I often get asked why I smoke Cigars.

I like to begin with a few facts since the person asking is almost always a very average individual.

Like a sheep asking a Lion why it eats meat.

I never smoked a single Cigar until I was already 4x kickboxing world champion.

I didn't smoke a single Cigar until I was already a millionaire.

I had already beaten the game of life.

At such a young age I’ve achieved more than 99.9% of men will have achieved on their deathbeds.

I do not recommend Cigars to any of you. Most of you aren’t ready.

Cigars will make you weaker.

BUT.

There is a very specific reason I smoke Cigars.

That reason is the bedrock of my philosophy.

Cigars make me stronger.

Everything I do makes me stronger.

There is no activity I undertake that weakens me.

Now you’re wondering how a cigar can make me stronger.

Every day you have a choice.

You have a choice on which road you will go down,

A choice on which future you want for yourself and everybody around you.

You get to choose what you spend your time on today.

You can continue down the plain old road you're on, spending your time as you normally do.

Or,

You can be heroic and go down an epic road.

You can meet heroes and actually have a life story which is interesting.

Every day that you make the wrong choice, more of your potential is wasted.

I am here to help you make the right decision.

I am here to tell you the truth.

I am telling you, there is no honor in poverty.

There are no good feelings when your loved one needs an expensive medical procedure and you cannot afford to pay for it.

There's no happiness when you're walking with your child, get attacked and are unable to defend yourself.

There's no "relaxing" when you're fired from your job and the bills are due as your country begins a recession.

The average man's life is miserable,

There is nothing to be proud of there.

So today, like every day, you get to make your choice again.

But this day is special.

The road you choose today is the road you must take every day for the rest of your life.

So.

Will you force yourself down the hard brutal road to exceptionalism?

Or will you continue down the one you will naturally "feel" like taking? Stay a "normal" person. Stay a loser.

Reply to this email with your answer.

Which road are you going to take?

All humans adapt to their environment.

It is both a blessing and a curse.

"Normal" is a very powerful concept.

To me,

It's normal to be big, strong, rich, well-spoken, famous.

It's my normal.

To be anything less or more, would feel out of place.

When I was in Jail,

I made a very conscious decision to not allow it to become "normal"

I fought the natural human instinct,

Because I know just how crippling it can be.

Normal leads to acceptance,

Acceptance leads to inaction.

And only action changes lives.

Look around yourself,

What is your normal?

Is it normal for you to be poor? Weak? Alone? Stupid?

Is this your normal?

Is this what you've allowed your body and mind to be accustomed to?

You need to be very aware of what you consider normal.

Normal is where you will naturally end up.

AI is genuinely amazing.

You can create beautiful works of art within a few minutes or hours when it would normally take you years.

I'm not an artist,

But within a few minutes, I could make you a photo of me, as a Roman gladiator, fighting in the arena.

I could SHOW you my 5,000 years atop Wudan, all the stories and lessons I learned in my studies.

Any design,

Art,

Video,

You can create it within minutes or a few hours.

The business world is changing in real-time and as a man, it is incredibly exciting to be a part of it.

If you are not using AI TODAY you are failing.

The competition will destroy you.

Whether you're fighting as a business owner or as an employee trying to get or keep a job.

If you are not using AI,

Tick Tock.

It's a requirement to be competitive in the modern world.

You most likely missed every opportunity you've ever been given in life to make millions.

Do not miss this one.

Young Kings.

Life, much like War, is a team sport.

Be sure to have good friends around you.

You won't go far alone.

Young Kings.

There is no sin greater than betrayal.

There is no other act as universally despised by mankind.

Only your friends can betray you.

Your enemies cannot.

Your enemies can only attack you,

and attacks can be prepared for.

Attacks can be defended against.

Treachery is so dangerous in that it strikes at your absolute weakness while you are completely unprepared.

The only defense against it is to live a life without a single drop of brotherhood.

Treachery can only be defended against by living a life not worth living.

Treachery can affect anyone.

And this is why the act is universally despised by all men.

Young Kings,

Never betray your friends, the rewards will never be worth the life that comes after the act.

Treachery leaves a permanent stain on the perpetrator.

