, where Adam calls Psych out as the man to watch, as a man who will soon be very, very good. He then called out the entire audience; if he can come here as an attendee and come back one year later as a speaker, as a man who has accomplished his goals and become greater than the collective mediocrity, then any and every person in the audience can do the same. Great speech and a solid guy.

Day 2

Hshudo

Social circle and college game highlighted one of this year’s youngest speakers. He talked about his mindsets in pickup, told a few stories, and shared some techniques including having your girl bring over a friend for your roommate and visa versa to ease the process and expand your circle. A little nervous at first, he spoke quickly, but as time passed he eased into his groove and gave a decent speech.

Erika Awakening

I’ll hold back a little because I think a few things caused me to be closed off and biased against her presentation, but here is how I saw it. Erika talked about “Spiritual Seduction: how to change your love life through your belief system” which is actually a topic that interests me greatly. Beginning with her story of a near death experience, Erika then broke down the difference between types of beliefs, talked on the importance of vibes and becoming conscious/aware/present. Her new company does therapy for clients with limiting beliefs through a technique called Emotional Freedom Technique. Many of the guys I spoke with enjoyed her speech, but I found myself a skeptic. She nearly broke down during her story of near death, gave a rather disjointed and bare bones speech, and when I asked specific questions on the mechanics of EFT, she was unable to answer and even referred to it as ‘magic.’ I encourage anybody reading this to watch the video and form their own opinion.

Francis Adams

From the Campus Casanova crew, he talked about college game. Francis is a funny and energetic guy who was able to bring a lot of new and, as far as I know, innovative concepts to the table including his five social circle rules and his concept of female attraction ‘simmering’ and how to use this to your advantage. I especially liked his angle on being friendly and flirty with everybody, not just the girls you’re into, and his idea of “falling in love a little with every girl.” I know just what you mean man. Good stuff.

Nick Sparks

From The Social Man, Nick talked briefly on college game and then got into his main topic of sexualizing body language. This guy has reached the peak of charismatic, an incredibly gifted speaker. He demonstrated some simple techniques on how to generate sexual chemistry through body posture, touch, proximity, and eye contact on Erika, and I swear she actually fell in love with him on stage. Watch the video and tell me I’m wrong. At the end of his time he gave what I’ve been referring to as “The Piano Speech” the most inspirational and exciting speech since the ‘you’re money and you don’t even know it’ segment in Swingers. Just to get it in writing, Dream you had better have your editing guys cut that part out of the end of his speech so you can upload it as a specific video in and of itself, alongside the full talk. One of the best speeches given at the entire event.

Christian Hudson

Formerly of Charisma Arts, Christian started his own company, The Social Man. Before getting into the gamey portion of his speech, Christian gave a sort of father to son style speech, a cocktail of respect, kicks in the ass, and genuine reverent inspiration. I can’t say specifically he said as I was so enamored with his words that I forgot to take notes, except “A winner is a man who refuses to accept his situation, and does something about it.” A real man of action, he gave some specific techniques and conversational tools, as well as concepts on arousal and how to talk.Fantastic speech.

Day 3

AFC Adam Lyons

Filling in for some people who couldn’t make it, Adam gave two different talks. The first was all about closing, which included techniques for making it happen, ways of easing the transition, and hilarious stories to illustrate every point.His second speech was more in depth and advanced, covering frame control and 4 specific methods of doing so verbally. He also talked on, and demonstrated physical frame control. What I love about Adam is his speeches are so well put together and rehearsed, that they don’t even sound like they’re rehearsed and planned ahead. I couldn’t tell which parts were adlibbed and which parts he had said a dozen times in the past. Adam puts across an energy and enthusiasm that is unparalleled by anybody I’ve come into contact with in the community (and with all the talent that shows up to the 21C, that’s saying something). One of the best technical pickup speeches of ’09.

Gone Savage

Savage took things in a different direction, talking about female sexuality and what it is that women desire in a man.He talked about debriefing questions to ask your girls, how to be a unique and compelling man in her life, and the difference between the masculine and the feminine. A very chill and different speaker, he brought something entirely new to the table.

Dream #2

Controversial and the only speech to receive a standing ovation, Dream gave his second speech of the convention on proper exercise and nutrition. This speech will challenge everything you think you know about what to eat and how to exercise. Well put together, Dream really knows what he’s talking about. The relevance of this speech to becoming an attractive man is a no brainer, and as Dream put it, no woman is going to tell you “your six pack is way too tight, get out of here.”

Drew Baye

The second speech on health and exercise, Drew talked about High Intensity Training. The man knows more about exercise than most of the speakers know about pickup. For any body looking to get involved in a program that will give you the best results, for the least amount of time in the gym, this speech is the best source of fitness advice around. Without a moment of hesitation, Drew answered every question with confidence like a man who invented what he was talking about. He laid out which exercises will most effectively work which muscle groups, how much time to allow for rest and recovery, the concepts behind muscle growth, and what you can expect if you attempt HIT.Really incredible stuff and a talented speaker.

