Nah. Get your mind out of the gutter, hehe … and I MEAN that.

But no, really.

Back when I was a young lad of about 12 or so, I  believe my aunt (I think) made the following comment when I complained about my ‘small hands’.

(you readers of this newsletter will know the comment that were directed at me when I was young w.r.t “you’ll never be able to . . . “ or and this one STANDS OUT – as the best – and worst memories often do “He thinks he’s so strong!”)

And given everything else that used to happen around the time with someone (me) that is naturally a small guy and then some, I think I was making remarks about how I wished my fingers were stronger.

And hands bigger.

My aunt said this.

“Don’t say that! You’ve got long, slim, beautiful fingers. Artistic fingers!”

Or, and as I’ve read in many a book, fingers of a surgeon, or … ah, but we best not to go #3, hehe.

Anyway, little did anyone know that these tiny hands would turn into bonafide gripping machines with a “kung fu like grip” as my buddy once told me.

Little did I know myself that I’d be called “strong as a gorilla” as Sophia (a client) so adroitly and rather “tartly” once put it . . .

And little did I know that I’d have hands that look good on the outside, but are anything but in terms of looks on the outside.

Marc, the African silverback gorilla once made the following comment about my heavily calloused hands.

“Damn, that’s a lot of calluses there!! Your hands feel ROUGH as heck!”

And he’s right, of course. The doctors that brought Jason Bourne back to “life” once made the comment about “you have the body of a man not unused to physical exercise but NOT a jock”, and something similar could probably be said about my hands too, hehe.

Certainly not what you’d expect of a writer!

And today, I’ve added two more badges of honor in that regard.

One on the left side of the right thumb, and the other on the right side of the left.

And those came during a marathon (although it lasted only 40 minutes!) workout consisting of 3500 jumps straight.

DID I make it?

Straight? Hell no.

Did I get ‘em done?

Hell yes!

And I’ve got rope burn from gripping the rope so tightly DESPITE the sweat pouring off me (and my hands). And being it’s a heavy rope, the kind I have’t used a lot before, the rope burns come and how!

And so it goes my friend.

Antoher great one oni the books, and talk about fat burning like noting you’ve seen, hehe. Hell, I can barely type right now and the above sentence should be proof enough!

And so it goes. For great, great fat burning workouts of your own – go HERE –

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Don’t forget to check out Corrugated Core right here – https://0excusesfitness.com/corrugated-core/

What I’m going to say today may come across as somewhat strange, especially considering my last two “explosive” emails on success and how you can expect anything BUT support when you truly venture out on your own and try and do your own thang successfully.

The second of these emails, of course, was posted to my list at the 0 Excuses Fitness site, and you can probably find it there on the blog as well if you look . . .

But anyway, a few years back (and less than a few years actually I believe) I started a venture which was (for all intents and purposes) something “everyone” I told about (and I didn’t tell a lot of people, mind you!) was very hopeful and ENTHUSIASTIC about.

Despite my comments galore about negativity and “black holes of energy” and deflated feelings which often happen after talking about your ambitions to friends and family, even those that are your closest and most well meaning friends, it didn’t happen when I talked about this one venture.

Do you remember the guy who told me it would take 10 years to get my fitness biz going (back in the day)?

Well, the first time he heard of it he smacked his lips and said

“Wow! If you can get that going, and you should try, there is nothing BUT money coming in there!”

And in an ideal world, probably so.

And my wife was of the same bent of mind.

And yet, curiously enough, despite all this seeming support the venture never really took off as it should.

What do I mean?

Well, I discovered something very important – two things, actually.

ONE, that despite that being what I “thought at the time” I was meant to do, I certainly was NOT.

And hey, I’m not blaming myself. I was up at the time with my back against the wall, and had finally gotten a few breaks, and so I couldn’t blame myself for taking what seemed to be the right way out – but it wasn’t . . .

And this ties more into what youre meant to do, of course (or what you were put on this planet to do, if I might say it in a slightly more esoteric fashion).

Napoleon Hill speaks of this a lot in “Outwitting the Devil”, when he recounts numerous past jobs, a lot which paid him well (ditto for business dealings) – and all of them which he inexplicably just up and . . . QUIT, even when he was making a ton of dough at them!

Decisions that often seemed crazy, and people weren’t shy about telling him that either.

