TheBroCode Rule #6: Never drink the last beer at another bros house, unless you’ve been granted specific permission that it’s okay to have it.

What’s up Kings 👑, This week I’m breaking down peak intelligence types, we’ll talk a bit about Psyche: Id, Ego, and Superego, and I’ll finish off my story from last week about dark days in Bali.

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The 4 Types of Intelligence Men Need

In total there are 13 Intelligence Types:(I’m going to focus on 4 here)

1. Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

2. Emotional Quotient (EQ)

3. Social Quotient (SQ)

4. Adversity Quotient (AQ)

5. Financial Quotient (FQ)

6. Nutrition Quotient (NQ)

7. Positive Quotient (PQ)

8. Spiritual Quotient (SPQ)

9. Experience (XQ)

10. Digital (DQ)

11. Vision (VQ)

12. Creative Intelligence (CQ)

13. Technical and ethical competencies (TEQ)

Intelligence Quotient: This is how we measure how smart you are by your level of comprehension in math, memorizing things, logical thinking and ability to recall memories.

Emotional Quotient: This is the measure of your ability to understand other people, be responsible, be considerate, respect boundaries, be humble, genuine, and respectful.

Adversity Quotient: This is the measure of your ability to go through a rough patch in life, battle through hardships, and not lose your fucking mind. This is probably the most important quotient for us as men.

Positive Quotient: This is the measure of your ability to amplify your abilities by focusing on good thoughts, the laws of attraction, the minds ability to think positively, create good energy, put out good energy in the world, and ultimately how you reach your full potential. Also critical to us as men to be able to achieve great things and also goes hand in hand with AQ.

The reason I want to point out these 4 is that we all know the first two as the basic one’s that are always referred too around us in society. IQ and EQ are one’s that are harped on the most by schools, by your workplace, by the media but it’s not the only type of intelligence out there.

Men need to be aware of all 13 types in order to navigate and figure out where they’re lacking and how to fill all buckets, but there are 2 in particular that I feel men need to figure out as it relates to our mental well being.

The overlap of your AQ and EQ is what allows you to unlearn bad habits and all the stigmas that have been put on you and re-learn good habits and how to live with self respect and inner peace as a man. This is very difficult to do, but to me, is the epitome of mastering your AQ/EQ buckets.

The overlap of your AQ and IQ is what triggers problem solving curiosity. This is how startups, entrepreneurship, and the ability to create new innovations and inventions comes from. This is where new ideas are born. Intelligence + Adversity is the formula to success, it always has been. Whether it be in a solo or group setting, personal or as a team. There is a lot to unpack on this one.

The relationship between your AQ and PQ is probably the most interesting to me as I think about it. You’re ability to stay positive through tough times is key to overcoming mental obstacles and improving your mental health. The greater the adversity, the more you need to focus on your AQ to build courage, resilience, faith, be flexible. It gets really tough to do that sometimes with a negative mindset, so this can easily become a chicken and the egg type of problem.

I’m still unpacking these relationships, but I’m sharing this in real-time as I figure it out myself. I don’t have all the answers. I’m just a guy trying to be better. Hopefully you start to think about the relationships yourself as well, and make the ties of how you can use these buckets to live better.

P.S. I’ll share new insights as I figure them out, you can learn more here

Real Recognize Real (R³)

I don’t normally talk about shit that going on in the world, but given what came out this week, I feel the need to touch on it and at least inform a bit.

Katt Williams came out a couple days ago and blew shit open on all the fakes out there in Black Hollywood. How their controlled by their masters, how they stole his jokes, and more. A real OG in the game that’s earned his respect as a comedian for doing it the RIGHT way and not being a sell out. He called out Chris Tucker, Cedric, Steve Harvey, Kevin Hart, and so many more.

Check out the FULL interview below. They keep trying to cancel him but they can’t.

We also saw the Epstein Papers come out in 3 fuckin’ batches. Check Here

The list of names is all follows: We don’t know yet who was taking part in the underage sexcapades on the island but it’s clear that some of them were.

