[spanish_courage]

Old Media is dying. The most interesting, insightful and creative writers around today are the irreverent assholes with blogs who don’t give a fuck about squeezing the udders of our society’s sacred cow.


here is the only I know:

http://www.freedomtwentyfive.com/book-reviews/

bring your/s favourite

[freshcream]

I like this... Should have a list for tv-shows and movies as well..

I actually get sick of watching people on TV that act beta... it bugs me..

side effect of red pill I guess.

[R Smoov]

Books I'm reading
* The Ultimate Sales Letter: Dan S. Kennedy
He's one of the most renowned writers in the biz. Halfway through reading the book, and a few articles written, I've seen an improvement in my storytelling and such. And my speed in writing has gotten faster.

With this book you'll know how to sell that article to the thousands of people on the net. Which, in due time will net you thousands of dollars if you are good at it.

I'd rate the book:

*Econ book for class
I should be reading this. But, I've made money with Dan Kennedy so far so. I'll get onto it!

Books about to buy
Today, I watched this 2 hour long video about the worst mistakes you should make when you are 20. It's really good. If only they showed shit like that in college classes...

Anyways, the dude on the 2 hour lecture said to get these two books
*The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey.
The dude died, but still I'm ready to give this shit a go on reading. These 7 habits might be helpful for those who read it.

*The Millionaire Mind by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley
I predict the book to be about making better decisions with money. But who knows.

Thats my Oprah Book Club at the moment. I wish I could read these for class instead sometimes.

[spanish_courage]

(11-02-2012 03:29 PM)Rosca Wrote:  

Books I'm reading
* The Ultimate Sales Letter: Dan S. Kennedy
He's one of the most renowned writers in the biz. Halfway through reading the book, and a few articles written, I've seen an improvement in my storytelling and such. And my speed in writing has gotten faster.

With this book you'll know how to sell that article to the thousands of people on the net. Which, in due time will net you thousands of dollars if you are good at it.

I'd rate the book:

*Econ book for class
I should be reading this. But, I've made money with Dan Kennedy so far so. I'll get onto it!

Books about to buy
Today, I watched this 2 hour long video about the worst mistakes you should make when you are 20. It's really good. If only they showed shit like that in college classes...Anyways, the dude on the 2 hour lecture said to get these two books
*The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey.
The dude died, but still I'm ready to give this shit a go on reading. These 7 habits might be helpful for those who read it.

*The Millionaire Mind by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley
I predict the book to be about making better decisions with money. But who knows.

Thats my Oprah Book Club at the moment. I wish I could read these for class instead sometimes.

thanks rosca! can u show me the video you're talking about?

I think dan's kennedy is a great author,actually I'm reading his book : how to make millions with your ideas

Is very useful,it gives you great ideas and stimulates your imagination and creativity

have you read any other useful book?

I've read rich & poor dad,napoleon hill,stephen R covey and the trilogy of malcolm gladwell

[spanish_courage]

up!

[Kitsune]

Most 'Red Pill' books are utterly redundant. 'Red Pill' is a set of attitudes which come from rejecting the status quo and then subsequently finding a middle ground. You don't really get that synthesis between red and blue pill in many books.

Just to apply this to some of the books mentioned above: "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" is a terrible example of a red pill book. It basically says,get a job you like doing for the skill you want to learn (Blue Pill), save your money (Blue Pill), invest in assets like Real Estate (Blue Pill) and retire and live off the dividends. (Blue Pill.)

This book is heralded as some sort of Messianic Freedom book when a) It isn't, b) It isn't what the author himself does.

Another one already mentioned is "Outliers" by Gladwell. Holy shit is that a bad book. Be born in the right place at the right time (Blue Pill) Work Hard (Blue Pill) Take What Opportunities Come (Blue Pill) , Be passionate about what you do. (Blue Pill.) It is also pseudo-science at it's very best.

Look at what writers actually achieve before taking them seriously, then work out what they do do but don't tell you they do. Most 'Red Pill' writers only achieve success by writing self-help books which all follow basically the same formula. Ironically, most of it is telling you that the blue pill is actually the red pill and that it is some mystical secret that apparently nobody has thought of before.


Real success is forged in putting the hours in yourself and keeping a critical eye on everything you and those around you are doing, and the differing results that come from differing methods.

[Moreless]

(11-11-2012 09:06 AM)Kitsune Wrote:  

Another one already mentioned is "Outliers" by Gladwell. Holy shit is that a bad book. Be born in the right place at the right time (Blue Pill) Work Hard (Blue Pill) Take What Opportunities Come (Blue Pill) , Be passionate about what you do. (Blue Pill.) It is also pseudo-science at it's very best.

Did you read the book?

