●Being bored to death at my father's construction worksites and always waiting for him that I developed a HIGHLY imaginative creativity
●Adventure Movies that captured my imagination; Spielberg, Lucas
●National Geographic Magazines & thirst for adventure, the exotic & imagination
●The Princess Bride
●A School trip to Washington, D.C. that really opened me up socially with my peers
●'Noticing' girls clearly more on the first day of school in 9th grade with their perfume and beauty accentuations
●Getting over-involved in High School b/c mother encouraged it
●Band in high school & piano @ lunch started a musical path and outlet
●The Swedish foreign exchange student crush Senior Year
u2 - The Joshua Tree > epic, thoughtful intelligence & freedom
KLF - the white room > electronic music
●enya - early relaxing meditation & deep thought with visuals
●*AIESEC* (Madison, WI) - experiences/involvement (powerful international influence)
●Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Cashflow the game and Cashflow Quadrant
●Amway involvement 1996-1998 (never made any money but lots of self-development) & the 'dreambuilding' concept
●Going to Brasil the first time in 1997
●Noticing female behavior in the U.S. vs. Overseas when I was the exact same man
●James Bond movies - international intrigue, women, power, effect, confidence
●Tony Robbins: Awaken The Giant Within (& first tattoo of): Committing to KAIZEN '98
●Reading 'The Power of One' book & deciding to join military purely on the end of the book
●It's a Wonderful Life - annual emotional gratitude & purging
●Hans Zimmer's 'The Power of One' & LionKing soundtracks and early purging/grounding
●1SG Torre who 'made' me stay in the Army (long story)
●Squad leader who was really good with women (sarge style)
●Army discipline + the strong desire for freedom, Independence & Interdependent relationships only
Reading 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' - first introduction to the relational formula
●Reading 'The Power Principle' & understanding relationships much more
●Brigade staff duty with a friend where we started Clubnetwerk & 808 nightclub promotion online - V.I.P. everywhere
●Going through the pressures of Special Forces Assessment & Selection - twice
●Experiencing Southeast Asia on terminal leave in Nov. 2002 (since then returning 7 times to date)
●1 single classified VCD resource my best friend brought back from Thailand that started 'everything'
●2002 Rahtree - hardcore awakening to a completely different kind of raw, free, female energy & sexuality representing polarity which more accurately reframed & influenced my entire view of the world and women
●GMM Grammy/Danzeplanet & the beginning of Alpha State grounding & growth (2003)
●A friend using Photoshop previously & my playing with it to becoming pro designer & Adobe Expert
●Starting an online business post-Army & going to a Shawn Casey Marketing seminar 2004
●Corey Rudl's wedding reception seminar event
●askmen.com/DoubleYourDating & David DeAngelo
●Brent Smith and his lifestyle approach - also did phone coaching Jan. '05, then met at DYD seminar
●After watching 'The Stepford Wives' VHS & the lightning blitz of enlightenment ~Aug. 22, 2005 which launched me into spreading the message/into the dating industry
●Zan & his already natural approach
●'The Secret' & my invention of the MindReel video concept & use of it for massive growth & attraction
●Reading '4 Hour Workweek' & it echoing a lot of my views
●*Palmy* & the eventual advent of natural grounding
●Yanik Silver's Underground Online Seminars
●My own experiences & insights with women from dozens of countries & their inspiration through the years
●Thai female energy
●Further Asia trips & massive teaching advancements & developments:
Alpha R.D.
●The success of my students