Heartwork

A speaker from last year as well, Heartwork is an instructor for Vin DiCarlo at only 19 years old. A funny and energetic guy, he talked mainly on the friendzone and how to get out of it. Bottom line, “she’s not your fucking friend.”A good speaker, Heartwork was also out in field with a lot of guys.

Day 4

Righthand Man

One of the older speakers, RHM has really been out there and experienced it all. He talked about how women tend to view men and create expectations for how men should behave, what he knows about marriage (17 year veteran), the traditional way for men to go through life (school, college, get a job, get married, have kids, get divorced), and flipping the script on women. A real consciousness raising speech that any guy who is considering an LTR or marriage should look into. Solid speaker, good content.

Nathan

Hailing from RSD, Nathan was the only speaker who was not filmed. He talked about masculine and feminine qualities, and how when you are at least 51% in the masculine, you will have attraction on some level. He did a few short exercises and drills with the group.

DJ Fuji

Fuji really stepped the fuck up this year and took charge, speaking in a second slot to fill in for some speakers who couldn’t make it. Absolutely worth every second. He spoke on the fundamentals of game, how to get better through his DaTE model (Discipline, Training, Execution, which I’ll never forget and regret not answering the questions when he asked about it haha…). Other topics were common sticking points and pitfalls to avoid while learning. The man spoke in such a way as to really grip at a person’s soul and make them realize how far from their potential they really are allowing themselves to sit, comfortably. Without a doubt, the best speech this year.

Ratisse

Returning again after speaking on text game and sexual priming in ’08, Ratisse talked about his style of game this year which is a method for creating massive social proof and really becoming the king of a venue. The guy is a model of dominance, and his philosophy of “if you’re not happy with who you are, change it” really brings this across. No questions, no compromises, just action. He demonstrated how he works a club on stage and talked in depth on his experiences and methods. What a badass.

Elite Q&A Panel

Once again, all of the remaining speakers got on stage together to take questions from the audience on anything and everything, each giving their own input and opinions on particular subjects from dates, to pulling, to strippers.

The Last Word

Once again Dream put on an event that oozed quality from the get go. One of the speakers even commented on how he has spoken at other large pickup events of this nature, and how Dream managed to put together something that was of greater scale, quality, and better organized. And he really did. Four days and 19 speakers on topics ranging from health to same night lays, The 21 convention once again delivered far more content for far less dollar than you’ll find anywhere else in the community. In addition to the speeches, nearly every speaker was more than happy (and emphasized so in their time on stage) to speak with attendees and answer questions, and even in many cases to make themselves available in field for free, or for dramatically reduced prices. This is really what the seduction community was meant to be about, men getting together to help each other improve their lives. The 21 convention is the manifestation of that ideal in reality. See you next year.

-Dasani

From Dasani – 2 year attendee (at this point)

I had never been on a vacation alone. I had never, without the support or company of my friends or family, traveled anywhere outside of a few hours’ drive away. Three days of seminar, four nights out, forty pages of notes and about fifty sets later, I’ve managed this small step toward greater independence and arrived back in Portland. This is my story, my impressions, and everything you could possibly want to know about the 2008 Under 21 Convention, hosted by Dream.

Day 1

I arrived at the hotel about an hour before the convention began and slowly people began gravitating toward the lobby. Sitting down on a couch, reading through the paper, I was approached by what had to be a PUA. Leather wrist band, affliction style t-shirt, cool jeans, it’s the look I’ve come to associate with players. He oozes charisma, and it only takes a few sentences before I have the idea firmly planted in my head that this guy most definitely gets laid. I breathe a silent sigh of relief that there are legitimately cool guys coming to the convention.
Shortly thereafter I stopped a dude about my height who I noticed was wearing a convention badge, though I neglected to read what it said, “Hey man, are they going to have a problem with me bringing in my backpack?”
He cracks a small smile and tells me in a voice that he somehow managed to infuse with the feeling of laughter without actually laughing, “I dunno…is there a bomb in it?” For some reason I’m so caught off guard by his easy wit that I answer dumbly “nope!” and he tells me he’s sure it’s fine. Something about the guy totally won me over in those few seconds of talking.
I walk into the convention hall, pushing to the back of my mind questions of my own sexuality as a bearded Dream approaches me and calls for water. Oh wait, he was just saying my name. We greet and talk briefly before I take my seat and prepare for the presentations…

Dream Part 1

Following the opening and a brief recap of his last year’s speech, Dream began his real speech. I was impressed by the improved demeanor and relaxed state (though a bit too relaxed and conversational at times) he was able to maintain while up on stage, definitely a big shift from last year. Also, as Dream spoke he laid bare the truth on the ups and downs of his personal development while giving tips on how to create discipline in getting your life/pickup handled and what pitfalls to avoid, such as becoming so focused on pickup that you forsake all other avenues of your life. At the last minute in response to some chatter going around on my end of the crowd, Dream gave some tips on going out alone, which is an idea that chills me to my soul to this day. After some final advice on emotional stability and mastery, Dream set the stage and introduced the next speaker…

Braddock

Prior to the convention I had never heard of Braddock, though the “buzz” (watch the speech) surrounding him was that he’s a pretty big deal. He came up incredibly confident, although he powered through his speech due to time constraints. Braddock spoke about college game. He didn’t just speak about it, he outlined exactly the who, what, how, when, and why of the entire process of becoming the king of your campus. He even went so far as to explain a technique for pulling a two set back to your house that, by the time I had finished sketching out my interpretation of it, looked somewhat like a diagram of a football play. Although a lot of the speech was centered on the idea of there being frat houses at your school, the major concepts are applicable anywhere. Straight money.