The book wasn't about "this is how to become successful and awesome." It was about cultural statistics. It explains why certain races crash planes more. Why being born in certain months could give you an advantage on being a pro athlete in life. Why certain people are successful because of the 10,000 hour rule.

pseudo-science? I thought the book did a very good job of explaining the outliers. The chapters were set up like this:
-Story about amazing person doing something great because it just happened (Blue Pill - also feels like a fairy tale)
-The authors research on why this person or thing happened

Example: Bill Gates creates a business and works hard to achieve his results. If you work hard too you may achieve the same results? The author then explains that Bill had access to a computer many years before computers were the normal. He had programmed on the computer for 10k hours or more before actually building his empire. So.. 10k rule, plus being in the right place and time gave him the advantage to program his operating system like a god before anyone had time to catch up to him.

It's an interesting read.

The book is "Red Pill" because it shows you a beautiful car. Then explains what's under the hood and how dirty and complex the machine REALLY is.

Just like when a girl sees me she thinks, "he is really good at talking to women. He is also very fit and stylish!"

What the girl doesn't know is that I work in a hospital and converse with 95% women 40 hours a week and spend my free time at the gym. I also spend more time than the average male picking out my clothes.

The girl does not want to know these things though. She wants me to be a natural alpha who will give her the Disney fairy tale she was promised from birth.

[spanish_courage]

do u know similar books to the 4 hour week(tim ferris) ??

[Kitsune]

(11-11-2012 11:59 AM)Moreless Wrote:  

(11-11-2012 09:06 AM)Kitsune Wrote:  

Another one already mentioned is "Outliers" by Gladwell. Holy shit is that a bad book. Be born in the right place at the right time (Blue Pill) Work Hard (Blue Pill) Take What Opportunities Come (Blue Pill) , Be passionate about what you do. (Blue Pill.) It is also pseudo-science at it's very best.

Did you read the book?

The book wasn't about "this is how to become successful and awesome." It was about cultural statistics. It explains why certain races crash planes more. Why being born in certain months could give you an advantage on being a pro athlete in life. Why certain people are successful because of the 10,000 hour rule.

pseudo-science? I thought the book did a very good job of explaining the outliers. The chapters were set up like this:
-Story about amazing person doing something great because it just happened (Blue Pill - also feels like a fairy tale)
-The authors research on why this person or thing happened

Example: Bill Gates creates a business and works hard to achieve his results. If you work hard too you may achieve the same results? The author then explains that Bill had access to a computer many years before computers were the normal. He had programmed on the computer for 10k hours or more before actually building his empire. So.. 10k rule, plus being in the right place and time gave him the advantage to program his operating system like a god before anyone had time to catch up to him.

It's an interesting read.

The book is "Red Pill" because it shows you a beautiful car. Then explains what's under the hood and how dirty and complex the machine REALLY is.

Just like when a girl sees me she thinks, "he is really good at talking to women. He is also very fit and stylish!"

What the girl doesn't know is that I work in a hospital and converse with 95% women 40 hours a week and spend my free time at the gym. I also spend more time than the average male picking out my clothes.

The girl does not want to know these things though. She wants me to be a natural alpha who will give her the Disney fairy tale she was promised from birth.

Yeah, but like all books of a similar nature, it suffers from huge confirmation bias. Everyone who is successful in the world follows this same pattern... except the ones who don't.

For instance, the book uses The Beatles because they revolutionised rock music. They went to Hamburg and performed for a million hours a day and brought something new to the table etc.

That is fine, except off the top of my head, bands/musicians that are in the same league as far as financial success and redefining music which didn't follow that blueprint are: Elvis, The Beegees, Led Zepellin, Madonna, Queen, etc. etc.

That isn't even including bands which are in the same league of success but didn't contribute by being innovative in the same way: The Rolling Stones, Any of the hair metal/hard rock bands of the 80's, Michael Jackson, so on and so forth.

It also doesn't include any bands that are more innovative than The Beatles who don't have the same success: This includes anyone involve in electronic music, heavier music, progressive music. etc.

The fact is, the Outliers theory works - until it doesn't. The months of the year thing is weak as shit when you think of it objectively. "Most successful sports stars are born in the first three months of the academic year." Well, no shit. Probably a quarter of all people are born in those months.

Derren Brown did a show called "The System" about confirmation bias with a random sample of people betting on horse racing. It works the same way as the faulty logic behind Outliers.

I wrote a similar thing about 48 laws of power somewhere on this forum: It is easy to say, "Woah, look at how all these rules apply to all these figures!" Of course they do, because it is the will of the author that the data will fit the theory.

[billy]

I think this was explained in the book black swan theory. In a nut shell most successful people worked hard and took risks but that fails to Take into account the millions who work hard take risks and fail. In my experience lots of successful people are lazy and find easier ways to accomplish the same goal, find ways to get more money for the same work or get other people to work productively for them.

[pittsburghkid]

Michael Jackson wasn't innovative in the same way as the Beatles? Cmon man.

[Idlenations]

Just finished reading an autobiography of Malcolm X and I would recommend it to anyone.

[RichieP]

Kitsune you are bang on.

