This weekend we have a very special guest blogger.

His name is Red and he lives in Long Island New York.

He is going to share his story about last weekends New York City Bootcamp and how his life has changed.

This is part one of a special two part weekend story. Tomorrow I will post a video of Red so you can meet the man behind the words. I know you are going to enjoy this as much as I did.

Heres Red….

Thanks David and Hello fellow Bloggers!!!

Where do I begin? Well um…I will give you some background on myself. I never had a hard time making friends, that was never a problem.

Around December 2007, I was thinking about my life and what will become of it. I looked back at how I obtained friends and I realized that I never approached any one of my friends before I became friends with them. The friends I have had in the past approached me and talked to me. Even the friends I have right now, they approached me and talked to me.

Even girlfriend wise; the girlfriends I have had in the past, I was set up with through friends. Realizing this, I knew I had to make some changes in my life. Problem was that I didn’t know how to go about it. At that point in my life, I knew that I was screwed. I didn’t know how to fix my problems relating to my lack of confidence.
I never had enough confidence to carry a conversation or to start a conversation. Then I told myself I have to do something about this problem of mine.
Then I realized that my company is having a holiday party. All employees of my company from New York and New Jersey was going to attend. I told myself, “This is perfect!” My plan was to break out of my shell and talk to girls. All I wanted to do was talk to girls at the party.
Once I got into the huge lounge where the party was taking place, I started thinking about what I was going to do at the party. I started to think how I was going to introduce myself to girls. Then I froze. Before I even went up to talk to a girl, I froze.

Before I even got a chance to talk to anyone, I froze. I didn’t know what to do. I felt so helpless. I felt I was handicapped. All I did was over think. This over thinking has not let me enjoy life for such a long time. I couldn’t help myself and that party lasted a brutal four hours for me. So many people around me were talking and having a good time.

People were dancing. People were at the bar having drinks. I was in the corner by myself trying to camouflage into the background. Then I told myself, “Oh everyone is having fun because they are drinking.” That is the excuse I used for my shortcomings at the party. I used the excuse of me choosing not to drink to be the reason for me not having a good time at the party.
My two biggest flaws at that point of my life were over thinking and making excuses. I knew I needed to overcome these two setbacks of over thinking and making excuses.
I would get asked to go to bars and clubs by my friends, but I would decline because I chose not to drink. All I did was stay home and had many lonely nights. Then around mid January one of my friends M.P. told me about David Wygant. He tells me to go to his website and then he also mentions something about a Boot camp. I’m like “Boot camp!?” Then I saw the price and I was again making excuses and saying, “I won’t be able to afford it”. M.P. told me that this Boot camp will change my life and that if I went, then he would go.

Then I asked myself, “Could a Boot camp that lasts only three days change me for the rest of my life?” I was skeptical. Then I looked at the website with M.P. and looked at the testimonials. I was impressed.

Then I told M.P., “I am down. We will go and this Boot camp will change our lives forever”. I got in touch with David Wygant. Then me and M.P. were counting the days until the Boot camp. We both knew that if this Boot camp didn’t work, then we were pretty much fucked for the rest of our lives.
Then eventually it came time for the Boot camp. I meet David Wygant and his instructors at Whole Foods. The people that are attending the Boot camp introduce themselves to me.

Then all of us head over to GoodBurger for dinner. I tell David what my problem is, which is that I over think, I don’t have any confidence and that I choose not to drink, which prevents me from going out with my friends. Then right away Jordan ( from pickuppodcast.com) who is one of the instructors tells me something.

I don’t even remember what Jordan told me, but he told me due to my over thinking and trying to guess what the person I’m talking with is trying to say next, I didn’t listen. Well he was right because I wasn’t listening to what he was trying to tell me because I was concerned with what he was going to tell me next.

Then I’m like, “Great! Now I have to add not listening to one of my setbacks.” Then Bryan who is David Wygant’s best friend tells me about listening for segway words during a conversation. Bryan tells me to listen to the person talking to me and trying to remember some words that person would say to me during a conversation.
Then we all finish dinner and head over to Barnes and Nobles. It was shocking to see how many people are at a bookstore on a Friday night, especially the amount of females that are at the bookstore. Then David partners me up with M.P. and one of the instructors Yakub.

Yakub gave me so many pointers that night. He told me about body language and how it sets off a good impression when approaching a person, especially a girl. I saw how Yakub carried himself and how he socialized with people. Then I wanted to be just like him. Yakub always stays positive and it shows in the way he carries himself and the way he has a conversation. Positivity just radiates from him and girls are attracted to that and that is why girls were always coming to him.

Then we head over to the Virgin store and I am working with Adrian who is one of the instructors. He tells me about using props. I can’t believe I never thought of that. I mean if I am at a music store, I could just approach a girl that has an Alicia Keys CD and say, “You like that new Alicia Keys CD?”. But due to me over thinking and being a mental midget, I never thought of anything like using a prop.

Then David takes us to Cosi’s (it seemed like a Starbucks type place). When we came into Cosi’s, you wouldn’t believe the amount of girls that were in there! I think about 95% of the people that were in there before we came in were females.

Then we all listened to David talk about his life and some experiences he has had with women. Then the other instructors Yakub, Adrian and Bryan gave the group some input. The way David and his instructors were so positive and the way they talked, I just wanted to better myself and tailor make my approach on life similar to how they view life. How did they view life? They viewed life by not over thinking, not making excuses and having a great deal of confidence.

I was extremely motivated by David and his instructors that night. I understood what David was talking about. I learned so much that night. I feel like me and David clicked that night. I couldn’t wait for Saturday morning to come, so I could start my training.

Anyone who would like to attend my upcoming Los Angeles Bootcamp the weekend of March 14th please contact me right away. I have one slot left.
david@david wygant.com

Have a great Saturday and come back tomorrow for Part 2.

Todays video is from last weeks bootcamp.