All in all an informal talk I think most will enjoy, despite a fair bit of profanity (you’ve been warned!), and a side of myself not quite everyone will be familiar with

Cheers guys.

-Anthony/Dream

ps- there’s about a minute of footage missing in the middle where I talk about losing my butt financially with the 2008 convention and then my best friend dieing immediately after that. Unfortunately I simply don’t have the footage, but another person does, so I may swap the videos out in the near future if I can get a hold of a copy.

Today I release what has been long forgotten- my book, and it’s bonus content.

In total

• 5 PDF Documents

• 442 Pages

• 167,086 Words

All written by me personally, edited by a close friend- and I even had some simple design work done back in the day (see above).

Oh man…where to begin?

Fresh of the 2007 convention, I was on a bit of a high. Seemingly out of thin air, I had just pulled off something really cool. Never before had I done anything even remotely like that in my life.

But that high was short lived. Soon after- around my 19th birthday- I got kinda pissed. I still wasn’t enjoying the success I thought I deserved at that point in my life- it just didn’t “add up”.

Stubborn and simple minded as I am, my immediate solution was to take a bootcamp with one of the larger companies. I quickly realized, while that was a decent enough idea, the financial end of it just didn’t make sense- I would be putting myself in substantial debt for a workshop with someone I had never met.

Scratch that idea- by literally tearing in half the multi-thousand dollar student loan I took out (wish I kept it for memories sake).

My next idea was to simply go out to a bar or club, every night, until I had 3,000 approaches under my belt (or the fall semester ended, whichever came first).

This was mid August 2007. I went out every night until early December, without skipping a beat, or taking a sip of alcohol. Many nights,  I was flyin solo. I didn’t care- I had set my goal and “nothing would stop me”- not even blatant warning signs of being emotionally and mentally TOAST.

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The question you’re probably asking yourself now is, did I find that “success”?

You bet your ass I did. And not even far in- the night before my birthday (August 23rd/24th, my birthday being August 25th), I met a 24 year old girl in downtown Orlando at a club called Antigua.

It was on.

Long story short, my old room mate Slikk managed to hold off my drunk (former) best friend Curtis, and we hooked up later that night at the infamous “Project Orlando”.

Woohoo! My first Same Night Lay (which is what I then used to define “success”).

And the fun didn’t stop there- it was a snowball effect all the way through the rest of 2007- and even trailed off into mid 2008. Weekend after weekend, girl after girl… hell, I even managed to hook up with my 3rd grade crush.

It was a bit of a Cinderella Story, but there was a dark side to all of this- a price to pay so to speak for what I like to call “cheating”. Essentially, I made up for lost time with women growing up, in a very short amount of time.

The result was 3 months of heaven and hell- with no gray area. For sure, some of the highest highs, and lowest low of my life- legitimate thoughts of suicide? Yep. Lose most (all) of my friends?

Pretty much.

Do I regret it now?

Certainly not, it was a part of my path, and I appreciate that time of my life as much as any other.

Do I advise for or against it?

I spoke about just that this year actually. The short answer- for some people, going out every night is a viable option and can be done in short bursts (think of it as a “dose” of strong social medicine). For most people though, anything more than a fun and lighthearted wild burst (on very rare occasions) is too much.

As for doing it solo (at any point), that’s something unique to the individual, and therefore something you will have to decide for yourself. I’ll tell you this though, it will amplify any negative or positive effects of “going out every night”, for any length of time.

Anyway, I spend the first ~25 pages of The Dream Way detailing my history with women, my role with the convention up to that point in time, and a few key adventures I had growing up in my first 2 years of college- including my short trip to San Fransisco, meeting a famous young pickup artist named “Devious”, and then making out with a girl at 2 in the afternoon- in a MACY’S BATHROOM.

I shit you not, I’ve done some stupid and wild shit in my past- and to this day =).

I detail it all (well, up to certain points in time) in the content I’m releasing to you guys today- absolutely free. Keep in mind, this content once cost anywhere between $42 and $80 dollars. I spent thousands of hours living and learning the experiences and ideas in these e-books, and dozens upon dozens of hours writing it all and getting it up on the web- and it sold, left and right.

Why did I stop then?

Like I talked about this year with Dream and his Angels, I wanted to stop competing with the speakers. I realized long ago my true passion in this community is the convention, period. Nothing will get in the way of that or compromise it.

My thoughts on life, women, work, school, and so on- have evolved much since publishing what follows. As such, it didn’t feel “right” to sell them for much anymore- I knew I was capable of much more. For a while, short of illegally downloading them, they were not available.

