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🎶We’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of rules. 🎶 .b.peterson

Obvious Fact #1:
Intrinsic Motivation > Extrinsic Motivation

Obvious Fact #2:
Being a husband & Father > All other sources of Intrinsic Motivation

Deal with it.

Sometimes all you need is a nap in the back of your car, a conversation with God, and a remembering that if you do the right things for the right reasons, everything will be ok.

Take a deep breath, Future Ancestors.

Day by day we inch closer to the future we all want to see. I know this is true deep in my heart.

I don’t know how, but we’ll get there, together.

My vision is to change the world by banding together a world-wide, unstoppable, morally grounded tribe of like-minded men and women, all pointing their arrows towards a future built on the accumulated wisdom of our ancestors combined with the innovations of the modern world.

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Maxwell, Epstein, Weinstein, Saleeby…. the list goes on and on.

Just because a news story about a pizza place was as fantastical as they come, doesn’t mean it wasn’t true, or that there wasn’t truth BEHIND it.

I have been preaching about pe******ia among the elites for 2 fu***ng years, before Epstein’s arrest and death, before Maxwell, before Saleeby.

And so have many others.

At 23 years old, I left my childhood religion when I found out the child sexual abuse that was rampant within it.

It cost me my entire family, my friends, my community, and my faith.

I know what I have seen.

I will be doing a podcast episode on the topic of my lifelong desire to thwart evil, but just rest assured: I have always stood between those committing evil and the innocent they prey on, and I always will.

From bullies to pedos, emotional abusers to mass shooters; I have stood in front of them all, and I will do so until I breathe my final breath on this beautiful Earth and rejoin our Creator.

Now is the time for us to stand up and demand that they of the powerful elites who have r***d and murdered children for their own sick, twisted pleasure.

I will no longer be passive.

I ask that you do the same.

Tweet, IG, post, tattoo, and demand that they of the who have our children.

My vision board has on it, and frankly, I’m not doing enough. And likely, you aren’t either.

I’m not sure what the next step is, as activism is a new world for me. But I’ll figure something out, with your help.

Please share this message far and wide (no attribution or tagging is desired), so that we can create real change in the world.

MC

Five amazing humans and I are thankful and excited to see you do what you do in January, doc. .b.peterson

If you love truth and supporting the greatest minds on Earth who have the biggest hearts on Earth, do yourself a favor and buy tickets to one of Dr. Jordan Peterson’s lectures in 2022.

His tour was just announced and tickets are already flying off the virtual shelves.

Jordan’s work guided me through the darkest period of my life, and I will be forever grateful. To support him further by attending one of his lectures is a joy.

January 25th can’t come soon enough!

I want to live in Paradise. Don't you?

Luscious green forests wet with morning dew. Fruit with color so vibrant you almost have to look away.

Everything turned up to 11, with no trace of evil.

The word Paradise comes from the Greek word 'paradeisos', meaning royal, enclosed park.

Do you have a vision for a version of Earth that resembles that description? Me too.

I believe that together we can change the world, from the shattered, broken, divided war zone that we see today, into paradise.

Heaven on Earth.

We can't do it alone. But we CAN do it together, with God's help, in God's time.

It won't be easy.

We WILL have setbacks.

And sadly, many of us may very well be gone before it is realized.

But you can still play a part.

Every moment of every day, you get to decide if you're building Heaven or Hell.

With God on our side, we can't fail.

Get off the fence. Get in the trenches. Let's build a better future each and every day with each breath, word, thought, and action.

As my journey of life continues, I often find myself changing so rapidly that the shock of dying patterns brings me to my knees with profound gratitude and trembling fear.

Life has so many treasures available to each of us, if only we’d reach out and take them. 🙏🏻

The price is steep: the death of the boy is the only path towards birth of the man, and entrnace is not guaranteed…

But still, the effort alone that it requires to be great is all the reward I need.

Choose to love and choose to work at loving the world, fully, each and every day.

I promise you won’t regret it.

Cheers⁣⁣⁣⁣

10 years ago I asked her out to the fair.

9 years ago I married her.

8 years ago we left our hometown for a new city.

7 years ago we struggled to become adults and my first business suffered.

5 years ago we left our childhood religion and lost as much as we gained, if not more. Then we bought an RV and went traveling.

4 years ago I said yes and moved to Ohio to grow an exciting new company. We were lonely and lost, and I finally started to grow as a man.

3 years ago we came back home to Florida and had our first son.

2 years ago we realized how incredible our relationship had become over the years, and really started to care about how our life played out long term.

1 year ago, I lost my papa in death, we moved to this quiet, rural town, and decided to have another baby.

6 weeks ago we had two of em.

Last night, we planned out, meticulously, the next 12 weeks of the year, complete with weekly date nights, overnight trips, and day dates.

We hired a nanny.

I got serious about my schedule.

Our new business is launching in a matter of weeks.

We’ve got three under three at home.

Things are always going to be up and down.

