That’s right. There’s a disconnect going on in society right now. Gaining success today is different than what it was year ago. Back then, everyone had a steady job working in a factory, or a farm, or whatever else sort of hard labor was available to them at the time.
There wasn’t much more opportunity for them than that.
Today, machines and computers do most of the work that humans did years ago, so most people go either two ways after college:
In an office, as an ant, in a big corporation. Or they supersede the norm and become wildly successful.
Most people are okay with their kid following the life as a normal folk. And that is fine.
But then, there are families that want more for their kid. They know their child has that certain “umph!” that others may not have, some type of special talent or sparkle in their eye that needs to be explored and cultivated into something they can use and benefit from.
“School” as the word is used today, was invented during the industrial age. So they focused on getting kids learning how to follow orders, learn math, and work at a factory. That’s where everyone worked back then.
Now, it’s the opposite. Fresh college grads hardly get jobs in factories anymore. Like I said before, they either get hired by a corporation (because they learned how to comply with rules, as school has taught them) or they use their amazing charisma to attract people to them and flourish in life.
These successful people are the ones who are constantly creating, constantly innovating. They are the ones who rise above in confidence, emotional discipline, charisma, passion, and the like. But they don’t teach this stuff at schools, because back then it wasn’t necessary. So as a parent, what do you do? Either you have the skills to raise charismatic kids, or you just hope they get a good job at some company.
I began CharismaticKid for this exact reason. I want you to be able to raise what we call the charismatic kid. The kid that is extraordinary, unusual, eclectic, creative, and ambitious that does what everyone else wishes they could do. The “Steve Jobs,” the “Gary Vaynerchuk,” the “Seth Godin.” All of these people had insanely creative, charismatic, and passionate minds that forced them into success. Do schools do that for your kid? No, CharismaticKid does.
And in the biggest and best city in the world, we are holding the Superhuman Series for parents that give you an entirely new set of life skills for your children, and techniques you can implement to grow their personalities. We’ve been working overtime in making CharismaticKid the only company in the world that teaches these skills this in-depth, this easy to understand, and this effective. There is absolutely nothing like it. Go ahead and try Googling it. We are the only company of our kind, and we are going to change the way you raise your kids.
Check out the Superhuman Series link above if you’re in the area. For fifty bucks each seminar, you can only gain.
This is a map of all of my favorite playgrounds for kids to get social in Manhattan. All of them have their own unique and exciting features, and each one WOWs me in a different way.
Click on each of the thumbtacks to find out my little blurb of info on the playground. Click “Directions” to bring you to a Google Maps page with directions to the playground. Double-click on the tack to see where the playground is up close.
Click here to view this on an actual Google webpage.
This is one of my favorite songs, called, “Let It Be Me” by Ray LaMontagne. Listen to it here.
As a kid, Daniel Rensch was a chess genius. Now he has two kids of his own and a website called ChessKid (http://www.chesskid.com). It’s a social network for kids who want to play chess against each other. It’s apparent that Daniel is still passionate about the game, and everything that goes along with it. In this snippet from a chat we had, he talks about the importance of keeping your kids’ eyes on the prize.
I was skimming through a great book yesterday, Parent’s Tao Te Ching. I stopped on this one quote that resonated with me:
”Doing nothing while your child fails requires great courage and is the way of wisdom.” – Parent’s Tao Te Ching
I am naturally a non-competitive person when it comes to competing with others. But I am serious as a heart attack when it comes to competing with myself; maybe why I enjoy rock-climbing so much.
Today’s society is obsessed with preventing their children from failing, thinking it will hurt their self-esteem. Let me take a moment to tell you something as a confidence expert:
Was that loud enough for you?
As a kid, I had to deal with soccer games always ending in a tie, and gym teachers not keeping score during basketball games. Sure, they made us focus on the fun factor of what we were doing. But they also kept our natural propensity for challenging ourself from taking hold.
When you are playing games with your kids, play how you would play with an adult. Stop letting them win all the time just because they are a fraction of your age. Challenging your children in a healthy way just makes them want to succeed that much more. It makes them work harder for things in life. If they feel like they can win in everything they do, without pushing themselves for it, they will do the same thing as adults.
And it revolves around this three step formula. In the past few years, I have met the charismatic families of the new age. The families that teach their children how to live a passionate life. The parents that don’t want their kids to end up in cubicles, but rather doing something they are passionate about. I’m calling the book, “The New Family”.