A few months ago I then realized it was stupid to just have them sitting around on my lap top- I wrote them to help people. Agree with the content or not currently, I know it resonates with a lot of people at certain points in their lives, and I know the books have helped a lot of people.

I put them up for about 1/10th of the price they were at before, but paradoxically, they sold less. This was puzzling, but with the 2009 convention rolling around the corner, I didn’t have much time to think about it, so it sat there, not reaching it’s own potential as a book.

Well, eff that!

It’s time to release The Dream Way and it’s accompanying e-books, free to the world. Why the hell not? I have nothing to lose, only to give and gain, by helping you guys.

All books are download able and printable. You are free to do with them as you wish (just don’t try to sell them as your own, I’ll personally hunt you down and kick you in the balls if you do).

In fact, I encourage you to share this post with your friends, or even e-mail the PDF files yourself to friends that you think would benefit most.

• The Dream Way: The Story and How-To Book for Getting Laid With Your Wii
  
  • Yes, the title reads right, and yes that is a Nintendo Wii it refers too. As previously stated I spend the beginning of the book detailing my personal history with women, and life. It’s a bit long, but fun to read, and most say quite inspiring- but I’ll leave that call to you. After that I spend the rest of the book detailing my thoughts on picking up women- trying to look past the BS we are fed growing up, and get down to what worked for me. The major theme of the book is the infamous Same Night Lay, which is what I had the most success with and felt qualified to write about. Of course, you can imagine where the Wii comes into “play” . 102 pages in length.
• The Dream Chronicles
  • Raw and largely unedited, these are my “field reports” from many years ago (the early days)- including my senior prom night where I lost my virginity. They are complied neatly into the document, and only censored to ensure my friends remained anonymous. There are also a number of bonus journal posts from that time period in my life added into the book to make it more “complete” and fill in any blanks the reports left.  123 pages.
• My Transformation
  • Similar in format to The Dream Chronicles, but more relevant to The Dream Way- My Transformation is the nightly journal I kept during those 3 brutal months of soberly approaching women (almost like a machine) at bars and clubs for over 100 days straight. Not one night was skipped, in practice or in writing. Watch line by line as I venture through a decision that never left my life the same. At the end of the book there are also bonus “lay reports” that happened after that time period, but I felt were worth adding. Many of these women were discussed and referred to in The Dream Way. 196 pages.
• The Lost Chapters
  • Additional chapters that did not make it into The Dream Way before my month long backpacking trip to South America (right before the 2008 convention). A bit hard to explain, but I believe most will enjoy them none the less after reading the above content. 13 pages.
• The Making Of
  • A behind the scenes look at The Dream Way, this will prove interesting to anyone wanting to release their own e-book or anyone curious about how it was made. Additional hint not discussed in this document- the majority of this book was written in a very short amount of time (I seem to work better under pressure). 8 pages.

Other interesting bits of information.

• I spoke about The Dream Way a lot in one of my 2008 speeches- you can find it here.
• I was originally going to require people add me on Facebook, follow me on Twitter, or join the forum to get the above content free- but then I realized that was pretty gay. If you guys want to do those things you will- if you don’t, then so be it. I have no interest in forcing people to do anything, so, enjoy the content with no strings attached =).
• www.TheDreamWay.net is going to re-direct to this very blog post. This should make it easy to direct a friend to the content and help spread the word.
• Dream Vitality will be released some day, but I’m not in any rush- quality first.

And that’s about it guys. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy what I’ve written.

-Dream

As you’ve noticed, things are changing on the site. I will release a short post soon on the details, but in the mean time I wanted to share this “classic” post of mine from the old days of going out every night for months on end- a post that really resonated with friends and readers.

It was written from the heart- and is definitely one of my more “raw and authentic” articles (and has not been edited in any way).

You can also find the original link at the bottom of this article, as well as it’s cross post on Grow Your Game at the height of it’s popularity.

Are You a Statistic, or Something MORE?

Apr 19, 2008 10:59 AM

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There are few people today that really KNOW me today, and of those even less that knew me growing up. People that saw me when I was a totally different person.

Friends that saw me CHANGE.

In fact there’s only three that I can name. Ermin, Mike, and Curtis. While all of them are aware of the community, not one is a community guy.

There are other guys in the community that have seen me grow and transform, one step at a time, but they weren’t there back in the day like those 3 I named off.

Anyways I got a text yesterday regarding some ‘rukus’ on a forum I’m causing by being totally honest and upfront with a guy.

The text convo hit me emotionally, pretty dead on.

Why?

Well basically the guy I’m being blunt with on this forum is coming from a similar place I was at one time in my life.

The text convo basically said that ‘that guy’ is just one of those people who will never “get it”, “never” understand certain things about himself, and that I was not one of those guys.