Sit down and take control. And if you have a partner, lean into them, find out what drives them, and build a life together.

I can’t believe how much we’re grown in our first 10 years together.

The next 10 will be even better.

Thank you for being my fu***ng ride or die, queen. You’re the baddest faerie bitch on Earth. .cuda

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The amount of joy this girl brings me is impossible to articulate. I love you, doll .cuda we are building the future together. Shoutout to homie with the dope shirt 😎

I don’t know what possessed me to write this at 30,000 feet, but here we are.

I am not an expert in anything other than being an idiot. You should do your own soul searching, thinking, researching, and deciding for yourself on all topics.

But let me tell you something: if you can find the right person to build a life with, and you are both willing to do the work required, you will experience what may be life’s greatest joy.

I have been married for just over 9 years, and to be clear, things haven’t been perfect.

Arguments
Tears
Busted walls and aching hearts
Hoarse voices and deep regretful behavior

These things have all been a part of my life at one moment or another.

But you know what? It got better. Every day. Every month. Every year.

And so did I. And so did she.

We evolved.

And so can you.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I love my wife more than anything, and she loves me just the same. We are closer than ever, closer than any other couple I know, and truly, deeply, committed, happy, and excited for our combined futures.

Our relationship is F U L L of passion.

Overflowing with love, understanding, and promise.

My wife is amazing. And so am I. And together, we’re unstoppable.

We are future ancestors, and having a life partner, in my humble opinion, makes you 100x more likely to be one too.

Don’t buy into the hype of being a promiscuous perpetual child.

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The world is full of armchair quarterbacks. Don’t be one of them. Oh, and another thing: If you look the same as 10 million or more people, you’re probably a walking ideologue. Find your center, walk your own path, and be an optimistic centrist. It beats ideology every single time.

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On Sunday evening, my wife surprised me with a helicopter tour above Orlando. We flew with and the experience was well worth the wait. Our pilot was not only an expert at his craft, but a true gentleman and great conversationalist.

It was my first time in a helicopter, and truly a joy.

As some of you know, one of my most audacious goals is to design build a theme park and resort that rivals Disney World and Universal Studios, filled with and themed by the Intellectual Property I will develop, license, and acquire, over the next 20-25 years.

Our helicopter tour took us over multiple Disney Parks, Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, The Orlando Eye, water parks, resorts, and some of the biggest homes in the country on Lake Butler, where the owner of Westgate and Shaquille O’Neil call home. It was incredible.

This was the first time I’ve experienced an aerial view of the Disney and Universal Parks.

And do you want to know the first thought I had?

“That’s not so big. I can do that.”

Five years ago, Bruno (watch Luca if you don’t get the reference) would’ve chimed in and told me I was delusional. But today? Today it was just ME, telling ME the truth.

“It’s not so big. You can do it.”

So that’s my message to YOU on this fine Tuesday.

No matter the goal or obstacle, it’s not so big. You can do it.

Happy Father’s Day to all my fellow fathers.

On days like this I am reminded of the importance of having plenty of GOOD, STRONG, MORAL, and PRESENT men in a society.

I see too many people balk at the idea that masculine men are necessary for a civilization to function correctly.

And without strong, caring, and intuitive women at our side, we are shells of what we could be.

So let this post serve as a shout-out to all the men and women of Earth, fighting to build better futures for our children. The future belongs to us to create. Let’s git r dun.

This is the last Father’s Day before our twins will be born, and I can’t wait to see my little family continue to grow.

(pic above: my wife’s doodle on the back of the card she gave me this morning.)

Six months pregnant and as beautiful as ever. .cuda Get yourself a spouse and squeeze em’ tight every day.

Why is it so hard to live the life you want? And how much of the reason why you can’t is actually because you just believe you can’t? It amazes me how often I notice that my beliefs are what hold me back, more than anything else.

Progress.

I took my squats too hard about a month ago and strained my quads.

Then I overdid it with my all barbell routines and strained my lower back.

So I slowed down.

I adjusted.

I went super light on squats and deadlifts.

I mixed in more barbell moves, swapped standing barbell military press for seated dumbbell overheads, etc.

Tonight, I am back up to my previous max for reps in squats and leg press, and hitting PRs for calf press and leg curls.

One step at a time.

Building a better me is turning out to be harder than I ever thought. But I AM learning to enjoy the journey.

Cheers, friends.

MC⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

This is my humble home gym.

A rusty old gold’s gym bench press (no longer using), some cheap, crappy foam tiles (wouldn’t recommend), a $399 rack from Dick’s Sporting Goods, and an old barbell and weight plates set I bought on FB marketplace.

All in all, I’ve spent around $1,000 on my entire setup, and I’ll make back $200 when I sell my old bench press.

But my bench has gone up in this gym.
My rows have too.
And my curls.
And my squats.
And my deadlifts.
And my confidence.

Please don’t buy into the social media charade and believe you have to have a fancy gym to have fancy muscles. A few hundred bucks, a one car garage, and a whole lot of discipline is all you need.

