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Master Don Juan
Then add Meditations by Marcus AureliusNot bro books at all. They encompass the idea at SS.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
Then add Meditations by Marcus AureliusNot bro books at all. They encompass the idea at SS.
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.
Great book, I own a copy.Then add Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Presumably these were tomes written before he degenerated into a real life version of Billy Madison https://www.youtube.com/live/BdS5klAgQrw?si=jznM2_Xklk9OyMYiSome of those are solid for sure (Aaron Clarey's for instance)
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.
Every one of those books is top notchSome of those are solid for sure (Aaron Clarey's for instance) but it's mostly PUA and self help which is cringe in excess.... Guess it depends what your goals are, are we assuming the reader is only interested in improving success with women? Regardless, these strike me as prototypical 'bro' books that aren't particularly well rounded but are mostly pontifications and ideological, matter-of-fact prose from randos that could all be the same person. How about some evolutionary biology/psychology/philosophy or some left fielders such as "Women" by Charles Bukowksi?
Maybe they are but they're not enough unless your only single goal in life is to theorize about women and self-development. The fact that Meditations or a single work of philosophy or evolutionary psychology still isn't on there ruins the credibility and I'll keep repeating that.Every one of those books is top notch
Aaron Clarey's is at the bottom imo
I'd add this oneNot bro books at all. They encompass the idea at SS.
Is the point of reading non PUA/game/dating books to have things to talk with women about?Is the point of reading all of these books to have more to talk about with women, or simply to entertain ourselves?
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.