Heartwork

Oh hey, that’s the guy who asked about me bringing a bomb in my bag. Heartwork comes off as an extremely positive, carefree, and just straight fun guy to hang around with. Not to mention incredibly intelligent, skilled, and knowledgeable in his area of expertise. I had the pleasure of seeing him work in field, the dude is legit.
Heartwork opened with a short segment on how to learn the game properly with his idea of Goal Centric Training. He then moved into a fairly detailed section on Shaping (the ability to make people behave the way you want in your presence) and its uses, followed by the most easy to use system of rules for cold reading I’ve ever heard anywhere in the community (who knew the word ‘sometimes’ was so useful). A little more on shaping, how to reward your girl, some practical tips and techniques, and it was onto the next speaker…

Zebra

Huh, imagine that. The guy who came up to talk to me while I was reading was actually speaking at the convention. The Tetris block comment about coming from Sweden falls into place. Zebra was, in my opinion, THE most surprising speaker at this year’s convention. In addition to presenting incredible amounts of valuable information, Zebra is an incredibly dynamic speaker. The energy, certainty and skill that came out in his presentation projected exactly the type of personality that bespeaks of true self-esteem and confidence. He laid out what he considered the three most important things to take care of before anything else when deciding to learn game; getting leverage on yourself, setting goals, and becoming conscious of yourself and how you see women. On the more practical end of the spectrum, he talked about his personal love of spewing out emotional nonsense at women (“I’m gunna put you in a box!”), an exercise on how to get good at this, the truth about having people JUST talking and laughing with you and doing nothing with it, and what I considered to be just straight funny stories:
Zebra: Their friends are here, what do we do now?
Friend: Uhh I dunno…wait until they’re done?
Zebra: Fuck no! Bust in and talk LOUDER!

Day 2

Downtown Orlando has some incredible nightlife, though I missed out on my chance to singe karaoke. Next year!

Dream (Part 2) and HomeRunKing

These two took the stage to open up the second day of the convention and spoke about vitality, health, and fitness. There was a fair bit of valuable information in the speech, but it was hard to grasp as much of it challenged almost every long held belief about eating and what to eat that I (and many other convention attendees) hold. At times it felt more like conspiracy theory than legitimate information, but despite this I managed to take some serious notes and will be attempting to go 3-4 weeks without milk products to put Dream to the test on his assertion that much of what goes into milk is basically glue.

Sinn

My hand hurt after this one. A lot. Sinn’s speech was incredibly fluid and jam packed with information. My six pages of notes boil down basically to Sinn’s model of how social interaction works, some of his philosophy “bottom line, you wanna get laid, who gives a fuck about how you do it,” the components within the model (types of comfort, qualification, and attraction), ideas on framing, beliefs, practical tips and uses, and even some stripper game. Sinn also took some time to warn all the newbies about the dangers of becoming an under 21 pickup artist. I’m sure some of the guys tuned this out, but having only a month or so before his speech discovered in myself one of the key pitfalls he outlined, I think it was a well warranted warning.

Ratisse

Ratisse genuinely looks like an unapproachable badass. His style of game and absurd number of f-closes seems to reflect this. Having spent some time taking a break and talking with him at House of Blues, I can say that Ratisse is genuinely a cool, grounded dude, who has the drive and motives of a true teacher. He spoke in large part about text game and his particular take on it, as well as sexual priming which is basically “a smart and efficient way to know where you are” or as Sinn would say “blow me or blow me out.” This, coupled with Zebra’s speech, helped me to flip the switch inside me that says “fuck it” and just go for broke if I find myself in the 20 minute set to nowhere. He also spoke a little bit on endgame and dealing with LMR. My one criticism was that he kept his notes on his cell phone, which made it look like he was answering texts during his speech. Value packed speech, very relaxed demeanor, incredibly skilled PUA.

Nautilus and Right Hand Man

Nautilus was a returning speaker from last year, and with his partner Right Hand Man, they gave a speech on a very different style of game. They spoke on Inner and Outer game, and their idea and beliefs that one should never chase a girl, ever. This includes asking for phone numbers and at times sexually escalating. If the girls on the presentation screen are actually some of Nautilus’ exs, then he is definitely onto something. They warned that their style is incredibly easy and simple to follow, though it is hard for me to break all my old patterns and start over with such a radically different method of game. Their confidence and stage presence definitely lends credibility to them however.

AFC Adam

Just. Straight. Wow. Watch the video. Seriously, watch it. This guy has to be seen or better yet, experienced, to believe. In short, he talked about the three things that every guy who is good with women has: Confidence, Abundance, and the Ability to Sexually Escalate, and ways to improve all of these. The man is so positive and giving and such a personality that…words fail to describe. Watch watch watch!!!