Why bother trying to help the guy? Why waste a few minutes of my life?

Because I don’t believe in that shit.

I was at the same place this guy was one time, like unbelievably weird/awkward. Almost completely unaware to top it off.

You know whats funny?

Back when I started rising up, back on the original Dream Lounge, people used to tell me I would ‘never’ get it. They would tell me that it’s all a lie, and people CAN’T change.

Well here’s the reality, everyone can.

That’s right, it’s true, the resources are there to become who you were meant to be, to self actualize, without a doubt.

Well here’s part two.

Most people won’t. Regarding success with women, 90% of guys just won’t ever get it.

You know what I decided when people told me all that bluntly negative bull shit?

I am not a FUCKING STATISTIC, I am something MORE.

I was ready to fight for what I wanted, for real.

People telling me it couldn’t be done only pushed me more, pushed me to the breaking point eventually, rock bottom in August of 2007. It’s pretty common human behavior to try to hold others down- I still see this today whenever I do something new and continue to ‘rise’.

You know what a really sneaky trap is though? Something that IMO is built into us to project onto others via evolution.

People telling you you’ve come farther than you have, without someone being totally honest with you.

This is far more lethal in keeping you happy and content, avoiding reality, and avoiding the NOW.

I think most guys that find this community are in a similar boat that I was in once (hey the more personal, the more universal right?)

And their path is going to follow something like mine did. Not all guys though, there are plenty of guys I know personally that will follow a different path to move closer to their potential, but this is like the majority of guys this community attracts.

First the guy has to hit the point of realizing there’s a problem, something deep inside. By realizing I mean a feeling to, most of us have ego’s far to big to let us see something like that up front early on. I know I was one.

And hence, we get into ’self improvement’. This quickly turns into ego-based learning, and tack-ons to ourselves. Things like methods/tactics/routines.

These are all cool, specifically because they lead us to the next step.

The ready to fight level. This is when you make a monumental decision. Your’s may relate to mine, or it may not. Everyone’s different.

Next is rock bottom.

This is when the ‘decision’ becomes nearly universal.

YOU WILL DO WHATEVER THE FUCK IT TAKES.

WHATEVER IT TAKES.

For me, this at first was taking out a huge student loan to buy a bootcamp way out of my price range as a college student.

When I got it I decided that wasn’t the best option at the time, and instead decided to go out every single night until I approached 3,000 sets (was at about 2,000 at that time).

Not 2 weeks in I banged a girl for the first time in over a year, one I liked on top of that (hey fatties need love too, but not from me).

This was not coincidence.

Moving on…

This is when you begin to scramble your brain.

This is when self destruction truly begins.

This is when the healing beings.

There are a few pitfalls to watch out for, and I’ll detail them this summer at the Under 21 Convention.

You eventually get to a point where you’re about to, or are going INSANE, and you KNOW IT.

You push a little more…

And then you let it all go. You see the fucking LIGHT. You may even find some of your self-esteem you lost growing up…

After that is when you pretty much start to fill in the gaps. You make it, but realize there is always room for improvment.

You begin to move on to bigger and better things…

This part is probably different for everyone, but for me, it was just starting to really ENJOY life for what it is.

Living the way I wanted, being the person I am, being AUTHENTIC, and just doing what the fuck I feel like doing.

So for anyone who gets the blunt end of my advice, take it for what it’s worth. I’ve been in your shoes, and mean the best.

Something I kind of stumbled upon in my mind yesterday thinking about this…

The 90/10 ratio for people self actualizing is a catch 22. The resources are there for everyone, but only because 90% won’t ever use them.

90% of people not utilizing what’s available makes it possible for those who want ‘it’ bad enough to pursue ‘it’.

Making the title of this post all the more important…

Are you a statistic, or something MORE?

Original blog post (/w pics), Grow Your Game feature.

Anthony Johnson is the founder and architect of The 21 Convention, and author of The Dream Lounge where he blogs regularly about proper exercise and nutrition. He was 19 years old at the time of filming, and currently attends UCF for a degree in entrepreneurship, health sciences, and education.

In This Video, Anthony Speaks On:

• How to Get Laid With Your Wii
• Seeding Logistics
• Seven Beliefs for Getting Laid
• How a “30 Day Challenge” Can Help You
• Learning By Doing Vs. Theory
• How to Tear off a Girls Panties for Quick Escalation

Visit Anthony at TheDreamLounge.net

Other Posts Featuring Anthony Johnson:

• Anthony Johnson Speaks On Exercise and Nutrition at The 21 Convention 2009
• Anthony Johnson is Interviewed on the Barry Kirkey Radio Show

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