“Think before you act and choose accordingly”, that’s Drew Baye on his new blog post Choices. Drew challenges you to think beyond the immediacy of the moment and to stop trying to undermine your own goals by rationalizing bad behaviors on the name of the “maybe just this one time…”. A timely read and a great reminder if you’ve fallen of the track.

Tom Torero has a new product out – Conversation King – where Tom will take you step-by-step through the art of conversation and charm, and make sure you’ll never run out of things to say again because your brain froze over how beautiful the girl you’re talking to is.

Dave Asprey and Doug McGuff join up arms on another installment of The Bulletproof Podcast. They touch on how exercise is like a drug, what role nutrition plays in improving body composition, whether Crossfit is a good way to build strength and many more.

Markus Oakey is back with a new episode of Your Charisma Coach, this time in Sidney, where he shares with you The World’s Most Rejection-Proof Opening Line. It’s a straightforward template you can use for pretty much every social situation you meet and simple enough to hold on your head without encountering much trouble. Check it out.

The real secret to picking up women? Don’t chase, ever. Anthony Johnson talks about turning the idea of chasing around and making the woman the pursuer, not the one being pursued. Does this work in real life, though, you ask? Take it from Anthony himself: “…the resolve to absolutely and completely refrain from chasing — “worked” so well, that I’ve had a really hot and incredible girlfriend for the past 8 months. And of course, that wasn’t the only result. It is just the most recent, literally speaking.”

Be sure to give an answer Anthony on what you’re Top 7 videos from The 21 Convention are. Additionally, you can now pre-order, and get a whooping 50$ discount if you do it before June 1st, the full set of DVDs from Paleo FX here.

 Paleo FX is a paleo oriented event that took place this past March in Austin Texas. A number of (past) 21 Convention speakers took part, including Mark Sisson, Keith Norris, and Skyler Tanner, as well as future 21 Convention speakers Robb Wolf and Dave Asprey.

• What is Paleo FX?

Officially …

The PaleoFX Ancestral Momentum – Theory to Practice Symposium fosters collaboration among fitness professionals, healthcare professionals, nutritionists, research scientists and laypersons who approach their respective practices from an evolutionary perspective in order to successfully address modern health challenges through the application of ancestral based theory in practice.

• Video Production

If you’ve ever wondered what “21 Convention style” video production would look like on a paleo event, this is it.

The owners chose to use the same team as I have used with The 21 Convention over the years, and the result was A+ video production for a two day “triple conference”.

• Why You Need the DVDs

Bottom line: tons of ultra high quality content at a great price.

The conference was on a Thursday/Friday, however Paleo FX was not a single event — it was three, and sometimes four all at once.

The quantity of video they have as a result of this is truly staggering: approximately the same amount of video content produced in total from The 21 Convention 2011 London + Orlando.

Which took 8 straight days of filming (four per event) to complete.

• What’s on the DVDs?

From my understanding, a mixture of …

• Single person keynote presentations
• Topic focused Q and A panels (with the world’s top paleo minds)
• A few extra specials from various (and unique) components of the event

If it’s in your budget, you’d be a fool not to get these.

• Can I see an outline of what went down at the event?

Yep.

Click here to see the 2012 event schedule or here if that link no longer works for any reason.

• How do I buy the DVDs?

Click here to pre-order the DVDs. As long as you buy before June 1st you get a clean $50 discount — no extra effort on your part! You can also click the banner below.

 
– Anthony Dream Johnson

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Socrates has an amazing post up on his blog on the importance of emotional support as a major factor to satisfaction within your relationships, going through the some of the mistakes men usually make in this aspect, be it not being supportive enough, or being ineffectual in showing that support, or, on the other side of the spectrum, trying to being her “White Knight”.

Skyler Tanner wrote up a research review on “Strength Training and its Effects on the Biomarkers of Aging”, which is available on his blog. The conclusion? “The research is clear: intelligently prescribed strength training can improve the quality of life for elderly individuals” 

Keith Norris and Steve Mayeda, back to back on this new episode of The Sexual Life Podcast.  They cover a variety of topics, such as the Paleo diet,  food in the USA, low testosterone and more. Steve also released three other podcasts he recorded with other guests up on his blog, ranging from a BJJ and Muay Thai instructor to a Seduction Coach for women. Check them out at The Sexual Life.

Tom Torero and Andy Yosha, and a few others, join up on another episode of the Daygame Podcast, where they go through the topic of relationships, the various types of relationships that exist and their advantages and disadvantages. Don’t know what Unicorn Relationships are? You’ll learn it here.

There is no such thing as Paleolithic Exercise, Anthony Johnson argues. Anthony points out the key difference between diet and exercise and why it makes impossible the concept of “exercising like our ancestors did”.  Adding to his point, Anthony exacerbates the point that eating is not a choice in an additional blog post.

Richard Nikoley puts together  and presents all the methods he plans on using in a new experiment with which he plans lose about 2 pounds per week, for 10 weeks straight. From cold thermogenesis, a method that has made quite the stir in the Paleosphere, to Intermittent Fasting, we’ll be sure to keep track on Richard’s progress and results.

