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Master Don Juan
Then add Meditations by Marcus AureliusNot bro books at all. They encompass the idea at SS.
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.
Then add Meditations by Marcus AureliusNot bro books at all. They encompass the idea at SS.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
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)
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.
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?
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.