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Stake it; Take it; Make it
God, I love this picture.
I've done more interviews in the last month than I've done in the past couple of years combined. (Thank God for my unlimited phone plan – I'd probably drop more than $300 a month and cry into my nightly dinner of Ramen noodles and Spam otherwise. You know, in between rounds of drinking straight rye whiskey and trying to make it out of my trailer home as the only white rapper in Montana.)
Any way, while most of the interviews were me asking the questions and grilling my subjects, a few were about my upcoming release of Built for Show which officially launches on Thursday.
Regardless of who was asking the questions, all of the interviews somehow managed to focus –or at least touch on— the importance of taking action and not getting bogged down in details.
A head Biotest researcher would never develop quality, revolutionary supplements if he succumbed to apathy and sequestered his knowledge of compounds and hormones by shouting at the penis-enlarging ads on his late-night TV programs.
Hot strippers from every corner of the world would never camp outside Joe Defranco's front door if he hadn't started his own facility to prepare guys for the NFL combine.
If he hadn’t made a significant life-transformation, former distance-runner Vince Delmonte
would still be impersonating Forrest Gump and running 100 miles per week instead of teaching skinny guys how to build muscle.
Craig Weller would be locked up in a mental institution with a jar of peanut butter and a stick if he didn't take action and start Barefoot Fitness.
And me?
Well, let's just say you wouldn't be reading this if I did what I originally wanted to do: two chicks at the same time.
This whole post is tongue and cheek for a reason. But it all comes down to one thing: find something you want to do. Then do it.
Don't talk about it. Don't give excuses. Just fucking do it.
Stake it; take it; make it.
Oh, and help me buy food by investing in Built for Show. In exchange, I'll show you to how to build a great body, an amazing lifestyle, and help you on your quest to do two chicks at the same time.
If it can't be me, it might as well be you, right?
Comments for This Entry
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Great post Nate. Insightful and funny.
By the way, everyone reading this: the book is pretty damn good. I dunno about that whole "two chicks at the same time" thing, but maybe that will come in time.
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Great article nate.
Cant wait to read your new book built for show and see all the resources.
Keep up the good work.
Jeff Jowers
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Hahaha, two chicks at the same time. How glorious.
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Nate,
The Book's great, I love reading your posts, and what you've done with your career in such a short amount of time deserves the utmost respect. Looking back, I wish I had your drive and vision when I was busy eating McDick's and smashing tvs. So many things would be easier for me right now.
I guess the past is in the past, and looking ahead it's never too late to start a similar journey to yours.
I recently took out a line of credit and am swinging for the fences.
Keep it up,
Jon -
just bought the book, congrats on getting published so early in life!
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Nate great site man... just started tunin' in... livin' vicariously through you - married with 2 dogs - good to see a young dude goin' after it, and on the cutting edge. Lookin' forward to keepin' up with the "good life" insight.
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Love the article Nate. It's so simple, yet so many people are too lazy to take action.
"stake it; take it; make it" Great motto.
Will be buying your book later this week.
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John G 2:38pm Nov 17, 2008