Troy – July 25 (Final)

Last Day: 25 July

I’m sitting on a blue couch which has been my bed for the past three weeks. It’s between the kitchen and the front door, the room doubles as a common room and my pull-out couch faces a window showing a dreary, grey-skied view. It was so sunny in Stockholm during Rockstar that on most mornings I had to close the curtains because the sun would literally warm me awake. It makes sense that it’s cold and wet right now, as everyone flies away.

On my right is a glass table on which, among other things, is my traveling phone. The traveling phone only receives messages now, and feels helpless when all that’s coming in are parting thoughts from friends, and I am helpless as I watch them go. I definitely cried at Cafe Opera having to shake those guys’ hands farewell, though I’ll see them again.

To sum up Rockstar, it changed my life. Not in a small, bought a new car kind of way. If you can break happiness down into the possession and quality of health, wealth and relationships in your life, Rockstar has given me everything I need to pursue each of these things with confidence in my ability of achieving them.

Nobody hands you a pill for a ripped body, a check for a million dollars or a supermodel girlfriend. But you do get the knowledge which you need to change your diet and lifestyle to live a longer, healthier life. You do get lecture after lecture on how to start and run a highly successful business and meet mentors who graciously offer to field questions (and who we also got to party with after their talks!). And you do make some of the most amazing friends in the world, who I will greatly miss for our time apart. There’s also that little last thing about being able to get a supermodel girlfriend if you want her.

I’m going to miss Ke for our drunken conversations and his intense motivation to achieve things most people perceive as impossible. I’m going to miss Laurent for that weird, magical vibe he’s got and his incredible depth that’s hinted at but hard to come by. I’m going to miss Collin for his ridiculous drunken antics and his ability to lighten up a room. I’m going to miss the Asian Sensation for being racist, black and probably the funniest guy I’ve had to shake my head at in shock (I have to do a weekend at gamecation just to hear you lay it out, Chase ). I already miss Gabriel for his deep passions and awesome sense of humour. I want to throw in Riddler and Prince here too, because they’re definitely Rockstars too – I learned a lot from you guys but more importantly you’re awesome to hang out (and pick up) with. It’s heart-wrenching to know that all these guys are disappearing through Arlanda as I write this.

Everyone else on the project lived a double life as a teacher and a friend. In Bullet’s case he was also a doctor (saving me from strep throat for the win), and he also happens to be one of the coaches I spent a lot of time with and whose company I enjoyed.

Aaron’s another great guy who put a lot of work into the project and the Rockstars, and there’s some vibe about him that made me like him right away. It’s a genuine, open feeling that, when we talked, made me feel like he was holding me fully accountable for my actions and ideas but well and honestly rewarded when I did something well.

Alex blows my mind with his drive to learn and improve himself and his environment. He’s a great coach and awesome wing, and his energy just moves people around him to have a good time.

I’m not sure how much I should say about Dom, but beyond being probably the nicest guy I’ll ever meet and great at what he does, he deserves every good thing he got out of Rockstar and life, and I’m proud to shake this man’s hand.

Vercetti is the funniest and yet somehow most concise speaker I’ve heard on game. Knowledge dropped out of this guy’s mouth and made you chuckle and then write it down and underline it twice. I will never forget the visualization exercise you taught us, because it changed my life.

Farmer we left back in London, but he was an unspoken hero for me. I would not be succeeding at day game on the level I currently am if it weren’t for his teaching, examples and motivation early on in the project. He’s also a really cool, open and honest guy who happens to have a ton of adventures as well. Farmer goes up there as my favourite LS coach and a dude I’d love to chill with again in the future.

I don’t think Mr. M realizes how profound his impact has been on me. If he hadn’t pioneered Rockstar years ago, I wouldn’t be here right now doing the things I’m doing and having done the things I’ve done. There’s something immense to be said for his teachings on game and social circle mastery, but the things he’s accomplished and is going to accomplish in his life trump how many and what calibre girls he’s slept with in my eyes. I have no slight respect for this guy, and it was a pleasure and an honour just to shake his hand.

I want to talk a bit about a Mr. Jeremy Soul, who organized this whole deal. Let us consider how much your average man does for others. Let us now consider that Jeremy Soul, despite hardships and complications outside of Rockstar, cobbled together this group of people I have mentioned above (and I only mentioned about half of the people who taught us or came out with us) and organized 40 days worth of content and training in two different countries and with participants and coaches from all around the world. Let us consider the knowledge and experience he passed on to us, the improvements he made with us, and the effort and dedication he applied towards our goals. Like you said, Jeremy, Rockstar is a giant dot that connects to everything in my future, and I am eternally grateful to you for organizing it and giving me this opportunity. I also consider you a friend, and wish you the greatest future you can imagine.