And as he tells us about one of the “turning points” in his life, as he puts it – one of his REAL tough times when NOTHING was working for him (the exact opposite, and then some) he speaks of his “other self” reprimanding him for the fact that he was “a stubborn student”.

As he writes,

“Your mission in life is to complete the world’s first philosophy of individual achievement. You have been trying in vain to escape your task, each effort having brought you failure.

You are seeking happiness. Learn this lesson, once and forever, that you will find happiness only by helping others to find it! You have been a stubborn student. You had to be cured of your stubbornness through disappointment.

Within a few years from now the whole world will start through an experience which will place millions of people in need of the philosophy which you have been directed to complete. Your big opportunity to find happiness by rendering useful service will have come. Go to work, and do not stop until you have completed and published the manuscripts which you have begun.”

And I can relate, my friend, and this brings me to my second point, that being that I ignored my fitness biz (and my other writing ventures) for a while (well, I didn’t really ignore ‘em fully, but I did NOT make them the focal point of my life as I should have, with the other things as backup) . . . and I did so when I got that other opportunity I was referring to.

What the Universe had done at that point was to reward me for relentless effort in the face of obstacles, and given me a chance to really go for it – which I had unknowingly and (in PART) squandered, and how, as I worked day and night to get the “other business to grow” (while all the time, I knew that wasn’t my real calling).

As Hill often said,

“Every experience, every setback, every mishap carries with the seed of an equivalent, or greater benefit”.

He goes on to say that this isn’t the seed of eventual success . . . but certainly is the seed from which said plant may be said to GERMINATE eventually!

And I learned a very very important lesson my friend – – something I have never ever forgotten until now.

And this is what I want to pass on to you today as well.

If nigh on no-one supports what you want to do with your life – chances are you’re on the right track.

Anytime it gets “Easier” and people start supporting you (I don’t mean customers, I mean your friends, family etc) . . . well, sorry to say it, but WATCH OUT. That’s a disaster in the making, and this holds true for fitness as well.

What do I  mean?

Well, if the average lard ass tells his friends and family he’s getting on a diet of Advanced Hill Training for instance, they’ll probably let out guffaws that could be heard from here to Antarctica and then some.

Or Pushup Central, for that matter.

After all, how could any of that work?

Tell them you’re gonna pound the pavement daily though, and watch heads NOD in appreciation and agreement.

And yet, months down the line when you don’t get the results you want, those same people will mournfully look at you and say “well, we knew you couldn’t do it! So much for your plans!”.

While those that took the former option and weathered the initial (and a lot of it, I admit) criticism are the ones that eventually SUCCEED and how.

And that’s the tale from here my friend. Take what you can out of it – but it’s TRUE, I tell you that much!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Have you checked out Corrugated Core as yet? With these nuts around the world finally starting to “open things back up”, this might be the perfect time to do so . . .

I never imagine that a simple (in part rant, but mostly true) piece about why I ain’t interested in learning Chinese would have got as many views and comments as it did.

As I wrote in the last email, the skyscraper just keeps RISING . . . and here’s a dirty lil ole secret for those that don’t know – so do people signing up for the newsletter.

And the spike in sales, hehe, led me to believe even more what I’ve already know.

Far better – and PROFITABLE to be hated than the other way around, hehe.

(in some cases I suspect the people buying (especially the Gorilla Grip book) are the exact same ones who posted damning comments publicly. Toooo funny, hehe).

And amidst all the chaos ,a friend of mine got a bit perturbed.

“Rahul, are you sure it’s not going to hurt the brand?”

I laughed.

“Not at all, my brother. If anything it’ll keep the broke asses and tyre kickers away from my door, and that’s always a good thing!”

And this is when I thought of something.

It’s one thing to be BROKE – broker than you know what. Hey, I’ve been there – multiple times, and so has any successful person I’v eknown about.

In fact, I detail it very publicly right here – – as well as in my writings.

No shame in that so long as it’s not a lifelong thing, but the tyre kickers are really what I’d classify the majority of those responders into the category of.

Or the nit pickers. Or those that are envious of someone that actually says it like it is (note that there was not ONE answer to the questions I raised in the last email, hehe).

Tyre kickers are not necessarily broke my friend, although yes, the two do go hand in hand for a good reason most of the time.

But often times, these people are just bored and frustrated with their own lives and have made nil, zero, zip attempt to change their reality, and of course, any little bit of thinking that pushes them outside their self imposed comfort zones and hits home . . . well, out come the “barbs”, hehe.

