Personal Thoughts

It has come to my realization that I have a lot to build on and digest from the boot camp.

One of the few things I have noticed with my personality since I returned to Edmonton, is that I become more outspoken.

I can't help but think about Matador's advice on the personality matrix. I need to work on the base of my character/avatar. What kind of person do I want to display myself as? How am I going to take the necessary steps to get to that point? And what traits should I focus the most attention on?

I want to portray myself who is fun, playful and warm - while being un-needy. This is of course my main foundations for my emotional state, and how I should be all the time. I want to be percieved as someone who is ambitious - I want to re-focus my attention in becoming an owner of my own line of bar/club chain. Becoming a master Venusian Artist is still one of my priorties, but theres more to life than picking up women, and its building the foundation of who you are.

Once thats set up - the rest will follow. Besides, imagine the social value of owning one of the most hip night clubs in LA.

I want to be interesting and fascinating, so when I speak, i create a sense of awe and excitment. Where people are on the edge of their seats and biting every word. Not because I believe in the material, but I believe in me.

I want to be percieved as a loyal and trustworthy person. So when shit goes down hill, I'm the one to turn to. And I can be relyed on for such reasons. This in turn will build a stronger bond to my social circle.

To tie to the point of being fascinating, I also want to articulate the way I speak and emote. If its true that body language speaks for 80% of communication, I need to portray that. Facial expressions, and the energy and enthusiasm I put into my body and fluid motions will effect my Charismatic edge.

I also want to be known as a risk taker. I'm sick of sitting on the side lines waiting for things to happen. I want adventures, stories of how crazy something went, because of a decision I made in the heat of the moment. I want stories that are worth telling, so I need to live them first.

I want to be strong and disciplined. I would very much like to get back into the martial arts, building the sense of pride and calm mind set with the art. I miss the discpline of a strong body. If i can't get back into Tae Kwon Do, because of conflicting schedules, I should at the very least get back into shape.

And finally, I want to be humorous. I want people to say, wow, that guy is hilarious! He's just amazing! So I need to focus on this, and figure what makes someone humorous and fun. I have a general idea... but i need to step outside my comfort zone.


More to follow on my own personal thoughts.... I need to get them in words to digest every piece. =) But I'm making progress!

Bootcamp for the month of Sept 2008. Money well spent.

Toronto Bootcamp (Sept 19-21 2008)
Charisma's Point of View:

I had missed the opportunity a year and a half ago to attend a Toronto Bootcamp with Mystery. Due to actions outside of my control, I was extremely disappointed (some would even say Heart Crushed) when my wing at the time (Spillz) attended it, and I was told that it was Life Changing Experience when he returned from it.

So i sought to have that experience, and to put it lightly...

He wasn't exaggerating.

The moment I walked through the doors, to the moment we went to the venues of choice for the night - I was enlighten. Mystery was a phenomenal teacher, who helped me pin point where my sticking points were and broke down the system of The Mystery Method in a clear, and concise structure.

I was blown away at the way Matador elaborated on the emotional state and the breakdown on how to create one's own identity. I will admit - that I had been following the mystery method with as little info I had from the novel, 'The Game, Penetrating the Secret Society of The Pickup Artist' and 'The Mystery Method, How to Get Beautiful Women into Bed'. But i always felt, that I was missing one vital piece.

My inner game needed drastic work. I needed to rewire my frame of mind, and break down the components that make me - me, and re-arrange them in a way that speaks the character I want to display. With Matador's spiritual advice and his Personality Matrix, i can now map what I need to work on.

And that alone - just the realization, was enough to send me in the right direction.

Mystery and Matador's advice went hand in hand when going into depth with the mystery method. The routines, sound bites were useful in the field, and will build a strong foundation to create my own.

The Field itself was amazing!

I watched Mystery and Matador create social proof, I saw Matador approach sets in such a way - that I believed were to be counter-intuitive, and watched in bafflement, as he close sets with his own unique style.

What an inspiration!

Mystery had a very strong grasp of the philosophy of the universe, that I found it very easy to get dragged into. Which in turn allowed me to let go of any self doubt, and push a little harder in the field. 'The Moment is "Now".' He also had a very contagious ability to enlighten the energy level in the body, and keep the mind in a positive frame of mind - regardless of the amount of sets that were blown out. (Even when the mind and body was exhausted due to the large amounts of approach/sets; he had some ability to push us into yet another set)

There surprisingly even was day game throughout the bootcamp. The opportunity just arose, and Mystery grasped it - and what an opportunity it was! I'm glad he took it.

Matador's description in being slow and articulate my actions when speaking, has already made a difference at home, leaving me the feeling that I can be fascinating. ..Something I lacked with my story telling abilities.

