I figured i would give a bit of an update since big changes have been happening lately.
Charisma Arts and I have officially parted ways.
It has been an interesting journey with CA. I think they offer an amazing path for men to learn to be more social and better with women. I still highly recommend them. Unfortunately we had some internal communication failings. None of this affects their past present or future clients. I still recommend people take their workshops. (IMHO Greg, their LA instructor is the best active instructor they have)
I have always wanted to expand what i learned beyond “pick-up” and teach more. In the last six months it really looked like CA was expanding in that direction. They had even changed their tagline to “Teaching People Stuff to People”. However waiting for it made me a bit apathetic and honestly i was getting burnt out. You can obviously see from my lack of posting that i was not passionate about creating new content. This was eventually what made CA justifiably think about focusing on other instructors. Younger less-experienced instructors are hungry for work. They are passionate about writing and bringing in clients. So in essence my fresh apprentice became my replacement.
The hardest thing I found about the end of my working with Charisma Arts was the way in which it came about. While the company is fantastic with working with their clients in their workshops, communication on an internal business level was where things broke down between me and them. I was taken off the schedule for two months and all of my workshops were changed to my apprentice who was the newest instructor on the team. I was not told of this change and I only found out about this because a client emailed me asking when my next workshop was because they wanted to work with me. I checked the schedule and to my surprise two months of workshops that i was scheduled for were no longer being taught by me. My full time employment for two years had come to a close without so much as a whisper.
What i took from working with CA was a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience. I also through my experiences both good and bad, saw what I want to create in my next business venture.
I see this only as an end to a path that was only limiting me. I am excited and optimistic about the future. Welcome to the next chapter!
I want to be so much more than i ever have been. Now I am free to create that. This is my future and i welcome you to join me along this path.
I am a man who lives in confidence of my abilities to communicate who i am at all times.
I am a man who strives to inspire those around him to reach for everything they can become.
I am a student of all people around me.
I am a leader that pushes those around him to be the best leaders they can be.
I am an innovator that collaborates and strives for others to be more innovative.
I am a friend that is compassionate and supportive yet honest
I am a lover that is freely vulnerable and open.
My vision of the future is a company that teaches ALL people how to have better people skills and communicate in a charismatic open way. What are your goals? Communication is the means to that end. I can help you and many others get there.
Things are going to be changing here on this blog and over at charismacoaching.org Feel free to keep an eye on the changes and drop me a line at dan@charismatips.com
Good luck on your journeys and being the best you can be. I am excited for all of our futures.
Tags: Charisma
July 15th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Dan,
It has been fascinating to be able to accompany you on your journey through your blog. You have been an inspiration and a teacher to many of us.
So please, don’t stop blogging!
I think your break with CA is only natural considering the process you went through. (Sort of reminds me of how Jung had to break with his mentor Freud, over the “sexual thing”.)
If you ever plan on visiting Amsterdam, drop me a line. I’ll show you around town.
B.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Hey Dan, I’m sorry things didn’t work out for you at CA. I do wish you the best in your future endeavors and I can’t wait for future content you may release. Hopefully, you can give away some free info about the CA method, your method of CA.(Thought I’d ask). Good Luck!!!
July 17th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Hello Dan,
I think you’ve helped countless people. I’ve certainly learned a lot from your blogs and posts!
Good luck, and I know we’re all looking forward to you reaching your future goals and helping more countless people
July 19th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Dan – I’m deeply sorry to hear this, but I’m glad you will continue teaching. You inspired and helped me immensely and I will always remember that. Next time you’re in Seattle, hit me up…I want to hear about your next venture!
Daniel
July 21st, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Hey Dan,
I’ve followed your posts religiously for the past two years and have learned something new from each and every one of your posts.
Your perspective on cultivating charisma and effective communication is every bit insightful and refreshing compared to everything else that was written out there.
My handle before on what was known before as the old “natural game forums” was Social Alchemist.
You’ve been a primary influence on how I relate to people today.
I look forward to the new direction that you’re taking as well as your future posts.