All good my friend, all good, but if there is something you should REALLY aim at keeping away from you and your biz it is this sort of person – after you figure out how to profit from them, of course.

And it’s easy, if you know HOW, hehe.

IF you want to, drop me a line or two via the form here and we will see what we can do!

On other fronts, fitness wise, it’s the same thing.

When you get in the best shape you’ve ever been in and along the way, all you’ll likely get is negativity from those that again – do anything but actually DO the thing themselves.

Curiously enough the same people that are usually overweight and drunk off their you know what every night to “forget the day’s troubles” or some such rot. HA!

And again, if that’s you, I wouldn’t necessarily look down upon you – you know why?

Because yours truly has been there, my friend – and then some.

I truly DO know what it feels like to be broker than broke – not have two nickels to rub together – and choose between getting milk for my daughter or cheese for the entire family (yes, I was that broke at a certain stage!).

But I do believe that being a tyre kicker is really what puts out of the “elite league” for good (if you let it).

At no point during any of my broke stages did I “envy” those that had dough and weren’t shy about showing it off.

At no point did I think “gee, he doesn’t deserve it” (and lets face it, that’s exactly what a lot of folks think when they see someone ostensibly living the high life – but not the work behind the scenes that it took them to get to where they are today in LIFE).

And so forth.

I simply knuckled down – got down to brass tacks – and then just did it – and the rest is, well . . . history as they say. And so it will for you too my friend – – again, if you let it.

Alright, that’s my “rant” for the day, hehe.

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Rise … UP!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

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My daughter’s thrilled!

She’s been waiting for a new toy she ordered for ages, and she finally got it today – AHEAD of the promised deadline.

While yours truly who ordered nothing more than good ole BLACK COFFEE is . . . WAITING. Was supposed to be delivered today, but now they’re saying June 13^th. And probably wayyyy after that too.

If there was ever a reason I’m against these asinine, MEANINGLESS, annoying and nigh on USELESS panic driven locky-downs, well, this is YET ANOTHER ONE!

Anyway, we’ve gotten into lockdowns etc before, so not again. Not for now at least, hehe. ?

And speaking of toys . . .

I shouldn’t be complaining, as I got mine the other day.

That being a jump rope, except I went to the STORE to get it (without a mask. No, I don’t wear masks outside for those that are asking, and no, I don’t believe they’re necessary despite the stares I get everywhere I go).

And I wrote about the 500 odd reps I did with that yesterday . . . but in the hustle and bustle of a certain “can we talk” emailer, I almost forgot to tell you how it felt.

And as I sit here today, I can barely TYPE right now.

My forearms are sore – sore as heck, and not so much the sort of soreness you get from super grip workouts – but a “deep” burn if that makes any sense.

They also look – and feel BIGGER . . . and probably are well!

My shoulders are torched. As is my upper back, but in a good way.

I feel like I did a 150 pushups yesterday, but I didn’t do a single one (other than getting into pushup position).

And why?

Well, believe it or not, and these are some of the most “potent” effects I’m referring to (and remember -this from someone that pounds out pull-ups and handstand pushups for FUN) – – my TRICEPS and CHEST are sore!

Upper chest, and triceps in their entirety. Whew!

And my BICEPS are sore too.

All from adding in a teeny weeny bit of weight to my workout, and that should be come as more news to you “bros” out there who think “racking up plates” in the weight room is what it’s about.

No it ain’t my friend.

Using your own body is what it truly IS about!

In short – weighted jump ropes give you twice or more benefit in the same amount of time – if you can even twirl the rope that many times that is.

I do not have a course out on rope jumping – as yet, but depending upon demand I might well put one out, so let me know.

For now though, most of the demand is centered around the following 2 courses  :

Advanced Hill Training

The 0 Excuses Fitness System.

Grab ‘em now, and get started TODAY.

In the meantime, I’ll see what I’ll do for my own workout!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S – Curiously enough my LEGS aren’t that sore – or sore at all. I feel it a bit in the butt, but nothing more than normal. Tells you a lot about the sort of shape climbing HILLS gets you into, hehe.

Woke up this morning, and got a bit of a great GRIP workout in wrestling with my water machine.

Water purifier, I should say.

It’s one of those bulky machines with a filtration “cone” on the outside that takes a hell of a long time to open to replace the “filter” inside, and while it can be easily done with a tool I recently ordered online, it still took a bit of a gripping on to open it – then tape the damned thing up – and CLOSE it back up again.

