I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
125g protein, with almost half coming from milk...Breakfast
4 eggs 24g protein
2 slices of toast
1 glass of milk 8g protein
Snack
Bran Muffin
1 glass of milk 8g protein
Lunch
Sandwich (i.e. meat, cheese, tuna fish, etc.) 25g protein
piece of fruit
1 glass of milk 8g protein
Snack
Granola bar
Slice of cheese
1 glass of milk 8g protein
Supper
Meat (i.e. chicken, beef, pork, etc.) 50g protein
Pasta, Rice, or Potatoes
Cup of veggies
1 glass of milk 8g protein
Snack
2 slices of toast
1 glass of milk 8g protein
yeah not sure whats going on with that diet, maybe the lunch and dinner meals are huge or something.Quiksilver said:Aye it was interesting Espi, though the diet was staggeringly low in protein while being high in milk.
125g protein, with almost half coming from milk...
Article was great, but the diet is mediocre and wouldn't be good for anyone with a little lactose intolerance. Would be better off with 1-2lbs of red meat and 12-24 eggs, save the milk for the cats.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Espi said:LOL...yeah, that diet advice is whack...I have no idea how people can recommend such minimal nutrients for musclebuilding...it seems like most of the articles I read about nutrition rarely recommend suffcient caloric intake...
The article is interesting...especially the part about the pullovers...I've read a few articles stating that squats and pullovers should be worked as a superset...but I'm not sure I could drink that much freaking milk.