[X&Y] Would The 15-Year-Old Version Of You Approve?
Published: Sun, 03/20/11
X & Y COMMUNICATIONS NEWSLETTER FOR MEN
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WHAT'S INSIDE: Have you gotten in touch with your "inner
adolescent" lately? He's still in there somewhere, and itmight not be a bad idea to check in with him...
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NEED *EVEN MORE* DATE IDEAS?
OK, a week or so ago we ran that pretty epic webinar on the
subject of where to take women on first dates.
Let's just say that based on the volume of responses we got
after that call you guys clearly can't get enough of these
great date ideas.
Right on, then. How about if I hook you up with another
300 OF THEM?
No kidding. Take a quick look at this, pull the trigger on
it (for a bargain), and you'll literally be SET FOR LIFE:
Who knew THIS existed, right? But I'll be the first to admit
that I wish I had written this one myself:
THREE HUNDRED creative date ideas? Where does this guy
come up with all of this? Who cares? Just enjoy it (along
with all of those bonuses he's forking over)...
(FYI...The author of this thing is genuinely a good guy who
'walks the talk'. And he's even been on Oprah talking about
this stuff.)
OK, now it's time to share something with you that I have to
say I really enjoyed writing...
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WOULD THE 15-YEAR-OLD VERSION OF YOU APPROVE?
Imagine if you will, that you could go back in time and be fifteen
years old again.
Now, what if you had a crystal ball and could see into the future.
And in doing so, what if you could see yourself as you are today?
How would the fifteen-year-old version of you react? What would he
want to say to you?
Whether you are now 18, 25, 35, 45, 70 or anywhere in between my
question to you is a simple one: Would the fifteen year old
version approve?
Well, depending on who your were at age fifteen, the answer to that
question could vary wildly. What's more, who you are TODAY would
no doubt affect that answer even more dramatically.
Let's face it. All of us have certain hopes and dreams at age
fifteen that we'd love for the adult version of our respective
selves to make good on.
Here are some areas that your fifteen year old self might key in on
were he to steal a glimpse into the future:
1) Job
So did that exciting career happen for you? Do you wake up in the
morning excited to take on the world or are you living for the
weekend from paycheck to paycheck? Are you changing the world with
what you do or are you chasing greed? Do you have ambition or are
you devoid of a passionate mission that stirs your soul?
2) Knowledge and Wisdom
Did you get the education you always hoped for? Do you have the
skills necessary to be amazing at what you do? Have you absorbed
from life's experiences what you should have in order to make
solid, well-informed and wise decisions?
3) Lifestyle
Are you living the life that you always thought the freedom of
adulthood would afford you? Did you buy the plane tickets and
boldly see the wide world with your own eyes...as you always dreamed
of doing? Are you fearlessly pursuing the hobbies and
accomplishments therein that you always swore you'd partake of once
you got out from under your parents' roof? Or are you STILL under
your parent's roof?
4) Health/Fitness
Did you maintain your athletic physical shape? If you were
overweight or underdeveloped in school did you transform yourself
as you matured into the man you always wanted to be physically? Is
your state of health directly attributable to the lifestyle you've
lived? If so, is that a good thing?
5) Interests
Okay, be honest with yourself. When you were fifteen and immersed
in youth culture, you probably knew what cool was...even if you
weren't exactly there just yet. Do you still? Now that you make
your own decisions as an adult, are your
interests...well....interesting? Granted, your fifteen year old self
may not have been evolved enough to understand how cool it is at
age 30 to know wine (and notwithstanding Gary Vaynerchuk, who did?
Nonetheless, your fifteen year old self has his finger on the pulse
of whether you got "old" prematurely or not, doesn't he?
6) Stuff
If you had posters of Audi Quattro rally cars on your wall as a
teenager, did you make good on parking an RS4 in your driveway as
an adult yet? Did you win the trophies, earn the certificates and
collect the gadgets?
7) Friends
Who are you hanging out with these days? Would the fifteen year
old version of you just as soon run and hide as be associated with
them or would he think you have kick-ass friends?
8) Women
Okay, this one really is the linchpin--the real "kicker"--isn't it?
What kind of women are in your life? Would you blow the mind of
the fifteen year old version of you, or would he instead start
cherishing the time he spent with his little sophomore girlfriend
because he fears she's the cutest thing he's ever going to have the
chance to associate with?
So what's the verdict? Is your fifteen year old self giving you
high fives and hand pounds...or have you humiliated him?
Only you can answer that question. But here's why this is so
blasted important to consider, even beyond the motivational aspect
of it all.
Ready?
My firmly held belief is that high-quality women are evaluating you
very much with the same yardstick that the fifteen-year-old version
of you would.
Seriously.
Sure, those great women aren't exactly fifteen years old. But
women--creatures of passion, idealism, boundless energy and a quest
for fun such that they are--desire a man who understands ambition,
leadership, wisdom and adventure.
Rifle through the checklist, and you'll see that your fifteen year
old self's aspirations and those of a great woman for you are
strikingly similar.
So do your fifteen-year-old self proud...and attract great women in
return. Both are depending on you for greatness.
Be Good,
Scot McKay
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