Filter was all choked with sediment. And to think we had been drinking that water for a while. Ugh!

Well, it wasn’t as bad as it could have been, to be honest . . . anyway, on another note, I bought a new jump rope yesterday.

Yes, the HEAVY one!

You on my list will recall me writing to you about buying a weighted jump rope and instantly as I did my workouts last evening, I FELT It.

Within 15 minutes or so I was torched – and I did less than 500 reps (with breaks and stretching in between).

Believe me, weighted jump ropes add a WHOLE NEW dimension of difficulty to your workouts, and in terms of fat loss, they’re right up there with what I offer in Advanced Hill Training (and given the popularity of this BEAST, I’m going to probably come up with volume #2. Be on the outlook for that!).

And on that note, here is an email I received (which I responded to while waiting for the water purifier to fill so I can empty it out again and start finally using it) –

Hi

How are you?

Can we talk??

I am not available in office, this email is sent from mobile phone.

Uh, OK . . . . . . . . ??

Subject line was “I want tip for fat loss”

The email was sent from someone who doesn’t appear to be a native English speaker, and given the amount of trolling that’s been going on lately, my first intention was to IGNORE the email.

But something told me to double check.

I did.

And the dude apparently is working with someone that owns a martial arts based business. Cool!!! I’ve actually corresponded with plenty of these guys before (not the same company, but in the martial arts biz). Great guys, and I almost damn near built a website for one if I recall right . . .

Anyway, my response.

Dear Hasnat,

Thanks for your email. I’m fine, and trust you are as well. With regard to your query, please be more specific in terms of what you’re trying to achieve and we can go from there. You may also (if you haven’t already) want to sign up for our free newsletter here – https://0excusesfitness.com/free-newsletter/ – the tips we send out on a daily basis often contain very valuable “nuggets” of info on getting fit – and specifically, weight loss as well.

Aside from the above, the following two pages might be of assistance.

https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

https://0excusesfitness.com/advanced-hill-training/

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

And that’s that for now, my friend. Along with what I told you above in this here email – and what I told Hasnat -there seem to be plenty of tips for fat loss embedded in this one comminique. Whether or not you use ‘em is up to YOU!

Last, but not least, please do try and be a little verbose in terms of WHAT you want and what you’re looking to achieve. Might be very helpful – both for you – and me!

Best

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Another course I forgot to mention to Hasnat was Corrugated Core – but I’ll mention it to YOU, my loyal readers – here is where you can take a gander at this little BEAUTY of a course – truly one of the very best in terms of losing that pesky FAT around the midsection – –https://0excusesfitness.com/corrugated-core/

(Update – and before I jump into what I have to say)

I received an email from a “potential” subscriber along the lines of this yesterday –

tried to buy your 799.99 content offer. my credit card rejected. can I wire money to you by PayPal?

Clearly a troll – – and the troll I’ve been talking about in my past few emails, and how do I know this?

Well, first off, the email address isn’t valid (yes, my little trolly buddies, I’ve got an I.T. background unfortunately and know how to check these things).

Second, and first thing you know, hehe, the troll didn’t even open the payment page – if he would have, he . . . ah, but that’s how trolls are. Hehe. Nothing better to do than waste time and make a further mess of their already asinine and meaningless lives (honestly – if there was ONE category of people that have very little use on planet Earth, it is TROLLS).

Ah, but wait. As I said yesterday, you CAN profit from them, but before I get into that . . .

Though the guy is obviously a troll (if not, mea culpa, but the nature of the email suggested it), the PROBLEM he brought up is genuine.

I paid for a few domains on a few unrelated businesses yesterday, and it took me a hell of a long time to get the damned things paid for . . . via Paypal, as the “troll” suggests. Hehe.

For whatever reason, multiple cards got declined and it finally only worked after about 7 tries or so.

So for those of you that have genuinely had issues, please do EMAIL me about it – along with a screen shot of what is happening, and I’ll get it fixed. I’ve also updated the website so you can pay directly via the paypal link (which should be visible to all as of now).

And now, back to TROLLS . . .

Lots of people get upset the first time they’re trolled online, and it usually happens for two reasons.

One, they’re engaging with people that have nothing better to do with their own lives (and in many cases, these same people don’t either).

And two, and more commonly, when you’re actually trying to DO something, or HAVE Done it (or, as is most common when you’re on your WAY UP) –  you’ll get trolled.

