01-20-2011, 06:45 PM
Just reminiscing and I thought I'd share this little story with you all, about how alpha male came to be.
In 2005, I got tired of being treated like crap by my employers - all of them - every time. I tried hard to be a valuable employee to the last company I worked for, and everyone could see it except the floor manager, who was a selfish, thoughtless conniving not-very-nice-woman. Two superiors and three trainers were repeatedly recommending me for a promotion and/or a trainer's position, but instead, she invented a new rule (which ruled me out, naturally) about requirements for the job, and then posted an ad in the newspaper. When I confronted her about how none of my superiors or any of the trainers had the required qualifications, she just laughed in my face.
So I quit, and bought my first serious camera, planning to do photography for a living. This did not go over well when I stopped paying rent to do it. But I stood my ground and forged ahead, and after thinking about it for a while, concluded that A) I wasn't ready to do photography professionally, and B) I couldn't go back to working for companies who invariably mistreated me, and then either forced me out or fired me for what amounted to BS reasons. (In 1999, I got fired because I didn't let the regional boss's lover walk all over me and steal my sales, for instance.)
I cast about for a while and finally hit on the idea of subliminals, since people seemed so interested in my sleep programming. I had to literally beg my mother and my girlfriend for help getting started - needed $80 software and a $30 CD burner. My first ultrasonic was an experimental, designed to prove to me that it actually was a useful technology. It was, of course, Self Confidence.
In a couple weeks, my self confidence had skyrocketed, and I began to realize that part of my problem was that I wasn't being treated reasonably by the women in my life. One day my girlfriend and I got in an argument because she wanted me to do something that amounted to kissing her ass, and I refused. To my amazement, my own mother, who witnessed the entire argument, sided with my girlfriend. It was then that I decided that this had to stop. I am a man, not a doormat.
From that point in 2006 to 2008 I did research and testing on myself, building the first release of Alpha Male. I definitely made mistakes in the process, which cost me my girlfriend and a lot of respect from my mother because I had increased my self confidence too much without balancing my ego with humility. I accidentally made myself a complete anal pore. Once I reversed that, I spent 6 months building the final alpha male 2008. Once I was finished, I burned my duplicating masters and put them in the front of the CD case that I kept the other duplicating masters in. I was so proud of them. Naturally, I immediately forgot all my family's typical responses and started telling everyone. Mind you, this was 2008, so I had been in business for myself for years by this point.
So beaming with pride at my accomplishment (this was when Andrew and I were just getting started as a team), I told everyone. And everyone - except Andrew - laughed in my face. How delusional I was, they told me, to think I could sell that sort of thing. That it would actually work. That anyone wanted it. That it was worth making... I had wasted my time on yet another pie in the sky project, they told me, and then they walked away.
"Well, screw them!" I thought. Instead of getting down, I used it on myself, and it worked. Just as its predecessor had - only without the mistakes that had been in the 2006 version. Just as I knew it would. And once I had finished it myself, I started selling it.
At first, there were very few takers, mainly because I did not have the right way to present it. But over the years, it has grown into something quite remarkable. Not just an amazing example of how well a properly produced subliminal can (and does) work, but it's also become something of a pass to join an exclusive club. This year's release didn't quite go off without a hitch, but it has been very pleasing to see so many of you honor me with an upgrade purchase. Because what that says to me is, you are so pleased with your purchase that it's worth upgrading. And that is a very high compliment.
So there's a little story for you, and a moral for you to remember. Never give up because someone else doesn't believe in you. Believe in yourself, trust yourself, and find a good partner, persevere and be patient. Success will follow.
Thanks, everyone, for the honor you do me by buying the program, and upgrading it if you already have it. I shall strive to remain worthy of your expectations, and continue to produce ever better products.
In 2005, I got tired of being treated like crap by my employers - all of them - every time. I tried hard to be a valuable employee to the last company I worked for, and everyone could see it except the floor manager, who was a selfish, thoughtless conniving not-very-nice-woman. Two superiors and three trainers were repeatedly recommending me for a promotion and/or a trainer's position, but instead, she invented a new rule (which ruled me out, naturally) about requirements for the job, and then posted an ad in the newspaper. When I confronted her about how none of my superiors or any of the trainers had the required qualifications, she just laughed in my face.
So I quit, and bought my first serious camera, planning to do photography for a living. This did not go over well when I stopped paying rent to do it. But I stood my ground and forged ahead, and after thinking about it for a while, concluded that A) I wasn't ready to do photography professionally, and B) I couldn't go back to working for companies who invariably mistreated me, and then either forced me out or fired me for what amounted to BS reasons. (In 1999, I got fired because I didn't let the regional boss's lover walk all over me and steal my sales, for instance.)
I cast about for a while and finally hit on the idea of subliminals, since people seemed so interested in my sleep programming. I had to literally beg my mother and my girlfriend for help getting started - needed $80 software and a $30 CD burner. My first ultrasonic was an experimental, designed to prove to me that it actually was a useful technology. It was, of course, Self Confidence.
In a couple weeks, my self confidence had skyrocketed, and I began to realize that part of my problem was that I wasn't being treated reasonably by the women in my life. One day my girlfriend and I got in an argument because she wanted me to do something that amounted to kissing her ass, and I refused. To my amazement, my own mother, who witnessed the entire argument, sided with my girlfriend. It was then that I decided that this had to stop. I am a man, not a doormat.
From that point in 2006 to 2008 I did research and testing on myself, building the first release of Alpha Male. I definitely made mistakes in the process, which cost me my girlfriend and a lot of respect from my mother because I had increased my self confidence too much without balancing my ego with humility. I accidentally made myself a complete anal pore. Once I reversed that, I spent 6 months building the final alpha male 2008. Once I was finished, I burned my duplicating masters and put them in the front of the CD case that I kept the other duplicating masters in. I was so proud of them. Naturally, I immediately forgot all my family's typical responses and started telling everyone. Mind you, this was 2008, so I had been in business for myself for years by this point.
So beaming with pride at my accomplishment (this was when Andrew and I were just getting started as a team), I told everyone. And everyone - except Andrew - laughed in my face. How delusional I was, they told me, to think I could sell that sort of thing. That it would actually work. That anyone wanted it. That it was worth making... I had wasted my time on yet another pie in the sky project, they told me, and then they walked away.
"Well, screw them!" I thought. Instead of getting down, I used it on myself, and it worked. Just as its predecessor had - only without the mistakes that had been in the 2006 version. Just as I knew it would. And once I had finished it myself, I started selling it.
At first, there were very few takers, mainly because I did not have the right way to present it. But over the years, it has grown into something quite remarkable. Not just an amazing example of how well a properly produced subliminal can (and does) work, but it's also become something of a pass to join an exclusive club. This year's release didn't quite go off without a hitch, but it has been very pleasing to see so many of you honor me with an upgrade purchase. Because what that says to me is, you are so pleased with your purchase that it's worth upgrading. And that is a very high compliment.
So there's a little story for you, and a moral for you to remember. Never give up because someone else doesn't believe in you. Believe in yourself, trust yourself, and find a good partner, persevere and be patient. Success will follow.
Thanks, everyone, for the honor you do me by buying the program, and upgrading it if you already have it. I shall strive to remain worthy of your expectations, and continue to produce ever better products.
Subliminal Audio Specialist & Administrator
The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!
The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!