With day two wrapped up, that only left one more day, and with such extraordinary speakers, day three would be hard pressed to live up to the rapidly rising bar, even with my favorite speaker from last year taking a two hour chunk.

Day 3

Dream Part 3

Dream opened up the final day with a Q&A of questions that he took from the forum. It is difficult to describe this without reproducing every question here, but basically it involved some tips on pulling, beliefs, Dream’s pyramid of reasons for being out at night (which is deceptively simple, yet profoundly powerful), and more valuable information on mastering your emotions (pleasure pain principle) and leadership.

Mehow

Returning once again, one of the top PUA’s in the community came to reveal some of his newest theories and technology. Though he was still an amazing speaker with invaluable information, there seemed to be a dark cloud or some bad mood hovering over Mehow, so props to him for getting through the presentation anyway and doing an awesome job. He spoke on his idea of group attraction while breaking down a video demonstration of it in action, and also his new form of teaching via ebook, called DNA. I don’t remember what it stands for, but it in essence tells you exactly how to deliver a line, from tonality, to speed, to what you should be doing with your hands, so that guys don’t spend months repeating a line and saying it wrong over and over again. He also introduced the idea of solo winging and some tactics with wings. Mehow proved once again that he doesn’t mess around. He delivers.

Manwhore

Wow. For me personally, Manwhore’s speech hit right on the money with the type of information that I think more guys need to absorb and understand in the community. He spoke massively on the idea of presence, dominance, leadership, limiting beliefs and other profound inner game topics. I particularly loved his metaphor for game, “Inner game is the language of social interaction. Once you get it dialed, outer game is just the pronunciation of the words.” And of course, he wasn’t without his out of control stories and as-repeatable-as-schwarzenegger one liners such as, “If I wanted you to be the measure of my balls, I would put them in your mouth.” I was disappointed that a lot of the guys didn’t get as much out of his speech as I did, as I think this kind of thing is really all you need if you understand it and embody it. I’ll be listening to the audio over and over between now and the 2009 convention, where I hope Manwhore will return to speak again.

El Topo, Doc Holliday, and Entropy

El Topo is an interesting guy. He has a sense of humor unlike anybody I’ve ever seen, and is absolutely hilarious. He spoke about his RedStack concepts and was creating custom material for any guy who had the balls to raise his hand and call out answers to his questions. He also gave some tips on how to improve delivery and your overall skill.

Doc Holliday, forgive me, does not look like the kind of guy who pulls. Looks can be deceiving. Meeting him, he is a very chill cool guy. Seeing him in the field, he’s deadly. He spoke briefly on daygame and gave a quick model to follow for a specific scenario, from open to getting a solid phone number.

I didn’t write much down about Entropy, I don’t think he spoke much, but I did have the opportunity to talk with him out in field, see him critique one guy’s set, and get some feedback on a set I had just run. Really chill guy, very honest, and really made me feel like he enjoyed giving me feedback on my situation and was in no way grudging about taking time to talk with a humble noob.

Libido

Libido spoke briefly on relationships and keeping sex interesting. I saw him at House of Blues the Sunday before I flew out, and oh my god. This guy is a beast. Read some of his LR’s that he posted up. He had a method of opening that got girls instantly investing in him that I’ve never even heard of before, let alone seen work. Just wow. My jaw dropped watching him in action.

In Depth Q&A

Too much to go over here. Every remaining speaker got on stage and fielded questions from the audience. Very valuable time, I wish I could have thought of a question. I also heard the first “whispers” of the soon to be infamous ‘Circle of OI!’ routine. The most devastatingly effective routine available in the community, probably that ever WILL be available. I’m still waiting on the video, though I participated in a Group of OI at HOB. I hit state instantly.

The Last Word

Top notch speakers, and according to Dream over 22 hours of seminar footage. This really is the best quality event/product available to the community. For $100 you get what would normally cost you upward of $2000, not to mention the numerous discounts offered by some of the speakers who were providing workshops and bootcamps as well. The 2008 Under 21 Convention was a sight to behold and an experience that I won’t soon forget. Most guys have never had the opportunity to take in such a large amount of information and then CONSISTENTLY put it into practice, each night. I never even mentioned the approach a thon where more experienced guys help noobs get some approaches under their belt. It’s like a free bootcamp. Also, each of the speakers took enormous efforts to answer questions from the audience and make themselves available during the convention (and even in field a bit) to talk with about game or just to shoot the shit. Phenomenal. Does it get any better than this? Probably not. I’m reserving my ticket to next years convention ASAP, I wouldn’t miss this for the world.

Are you ever going to be finished with women in your life? No. It doesn’t matter how old you are. The Under 21 Convention is the most underrated, highest quality experience that, if you’re willing to commit to it, will take you places you never thought possible. See you in 2009.

-Dasani

Zebra and I on set for The Community Tapes [Volume 2] in Stockholm Sweden

From Zebra

Made this review for a Swedish forum I post on, figured i might aswell post it here to for anyone that didnt get a chance to go.

The under 21 convention that hit Orlando Florida last month was a big success. Besides all the great speakers that were there giving huge amounts of value and the great people that attended, the whole thing was just 30 dollars (206 kr). This was more of a POOAH charity event then a summit.