The bucket of crabs will do their best to pull you back into the stinky ole bucket with their “little pee wee” selves, hehe.

And while this is normal (to me at least) – many people get mortified at the very idea of folks – gasp – trolling them and saying bad things about them.

Or doing silly things like taking pictures of one person, and super imposing their face on others . . .

Gasp again. Hehe.

I’ve seen it all, and believe me, there’s FAR FAR worse than could happen than tripe of this nature, and it’s funny, but if the people involved in trolling used some of that brain power to actually DO something with their little lives, perhaps they wouldn’t living in Mama’s basement and on government welfare as of now, hehe.

Anyway, all good there, but if you’re trolled, you basically have these options.

1. IGNORE – and then later USE that information as I do to write emails, and tell your “followers” about it. Believe me, while most people think it’ll create a negative impact if you do this honestly, it will do anything but (the exact opposite actually), and NO, sales will NOT be impacted (the exact opposite actually, hehe).

I truly believe this is the BEST option out there.

As Ben Settle once said, engaging with these idiots is like wrestling a pig. You’ll get dirty regardless…

And as I like to say, can’t win a piss fight with a skunk. Not sure where I read that one, but it came to mind just know, and it’s TRUE, hehe.

2. Engage with them publicly – IF they have a large (and worthwhile following). I don’t generally recommend doing this (if at all) as it’s usually a massive waste of time, but you might just pull over a few people “in that large following” to your site (and believe me, it happens). And even if not, if you rile ‘em enough to the point of trolling you more – well – see point #1, hehe.
3. Call them out if you so choose – but ON your field of play. YOUR battleground. That could you be your own social media – or your newsletter – or any other platform you control. And believe me, it’s far less of a drag that way than if you were to wade into THEIR playing field and attempt to do the same to them. . .

More options are available, but these are the ones I use the most, and for MOST profit, hehe.

If you’re the lady that sent me that long email and are reading this, well this might be food for thought, hehe.

And so it goes. Since the latest picture of me was apparently of some chick’s face superimposed on my “Eat More -Weigh Less” cover (by a lard ass that hasn’t done a lick of exercise in years other than 12 ounce curls if you get my drift, hehe) . . .THAT is what I’ll promote now.

How dare I . . .. hehe. I hear the trolls sharpening their little bitty tools . . . LOL.

Anyway, nigh on enough about that nonsense.

HERE is where you can go to the get the best damned fitness system on the planet and I don’t mention it just to sell.

I mention it because the price is going UP very shortly for this particular product due to demand and other reasons. Grab it at the throwaway price its been offered at now, my friend.

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – Oh, and as for “Eat More – Weigh Less”, I (thankfully!) changed the name back to Advanced Hill Training. Probably a reason I’m being trolled, as the name change (back to what it deserves to be) pissed off a LOT of people, hehe. All good. Grab this course right HERE, my friend. It truly contains EARTH shattering information on fitness you have NOT seen out there before.

P.S #2 – Here is where you can jump aboard what is TRULY THE MOST exclusive fitness membership site ever. FREE access to all my products and courses FOREVER including access to yours truly forever (truly a steal given the bomb and then some I charge for personal coaching) . . . Jump aboard NOW, my friend.

Oh boy. Seems today is one of those days, hehe. Received a couple of interesting emails, and I’ll share the FIRST of the with you . . .

(Before that, you on this list will recall an email I sent about “when your woman thinks you’re too little”. If you have missed that by any chance, go here and read it – – http://rahulmookerjee.com/index.php/blog/item/195-when-your-woman-thinks-you-re-too-little  )

Once you stop chuckling, here is what I received from a certain gentleman, apparently residing in mainland China “Edwin”.

Here is what this fine “lad” had to say (his email had the subject line “Living it up in China”)

I live in China and I be trying to get fitter than a fiddle. You a good looking guy so did you get even more womans on you trail because I need advice how to get a Orientalist wife here as I been struggling. Thanks ya, Edwin Barker

Well, well, well.

This one stopped me in my tracks as well (although yes, I’ve been called a porn star and movie star and God knows what else before, and perhaps with good reason in some regards ? eh, but we best NOT go there . . . )

Anyway, here is what I told him –

Yo Edwin

Enjoy your time in China! Can’t give you more details on the girls here as this is definitely a PG rated site. With regard to your “questions”, the only thing I can say is that you might want to buy a time machine and go back to “them early days” when I first showed up, hehe  . . . and I’m not sure where those can be found. ?