They become an untouchable.

A man who can never be trusted by anyone ever again.

A man who will never be able to experience brotherhood for the rest of his human life,

When you betray a man,

You do not only lose the trust of that man.

You lose the trust of every man on earth.

If you would betray one friend, why would you not betray another one?

If you would betray an ally, what does your allegiance even mean?

It doesn't matter the circumstances of the act.

The act itself means that it is always a possibility.

To betray a man is to mark yourself for life.

And curse yourself with a life not worth living.

Beware.

Gratefulness is a superpower.

Most of you are truly, deeply, ungrateful human beings.

And God will punish you for it.

Look at your functioning legs and arms, have you ever sat back and appreciated how beautiful that is?

The ability to walk around, pick things up and act your will onto reality.

You're lucky to have had parents that didn't fuck it up.

Some kids are dropped when they're young.

Fracturing bones and never recovering.

Some kids have bacteria steal their eyesight as infants.

Aren't you grateful for all the things you can read?

Some of your teachers maybe tried EXTRA hard to help you succeed.

Maybe a coach,

Maybe a mentor,

Maybe a stranger,

Life has given you so much.

If you're a fully functioning human being, who grew old enough to become independent and self-sustaining.

You've been given the dream.

Reality didn't owe you that.

Many children die, and many grow up disabled for life.

You're reading an email from a centi-millionaire, 4x kickboxing world champion who also has your best intentions at heart.

This information is free.

Take today and reflect on your life.

Realize just how lucky you are and apologize to the universe for being so ungrateful.

God will always bless men who truly understand deep in their hearts,

Reality doesn't owe you anything.

Yes, you worked hard for what you have, but could you have done it without all the support you had?

Be grateful.

The hallmark of the warrior is to be able to smile in war.

To learn to enjoy the small moments of silence,

To make the most of every moment away from the razor's edge.

You cannot go long without this key ability, it's a skill that must be trained into any professional soldier.

Look back at history to see the soldiers laughing around the fire,

Playing instruments and joking about their shared circumstance of pain,

Only a few days or weeks before those large laughs and sincere smiles,

Most of them experienced the worst horrors you could imagine

And everyone, in the back of their mind, KNOW

That they will soon go back to face the horrors again.

I am at War.

But on June 25th, 11 pm Bucharest time, I want to smile a bit. Come join me.

EMERGENCY MEETING

I've lived many thousands of years atop Wudan mountain.

I remember every lived second.

The lessons I've learned and the details I absorbed through my trials as I trained under Master Po.

Only in dark times is your soul malleable enough to truly forge.

Dark times leave you disinterested in the external and obsessed with the internal.

Coupled with an iron mind you can reform your core.

You decide if from the hardship you emerge bitter or better.

You decide if you emerge harder to kill.

Be grateful for every hardship you have and will go through.

They are transformative experiences,

Events that are required to propel you to the next level of your own powers.

If you're going through dark times,

Enjoy it.

Be excited.

God put this hardship in your path, so you can show him just how strong you can be.

Do not let him down.

The legal limit to keep a man locked up without charge is 190 days.

Today, on day number 186 - they have charged me with garbage and will ask a judge to retain the measure of house arrest and leave me locked in my house for up to 4 years.

I have not been outside, or smelt freedom, for 186 days.

Since Christmas.

My crime? Nothing.

They say I forced girls to make TikTok videos. It would be hilarious if my position wasn’t so frustrating.

I am LOCKED UP because they say I forced girls to make TikToks and took the money for views.

These same girls say I didn’t do this. The victims say they are not victims.

The state says they are despite their pleas for my innocence.

It’s truly clown world.

Tomorrow, a judge decides If I must stay locked in my house until this TikTok trial.

The enemies of truth are relentless and operate without mercy.

First, they come for me.

Next, they come for you.

Nobody is safe.

Crypto has destroyed more lives than it's ever saved.

There's a large proportion of young men out there who ASPIRE to become rich losers.

That's their dream.

They WANT to be the average everyday guy who invested in a shitcoin that made them multi-millionaires.

It's the entire culture.

Buy a picture of a monkey, now they're not only a loser, they're a rich loser.

OOPS.

