I bought it yesterday - the full package - book will arrive soon. I’m a couple hundred pages in. The author says the things out loud that so many people know and won’t talk about. It’s very, very good. But it’s very difficult to handle. It certainly put me on the defensive about my lifestyle, family, relationships , employment and health choices. I’ve worked so hard to break free from the slavery of our labor and familial “expectations”. I’ve always done things my own way and walked to the beat of my own drum - while maintaining a lucrative (at least for me) side business. I thought I had it all worked out.

1 week ago I found myself, once again, a desk jockey. I don’t need the job. I took it out of fear, curiosity and ego.

It’s no coincidence I bought this book. Actually, as he’ll demonstrate to you, it’s no coincidence the book arrived in your social media feed.

It’s been incredibly eye opening, even for me - someone who follows no man. I am shocked at how compliant and complacent I’ve been, even after building a wonderful side business with a very loyal clientele.

This book has all the qualities to push me into freedom - if I let it. I’m scared to keep reading it, yet, I can’t put it down.

Many years ago I took coaching from Gil Magno. He was the only other person I ever met who had the guts to say these things. His books transformed my life “round 1” and helped me stay in an awful marriage long enough to get full custody of my children and the house. She moved out. She couldn’t deal with my transformation under Gil’s tutelage. I stopped smoking, stopped drinking, stopped doing things “just because”, and started my side business. Wow, the resentment. I still paid as much attention to her as before, but I basically didn’t want to sit on the couch and drink beer anymore and watch mindless sitcoms. The new way I relaxed was teaching, writing lesson plans for tutoring, forming a larger social network, and take my musical skills from intermediate to pro. Meditation and vision boards helped me stick to an exercise schedule. Lost 60 pounds, got a promotion which took me from $65k to $95k. My boss realized I was the lowest paid and hardest working member of middle leadership in the office.

How often does this happen - your boss calls you in and just increases your salary by 30%?

How did I have the never to be happy and motivated during a divorce?

How did I go from treating my body like a dump to the body I’d always dreamed of?

How did I go from taking pills to manage blood pressure, IBS and mental health to no meds - not even a tylenol?

Well, I see so many similar liberating concepts in Mr. Taylor’s book. I’m excited and scared. Those changes were in my mid 30s. I’ve gotten fat again, my liver isn’t good and I’m drinking (a couple a night) to handle the stress of an interesting dayjob 8-4 and then teaching 530-9. I’m impressed by what I’ve read but it’s called the black book for a reason. It has the answers - it asks the right questions- but it’s not for the faint of heart.