TheVirtualMind
Master Don Juan
What is the best piece of advice someone (family member, friend, coach, movie line) that you have heard that helped you out when you were struggling with something?
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
Best piece of advice you've recieved
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"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
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.
KontrollerX
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This thread was one of the first I read when I found this site and I'd say that is probably the best advice I've ever gotten in my life.
This thread was one of the first I read when I found this site and I'd say that is probably the best advice I've ever gotten in my life.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
You have a choice about what you do as well as how you feel.
Wait a sec, I told myself that....
Wait a sec, I told myself that....
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
No matter how hot she is, somebody somewhere is sick of her sh!t.
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Da Realist
Master Don Juan
Dont try and look for an easy life.
LowPlainsDrifter
Senior Don Juan
Well, other than the generic "work hard, and be honest" stuff that my parents, particularly my father passed along (yes, it was true and I did very well by it),
one of my favorite pieces of advice is from JP Morgan (the financier, not the bank) "Think a lot, say a little, *write nothing*"
Also, all of the advice about one-itis I've read over the years really is gold. It's amazing how it frees you up when there is more than one romantic "possibility" in one's life.
one of my favorite pieces of advice is from JP Morgan (the financier, not the bank) "Think a lot, say a little, *write nothing*"
Also, all of the advice about one-itis I've read over the years really is gold. It's amazing how it frees you up when there is more than one romantic "possibility" in one's life.
WhitePimp
Master Don Juan
Be honest about every intention and desire you have with a girl. NEVER mask it or hide it or pretend it doesn't exist or matter. You will never lose with this mindset.
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
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.
theunflushables
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Don't eat the yellow snow.
Five To One
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carpe diem-seize the day
ExcelNPrevail
Don Juan
Wake the f*** up. Your letting your youth go to waste - My grandfather.
TheVirtualMind
Master Don Juan
Mine was "everyone starts somewhere."
MoveYourAss...
Senior Don Juan
Find out what you really want (or need in a non-neediness way) in your life and arrange that. That is the most important thing.
Something for the way to clubs/bars: Hey, this is YOUR spare time. Enjoy it.
Something for the way to clubs/bars: Hey, this is YOUR spare time. Enjoy it.
"I just moved here from Florida."
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.
PRMoon
Master Don Juan
"No matter what a stripper tells you, there's no sex in the champagne room...none"
~Chris Rock
"Never leave your friends at the club, to go gambling with a crazy, and likely drugged out stripper"
~Me to my self after an overnight in Clark County Detention center doing said stupid act.
~Chris Rock
"Never leave your friends at the club, to go gambling with a crazy, and likely drugged out stripper"
~Me to my self after an overnight in Clark County Detention center doing said stupid act.
brownbear.
Don Juan
"say it, don't spray it"
also
"would you rather complain about the darkness, or change the f#cking lightbulb?"(paraphrased, i forget where i heard this one, but its awesome)
also
"would you rather complain about the darkness, or change the f#cking lightbulb?"(paraphrased, i forget where i heard this one, but its awesome)
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The entire book of pook in the bible. Not only was it perfect advice when I needed it, I loved the way he wrote it.
The Fifteen Lessons!
http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=59150
"As you think you shall become" -I heard it from Pook but it originated from Bruce Lee
The Fifteen Lessons!
http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=59150
"As you think you shall become" -I heard it from Pook but it originated from Bruce Lee
brownbear.
Don Juan
"never forget that people are on many different paths seeking happiness and fulfilment, and just because you aren't on the same path, doesn't necasarily mean the other person is lost"
i forget who said this gem, but i would like to shake thier hand, good stuff.
i forget who said this gem, but i would like to shake thier hand, good stuff.
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.