1. Leonardo DiCaprio

2. Al Gore

3. Stephen Hawking

4. Ehud Barak (Ex- Israeli PM)

5. Michael Jackson

6. Marvin Minksy (AI Pioneer)

7. Kevin Spacey

8. George Lucas

9. Bruce Willis

10. Chris Tucker

11. Les Wexner

12. Prince Andrew

13. Bill Clinton

14. Robert Kennedy Jr.

15. David Copperfield

Personal Stories Series: The 1st Time I Lost My Mind Was In Bali (part 2)

See last weeks edition here to read the first part of the Bali Story

(cont’d)…All I know is something was telling me to connect with my spirituality and so I was here…..I didn’t have the answers, but I found a spark in myself that I needed to find to get through the darkest hours….

I go into the washroom, I change into the Sarong, take off my shirt, and put my things in a small locker.

Being in this ancient Hindu environment has me thinking of my mother. She’s the most religious and spiritual person I know, so I feel this is somethin’ she would want me to do…especially when I’m struggling here, feeling isolated and alone, like I’ve lost my identity.

I give my phone to an old priest on-site, so I can enter the holiest water in Bali and purify myself like they did since 926 AD.

Water purification is a big thing in Hindu culture as we believe it holds purifying and cleansing powers, like many other religions. I enter the water, hands together, walk toward the first spout and I’m praying to God that I find my way. I’m praying for the strength to keep my shit together, I’m praying for my marriage to not fall apart, I’m praying for a new career, I’m praying for everything I could possibly ever pray for.

I’m ducking my head under each spout below, and visualizing as if this ‘cleansing’ water is somehow relieve me of my demons, of my bad thoughts, of my bad actions, of whatever negative energy is shitting on my life, for it all be falling apart here.

I’m feeling mentally weak. I convince myself that this is the key to get rid of this depressed state I’m in and that cleansing myself of all the negative energy will give me my positive mindset and my joy back. I keep praying, and I keep convincing myself that everything will be better after this.

I’ve literally stood in the water now for over 30 minutes…I’m afraid to leave. I convince myself that I’m being blessed right now and that this will take all my problems away. Why would I want to leave such a holy place?

I see a big tour group come in (They ruined this the same they ruin everything, and if you’ve travelled a bunch, you know what I’m talking about, I won’t say anymore) . I look back, I see a noisy bunch. I do another round of prayers quickly and I get out of the water, thank the priest for holding onto my phone, and go change.

I come out of the washroom, I’ve convinced myself that I’m ‘better now’. I tip the priest by the springs, bow and pray with him in appreciation, and I head toward the gardens. I stayed here for much of the day. Minutes turned into hours. I was dead set on not leaving, until I convinced or even brainwashed myself that this place was going to solve all my problems.

I haven’t felt as devoted or as spiritual in years and all of a sudden, today…You would think I was the most religious person in all of Bali. I’m praying in front of all the Hindu god statues, entering the various small tunnel temples, dropping to the floor in prayer across the grounds.

This spiritual connection I feel in these moments, has really lit 🔥 something inside of me. I’m feeling empowered, I’m feeling strong, I’m feeling like I can do anything,….I’m feeling motivated. A complete 360 change of when I first arrived. I’m mentally pumping myself up as I head toward the gates. My wife is calling me, messaging me, I haven’t replied in hours. I need this time to focus on myself. I need this to time so I can be strong for the both of us. At least that’s what I was telling myself. So when she called this time, I picked up. I tell her I’ll be back soon, I’m just wrapping up and I head out the gate to find a taxi.

I get in a cab and I’m on my back to the villa. I need to keep my energy positive and high so I can spread the same energy to my wife and get us both to turn a leaf, to try to make tomorrow a better day.

There’s different depths and also other parts to this story, but the key takeaway here for me, was that:

1. it’s okay to not be okay. Sometimes we need to put faith in something greater than ourselves and let the universe do it’s thing

2. Sometimes all you can do is stay positive through the darkest hours. Be kind to yourself, stop beating yourself up, and put that energy into the grind.

3. We are all just energy balls at the core if it, and the laws of attraction are real.

4. I had a different respect for religious and spiritual people. I used to think ‘only poor people pray to god’, ‘'their life sucks, they need to have faith in something great or they would just kill themselves’…that’s literally what I thought. I had a new found respect for my mother, for poor people, for faith-based people in general. I understood ,REALLY, for the first time how empowering it can feel.

5. Our identities are constantly evolving. It’s okay to feel lost sometimes. It means you’re going through a period of growth, of change, of morphing in a sense. Shedding skin should feel uneasy, and it’s okay, because you’ll be better on the other side.

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