Arriving the first day I met up with some people who had made the trip from across the states to be there. It was fun to meet guys who were dedicated to seduction, and who had different styles in sarging. Even the guys who had no idea what a set even looked like were at least eager to get out in the field and start ripping Orlando apart.

The first night anyone that wanted to could take part in an approchathon. This was not an official convention event, but was organized by the local lair for the convention students. People staying from the hotel gathered in the lobby and we all shared taxies to downtown Orlando. This place had a whole street full of all sorts of venues.

Meeting the lair people at a square close to the club area we all got some time to get to know each other. We headed off to a parking garage to get a quick brief for the night, and to get into teams. It was pretty ghetto getting the first seminar in a parking garage, and we had to move a few times cause the security people thought a group of 50 guys standing around seemed suspicious. Fight club is the only thing that comes to mind thinking back on it.

Dream, the guy who organized the convention and the approachathon, explained how the whole thing worked. We would each go in teams of 3, one instructor per every two students. Sounds like an awesome ratio, but I got to mention that some of the instructors were less then what would be expected from a low level approach coach. As long as the 2 students were paired up with someone who was better then they were, they could at least learn something.

Night started out pretty good. Got Dream as my guide and we hit the town with a 50 man entourage (needles to say, any routines would soon be totally valueless. I cant count how many times I herd guys get blown out cause they re-used some material other guys tried).

Starting off was slow, and while Dream and the other guy started approaching like they were on fire, I started to get inside of my head. I got pushed into a horrible walking set and decided to get the worst set of the night out of the way. This way I knew that nothing that night could be worse then that. After that was done, sets started opening and I started to really enjoy Orlando. All the clubs had different themes and the girls were all cool (not to mention hot).

At the end of the night 2 guys pulled, but didn’t close the deal. Everyone else went home pretty empty handed. I was a bit surprised at the amount of new guys that were that this convention.

With about 4 hours of sleep, my wings and I rolled out of bed to get some good seats for the convention. The convention officially started at 11 am.

List of speakers:

Dream – Introduction to the event, some own life experience, newbie mission,
and how to handle guys. Gave a small Intro to all the other speakers

ManWhore – Unofficially from RSD. This man talked about frame control,
communication, and cavemaning.

***** – Something about identity…..oh and take his boot camp!

Mehow – Kino, routines and blowing AMOGs out.

Orleans – Words of wisdom and Vin DiCarlo Escalation ladder.

Nilatak – Profound inner game. Good stuff.

Libedo – Sex, peacocking, and having MLTRs.

Nautilus & MK – Fashion and style.

After Dreams nitro to the convention the first speaker stepped up, ManWhore. To describe MW, in short, he looks like an army guy. The man steps up and I swear “I don’t give a fuck” is stamped on his forehead. He talked about really having a strong frame and being congruent with what your doing. Backing every statement up with a story that I found to be hilarious. His whole attitude was: be the person you chose to be. If you had a strong enough frame, people wouldn’t question you. This naturally went into communicating your identity to other people and cavemaning. At one point I think he said that he actually had conversations with women…witch was not cool, but then he made up for it by telling us about how he tied this one girl up and…ok moving on.

EDIT

Moving on, we have Mehow. Starting with one of his signature videos I was a bit disappointed. Lets face it, the audio and video isn’t always the best quality, and I wanted to hear him speak about stuff. One cool thing though was that he broke the video down step by step. He went on to talk about how important kinoing was, and how his whole system is basically built around playful touching. Second day he went on to speak about how to handle group sets and AMOGs. His formula was that as long as his target was engaging the obstacles and AMOG he would to, but as soon as she started ignoring them he wouldn’t even bother anymore. All in all, I felt like his presentation was a bit bare bone for him being one of the top industry guys. He seemed like a pretty cool guy though, even off the stage.

Libido was the man with the peacocking plan. Starting his presentation off by telling us he joined the community because he loved sex was a new approach to it. I figured that his whole angle would be sexual technique, and mostly it was. Interesting point he made was that guys focus way too much on making the girl orgasm. The entire experience should be the main event; orgasm is like the cherry on top of the ice cream. Then he went on to talk about his extreme peacocking, and how to handle social pressure. One of the days he walked around in a toga. Also he said he was from Sweden…but that was just a lie…made me sad.

Besides Dream, Orleans was the first real under 21 speaker of the convention. The word colected comes to mind when trying to describe Orleans. His whole presentation was based on his successes and how he became the person he is. He advocated not making out with girls in clubs, and I actually saw him in-field once giving a girl the cheek. After some stories and LR he talked about the Vin DiCarlo escalation ladder. Vin DiCarlo being the company he works for, this was a sort of kino escalation rutin that would take you from opening to sex. To be honest it did have some moves in there that I personally never heard of. The strangest step I thought was when you pull up the girls and your shirt, and then have your abdomen touching hers. Apparently this sort of touch only happens during sex and makes the girl think about getting it on.