There are so many people I left out, like the film guys (we’ll have a cold beer back in Canada) and some of the business and other coaches who I’ll leave out for anonymity, but you guys changed my life with your teachings and I’m very grateful.

As I pack my bags and wait for inspiration, the sun cuts slightly through the clouds. It sucks to leave all of these people behind and it sucks that all of this is over, but it’s the most amazing feeling in the world to really and truly know that when I get home I can choose to be whoever I want and to do whatever I’d like. Hope you all had a good ride, and I’ll see you all soon.

Supernova.

-Troy

Troy – July 17-24

Day35 – 17 July

Josephina’s outdoor bar, Night Game.

Not too much happened today. Josephina’s was alright, but entirely devoid of girls to approach. The night portion was a little more interesting as I was working on setting up a date with the girl I’d met at Berns the night before. My text game was pretty normal since we’d basically made plans anyway, and she had almost agreed to grab a glass of wine at a bar near the place she was staying when the unexpected happened: she googled my name, found out about Project Rockstar and cancelled on me. The worst part is that I hadn’t really used lines or strategies or anything on her, I was just vibing from all the experience I’d had. I asked Soul and the film crew to change my last name to an assumed one to prevent future stuff like this, but it was pretty sad.

I’d been intending on going out tonight and getting into whatever state I wanted from whatever state I was in, and it worked despite my mood so I was pretty proud of that.

Day36 – 18 July

Morning Rock climbing, evening Gabriel’s going away party.

Shortie and I did some rock climbing today, which I haven’t done in forever and really missed. In the evening I ventured over to the Scandic where we mourned Gabriel’s loss in the hallway (and subsequently got kicked out) with a bunch of dudes and some random girls. One of the girls I was chatting with had read Atlas Shrugged, which basically screwed my game completely as I couldn’t stop connecting with her and freaking out about her awesomeness. Writing this three days later, I realize that she reacted well to my first text ping, but I just didn’t care or have the time to do anything with her anyway. She was awesome but I was only in Sweden for another hectic week.

After a long freaking night of partying, we wound up in the lounge of the Scandic reminiscing and just shooting the shit until about 9am when we’d all eaten a free breakfast and sent Gabriel off into the sunrise. We all got about an hour of sleep and then headed over to the Day37 activities.

Day37 – 19 July

Health, went out with Shortie.

Riddler and Prince blow our minds as usual, and now I feel like when I change my diet and implement this stuff, Health will be covered.

Day38 – 20 July

Group masterminding, mystery night game Q+A, Interviews, Ke’s girls.

It’s really hard to do justice to the seminars we’ve been having, since really all I can say is that they’re awesome. I take a ton of notes and apply them in field. Thinking of a set in terms of contrast was really helpful, and ideas re: closing were great.

After the second last set of Rockstar interviews Ke informed me that we’d be having guests that night – that is, a girl he picked up at the drop zone in Sweden and her friend. We took them out to SOAP Bar, they took us to a rocker bar, and finally they slept over. I spent about 4 hours trying to get my girl (C—)’s pants off, and didn’t end up doing anything exciting after they were crumpled in a corner by my bed. Yet another night with little sleep and blue balls.

Day39 – 21 July

Woke up with C— and tried for the gold again, but she was even less into it than the day before. I shrugged, made breakfast, walked her through a park and then left both girls with Ke and headed to Bullet’s apartment to listen to two awesome mystery men talk about business and for Mr. M to talk further about winging and social circle mastery. I talked to a cute Polish girl on the tunnel banana, and passed out when I got home. Fever, sore throat, drowsiness and I didn’t go out tonight.

Day40 – 22 July

Today was worse health-wise. I realized I had strep throat and panicked a little bit about how much time, energy and money it would take to get it handled. I was panicking on the tunnel banana to Bullet’s place for one last interview, and miraculously the problem was solved by Bullet, AKA “The Doctor.” We were supposed to do some daytime dating with Soul, but after about half an hour of walking around (we checked out Cafe Opera) I realized that my body wanted to curl and up try not to die, so I called it a day. Shortie came over and took care of me.

Day41 – 23 July

Aaron’s Rockstar talk, business talks and Berns at night.

I enjoy hearing Aaron talk because it comes from a place of usability. Everything is an action point or a focal point for helpful thoughts. The business guys were great, as usual, and the day ended early enough for me to take a nap (still recovering).