It was a bootcamp that made up for the loss of the missed opportunity from a year ago, and I feel content and was impressed and felt like i truly got the value i put in my money's worth.

Spillz worded it best to me...'It's an investment,' and i strongly agree!

Now armed with the skill sets and tools, I will push forward, and hopefully show myself and everyone that I can be a Master Venusian Artist.
(step 1 complete )



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- This was the post I placed on The Venusian Arts website, under the review section.
- I'm well aware it's not a field report, but I have section I will add just below dedicated to the sets that I opened.
- I'm sorry to miss out on the seminar on that weekend here, maybe next time I'll be there and combine both experiences.
- I really want to find a dedicated wing man whose willing to go out on a regular basis

Now without further hesitation, the real field report for that weekend.

19 Sept 2008

1) Mixed Set (I never opened mixed sets before this weekend, and because of that Mystery focused his attention in defeating that sticking point.) Opened with a two part kiss opener - did not hook with the girls, so I couldn't neg the target. The guy was very receptive and came later to approach me to shoot the shit. Should have backwards merged. My voice wasn't loud enough and didn't body rock.
2) Accidentally reopened the same set later, without realizing (approach their friends who were around the corner and later joined in). This time it went smoothly, and managed to lock myself in (Never locked in till this point either), and was able to discover my target of choice was with her boyfriend and they were celebrating a birthday party (how do you all know each other?) Matador tried to help me wing the set, but I was unprepared for the interrupt, and watched him helplessly control the whole set with his high energy. He later ran his summary on the set to me, and what my good points were and what needed work.
3) Ran a mixed set inside, with the '2 girls fighting outside opener'. Once again, disarmed the guy, and than stacked another opener while trying to merge with another set (which once again, was part of the same set, birthday party - so it was a 8 set)
Was able to move the target to the smoking section, isolated her, dealt with an interrupt, did some kino escalation (felt a little awkward, but we didn't go through that at the seminar yet, so i was winging it. it eventually led to a kiss close. but i felt like i lost the set later through the night. Mystery watched the set and was impressed, and told me they would focus on kino the following day. He really elaborated on the fact on slowing my speech and become more articulant. And smile....smile more.
4) Ran 4 other sets, but they didn't hook very well. I felt at a loss when it came to DHV stories. Mystery later approached me and explained that not all DHVs need to be expressed through verbal actions. With that, he armed me with a routine and pushed me into another mixed set outside.
5) The set went fantastic! There was alot of energy, and they were very friendly people. We were talking about nothing, yet I was still the interest point (thanks to Mystery's Routine). I felt I could have locked in, but outside, it didn't really matter. I negged the target playfully and she responded in a flirtatious way. But wasn't able to use kino, because I wasn't sure what the guy's intention was. Note: Use the way point, How do you all know each other. Ejected the set on a good note.
6) Went direct on a seated set, and was just playful with the target. 4 mixed set. The energy i had from last set was brought to this one. Locked in, kino escalation, and tried to backwards merged. However, in attempt to introduce her to my friends, she was paranoid if i was acquainted with Mystery - which I was. She knew he was a PUA from his TV show. ...Fuck. Tried to do damage control, but lost that set afterwards.

Ran a few more sets, but there wasn't much to comment on.

20 Saturday 2008

Short version - Went to a club that consisted of 3 floors, four dance floors, a bathroom bar (that alone blew my mind), and a smoking section. With some help from the instructors and some of some former students (spillz and prophet), I ran 35+ sets. Alot blew open, because my head wasn't in the right mind set after i had a few negative replies. Caught on later, had a different mind set, and just let loose and had fun, which in turned brought more positive results to my sets.

Matador came in on one set, paused the interaction, told me what i was doing wrong in the middle of it, and basically left and i continued in front of the girls as if nothing happened. Amazing - it was as IF it NEVER happened. lol.

Earlier that day, we did some day sarging, and managed to close a cute HB 8, but never called her that night to see if she wanted to tag along. Could have used her as a pivot - ah well. Live and learn. There was too much info being thrown in my head to digest.

21 September 2008

Went out yet again on a sunday, and this wasn't supposed to happen - but due to the small size of the class, we figured 'why not?'

Ran a few sets in the empty bars (goes to show you don't need them packed), locked in, kino escalated, negged, had fun, was interesting, but wasn't able to isolate (wasn't attracted, she was practice). Mystery watched the whole set, even introduced himself at one point, helped me with the kino escalation, and after that, sat back and watched the whole interaction.


Overall, amazing experience! Now I'm hopping to carry these skills on to the street and bars of Edmonton, and master them to the degree when it comes time to go to Toronto to move down - I'll be ready.


Charisma signing out.