Nilatak focused on identity and deep inner game. His speech included how to really act like a man in relationships, and how to set standards for those relationships. A big part of his speech was centered about knowing, and being cool with yourself. This way if other people fucked with you, at least you knew you were cool and you could stay uncreative. If you understood that last part pm me cause sometimes inner game gets so confusing that it totally losses it’s meaning to me. Nilataks presentation stood out a bit because he talked more about being a strong person in general.

Nautilus was the only speaker with a female pivot. Nice looking girl that worked for Maxim as a party organizer or something to the extent. Their whole topic was fashion and how to dress with style. Not peacocking, but dressing good. I have to say I enjoyed this presentation a lot. The whole concept was that all guys in clubs dress differently, and that one needed to stand out by trying different styles. Was a bit sad when they showed a picture of all the guys that dress the same and me and my wing realized it was exactly how we dressed. Some styles they recommended were the rocks star, the really fancy style (they haven’t seen people in Sweden I guess), and the ghetto style. Interesting point made was that any guy with the right look could be atleast a 8 in looks.

That covered the two days of the convention. Through the day you could see POOAHs walking around the Holiday Inn, buying weird looking peacocking items, eyeing family sets. The Holiday Inn staff would grill me every time I tried to get my key about what the convention was about. Once every year we get together and play X-Box video games. Why else would it be called the gaming convention? When the girl finally called us out that it was a convention about talking to girls we had screwed with her so much. Ironic that I walked out with her number when I left the place.

Every night during the convention everyone would head out to a club to go sarge. A lot of people complained that the clubs were out-sarged with so many POOAHs there, but honestly I never had that problem. After an hour just not using rutines and a bit of plowing through the bitch shield and the girl was so happy to meet someone that didn’t want to know the color of her cube. Besides that, rolling with a 50 man entourage gives you social proof where ever you go. I was literally high fiving someone every other step I took in the club.

I heard something about one instructors blowing a student out of set as revenge for all the sets the students ruined for the instructors. Sounds really bad, but then again this wasn’t an in field boot camp. I had a few sets ruined to by some random dude coming in who started screaming how awesome I was, and how I was a New York Times best seller…Yepp it actually happened.

To sum it all up the convention was a really good event. A lot of value given, a lot of skills learned, and if you walked away without bettering your game well then that was completely on you. I don’t see how anyone could have not pumped their learning curve there. Besides all that, a lot of new friends were made. One note I was surprised by was that most if not all the guys (exception of one) that attended were really cool people. Community events sometimes draw out some weirdo people to attend, but this was not the case here.

That’s my review of the under 21 convention, rock on

-Zebra

Happy fourth of July everyone. Remember to sign up for The 21 Convention 2010 before July 6th to save $150 off the door price, receive over $250 in DVD discounts, and most importantly of all, reserve your seat. We are running out of room fast and seating is limited before there is standing room only.

It’s here… the Tentative Schedule for The 21 Convention 2010 of Orlando Florida

Anthony 'Dream' Johnson — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:29:53 +0000

The 21 Convention 2010 of Orlando Florida is nearly upon us. The room is booked, the flights are purchased, and speakers are ready to deliver their best. Are you?

Below I’ll list the tentative schedule and speaking roster for the entire five day mega event. Sign up by July 6th and save $150 off the door price.

Wednesday July 21^st 2010

7-9pm

Bonus: Official “21 Convention” happy hour, downtown Orlando. Venue announced to attendees only.

Thursday July 22^nd 2010

10am-11am Anthony ‘Dream‘ Johnson [locked]

11:15am-12:00pm Dodger ‘Hshudo’

12:15pm-1:00pm Tim the “Right Hand Man”

1:00pm- 2:30pm Lunch

2:30pm- 3:30pm Julian Foxx

3:45pm- 4:45pm Daniel Rose

5:00pm-6:00pm Chris ‘Orleans’

6:15-7pm Special Bonus Presentation for Live Attendees Only (will not be filmed)

Bonus: Free AAT (“Approach a Thon”) Workshop ~10:00pm for all attendees.

Friday July 23rd 2010

10am-11am Rick Smith [locked]

11:15am-12:30pm Mark Sisson [locked]

12:30pm-2:00pm Lunch

2:00-3:30pm Dj Fuji

3:45pm-5:00pm Steve ‘El Topo’ Mayeda

5:15pm-6:00pm Francis Adams

6:15pm-7:15pm Nick Sparks

Bonus: 9pm-11pm Unofficial speeches from all previous event speakers.

Paid coaching available @ 21 convention discount (details soon to be released)

Saturday July 24th 2010

10am-11am Rob Judge

11:15am-12:30pm Adam Lyons

12:30-2pm Lunch

2:00pm-3:30pm Doug McGuff MD [locked]

3:45pm-5:00pm Drew Baye [locked]

5:15pm- 6:15pm Orlando Owen

6:30pm-7:30pm Erika Awakening

Bonus: 9pm-11pm Unofficial speeches from all previous event speakers.

Paid coaching available @ 21 convention discount (details soon to be released)

Sunday July 25th 2010

10:45am-12:15pm Bill DeSimone [locked]

12:15pm-1:45pm Lunch

1:45pm-3:00pm Johnny M

3:15pm-4:15pm Ratisse

4:30pm-5:20pm Psych

5:30pm-6:25pm Neil Natura

6:30pm-7:00pm Dating/Relationship Q and A Panel (all remaining speakers)

Bonus: after convention dinner party at local restaurant. 8:30pm-11pm

Please note, this is a tentative schedule and it is subject to change (this is less so when [locked] is applied to a speaking slot).