Other than that, you may want to read my last post HERE – – http://rahulmookerjee.com/index.php/blog/item/195-when-your-woman-thinks-you-re-too-little 

Let me know if you have any other questions that I CAN help with, and I’ll be glad to do so!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

And it’s true. As I said in my last post (or one of them) we don’t know how to increase the size of your breasts, wang doodle, or provide input into your sex lives, hehe. Funnily enough I DO run a business related to the last one (not quite, but it’s RELATED) . . . anyway, more on that later.

Anyway, why do I bring this up?

Well, because when I was being roundly trolled on the last comment I posted in the Facebook group (about the article on “Why I ain’t learning Chinese even if it’s FREE) – one of the gentlemen there had THIS to say.

He went on a long diatribe about foreigners in China (I believe) and “certain types of girls” if you get my drift, and then ended off with

“but the real girls might not be interested in you, Rahul”.

Which was weird, and hilarious because a) I’ve never had any problems landing gals anywhere (unlike certain nuts who show up in Asian countries to parade their “whiteness” and believe that the Chinese love them simply for their skin color and so called “wealth”).

News flash buddy – no – that ain’t how it works any more. Beneath them cute little smiles and beady little eyes lies a very through understanding of the average broke ass “jumping from one job to the other” ESL teacher in mainland china, and don’t think for a MOMENT they won’t jump ship once they find someone better (read – more STABLE – not necessarily better looking or whatever, although that DOES COUNT).

And another news flash – racism in China is sometimes not near as bad as its made out to be IF you approach it right, and not everyone does, hehe. ?

I’ll let it rest there, and no, I won’t get into the “why’s” here, but you can be my guest and GUESS, hehe.

Anyway, it’s funny regardless . . .

And on that note, it behooves me to say that the “other person that’s been badgering me up and down” for what seems like weeks (she even signed up for this newsletter and I deleted her) and that I did NOT want to talk to me “finally got through via the contact form on the site”).

I wrote a post about “If I don’t want to get back to you, I won’t” and it’s true, but from what the lady writes, seems like she just wanted to “share her story” (although why I don’t know, because I’d probably be the last person that could either help her or jump into the ESL muckola) . . . but either way, it was a personal story, so thanks to her for sharing it (I’ll keep her name private for obvious reasons).

And that’s that from here. I’m off to confront an angry daughter now, hehe. Apparently sleeping until 1232 wasn’t enough . . .

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – As I told Mr. Barker – we CAN help when it comes to fitness. And I said in my last two courses, if you’re unable to get laid or land the ladies – anywhere, not just China, hehe- then THESE are the two courses you need – right NOW – 0 Excuses Fitness and Advanced Hill Training.

P.S #2 – No, it won’t increase the size of your you know what – but you’ll attract good things to you, my friend, including members of the opposite sex. Believe me, I’ve been there and done that (as Mr. Barker knows, hehe?).

P.P.S – Don’t forget to pick up our other bestseller Corrugated Core right here – truly the ONLY course you’ll need to build that six pack you’ve been craving for.

Oh boy.

One of my recent pieces (not on this site) really seem to have blown up . . .

I seem to have touched more of a chord than I normally do.

And what do I mean?

Well, I wrote a piece about why I’m NOT interested in learning Chinese (even if it were to be for free) and specifically outlined the reasons why.

Specifically (and I’ll include the link to the article at the bottom of this piece) for all to read (if they so want) because #1, we as human beings tend NOT to value what we’re given for free.

And second, and more importantly, because these requests (or should I say “pester sessions”) usually come in the form of requests from people that add me on wechat and don’t know me from Adam . . .

Its like some girl will add me on wechat – try and flirt with the usual B.S. questions, and then show up with the usual and expected “I’ll teach you Chinese, and you teach me English”

The “for free” part isn’t really mentioned there though. And what isn’t mentioned either is that for whatever reason I’m not interested in learning Chinese (the article details why) – and I don’t see why I have to in order to be politically correct and become a China tom tommmer like a lot in mainland China appear to be.

Hey, if you want to teach for free, or learn the language, by all means go and do it, but I don’t want to. For good or bad, that’s just how it is, and badgering up and down won’t make me learn it any quicker . . .

Anyway, that’s pretty much the gist of the article.