Gaming when sick is pretty shitty, but I managed to get in state anyway (thanks to Riddler and Prince and their crazy teachings). The recurring theme of the night was that I’d open a set, meet someone incredible, and then they’d get taken away. I didn’t have a working phone so I didn’t go for the number and game them through that, and I’d just open something else until I found the other set again. Only, every time I opened a set, a previous (and more awesome one) would walk by, get pissed off at me and then leave. Blech. The good experiences of the night were mostly related to winging.

Dom and I opened a couple sets outside that went amusingly, including a Swedish-Irish girl with massive breasts and the worst case of ADD I’d ever seen, and her Swedish friend. Both girls tried to get us out with them the next day, but I had basically shut off making time for girls for the remainder of Rockstar at this point. Fun night

Day42 – 24 July

There’s no field report here since the Rockstar Party was ridiculous (read: holy social proof, alcohol, beautiful women, awesome people, great venue) and I spent the whole night with Rockstar people. I wasn’t in the mood to game, and luckily I had arm-candy with me anyway. The previous two sentences probably don’t compute, but no, I just wanted to spend the last night with the guys having an awesome time. Ke left for the airport some time early in the morning, which was like losing a brother.

Chase – July 24

Getting ready for tonight’s party…

Final count has the list at 35 guys, and 150 Swedish girls.

Fuck game…tonight’s going to be social proof + mad physical escalation! I will be bringing the Asian heat.

(after the party)

It’s 4am.

Man I hate to admit it, but I cried when I left the club (think someone was cutting onions). In the end, learning game didn’t mattered as much as the life long friendships I made.

I don’t know what’s going to happen when I’m back in America. I’m still in love with my girlfriend, but I have the desire to continue and take my skills to instructor level. It’s quite the paradox.

The most important thing I got out of rockstar is the belief that no girl is above me. 10’s are a dime a dozen, Rockstars are 1 in a million. =p

The Asian Sensation out, need to zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Collin – July 24

Last night of Rockstar = party of the decade

As you can probably tell from the infrequency of posts lately, the rockstars have been quite busy. Any time we’ve had off on the schedule we’ve spent out gaming. Project rockstar has rapidly come to an end, culminating in our final vip bash tonight, we will be taking over the most exclusive club in Stockholm. At last count I think there were well over 100 girls on our guest list, many vip tables each with monster size bottles of champagne and vodka. This will be a party for the record books. After a 6 week journey of adventure and transformation, tonight we will truly be experiencing the Rockstar lifestyle.

Soul did an amazing job not only with all of rockstar, but with organizing this legendary party and making it come to life. There are so many things I want to post about but haven’t had the time. As I am getting ready for the party right now I am realizing that these last few minutes before I leave for the party are the last free minutes I’ll have until I leave early in the morning for the airport and get back home. So I wanted to just take a minute to say I have many ideas/feelings/stories swirling around in my head that I still want to share with everyone. I’ll likely be busy on the plane tomorrow.

Next blog post will be from America. Now, heading off to to spend one last crazy night with my fellow rockstars, coaches, mentors, and women I’ve met in the last three weeks here in Sweden.

Til next time, Collin

Collin – July 22

Aaron Whim on Asian Efficiency

As I wrote about in an earlier blog post, one of last year’s rockstars Aaron Whim gave us a money presentation on efficiency. He then took about an hour for each rockstar to meet with us personally and ask us a bunch of questions about our daily lives back home, he said he was going to give us some feedback.

I was blown away by what he had prepared for us a few days later. A completely individualized 14 page professional brochure covering how to improve our lives to every last detail. Nothing was left out of this report! Morning and evening rituals, inner game, how to be more efficient at work, how to have more free time to spend on things I want to pursue, even specific software recommendations to help me focus and to learn spanish. He also went deep into personal systems, goal setting and getting to clear. This will prove to be incredibly helpful when I get back home and I can implement all of it into my daily life. And it was quite unexpected, when I received the email I was really blown away at how professional and insightful all of the personalized feedback was. And I wanted to take this time to say thank you to Aaron. Can’t wait to implement everything once I get back home!

Collin – July 21

Farewell to Gabriel

We lost a rockstar earlier this week. Real life called him back, and he had to start flying planes again. Gabriel will be missed. He always had a smile on his face. He brought a great energy and enthusiasm that empowered all of the other rockstars. Also, he had a bit of training before rockstar, ok, so he helped pave the way for us in the beginning, especially in the daytime.

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