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Screw the leather jacket and motorcycle. There is no greater badass than a pirate.
Seriously. Just what the hell is it about them that makes them so damned appealing?
Uhm everything? From their relentless thirst for adventure, to their complete (and often disastrous) commitment to avoiding commitments, the pirates life is just so damned interesting!
Be Adventurous
Anyone sitting at a desk from 9 to 5 droning over the same computer program every day would agree that the prospect of discovering new lands, capturing that beautiful damsel’s heart and sailing off into the sunset is a far better way to spend your life. The question is, why don’t most men nowadays turn their life into an adventure? I mean really think about it. Are you the type of guy who gets out there and makes crazy (often stupid) things happen? Or do you prefer to watch your friends do it, or even worse, watch it all on TV.
I got an email not long ago from one of my clients and he said the strangest thing. In his email, he mentioned that every time he sees my facebook pictures, he get’s jealous of all the crazy adventures I go on and the cool people I meet along the way. My answer: Why don’t you do it?
Creating an adventure out of thin air is simpler than most people think. It takes absolutely no planning, little to no cost, and the ability to just say yes to anything that comes your way. Seriously, try it.
Flirt with Danger
Another appealing characteristic of a pirate is his flirtations with danger. Does that mean you have to go out and start fights with strangers, steal stuff or get in trouble with the law to be a badass? Nope. Danger is anything that scares you, and unfortunately for us human beings, a lot of things scare us.
Whenever you encounter something you are afraid of, one of two things happen. Your fight or flight response is triggered and you either stand your ground and fight or run off with your tail between your legs. You’ve been doing option two for most of your life, its time to stand your ground. A pirate sure as hell does.
First, pick out what scares you. Never spoke in public? Do it. Afraid to dance? Get on that dance floor. Think that girl is out of your league? Grab her and kiss her… which leads me to my next point…
Be Shameless
“My god you have balls!” – Beautiful stranger I spoke to last week
A pirate is shameless. If you have a pair of balls between your legs, it means that somehow, at some point, nature intended for you to be with women. Nature isn’t stupid. You don’t have gills because you are not meant to live under water. But you do have balls… It’s time to make them clink when you walk.
Why conceal your attraction for women? Your goal is not to create attraction but to be attractive. Kind of like a diamond covered in dirt. The more you scrape off the bits and pieces, the more polished and fine the diamond will be. So how do you do it? Be shameless. As mentioned above, think someone is out of your league? Get over there and show her how you feel. Smile, look deep into her eyes in a way that lets her know exactly what you are all about. No presumption, no cockiness, just pure masculinity. Like a pirate chasing that treasure, be shameless in your pursuit of what you want. It is what you were born to do!
Live for something greater than yourself… and her
Probably the single most appealing thing about a pirate.. and the reason most relationships today fail. I see this all the time. Boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, boy and girl get together, boy no longer makes an effort to be attractive. Boy stops going to the gym, stops doing what he’s passionate about, stops seeing his friends, etc. I mean why should he? He got the girl. Nothing left to do now… right? Wrong.
A pirate is constantly out there badassing it up! He’s living his adventures, he is flirting with danger (and the occasional damsel) and is sure as hell ready to repeat the process again and again every day. Why? Because he is committed to his lifestyle. His life is the adventure, his woman is not. Most men are under the illusion that once they find that special girl, all of life’s struggles will simply cease to exist. How many friends do you know who train hard not to live longer and better, but because they think big muscles are the key to finding that woman of their dreams? How many men do you know who slave away at the office day in and day out, not because they are striving to achieve their highest potential, but to guarantee that they would be able to provide for their woman’s lavish and expensive tastes? Seriously, its damned sickening.
Man up! Find something worth living for, worth fighting for, worth dying for and then work your ass off to live that dream. Build an adventure and experience life to the fullest. I mean if you really think about it, from an evolutionary perspective, our existence is damned near insignificant. What’s a lifespan of 70 to 100 years on a scale of 2 million years of human existence? Virtually nothing. What do you live for? What do you want to be remembered for? What experiences will create the most memories?
Figured it out? Good. Now invite her to come along. She can not be the adventure, but she can be a part of it. She can share the adventure with you. If she can’t, that’s fine. You will go on. You will be sad, but like a true badass pirate, you will go on and sail off into the sunset, onto your next great adventure.
Go ahead. Be a pirate. Fight your battles, make her swoon, build your legend.
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