Remember, everyone has an incentive to market their book as revolutionary, counter-culture, red-pill, etc etc. But yes, you do have to account for the fact that people have something to sell, and everyone is a mix of red and blue pill. If you're "unconcious" in regard to a certain aspect of life, then by definition you wont know about it until you "wake up". So a critical eye and thinking for yourself is paramount.

Saying that, if you want some serious fucking red pill, check out this dude who lives without money.
https://sites.google.com/site/livingwithoutmoney/
He fuckin scavenges and hunts and sleeps in a cave. Supposedly healthier than before he went money-less. Even he isn't totally unplugged though, he's lost teeth from eating too much sugar, etc etc. If I was him I would find some way to stock up on cheap coconut oil, fish oil, protein and vitamins somehow.

This guy has some pretty good red pill thoughts. Anonymous blogger with online income living in Cambodia. Tested things like fixing his vision with exercises, sleeping on the floor permanently, alot of good stuff about the illusions of civilisation and how to hack a path through it:
http://www.cedonulli.com

I personally think Tim Ferriss is a genius and very Red Pill in regards to lots of things. Plenty of people can't get past his self-promotion though. It's a shame because if you do your research you'll find he really walks his talk in terms of business know-how and learning hacks.

[R Smoov]

(11-03-2012 07:21 AM)spanish_courage Wrote:  

(11-02-2012 03:29 PM)Rosca Wrote:  

Books I'm reading
* The Ultimate Sales Letter: Dan S. Kennedy
He's one of the most renowned writers in the biz. Halfway through reading the book, and a few articles written, I've seen an improvement in my storytelling and such. And my speed in writing has gotten faster.

With this book you'll know how to sell that article to the thousands of people on the net. Which, in due time will net you thousands of dollars if you are good at it.

I'd rate the book:

*Econ book for class
I should be reading this. But, I've made money with Dan Kennedy so far so. I'll get onto it!

Books about to buy
Today, I watched this 2 hour long video about the worst mistakes you should make when you are 20. It's really good. If only they showed shit like that in college classes...Anyways, the dude on the 2 hour lecture said to get these two books
*The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey.
The dude died, but still I'm ready to give this shit a go on reading. These 7 habits might be helpful for those who read it.

*The Millionaire Mind by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley
I predict the book to be about making better decisions with money. But who knows.

Thats my Oprah Book Club at the moment. I wish I could read these for class instead sometimes.

thanks rosca! can u show me the video you're talking about?

I think dan's kennedy is a great author,actually I'm reading his book : how to make millions with your ideas

Is very useful,it gives you great ideas and stimulates your imagination and creativity

have you read any other useful book?

I've read rich & poor dad,napoleon hill,stephen R covey and the trilogy of malcolm gladwell

My bad for being a little late in showing the video and such. I was going through a crazy episode and such. But right now I'm fine. I also apologize for those who ignored me as well. I was just on some trippy shit and said stupid stuff on here. If you'd still want to ignore me, okay but do know that the annoying phase of Rosca is dead.

Seeing this video again, I realized I gotta be more productive. Good thing is that the dean said that she still wants me to get my college degree even though she might suspend me. So I'm not making the same mistake I did over the 3 weeks on here and offline twice.

So I'm actually going to buy those other books I recommended, and just get my ass back in gear. I don't want no drama with RVF fuck that.

At the moment, I'm halfway through The Ultimate Sales Letter. I will say once you guys read what he said and actually write it down. And once you reach Step 9 where you actually start to write, you're going to see a HUGEASS improvement in your writing.

I'd recommend for anyone that has to write anything that's serious to grab some printer paper and a pencil and start writing. Don't edit until you are fully done with the message you are trying to present.

I have one forum suggestion: A thread or a subform about productivity would be helpful. I've been on RVF doing dumbshit slacking off on it all day. This place can be addictive, and productivity subform would def help members be able to use this forum to also get shit done while talking about banging girls afterwards.

If you'd like to see my first draft just PM me. Right now I'm on the stage of the book where I have to edit this and make sure it's tweaked to perfection.

Gotta catch em all guys.

[JJ Roberts]

I would say that I am a red pill author so I will add my book to the list :

Sex 3.0 : A Sexual Revolution Manual

Details are in my signature.

[Bacchus]

Philip Roth has some good stuff in Sabbath's Theater.

"The core of seduction is persistence. Persistence, the Jesuit ideal. Eighty percent of women will yield under tremendous pressure if the pressure is persistent. You must devote yourself to fucking the way a monk devotes himself to God. Most men have to fit fucking in around the edges of what they define as more pressing concerns: the pursuit of money, power, politics, fashion, Christ knows what it might be--skiing. But Sabbath had simplified his life and fit the other concerns in around fucking."

The book's about a dirty old man.

[poutsara]

E.O. Wilson's "Sociobiology: The New Synthesis."

One of the first to seriously pose the idea that our behavior is rooted in our genes. Game is genetic. The blank slate is bullshit. The key is to embrace what is already there, not work against it. Isn't that the essence of inner game?