Having money is not a qualification for this type of family. It’s less about having, and more about doing. These are proactive families that go out and pursue their passions. And I plan to include case studies on all of them. In the coming months, I’m going to interview these parents on the site and make sure to mix it up. I’ve already included designers and comedians, and I plan to expand the horizon on what it means to be “The New Family”. Entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, politicians, green farmers, etc.
But those are merely the flashy examples. You can be passionate about ANYTHING… your passion could even be as simple as being passionate about family. As long as you are proving to your child that there’s more to this life than just eating, breathing, working, sleep.
I’m here to separate the families with incentive to be unique. The ones that don’t like the idea of being another ant in the colony. Are you that family?
After eight straight months of putting all my experiences, thoughts, philosophies, teachings, learnings, and readings into one full document, I finally have something that I think is literally amazing. This is something that has never ever been done before (trust me, I’ve looked); and the first book ever to cover social skills, conversation, and confidence for parents and their kids at a level this in-depth. You will find nothing like it.
Yes, there are parenting books, there are obedience books, and this book has all that stuff in there. But that is only part of what I teach. I have managed to come up with something totally new. They don’t teach this stuff at school, or in college, or in any graduate school. You can’t get your doctorate in the art of social skills. Really, the only place that teaches stuff this in-depth is right here on this website.
I’ve Google’d the crap out of this topic just to make sure I’m not stepping on anybody’s toes. I’ve found things here and there, and tested their products to see if they can stand up to the teachings I wanted to bring to the table. They couldn’t. They talk about manners, being polite, and how to stand up to bullies. But I go beyond that. I’m not teaching parents how to keep their kids from being bullied, I’m teaching you how to outwit the bully then make him pine for your attention. Confident and charismatic kids don’t need to “stick up for themselves,” they have too much self-esteem for that. Instead, they choose who they want to talk to, and who they allow attention from. That is what this book is about.
I’m capitalizing on the fact that America’s schooling system doesn’t teach this kind of stuff, and neither does anybody else. This book is made for the parents and kids that already have a basic grasp on social skills, and want to skyrocket their confidence and conversation skills to insane levels.
I’m naming it “Charismatic Kid – The New Breed of Superhero,” because that is what this book will do to your children, turn them into real-life superheroes. A hero is someone that people look up to, a person that spreads happiness and inspires confidence to everyone he comes in contact with. A hero makes others better people just by being around them. Your four year old will no longer be hiding behind your leg when meeting someone new, instead be walking straight up to that person with five fingers raised high, getting ready to introduce himself.
Before I wrote this book, I wanted to make sure that parents would be able to blast through the book in a few days, because I know how busy the life of a parent can be. This is the type of book that you can read fifteen times, though you will feel like a changed person after the first time reading it. I wanted to make sure that it doesn’t read like a text book, because I hate those. I find it to be the perfect coupling of entertainment and life-changing content, because those are my favorite types of books to read myself.
I want you to have this book so frickin’ bad that I want to give it to your for free.. at least for the next few months. Why? Because I want you to read it, love it, and then send it to a friend. I want the teachings in this book to be read by every parent in America, and I care more about you and your kids’ well-being than how much money is in my piggy bank.
That is why I’m going to make a deal with you. I want to give you Charismatic Kid for free, as long as you promise me one thing. After you are finished reading it, if you loved it, to send it to ten friends. Heck, send it to everyone on your Faybo* feed for all I care. I want this to engulf the minds of every parent passionate about transforming themselves and their kids into real-life superheroes, and it’s your job to help me. Can you make me that promise? I trust you.
The first step is to click here. That link shoots you off into the CharismaticClub, where you throw in your info real quick and in return get the book sent to your e-mail, along with other privileges along the way (like discounts on future products, seminars; access to the message board, plus my total undying love and attention).
How awesome is this? You just stumbled upon a website that wants to love you, not bore you. Have you ever come across a website that loves you? I don’t think so.
Why should you read this book now? Because it won’t be free for long; after my first NYC seminar on September 19th, 2010, I will start charging $39.99 for the book. That’s right, forty big ones. You spend forty dollars in less than a week, but this book will change your life. That’s a pretty good deal if I say so myself. But I’m not even charging you forty dollars, because it is FREE until September 19th!