Today I’ll hit legs, and my humble little gym will get the job done just fine.

I won’t get 1,000,000 likes, but I’ll get stronger, healthier, and closer to my ancient self.

Go get some, and ignore the world.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

⁣ Not every day is a good day.

Not every day is an easy day.

Today was one of those days. I felt weak in my workouts, despite solid nutrition. I had a crick in my shoulder that held me back on my bench.

Too many people on social media pretend like every day is easy. I won’t ever be that person.

Stand up straight with your shoulders back and face difficulty head on. It’ll pass.

There is always a long list of things to be grateful for, if only you look.

The key is to keep showing up, no matter how you feel.

Rock on, Tribe. 💪🏼

P.S. Enjoy this shot of the corvette I’m going to own some day.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

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Happy Queen Day to the freshest gal in town. .cuda

As I embark on a mission to return to our ancestral ways (and drag as many of you as possible with me), I’ve been thinking a lot about the role technology plays in our lives, and how easy it is to get lost in our devices.

There’s lots of research you can consume to go deeper on this subject, but today I wanted to share three VERY simple things you can implement right now (and should) to begin the process of curbing your technology usage and returning to a more natural, healthy lifestyle.

1️⃣ - Curb your notifications - Head to the notification settings on your phone and turn off notifications for every social media app on your phone. Bonus points if you turn off email notifications....

2️⃣ - Don’t touch while driving! - I can’t tell you how many people I see staring at their phones at stoplights and even while driving. Maybe I’m noticing it because I’m not on my phone...? Make it a rule to just not touch your phone while you drive. Even changing music is no excuse. Use the controls on your radio or steering wheel. Make a playlist, set it, forget it, shuffle it. Just don’t touch your damn phone in the car.

3️⃣ - Sleep 8, free for 10 - one hour before bed, put the phone away. When you wake up, don’t touch it for an hour. Simple.

These three tasks barley scratch the surface, but if you start here, your mind space will open up, your body will relax deeper, and you’ll be one step closer to a healthy life.

Life is not about fulfilling your potential, it’s about striving to fulfill your potential. It’s the chase, not the acquisition.

I learned this lesson later than desired. Do yourself a favor and learn it now.

You’ll never “arrive”, so stop trying to. Instead, enjoy the journey. Cliche, right? But cliches are cliches for a reason. How do you actually apply this?

Same way you eat a horse.

“One bite a time.”

I’ve been trying to break this down and apply it in small chunks throughout my life.

Don’t worry about benching 280 for reps. Enjoy the process of honing in your form.

Don’t think about the 12 months it will take you to improve your metabolic health, enjoy the positive effects to your wellbeing after each nourishing meal.

The ironic thing is, as soon as you focus on the process of creating a better you, the results tend to come much faster, and you’re happy along the way, vs. only when payday arrives.

Don’t buy into the ego driven narcissism of social media. Don’t compare yourself to others. Don’t be overly concerned of their opinions, either.

You’re on your OWN journey. It’s not a competitive race, it’s an individual endurance challenge.

Lately, I’ve been struggling with .

In the past, self doubt plagued every area of my life. Thankfully, years of hard work and reflection have put that to rest.

But my physical potential (or lack thereof) has always been a source of insecurity and frustration.

I was born with a somewhat rare genetic syndrome called “nail patella syndrome”. It affects people in different ways and to differing levels of severity. Some people have nearly no symptoms at all, others have webbed feet, improperly functioning or ill-formed joints, and worse. I fall somewhere in the middle.

I have a tendency to tear ligaments easier due to having “looser” joints. For example, how far back can you bend your fingers? Mine go well past 90 degrees. This makes me more flexible, but more susceptible to injury.

Additionally, I have weak knees that pop nearly all the time, making squats especially challenging.

I also have a permanently torn ulna collateral ligament, also known as a TFCC tear.

This was a hickey injury at 17, and I waited months to see a doctor, making proper healing impossible and surgery risky. As a result, I have a permanently torn ligament that inflames easily and causes almost constant wrist discomfort of some level.

I have dealt with a slew of other issues relating to gut health and chronic inflammation, but we’ll save those for another day.

Here’s the point: In February of 2019, I was 108lbs, sick, broken, and nearly convinced I could never build the health or body I wanted. But I never gave up. Today, I’m roughly 140lbs and stronger than ever.

I wrap my wrist, wear a compression sleeve, and brace my wrist when I lift.

I make it work.

I’ve been inspired by some incredible people fighting against insurmountable physical odds lately, like , the world’s first iron man with Down Syndrome.

I’m no less exceptional than he is.
And you’re no less exceptional than me.

If he can do it, I can do it.
If I can do it, so can you.

There are so many things I am grateful for. This little man is one of them.

His little brother or sister is another. 😉

• 9/13/21 •

There are many reasons why I am on this health, fitness, and entrepreneurship journey. This little man is one of them.

His little brother or sister is another. 😉

Let’s have 5 more .cuda