It went to zero,

Back to being a POOR loser.

Never in their entire journey do they think about maybe working hard to benefit people's lives.

They don't WANT to do anything real.

They don't want to be GOOD at something substantial.

They want to make a few million so they can sit and be a loser with a nice car.

And this is why God punishes them with poverty.

If you are reading this and genuinely aspire to become rich,

Become remarkable.

Create a business and destroy your competition.

Become a world-class operator in the realm of making money.

Don't aspire to become a loser with money.

Aspire to become a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavor,

Money and riches will naturally come with it.

During the climb to the top echelons of human existence there is chaos.

As you climb higher, the storm becomes stronger.

The air becomes thinner.

Everyone climbs Wudan, LIFE is climbing Wudan, but everyone stops at different heights.

Most men give up,

They simply do not have the willpower to attempt the summit.

They do not want any more of the bitter cold and freezing wind.

They find small pockets of comfort and do not travel any further.

I am in this cell because I did not shut my mouth.

I am in this cell because I refuse to stop climbing.

We will all suffer, but it's your choice how you wish to suffer.

You can suffer with the thought of what it might be like at the summit peaks,

suffer with the question of how far you'd be now if you never stopped climbing.

Or you can suffer in the bitter cold and thin air.

I have made my choice.

I could have stopped at my first world title belt.

I could have stopped at my first million, stopped at my first ten or hundred.

I could have stopped speaking out against The Matrix, stopped freeing minds, and retired with my millions and family.

But I know, it would have been suffering just the same as in this cell.

You have a choice on how you decide to suffer.

Suffer in mediocrity or suffer in the climb to greatness.

There is a reason most heroes have spent some time inside a cell.

Do not be afraid of the storm, do not recoil at the cold's bite.

You will find comfort in your suffering when you know it's towards greatness.

When you know it will equip your bloodline with lessons and knowledge which will carry through generations.

The summit calls you.

I am here to remind you,

CLIMB.

They're restricting the number of letters I am able to write.

Trying to sever my connection to the outside world.

There's a lot to learn from inside a Jail Cell.

Tips and Tricks I've learned from the old timers and frequent visitors to this jailhouse.

As the world continues its path to absolute chaos.

Some of these lessons may very well save some of you in the future.

None of you reading this should ever break the law, there are too many ways to get rich without it.

But being jailed isn't always about breaking the law.

Jail is a common theme on the path to absolute influence over the world.

Every great revolutionary has spent some time falsely imprisoned.

And every great revolutionary has learned many lessons from their time inside.

It's part of the Hero’s Journey.

You do not need to be in this cell to learn what I have learned inside here.

You can learn all of them inside The Real World.

There is only one way to survive in Jail.

That is with absolute self-control and discipline.

In Jail, your daily pleasures are extremely small,

Phone calls and hot coffee.

When you wake up, you will naturally want to grab a nice hot coffee and make your phone calls.

But this is an amateur mistake.

Your daily pleasures are limited, if you use it up the first thing in the morning you are doomed to a day of misery.

To counter this,

I put obstacles in my way.

500 pushups,

100 dips,

4L of water,

200 squats.

I have a list to complete before my coffee or phone calls begin.

Without self-control,

Jail would be 100x worse.

Much like real life.

I felt the earthquake last night.

One of the scariest things about jail,

Is the concept of an earthquake or fire because you cannot run.

Your movements are confined to a small space.

They have placed metal doors and obstacles in your way.

For most, it would be impossible to escape.

They would simply need to accept their fate,

For me, I am very concerned about the time it would take.

In a life or death situation,

I fear my Shotokan would puncture the steel doors in time.

I will use this fear to train harder than usual.

Such is the Way of Wudan.

Everybody wishes they were me when I'm in my Bugatti.

But no one wishes they were me when I'm incarcerated.

Newton's Third Law.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Exceptional doesn't always mean good, it means far from average.

Everyone is too afraid to lose,

To ever win.

You cannot just become a billionaire from government housing,

You cannot just become the most googled man on the planet,

Without a reaction.

There was no way to avoid what has happened to me.

You cannot just become it without attracting the haters,

The attacks.