Also note, the after dinner is not included with your ticket price. I am working on a group discount for the entire convention however.

Ps- I will be staying at the hotel this year for the duration of the entire event. It’s likely I’ll be out every night. Gonna get a little wild =)

The 21 Convention News Letter /w Dream & Dodger

Anthony 'Dream' Johnson — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:13:12 +0000

As most of you have noticed by this point, I prefer to communicate and keep in touch – both personally and for The 21 Convention – through social media, and this website.

Blog, forum, Facebook, Twitter, in that order.

It wasn’t always like this however. We used to be solely focused on e-mail, before I realized that attaching my name to this convention was not only “okay”, but highly beneficial, in the sense of the transparency and authenticity it adds to the whole che bang.

That is my real Facebook account with real activity on it, created over 4 years ago. Paradoxically the convention takes up most of my time now a days, but never the less there it is, and all corresponding activity.

Anyway, social media is all well and good, but I have been keeping a tally of requests I get for an official “news letter” or e-mail list from and for The 21 Convention ever since we abruptly stopped sending e-mails en mass – and it’s broken my personal threshold.

Actually, what really tipped the scales were the in person requests I got while I was on my speaking tour of Europe to promote T21C Europe. Stockholm, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Munich, and Vienna.

Read about it here on my blog and see pics here.

In Munich and Vienna for example, I got close to half a dozen – in each city.

This to me, was an omen. Time to start the news letter back up, and do it right this time. How are we going to do that?

1. Make it voluntary

No forced “opt ins” for our content. When I say “free”, I actually mean it, and mark my word, our event and documentary footage will never demand your e-mail address or any other contact or personal information. Free means free, not “fair”.

2. Structure the $hit out of it

Rather than send out randomly organized blocks of text, thoughts, and links, the T21C news letter will stick to a structure – ever evolving as it is.

Dodger and I need to work on this a bit more, but I’m currently thinking of including the following in each news letter, in the listed order.

A. Important announcements
B. Favorite article or video of the week (on site, from all time)
C. Favorite article or video of the week (from T21C speakers, their sites, current)
D. My answer to a reader’s question
E. Dodger’s answer to a separate reader question
F. Repeat of important announcements

Want your question answered on the very first news letter? E-mail your question to info@the21convention.com

3. Bring on Dodger for the news letter

My responsibilities and duties with The 21 Convention are constantly growing, expanding, and changing – rapidly. As such, I am going to bring Dodger aka “Hshudo” on board for the news letter. Long term there’s no telling what will happen, but potentially Dodger could one day run the news letter completely and I would only be there to answer a reader question each e-mail.

Why Dodger you ask?

Because he’s awesome, brings a lot of value to the table, and is a guy I trust (aka he’s responsible) to do something as important as this news letter – and do it right no less.

He may not be the only one of course, but for now it’s Dodger and I that will be doing this.

4. Create one main news letter, and two smaller announcement only lists.

For now there will only be one main news letter for The 21 Convention, however after The 21 Convention 2010 of Orlando Florida we will create two more, dedicated to announcements only. One for all things T21C in North America, and one for all things T21C in Europe. People on those lists will be contacted less frequently.

So if the main newsletter is a twice per month mail out, the geographically focused lists will be once per month, or even bi-monthly depending on the time of the year, what’s going on, etc.

…

And that’s it. You now know what’s in store for our news letter, and I encourage everyone and their grandma to hop on board for the main one starting TODAY. Your information is safe and secure with Aweber, and I promise never to spam your inbox with useless products or services, or even too many e-mails for that matter pimping our own awesome, relentless stream of free content.

We’re doing it right, and that means quality, not quantity.

First Written Reviews of Stockholm Are In!

Anthony 'Dream' Johnson — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:34:40 +0000

Lots of modifications to the website currently in the works, including an updated “reviews” page. In the meantime I wanted to share the first written reviews of The 21 Convention 2010 (Stockholm Sweden). They are from the attendees and have only been edited for grammar if appropriate.

From Nils

Hi Anthony,

Although I have already done so in person I would like to take the opportunity again to express my gratitude for you making this convention happen!

It surpassed my expectations in every way and I’m totally impressed by all the speakers, the quality of their work, their commitment and their friendliness.

Also just meeting a guy like you was for me a great inspiration and source of joy, someone who is actually taking real steps towards happiness in life, a guy who does his own thinking is humble and authentic – that takes allot of courage and insights.

Keep on going with your VFF and paleo food, it’s awesome – as we both already know! =)
Cheers

From Emil

I didn’t have that high expectations for The 21 Convention in Stockholm, I thought it would be all about how to get girls from a scarcity-mindset and from a pretty messed up perspective. I only attended out of curiosity, since tickets were so cheap!

Needless to say, I was blown away.

Speaker after speaker talked not only about how to get a great lovelife, but about how to get a great life overall. I was impressed by the quality, and how genuine the entire experience was.