All the best,
Will
July 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Dan – Sorry to hear that things ended that way with Charisma Arts. But I’m not worried about you – you are an excellent blogger and teacher, and I believe you will always find people who want to learn communication skills from you. I look forward to following your journey on this blog, as I have for a while now.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:34 pm
It’s about time, dawg! My interest in being charismatic and being able to communicate was born due to my desire to meet women, but I have realized that I want to learn so much more. Communicating well with parents, bosses, employees, coworkers, clients, roommates, girlfriends, friends, even store clerks and customers. There’s so much to learn and so many different relationships to explore. It’s time there was someone to take this to the next level.
~Chase
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:35 am
Good seeing you on Sat., I love the direction your taking bud.
Cheers,
-Miggy
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Hey man, sorry to hear about this, but I’m sure it’s for the best!
This reminds me: you were the first PickUp Podcast interview. Wanna come full-circle? I think we might because we’re approaching 5 million downloads and so it seems timely.
-Jordan
http://www.pickuppodcast.com
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
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July 23rd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Not sure why we haven’t connected for a while Dan. If you’d like to do that interview which we talked about ageessss ago, shoot me an email.
Jordan, 5 million downloads? Only 7 million to catch up to me.
July 30th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
[...] it seems they’ve unceremoniously dumped one of their top instructors: Dan writes:It has been an interesting journey with CA. I think they offer an amazing path for men [...]
August 13th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Dan, sorry to hear about your break from C.A.. Your blogs were consistently the most articulate on C.A. method, second only to those by Juggler himself. I think they weren’t just articulate because you’re a good writer, but because you put more work into them than other instructors at C.A.. When I was confused on a C.A. idea, your blog was one of the first places I’d check to clear up my confusion. It’s obvous you have an unusual passion for helping people with this stuff, so C.A. has lost an invaluable resource. I respected the company highly in part because you were in it. It’s interesting that you’re unhappy about “internal communication” at C.A.: this only illustrates the importance of your interest in going beyond pickup skills to the broader goal of “Teaching People Stuff to People”. It’s clear some higher-ups at C.A. need a better grasp of exactly these skills! Truth is, if you focus only on the skills needed to attract women one-on-one, you will not be the most attractive man you can be. That’s because you’ll have communication issues with girlfriends, friends, and coworkers that will all add up to your being less happy, less successful, and less attractive. So I join the chorus of people saying, good luck in your future pursuits, and keep writing!
August 14th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Here’s the list of people who parted ways with CA in the last two years:
Christian Hudson (the co-founder, business manager, web developer)
Rick (instructor)
Eric (instructor)
Kate (female instructor)
Matt Savior (instructor)
Val (business manager)
Matt (business manager)
Landon (media manager)
Kevin (business manager)
Alec (instructor)
Jayson (business manager, senior instructor)
Judson (senior instructor)
Locky (instructor)
Kory (master instructor)
Joe (instructor)
Laura (web developer)
Dimitri (senior instructor)
Johnny Saviour (vice president, master instructor)
Chad (senior instructor)
Dan (senior instructor)
It’s 20 people – possibly more. Makes one wonder. A man who goes through people like this ust definitely have issues, and his company is definitely unstable, ready to explode any time.
People usually disappear from Charisma Arts immediately after a public event of some sort. The next event is this September. Who’s next to go? My prediction is Troy or Jamie. Most likely Troy.
August 20th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I’m impressed. I don’t even know that I could make a list as accurate. However I would add Tarzan to that list, he left just before I came on.
I believe that a good company supports and creates opportunity for its employees. Charisma Coaching right now has a business model that rewards new instructors for creating courses of their own, in fact it will be a requierment of new instructors. Secondly they will always be paid for that course whether they are teaching it or not as long as it is running under the same name.
We want to innovate and reward creativity. Motivated team members need to see a future in a company. That was the main thing lacking being on the CA team. No future, no creativity, no reward for being a great instructor.
I hope that Charisma Coaching can become the company I always wanted to work for.
February 1st, 2009 at 9:01 pm
It appears Rob, Miq, and Troy are now gone. Former instructor Dmitri’s article on being let go is here:
http://www.seduction-chro...truth-behind-wayne-elise/