You cannot become a world influence without creating very powerful enemies.

I will be freed when the truth comes to light.

Jail either breaks or builds you.

Lock yourself in your bathroom without a phone or laptop and try to sit for an hour.

I'm at day 42 and counting.

You need to keep yourself busy,

Entertained,

At Work.

The only work I can do in this jail,

Is write lessons and plans for the students of The Real World.

Go deep into my mind of how money is made.

Put it on paper,

And send it out.

Poor people think making money is complicated.

It's not.

Every business runs on the same principles.

Fundamentals and principles every billionaire knows, the stuff they don't teach in school.

You need to realize,

Society COLLAPSES when no one builds the roads, flips the burgers, or builds the cars.

Traditional school is not designed to make you rich,

Traditional school is designed to guarantee society can function.

Not everybody can be Elon Musk,

Not everybody can be Jeff Bezos,

But ANYBODY can.

I write my lessons for anyone who needs to become great.

Jail has created the best lessons on Money Making I've ever written.

I've updated The Real World students on my latest revelations,

They are learning in real-time.

Our footprint is everywhere,

The Money Making Methods we teach are being applied to businesses worldwide.

Even if you don't hear the word Tate.

You SEE my influence everywhere.

And all of my students are getting rich as a result.

I will teach you how, if you are ready to listen.

Would you choose to be sad or to be set on fire?

Stressed or to lose a limb?

Genuine question.

You have to ask yourself these questions because it’s very easy to frame yourself in a favorable position.

Present yourself two choices. Your current situation or a worse situation.

Sit and genuinely imagine the less favorable of the two.

Appreciate you have the better of the realities and press forward.

I’m sad - but I’m not on fire.

I’m stressed - but I have two arms.

YEA BUT TATE WHAT IF THIS AND THAT?

Ok. Then would you prefer this and that OR this and that with the flu?

Done.

I’m trying to explain why I don’t care when people tell me they're sad or upset or stressed or burnt out.

I don’t care.

It could be worse. It isn’t.

And complaining isn’t going to fix a thing.

You're stranded in the ocean on a life raft.

Blistering sun. No food. No water. No radio. No hope of rescue.

Now imagine the same situation without the life raft.

Which would you choose?

Mindset is the solid foundation for any endeavor you may counter.

Mindset is what allows you to endure with a smile.

I am locked in a cell.

But my brother is still alive.

I can communicate and write to my students inside The Real World.

I can positively influence the world.

I can still change lives.

I am locked in a cell, for now.

But it could be worse.

I exist falsely imprisoned with a smile.

In the year 456 atop Wudan mountain a fierce storm struck.

I was asleep alone in my room when I was awakened by a crack of lightning which tore a small storage room in half.

The high winds whistled throughout the compound

and although no one would dare leave their room for fear of Master Po's punishment,

everybody was awake.

The following morning at 5 am I left for exercise as usual.

The rain had cleared and the devastation was obvious, the temple was damaged badly.

Master Po arose unusually cheerful and came out to greet us as we stood in Crane Position.

"Excuse my happy mood" he began.

"But I have no concern for the work you will have to do to repair this temple.

I am very happy for all the water we now have to drink.

Students can give me work, but they can not give me water" he mused.

He was standing on the stairs above us, looking straight ahead into the empty sky,

waiting for a reply of some kind, from someone.

The temple was many thousands of years old, and none of us were skilled craftsmen.

So I began to speak. "But master, we don't know how to put the temple back together?"

I asked respectfully.

He slowly descended the stairs still looking straight ahead.

He stood in front of me for several seconds before leaning forward and whispering in my ear.

"Do you know my name?" he whispered.

Slightly confused and very scared I answered.

"Yes" With his mouth still an inch from my ear, he continued.

"Do you know that I am a master of the 7 Shaolin styles…" he said as his voice escalated.

"DO YOU KNOW THAT I KILL AT WILL!" He screamed at the top of his voice.

I began to cry. I nodded my head.

"Yes" I replied.

He then turned around and claimed the stairs back to his original position.

He ordered us to begin morning exercise like any other day.

75 Years later the temple was as if never damaged. Every item repaired.

Every student now a skilled craftsman.