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.
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.
That was a pretty bad joke.There’s this one great book, its called.....
Guide to posting threads in appropriate forums
By Elite Ninja
It teaches you how to post threads in the right place.
IDIOT!!
Ninja Out
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.
"Psycho-Cybernetics," definitely.Originally posted by Gonzalo
"See You at the Top" by Zig Ziglar, great book. "Psycho Cybernetics" is really good too.
Why?Originally posted by dice
having read all the books previously posted, I can confidently say Real Magic by Dr. Wayne Dyer is head and shoulders above the rest
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.
Could you explain what the book is about and actually compare it with what is covered in the other books since you have read all of them?? How are we to believe that it's head and shoulders over the rest without you explaining why?Originally posted by dice
because that is my opinion; to be specific when I am in my daily life i take more information from that book then I do any of the others
Absolutely. Not only is Maximum Achievement his best work, but in my opinion there is no greater speaker/author, life changing content wise, than Brian Tracy.Originally posted by setlur55
Books by Brian Tracy are excellent and cannot be beaten, Maximum Achievement is his best work and contains all his ideas, changed my life when I read it the first time.
Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
"Psycho-Cybernetics," definitely.![]()
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.