Drew Baye‘s new book Elements of Form is heading towards completion, and all those who pre-ordered the book will be getting episodic releases of the book before it finally goes to print. And since we’re on the topic of good news, say hello and congratulate Robb Wolf on his new addition to the family, Zoe. Congratulations Robb

Citing personal reasons, legendary two time speaker of The 21 Convention Rob Judge officially retires May 3rd 2012 as a dating and confidence coach.

As announced on his Facebook wall, Rob will be giving his “final farewell” or retirement speech at The 21 Convention 2012, taking place August 17th-19th in downtown Austin Texas.

A first in 21 Convention history, this presentation will not be released for free on online.

Only live attendees are guaranteed to experience the presentation given by Rob Judge this year at The 21 Convention. This year’s Austin event will be the last chance any fans have to meet and speak with Rob Judge live and in person.

Furthermore, and by request, all free videos of Rob Judge have been removed from the web. They are now exclusively available in The 21 Convention web store.

• Click here for MP3 downloads of his speeches
• Click here for stand alone DVDs of his speeches

On a final note, a public comment left on Rob’s Facebook wall by a fan of his as well as of The 21 Convention.

For those of you who followed Rob over the years, you may agree with this comment very strongly.

(source)

Rob,
I can’t speak for all your students, but I can speak for myself and while my words will not reflect all our experiences, hell most of it won’t, the emotions behind it will be almost universal.

I started my journey because I had a lot of crushes, 14 to be exact, all blow up in my face one after the other before I got that there was something wrong about the situation. “It’s something about me, not them” I remember. The first honest brave thought I said to myself. The last crush was so played up in my head that I thought about killing myself because if I girl(I thought) that compatible was rejecting me there’s no hope, but the two facts-that my family would be hurt and I could help the world in a small, not confident enough to say big, way were the things, and only things that kept me here. So I listened to Taylor Swift songs from dusk till dawn and the next day looked up from my pillow and searched “how do you get better at dating.” I told myself remember that it was a means to an end so I could justify that it wasn’t just for pointless sex to myself.

After a few sites with random clichè advice I found Double Your Dating by David DeAngelo, or Eben Pagan. It was the first information in my whole life that I couldn’t look away from out of sheer joy for what it meant about my life. That allowed me to gain some confidence, and now that I look back on those days, I have pride at all the shit I was able to put myself through. After I had that though I noticed that I couldn’t hold a conversation so I went back and looked for “conversation” it finished my search before I was done to “conversation skills make small talk sexy.”

Apparently others had searched for it, but that didnt even register past the fact that I knew others had done it so I could to. I got it and went through it and I could at least talk for more than one line in normal conversation. I subscribed to TSBMAG.com and the next email I got was about you.”Check out our staff writer Rob at the21convention.” Don’t get headaches get girls was amazing, and so I found everyone else there, saw them, and subscribed to their newsletters.

From there I didn’t buy any products, but I did read their articles. I had also been on another journey to entrepreneurship as well, because I couldn’t talk and had no friends freshman year of high school, I spent time on stocks, which my Dad told me to do so I could later be a company starter. I went to Barnes and Noble hanging out in the entrepreneurship section and read rework(it’s great) and then a book called the 4-hour work week caught my eye, which was written to expand the readers boundaries, which it did.

Both these journeys and the one for health and nutrition started by the21convention speeches all fed into each other, one success led to success in another area.

From there I read your stuff, and when you released advanced dating strategies I bought it and read it, though I still haven’t done it, though for good reason. I was advancing in my entrepreneurial part of life to now where I know a google employee, who works there because his company, milk, was bought by them. I also got fit paleo style.

I was naturally advancing my skills over time so much that 5 months ago I unsubscribed from everybody besides you. The only things I’ve seen are the new 21convention videos. I had graduated, and then you wrote your post about graduating from the game, giving a word to what had happened to me. Throughout this whole time, ideas I got from my experience were getting validated, well defined, and improved by the things you wrote and said. You are my, and probably most peoples, favorite person from my journey through this area of life. It was quite a journey, but I have a new life to start as well, I’m about to start a business that will gain me enough money to start my life, being someone who is going to change the world, because thats one of the kinds of fun I like to have these days.

I have decided that I will join you in the next step of life, and I encourage others to comment saying they will do the same if they can. If you are ever anywhere near L.A. I would love buying you a cup of coffee, it’s the smallest thing I could do, and you deserve at least that. I don’t know if I’ll be able to go to this years 21convention to see your retirement speech, but if I can I will.

Rob, I respect you more than anyone I know because of your integrity on telling the truth and never pulling a punch. You burned bridges faster than 99% of people, because most would hold on to what’s comfortable. That shows balls.

From the deepest and brightest part of my heart, which you helped me find, thank you. Good luck. Take care. Have a blast. And have your life, the one that that your living fully, as bright as can be. As said in The Alchemist “A persons only obligation is to fulfill their destiny.” That’s all we need to be happy and live an extraordinary life, and you’re definitely living your destiny right now.