This took my mind to a new level. Great stuff. I’d recommend it.

Oh, and I don’t want my full name attached to this review. My firstname is ok. I’m from Sweden.
Cheers!

From Melvin Roest

Hey whatsup guys, I’m a Dutch 2010 attendee of The 21 convention in Stockholm. I’m aware that this convention is different from the convention in the US, so if you want to go to a USconvention, then, this review only tells part of the story.

For four years I have been studying topics like: meeting women, social and positive psychology and being social in general. Still, after achieving quite some improvement I noticed that I haven’t achieved my goals yet – I’m close though.

I’m writing this review, because I thought the convention was totally awesome and amazing, however, you won’t get a ‘Neotransformation’. Be ready to swallow the red pill though, if you haven’t already.

The 21convention did not help me this way

The convention is intense to begin with. You get 3 days of talks from approximately 10:00 AM to 07:00 PM. To me this is a lot, even with the breaks. I took a mathematics course once with this kind of intensity and they would switch between a one hour talk and one hour practice, which is hard to implement here, but it would be a big improvement though.

On another note, not all content is for you. So use common sense. Furthermore, some ideas also seemed really good (e.g. Gambler), however, when I wanted to apply them it totally made me thrown off balance. So some insightful ideas that are told, are just like improve comedy – google it if you don’t know what it is – which means that you need to know it, but when you’re on stage (aka in field) you should forget them.

The 21convention did help me this way

What I thought was absolutely amazing and awesome was the approach-a-thon workshop. I got coached by a guy named Ratisse and thanks to him I forgot basically what has been said the first day. This helped me to clear my mind blazing fast and get a focus on what to do. I added a small field report on the end of the review.

Asking questions has helped me a lot as well, because some concepts would set me on a totally wrong direction if I haven’t asked those questions.

A third way in which this convention has helped me is that I met some guys who share the same interests as me. You also kind of know how much commitment each and every person has just by coming to the convention.

Finally, there are also things like: a good atmosphere, good and insightful information and a new environment for us travellers. This all gave a benefit to me growing as a person.

To conclude, I have to say each convention is different. So no matter if there are a million conventions, I think they all are a reflection of the organizer. The organizer of this convention is Anthony Johnson and mate, I think you’re a totally laidback helpful guy that looks deeper than just the surface. I dig that and it’s one of the reasons why I came. Thanks to this convention I swallowed the red pill again! Like four years ago.

Signing off

Melvin Roest – yes that’s my real name

See ya on facebook! Everyone may add me: 21convention people, random internet people, angry girls, lovely girls and everyone who loves creating music.

Small FR

He gave me two tips and helped me with something I have a lot of trouble with. The tips were sex can happen everywhere (backed with a story of his) and distract your mind with counting in yourself and focusing on something (e.g. your breath) when anxiety to approach a girl inhibits you to approach. The thing that he helped me with was kissing the girl. Thanks to the two tips and the help with kissing her, being myself and having some experience under my belt, I got laid in 90 minutes! I learned a lot from that experience and so did she. And I told her about the convention! We dated the whole time during the convention.

The 21 Convention » Anthony ‘Dream’ Johnson

The Final Return to Orlando Florida

The 21 Convention is Coming to London June 2011

Why London?

Details

This is the world’s #1 men’s convention, and I intend to put my money where my mouth is next June in London, the online heart beat of The 21 Convention.

Interview with TSB Magazine

Bill DeSimone Preview for The 21 Convention

Steve ‘El Topo’ Mayeda Preview & Coaching for The 21 Convention

Nick Sparks and Francis Adams Preview & Coaching for The 21 Convention

Turning Back the Clock

From Dasani – three year attendee.

From Dasani – 2 year attendee (at this point)

From Zebra

It’s here… the Tentative Schedule for The 21 Convention 2010 of Orlando Florida

Wednesday July 21^st 2010

Thursday July 22^nd 2010

Friday July 23rd 2010

Saturday July 24th 2010

Sunday July 25th 2010

The 21 Convention News Letter /w Dream & Dodger

First Written Reviews of Stockholm Are In!

The 21 Convention » Anthony ‘Dream’ Johnson

The Final Return to Orlando Florida

The 21 Convention is Coming to London June 2011

Why London?

Details

This is the world’s #1 men’s convention, and I intend to put my money where my mouth is next June in London, the online heart beat of The 21 Convention.

Interview with TSB Magazine

Bill DeSimone Preview for The 21 Convention

Steve ‘El Topo’ Mayeda Preview & Coaching for The 21 Convention

Nick Sparks and Francis Adams Preview & Coaching for The 21 Convention

Turning Back the Clock

From Dasani – three year attendee.

From Dasani – 2 year attendee (at this point)

From Zebra

It’s here… the Tentative Schedule for The 21 Convention 2010 of Orlando Florida

Wednesday July 21st 2010

Thursday July 22nd 2010

Friday July 23rd 2010

Saturday July 24th 2010

Sunday July 25th 2010

The 21 Convention News Letter /w Dream & Dodger

First Written Reviews of Stockholm Are In!

Wednesday July 21^st 2010

Thursday July 22^nd 2010