Bruce Willis’ Lifestyle Warning

Also, Marlon Brando couldn’t remember sleeping with a Bond Girl. This is purposely short for impact.

BRUCE WILLIS said:

“In my 20’s, I moved from relationship to relationship, from experience to experience, without paying attention. Now I want my 20’s back.”

Now is a great time to start paying attention.

Bruce was not talking about ‘wasting’ time, he was talking about remembering. When Marlon Brando was writing his autobiography he had to call Ursula Andress to ask if they had slept together. She said ‘yes’.

Brando had slept with a Bond Girl and didn’t remember it. Go figure. If any other guy had slept with Ursula, he’d remember. I bet James Bond paid attention in Dr. No and remembers.

Thusly, Bruce Willis’ comment can keep us focused in the present, and make us pay attention, remember and savor our deeds.

Bill Medley regrets breaking James Bond Lifestyle rule #5

In Bill Medley’s new book: The Time of My Life – A Righteous Brother’s Memoir, he says:

In Las Vegas, I went to my road manager’s office. I was not dressed well for such a meeting; I was wearing slippers, a ratty old sweater and Levis. I also hadn’t shaved for about three days. We noticed that Bobby Darin was playing at the Flamingo, so we snuck in the back because I was dressed so badly.

Halfway through the show, Bobby announces, “Ladies and gentlemen, Bill Medley from the Righteous Brothers is here. Bill come on up.” There was no way, dressed like I was, that I was going to get up there. I signaled a polite “no thanks” but Bobby persisted with the band playing What’d I Say, while I kept saying, “No, no thanks,” for three minutes.

“C’mon up Bill,” Bobby said, not giving up. Finally my road manager said, “You’re just gonna have to go up….and start dressing better.”

As I got up, I hit the table and a pitcher of beer spilled all over my crotch. Dressed like a homeless guy, with my pants looking like I’d just had a bladder accident, I took the stage. Since the band was playing, I couldn’t stop and explain what had happened. Thank God this was before cell phone cameras.

After the song I said, “Bobby, sorry for the way I’m dressed, I was just coming into town for a quick meeting and I spilled a pitcher of beer on my way up here.” Bobby cracked up, along with the audience.

I did learn a great lesson though. Believe me, I never go out in public looking like that anymore, and I’m extra careful about having pitchers of liquids on my table. In hindsight, it was one of my most embarrassing moments, but a funny one, too.

James Bond Lifestyle rule #5: I dress up, even at home alone.

Schwarzenegger Used a James Bond Lifestyle Technique in Terminator 3

A powerful technique in Live the James Bond Lifestyle is: Use your own cash.
Sometimes in business there is an opportunity that requires money that your company may not approve. Perhaps it’s buying a dinner for a client, flying someplace or putting a client up in a hotel. This might not be covered by the company expense account or the budget that your project is on. In this case do what James Bond did in Quantum of Solace when M turned off Bond’s credit cards; Use your own cash.

When Arnold Schwarzenegger was working on Terminator 3 he noticed that the scene of the terminator hanging from the crane and going through a building had been cut from the script. When he asked the producer why it had been cut he was told they didn’t have the 1.4 million dollars in the budget to do it.

Arnold knew it was an impressive scene and that it would help the impact of his character as well as the movie, so he told the director that he would pay for it. Arnold actually wrote a check for it. The scene is now in the movie.

Of course, it helps that Arnold was paid 30 million dollars for the movie and could afford it. But even when an opportunity costs a little more than you can afford, it’s important to recognize an opportunity that can change your business life and; Use your own cash.

I learned that technique when I secretly paid a stunt man for an important high fall that the producer didn’t want to pay for in my movie Weapons of Death. That stunt is now permenatly in the movie and the money eventually came back.

* Arnold told this story on the Howard Stern Show.

The Ultimate Trip for James Bond Lifestyle Agents

Here’s a car trip that James Bond wouldn’t have the time for. But If you do, your Bond girl will never forget it. She’ll be catching her breath for months.

Fly to Nassau in the Bahamas, off the coast of Florida, where they filmed Thunderball and Casino Royale. Stay at the Atlantis Hotel. Arrange to go to Blue Lagoon Island, just a 20 minute boat ride away, to swim with the dolphins.http://www.dolphinencounters.com/

Next, fly to Orlando for a few days at DisneyWorld. Stay at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. Get a room on the animal view side.

