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Chris (Anabolic) Frolic was recently invited to speak at the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai. Chris bring his positive mindset to climate solutions.

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I just noticed we past the 2 year anniversary of the release of my memoir, Requiem for My Rave.

I thought I’d reflect a bit on it with some distance.

First, the feedback on the book has been tremendous. It’s been really touching to me to see how many people have enjoyed it, whether that’s through revisiting that time in their lives or living vicariously through an era they were not a part of.

Second, I’m super proud of the book and what is in it. It feels complete and I don’t have desires to add to it or update it. It’s a complete work. What’s amazing to me is I’ve had people say “you didn’t write about X, or Y” and there are definitely some stories I forgot about, but in the end I feel I accomplished my main objective and as a complete piece I am very proud of it and the legacy is stands for.

Third, I didn’t realize at the time of writing it how much it would affect ME. That this story I had been running away from for a long time can now be re-integrated into my current self. Even though I’ll never spin records again, I will always be Anabolic Frolic. I can still be that guy on stage electrifying a crowd and creating connection. To be told nowadays how much “energy” people can feel while watching me speak on Zoom really shows how I can translate those old instincts to a new medium.

I’m tremendously proud of the book and of telling my story. If you’re reading this it’s because you looked me up (I’m not on social media so you have to specifically look for me) and I thank you for your interest in doing that.

This was originally posted at chrisfrolic.com. I am reposting it here because I most of these statements applied to me over 20 years ago as well, when you knew me as Anabolic Frolic. I’m curious through that lens how this video affects you, seeing how these statements were true then, as well as now.

I was recently asked what my greatest accomplishment of the last 10 years is. I’ve done some great things over the past 10 years. I launched a multi-million dollar business. I also had the courage to leave it. I completed and published my memoir after it being incomplete for 14 years. I bought a home. Reached financial independence. My life has had huge changes.

However, one accomplishment stood out. It was the writing of a document I titled “Chris’ Statement of Being”.

Through my work over the last few years, I’ve gotten to know myself in a very deep and clear way. This “sense of self” has given me great power. Because I know myself, I am able to share it with others and have them know who I am in a very deep way in a very short amount of time.

As I’ve begun to share this document, it moves both me and my audience powerfully. I gain in power every time I share it, and the audience is always moved to witness it.

Even better, like a chain reaction, once this is seen, it cannot be unseen.

Until today I have only shared this in intimate settings with people. I’m now sharing it with the world. This is not about what I do, this is who I am.

Give yourself a quiet moment and full attention before watching this video. How does it affect you?

My entire rave career I was always creating something new. When I had nothing left to create, I moved on.

Well, I have something new to offer.

Check back here towards the end of August for my announcement(s).

This was originally posted at my entrepreneurial blog, www.chrisfrolic.com.

One of my biggest regrets is how many years I suffered needlessly because I didn’t value my own work.

Here are some pics from 20 years ago, February 1999. Me DJing in front a literal sea of people at the International Centre just outside of Toronto. People paid and traveled to come to see me. I had sold hundreds of thousands of CDs at this time, and my rave company, Hullabaloo, was at its peak.

When this event was over, I went home to my 1 bedroom basement apartment. I had abandoned my piece of crap car in the street about a month before these pics were taken because I had no money to pay for insurance or fix the car.

I lived without a car for 14 years after this.

I have to make this even more clear: I just had 5,000 people buy tickets to see me and I was broke! If I calculated the hourly wage of the months of planning and risk that went into putting an event on of this size, not to mention my value as an attraction – I was working for below minimum wage.

I lived in apartments until 2012.

I didn’t value the experience I was creating for all of my patrons. I was fixated on keeping prices low, about making a small bit of profit in some misguided attempt at not looking like a money grub combined with blue-collar guilt.

And I suffered greatly because of it. The sad thing was, I was still accused of “being in it for the money”. People would do bar napkin math and guess that I was making 100x more what the reality was. So, my suffering wasn’t even quieting those critics. I did it for nothing!

My real fans, the ones that truly valued this one of a kind experience I was creating, I’m sure would tell me the event was actually priceless.

This would be the advice I would give my younger self now:

1) Focus on the value of what you are creating. What is it “worth” to someone, not what did it cost.
2) Your time is valuable! It is not free! You are the sum total of all your knowledge and experiences, combined with the value you are delivering to someone. Don’t work for free!
3) Don’t compare what you are doing with anyone else, or anything you’ve done before. Abandon all that stinky thinking. Focus on what it is you are doing now, and what is that worth to someone.
4) You can’t please the critics, so don’t bother.

Till next time.

PS: I recently posted some video from this exact rave, if you are curious to see what it was all about: