I lurked here for a little while before I signed up after finding this site on another message board. And then, one day, someone pointed me to the Book of Pook.
At the time I had several things going wrong with my life. At the time my life was in shambles in about as many ways as you can think of. I had failed at relationships time and again (and I won't go into details about that), so i sought out the internet to learn more about why I was failing.
SO, I found the "Mystery Method", and read it through. I found a lot of good material in there, but it wasn't earth shattering. Then I found "Without Embarassment" and it was a little more real to me, but it didn't really reach me either. Then I started hitting a long list of other ebooks. Thinks like Thundercat's "Art of Approaching", "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus", "Double your Dating", etc. I have lost count at how many of those books that I read, but none of them really spoke directly to me. Simultaneously, I was trying to improve my life, so I hit the self-help section at the bookstore for other areas of my life. I found Anthony Robbins "Awaken the Giant within", Larry Winget "Shut up, stop whining, and get a life", John Bradshaws "Healing the same that binds you" (<<<excellent, EXCELLENT book, BTW, I recommend you ALL get a copy), Leil Lowndes "How to Talk to Anyone", Dale Carnegie's "How to win friends and Influence People, David Lieberman's "Never be lied to Again", and some others that I can't recall off the top of my head.
I tood the time to mention all the names, because I highly suggest you all to read them. There are nuggets of gold in all of them, and for a true Don Juan, who is not only looking to attract women, but also looking to make real changes in their life, these books are GOLD. I also came into a copy of "Personal Power II" and "Get the Edge" by Anthony Robbins, which is a set of tapes and workshops that talk about all the areas of your life.
All of those books and tapes were great. I can't explain how much I've learned from each of them, BUT...nothing really changed within me.
Then, on another board someone mentioned the "Book of Pook". So, half-heartedly, I downloaded it and started reading.
Let me just say that out of ALL the books I read, none of them reached me like Pook's writings. He inspired me. He changed my frame of thinking and my views on the world. He motivated me to make real changes in my life. That's why I am here. I told myself that I was going to sign up and make 500 posts on this board as an homage to him, because his writings were so profound to me that it accelerated my life beyond anything else I had read (which is why my posts even echo a lot of how he posted). I'm here for an homage to him.
That being said, if I have any advice to give, or any books to recommend to YOU, the Don Juan, then I would condense all that into the following list:
The Book of Pook
"How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie
"Healing the Shame that Binds You" by John Bradshaw
"Awaken the Giant Within" by Anthony Robbins
Double your Dating by David DeAngelo
The Mystery Method
Those are the books I took the most away from. And those books all contain a healthy mix of learning about not only women, but life in general and affecting real change in your life.
So, i encourage you to read those books. Take the points that are made and internalize them, and use them to fuel your life to something more.
That's the purpose of this thread--self discovery--and if you guys want to add to the list, feel free.
At the time I had several things going wrong with my life. At the time my life was in shambles in about as many ways as you can think of. I had failed at relationships time and again (and I won't go into details about that), so i sought out the internet to learn more about why I was failing.
SO, I found the "Mystery Method", and read it through. I found a lot of good material in there, but it wasn't earth shattering. Then I found "Without Embarassment" and it was a little more real to me, but it didn't really reach me either. Then I started hitting a long list of other ebooks. Thinks like Thundercat's "Art of Approaching", "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus", "Double your Dating", etc. I have lost count at how many of those books that I read, but none of them really spoke directly to me. Simultaneously, I was trying to improve my life, so I hit the self-help section at the bookstore for other areas of my life. I found Anthony Robbins "Awaken the Giant within", Larry Winget "Shut up, stop whining, and get a life", John Bradshaws "Healing the same that binds you" (<<<excellent, EXCELLENT book, BTW, I recommend you ALL get a copy), Leil Lowndes "How to Talk to Anyone", Dale Carnegie's "How to win friends and Influence People, David Lieberman's "Never be lied to Again", and some others that I can't recall off the top of my head.
I tood the time to mention all the names, because I highly suggest you all to read them. There are nuggets of gold in all of them, and for a true Don Juan, who is not only looking to attract women, but also looking to make real changes in their life, these books are GOLD. I also came into a copy of "Personal Power II" and "Get the Edge" by Anthony Robbins, which is a set of tapes and workshops that talk about all the areas of your life.
All of those books and tapes were great. I can't explain how much I've learned from each of them, BUT...nothing really changed within me.
Then, on another board someone mentioned the "Book of Pook". So, half-heartedly, I downloaded it and started reading.
Let me just say that out of ALL the books I read, none of them reached me like Pook's writings. He inspired me. He changed my frame of thinking and my views on the world. He motivated me to make real changes in my life. That's why I am here. I told myself that I was going to sign up and make 500 posts on this board as an homage to him, because his writings were so profound to me that it accelerated my life beyond anything else I had read (which is why my posts even echo a lot of how he posted). I'm here for an homage to him.
That being said, if I have any advice to give, or any books to recommend to YOU, the Don Juan, then I would condense all that into the following list:
The Book of Pook
"How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie
"Healing the Shame that Binds You" by John Bradshaw
"Awaken the Giant Within" by Anthony Robbins
Double your Dating by David DeAngelo
The Mystery Method
Those are the books I took the most away from. And those books all contain a healthy mix of learning about not only women, but life in general and affecting real change in your life.
So, i encourage you to read those books. Take the points that are made and internalize them, and use them to fuel your life to something more.
That's the purpose of this thread--self discovery--and if you guys want to add to the list, feel free.