Then take Amtrak train from there, overnight to Philadelphia.
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From the Philadelphia train station, rent a car (with a Navigational system) and drive to Atlantic City to see the Boardwalk, the Atlantic Ocean, and gamble a little. It’s up to you if you stay overnight or just look around for half a day.

Then drive 2 hr. 20 min. to Lancaster County in Pennsylvania to see the Amish locations via a tour that leaves the Visitor Center.

Next drive southwest passing through the Gettysburg civil war battle field and monuments. Drive through Tennessee, ending up in Memphis. Stay at Heartbreak Hotel. It’s small but fun and convenient. Tour Elvis’ Graceland.

Next, head to Albuquerque and stay at the Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town Shop and eat at old town. Don’t miss the Rattlesnake Museum. Small, creepy, but an experience. http://www.rattlesnakes.com And visit the Bead and Fetish shop to let her make her own necklace and buy an Indian Power Animal ‘Fetish’.

Then it’s up to Monument Valley where the only place to stay is
Gouldings Lodge. http://www.gouldings.com/

Drive to the visitor’s center where you can hire a Native American to take you by jeep to see the sights. But you might prefer to use your own car and enjoy the sights with more freedom. Beware the bumpy road. Drive slow.

Next drive down to the Grand Canyon and stay at one of the rim hotels as mentioned before. Then down to Flagstaff and back track 30 miles to see the Meteor Crater. Yes, it’s just a big whole, but it also has an interesting museum and there’s a Subway sandwich shop there for a quick bite.

Next up is Las Vegas. Plan that to your style

From Vegas it’s four hour drive to Disneyland and the Los Angeles attractions.

For Disneyland, stay at the Disney Pier Hotel. It’s a smaller hotel than the others on the Disney lot for a quieter stay. Visit Disney’s two parks & drive 10 min. to Knott’s Berry Farm.

Then stay a night or two at the Universal Hilton and visit the studio attractions. Don’t miss the tram tour with the new surround 3D experience of King Kong’s Island and Transformers ride.

After surviving the Jurassic Park dinosaurs, drive north toward San Francisco, stopping at the small Scandinavian town of Solvang for some quick eating and shopping

Next stop is Monterey where you can sleep at the Portola Hotel & Spa near Fisherman’s Wharf and go whale watching the next morning.

Just 15 minutes from there is Carmel. Park and walk down Ocean Ave to see the shops and end up at the beach.

An optional side trip will take you to the beautiful Yosemite National Park. http://www.yosemitepark.com/

Then on to Santa Cruz to ride the Giant Dipper at the Beach Boardwalk. Find the Bazookas that shoots tennis balls at targets and blast a few.

From there it’s 90 minutes to San Francisco. Stay at the Fisherman’s Wharf Hilton for a few days.

Don’t miss the 45 minute bay cruise, the Cliff House, and Chinatown. The “motorized cable car” tours near the pier have great 90 minute and 3 hour tours.

After that, turn in your rental car at the SF Airport and fly home, knowing you surpassed any trip James Bond has ever been on. …. though he might argue the point.

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Daniel Craig Mocked, But Could Have Answered

Craig, tells what happened.

Every James Bond fan remembers when it was announced that Daniel Craig would replace Pierce Brosnan as 007. One group of fans were quick to show their dislike of Craig by setting up a web site called; “Craig is not Bond”. The media caught on to this and reported the fan’s displeasure of Craig as the new 007.

For Craig’s first press conference as the new 007, he rode a Royal Marine high-speed powerboat up the river Thames to the interview location. The press mocked him for wearing a life jacket saying, “It was a very un-Bond thing to do.” Craig’s only response was, “It scared the Bleep out of me.”

That’s when Craig’s image as a macho man came into question. Photos appeared in the press showing Craig in the powerboat with a caption that read; “The daring new 007 arrives scared and in a life jacket.”

Five years later Craig explained: “I got down to the river to the military speedboat and there was this marine giving me a life jacket. I was like ‘Do I have to wear this?’ and he was like, ‘Yeah, you’re not getting on this boat without one’.”

If Craig had been thinking on his feet for that first press conference, he could have said;

“Of course James Bond would have worn a life jacket. He would never take an unneeded risk that could jeopardize his mission. If Bond is momentarily stunned, falls into the water and drowns because he didn’t wear a life jacket, the mission would fail and lives would be lost. In fact, the marine in my boat is wearing a life jacket too.”

Of course, in that situation few of use would have come up with a good answer, or any answer. But one lesson us James Bond Lifestyle agents can learn from this is to never take an unneeded risk just for the sake of appearing macho. You’ll notice in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall, Bond is wearing his seat belt.

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A Tip from the World’s Greatest Playboy

Did you see The Adventurers based on the Harold Robbins novel? The lead character, Dax Xenos, was based on real life European playboy Porfirio Rubirosa.

Sammy Davis Jr. once asked him, “How do you do it? Attend every party, play polo, date women, go yachting, day after day, yet you always look good and never tired?”

“What I do Sammy, is pace myself. I never go to a party too early or stay too late. I drink only a little and watch what I eat. And even if I’m entertaining a woman, I always get my sleep.”

This is great advice for anyone wanting to live the James Bond Lifestyle. On films I’ve directed, the amateurs party every night and are zombies by the second week. The professionals are fresh, energetic, and prepared everyday. Why? They pace themselves. They sleep.

When Clint Eastwood started preparing to direct his first movie, Play Misty for Me, he asked vetren director Don Dirty Harry Seigal for advice.

Seigal gave him only, “Get a lot of sleep.”

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Frank Sinatra Learns About True Friendship

In 1952 Frank Sinatra was down on his luck and singing to small
Audiences at Skinny D'Amato's club in.  He planned to go to
Africa to visit his wife Ava Gardner who was there filming the
Movie "Magambo" with Clark Gable. She had sent him the airfare,
But Sinatra was broke. 

Seated at a lounge table with Joe DiMaggio and Skinny D'Amato,
Frank asked the baseball great for a thousand dollar loan so
That he could buy Ava a gift. 

DiMaggio refused. When Sinatra was absent, DiMaggio said to
D'Amato, "I never loan money to a has been."  D'Amato asked
DiMaggio to loan it to him.  Fiquring the powerful nightclub
Owner was good for it, DiMaggio gave D'Amato a  thousand
Dollars. Later D'Amato gave it to Sinatra.  Not loaned, gave.

On top of that, D'Amato bought Sinatra a solid gold watch
Saying, "This is to remind you that you'll be back on top
Again.  And bigger than before."  When Sinatra became the most
Powerful man in Hollywood a few years later, he never forgot
His loyal friend and performed every year at the 500 Club for
Free.

This story has a lot of different things in it to examine. If
You happen to be down on your luck now, or have a close friend
That is in a slump, you can see:

1 - The importance of a loyal friend. 

2 - The power of a new watch. (Whether you buy it or receive it
    As a gift). 

3 - The power of good words to a friend that needs encouragement.

4 - The beginnings of Joe DiMaggio's well earned reputation as
    a cheapskate.

5 - The paying back of help received in difficult times.

Whether you're up or down, you help a friend or not, you're
Cheap or giving, you are always relating with people.  And you
Are always either building or destroying a career, friendship,
Or reputation.
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The Only Way to be Cool Like 007

When James Bond is under pressure he doesn’t fold. He focuses. He can call up his talent at will when dismantling a ticking bomb or when talking with an interesting woman. Want to do this too? There’s only one way. Start taking gentle rulership over your personality (body,mind,feelings).

But your personality will fight the real you with “pulls” distracting you from your goals, and with “blocks” which stop you with fear. Your individuality is perfect. But the personality is not. The body gets tired, the mind forgetful, and the emotions sad, impatient, and angry.

It is your job to raise up these three energies of the personality to maturity. Just as you raise up children. Finally you will be able to express the perfection that is you, using the tools of the personality. This will not make you an “unfeeling robot”. It will actually free up your energies so that you can feel what you want to feel, when you want to feel it.

This is the most important aspect of living The James Bond lifestyle. For only when you realize that you are not your personality, but perfect individual energy and start taking gentle control of your three personality energies, can you begin to upgrade all areas of your life.

So be like Bond. Take control and express the cool perfection that is you.

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