And judging by the responses (there is a looooong thread devoted to this very article alone on Facebook, curiously enough split in half – half the people from groups other than those in mainland China “liking” the post and those in the country spewing their brand of venom on me).

To put it in perspective, I normally get a fair number of hits or responses as soon as I post an article on Medium (which is where I posted this for whatever reason).

From those that follow me there. From those on Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media (Facebook as well).

But when I look at the “skyscraper” for this piece – oh boy. It seems like the Status of Liberty towering over all the rest of the “people” that are craning their necks to get a good look in . . .

I’ve got all sorts of responses over the past few hours (I should actually say 24 odd hours) ranging from “this sounds like a redneck has written it” to the “westerners only come to China to date younger women and sometimes kids!” (brilliant fella – I did a piece up on just that a while ago but probably forgot to share it) to “this piece is needless edgy” (apparently someone thought I should tone it down) to “you’re racist! Chinese hate westerners too!”

And other such associated tripe, mostly from people that hadn’t bothered to READ any of the article.

Except one dude who got it spot on, right at the very top of the thread.

“What he’s saying is you don’t have to teach English for free” (he got in a bit of a dig at me, but hey, all good – that was the only person that actually READ the article before commenting, so kudos. The rest all took one look at the headline and off it was to the races).

(Edit – and another, as I write this – who responded with “real talk”. FWIW, there are just too many comments to keep up with, so I’ll update this ‘as we go along’, hehe).

(And another who very thoughtfully threw in a spammy offer for a VPN) . . .

And I sit here drinking my very Chinese puh-er tea, I see a number of new people signed up to my email list.

Seven actually, as of now  (and that isn’t surprising to say the least; happens like clockwork every time, hehe).

And of course, sales are shooting through the roof as we speak (type, hehe) as are  SITE VISITS.

And I also see a fact for what it is – when you say it like it – expect to be “hated” – especially if what you’re saying is true and cuts right through to the core.

I saw no-one addressed the following –

Why someone would add me out of the blue and demand I teach them English for free.

Why someone would want to pester me to learn their language when I don’t pester them to learn mine.

And why someone would get their knickers in a twist about an article that while admittedly written when I was ticked off (and no I ain’t gonna delete it either) doesn’t really contain much other than FACTs. Hey, I even provided screen shots for those that don’t believe . . .

Apparently none of that was OK for the politically correct lot.

And that figures.

I posted the same thing across a bunch of different social media accounts and other a few nods of the head and agreements (and the occasional squabble), not really a whole heck of a lot.

Other hand, groups in mainland China . . . and, well, you get the point.

Anyway there’s an important lesson to be learnt here for you marketers and those of you who sell anything out there – that being when you put yourself out there – be prepared to be hated and then some.

Donald Trump for one is roundly castigated darn near every time he says something on Twitter, and yet, if there’s anyone that looks likely to serve a further four years as the most powerful man in the world –it is HIM.

It’s as I’ve said MANY TIMES over – the nail that sticks out usually gets hammered the first, hehe. Except what isn’t mentioned in that quote it also gets the most VIEWS . . .

(and really – people only piss and moan and take pot shots if something truly hits home – and by chance, I posted it in a facebook group full of expats in China (a lot of them despite what they say would rather be anywhere right now but in the Chinese mainland)).

And that’s how it goes with fitness as well ,my friend.

From the missionaries that demand to know “why I’m exercising my body and not brain” (when I do pull-ups) to the jokers that routinely want selfies with me (while I’m working out) and so forth . . . if you’re doing something worth while doing which the rest of the sheeple aren’t – well – prepare to be called out – and then some.

And that’s that from “red necks ville” (never thought I’d be called that. Cowboy yes, but redneck? Ah well. Always a first time, hehe). I’l be back soon!

Best (and yours in crankiness, hehe) –

Rahul Mookerjee

P.S. – In case you’re interested in the secret “redneck” methods of fitness that got me (and will get YOU as well) into the best shape of your life – then go HERE – https://0excusesfitness.com/0excusesfitnessystem/

(Hey, I just got a new idea. “Top Secret Redneck ways to get FIT and dump the jobs you don’t like FOREVER” . . . LOL, sorry, but I had to say it!)

P.S #2 – Here is the link to the article for those interested – https://medium.com/@0excusesfitness/why-i-aint-interested-in-learning-chinese-even-for-free-for-that-matter-b2a24d3dd658 (should work – if not let me know).