Sincerely,
Daniel Best and anyone else that agrees with the words I say.

 
Previously unreleased, watch the bonus 25 minute Q and A panel from The 21 Convention 2010 of Orlando Florida.

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Steve Mayeda has two new videos with his friend Janelle over at The Sexual Life. The first one covers Sexual Honesty and what it means to be honest with your own sexuality, breaking it down to 3 steps for you to think about. The next one, more on the practical side, touches upon three ways you can please a woman.

Comparing the time invested and the meager, if any, returns mainstream exercise advice has compared with High Intensity Training, Drew Baye asks if is it really worth the over 200 hundred hours people put in on trying to stay fit when they could be putting all those hundreds of hours per year to better use.

Anthony Johnson speaks on how critical video production and distribution is for the success of a speaker, speech and event by comparing two talks from the same speaker, Doug McGuff, and noticing how their average daily view rate differs from one to the other by a factor of 10000%!

You’ve all know by now (or should!) all the benefits fasting may have on your body and brain, but how do you actually go about doing it? Mark Sisson goes through several different approaches you may experiment with and decide upon, ranging from Martin Berkhan’s Leangains (Martin is an invited speaker for London) from Mark’s own approach of eating when hunger ensues naturally.

In the 1960s, Dr. Shatin from The Alfred Hospital in Australia was the first one to piece together the connection between gut permeability, celiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. His work was buried, nearly lost to time, and only now are we seeing his discoveries reappearing into medicine. In a new blog post Robb Wolf talks about the hard fight against nutritional ‘consensus’, the active enemies against proper nutrition, and thinks about some ways in which the Ancestral Health/Paleo realm might be able to fight the good fight. A worthy read.

Don’t be a “grey area guy”, that’s Rob Judge’s emphasis on this new article from TBS Mag where Rob focuses on demystifying the “I’m trying not to lose” game and how asserting yourself sexually with other women may or may not lead you to a situation where a woman flat-out tells you she’s not interested, but it’s a lot better than wasting your time being in a “grey area” where you’re hopelessly wondering where you stand.

On a new blog post, Socrates goes through some well thought out directions on how to go about managing conflicts and not let them poison your relationships. An important article for anyone  looking to improve himself as a leader, and as a man.

 
Dr. Eric Daniels is a Research Assistant Professor at Clemson University’s Institute for the Study of Capitalism. In addition to his work at Clemson, he also teaches regularly at Georgetown University.

He earned his BA in History and Rhetoric magna cum laude from Drake University. He took his Master’s and Doctorate in American History from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Prior to Clemson, he served as a postdoctoral fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor at Duke University’s Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace, where he was nominated for a university-wide teaching award.

Daniels has lectured internationally on the history of American philosophy, American business and economic history, entrepreneurship, American legal history, and the American Enlightenment. He has appeared on C-SPAN’s American Writers series, dozens of radio stations across America, and his articles have appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the San Diego Business Journal, and he is a regular contributor to The Objective Standard.

His academic publications include chapters in The Abolition of Antitrust and For the Greater Good of All: Perspectives on Individualism, Society, and Leadership as well as entries in The Oxford Companion to United States History.

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Well the wait is over.

Below are the exact locations for each event, including pictures, and discounted hotel rates when available. Following the exact conference locations are the best sites to book airfare as well as lodging independent of the actual hotel The 21 Convention is being held at.

London Location

• Exact Location: Charing Cross Hotel: The Strand, London WC2N 5HX, England
• Main event dates: June 22nd-24th 2012
• Hotel website link

Austin Location

• Exact Location: Downtown Austin Marriott Hotel: 300 East 4th Street · Austin, Texas 78701 USA
• Main event dates: August 17th-19th 2012
• Hotel Website with 21 Convention group discount

How to Book the Best Airfare + Hotel

For the best airfare rates check,

• HipMunk.com
• Mobissimo.com
• Kayak.com

For the best hotel/hostel rates check,

• HostelWorld.com
• Wotif.com
• Kayak.com/hotels
• Hotels.com

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Already signed up? Here’s the direct link for London tickets and the direct link for Austin tickets.

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Male/Female Relationships

• Robbie Kramer has a new podcast up on his blog with Scott Valdez, founder of Virtual Dating Assistants, the first company to allow men (and women) to fully outsource the online dating process to a team of seasoned experts.

• Brad Branson asks “What Does it Mean To Be ‘Icey’? and tells you what you can do to become more ‘Icey’.

Nutrition

• Drew Baye shares a recent story from his brother on his new blog post “Never Lose Hope, Never Give Up”. A quote: “when you are severely overweight you have to take a realistic long-term view of and approach to fat loss, and you have to train hard and progressively.”

Exercise

• Mark Sisson. Has if it there weren’t enough benefits already to fasting, Mark explains how it may beneficially impact your exercise sessions.

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This is the world premiere speaking roster for The 21 Convention 2012 of Austin Texas, taking place in downtown Austin, August 17th-19th 2012, from 9am to 7pm daily.

Confirmed speakers:

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Invited speakers:

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