It's a good platform, very easy to use and highly compatible. Pretty much every serious blogger uses it.donking said:keep up the good work muscleman. how do you like wordpress btw? i'm thinking about starting a blog.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
It's a good platform, very easy to use and highly compatible. Pretty much every serious blogger uses it.donking said:keep up the good work muscleman. how do you like wordpress btw? i'm thinking about starting a blog.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
My study is indeed not pointless as it does touch on a lot, and some aspects are interesting to me. I'm currently following up on your advice to figure out what i could do and become when i'm done. Its pretty wide and catches a lot of jobs but not very specific, after i'm done i'm still required to learn the ins and outs of the specific job that i'm going to do. And if i figure out what i want to do i could start to get associated with people in those kinds of fields early on, and that is something i value.muscleman said:First, business management is a catch-all degree, so it's not entirely pointless. The real question is - do you LIKE what you're learning and the career opportunities that await? Do you even know what the opportunities are? If not, you need to find out ASAP.
What is your dead end job? Why is it dead end? What can you get out of it before moving on to the next thing? My 2-3 month remark was regarding certain fields, not others. For example:
I'd like to know your understanding on how to be a cool guy in a group. Regardless of leading or not, sometimes i have stuff to say and at other times i let people talk. I'd like to know how to be cool regardless of what i'm doing at the moment. I guess the best way for you to give feedback would be for me to record myself. But i ain't doing that haha.muscleman said:First, can you give more details on what you mean about 'handling a group as an alpha'? I mean, what specifically do you want to know? How to lead in a group? To be the cool dude? To get all the attention? To get some attention? To get 'no' attention but still swoop a chick from the group? To pick a target? To be the guy others want to be friends with? What exactly? Handling a group is very different depending on your goal.
Hope this helps.
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.
I've done some thinking and there are directly 3 points that stick out.muscleman said:Obnoxious and cool don't go together, so maybe you're not using the right word or have some work to do. Don't worry, you won't be an 'out of control ball of good emotions' for long. It's not a bad thing though. Since you're feeling good, it's time to start building some positive habits (especially since you have more time now that you quit your gaming addiction) and do a little - or a lot - of introspection.
Thanks for the advice, if i could rep you i would do so again.muscleman said:From the sound of it you're just not sure how to handle this newfound energy. It'll come with time. Running from point A to B for no reason is kind of weird, so you may want to find a reason (go running or lift if you have that much pent up energy) and stop doing it randomly.
It's awesome that you feel great, don't get me wrong, but temper it a little and channel it to productive endeavors.
As for introversion/extraversion, that's fairly complex. People aren't really either one; everyone has certain intro/extra qualities. I wouldn't say I don't have any problems with my verbal game. I mean, I don't stumble anymore if that's what you're saying, but I'm not a smooth talker 100% of the time. Generally, if I don't have something to say, I just keep my mouth shut and it's served me well thus far. Then again, it's all about practice, practice, practice. I built MASSIVE social skills doing personal training/sales/bartending because you're interacting with strangers - sometimes over 100 in a day - constantly.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.