Scrumtulescence
Master Don Juan
Confidence is about not second-guessing you first instincts in every facet of your life, and not having a fear of acting on them. It should be pretty obvious why that is an attractive trait in anybody.
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.
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.
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.
And what if she does? A guy who is authentically self assured will shrug it off with no repercussions and will merrily go on with his life. He knows that allowing a woman's actions to dictate his well being is not a good thing.rakishness said:Confidence is a great trait to have.....no doubt. It is important that all of us act with courage in all we do. BUT......You can have all the courage in the WORLD...if a women "percieves" another man who is a COWARD as more superior than you....she will choose the other man.
Is this a terrible thing....no....remember attraction is not a choice.
Ok dude, you really need to clarify this.rakishness said:Listen Guys.....Everybody is insecure about something. Even movie stars and athletes. Those guys know that if they were not celebrities(and had money) their sex appeal would PLUMMET. You don't think they know that? BUT....it doesn't matter because in society athletes and celebrities are seen as SUPERIOR. And attraction is all about "percieved" superiority. So even though those guys know what would happen without all the fame...and are insecure about it....they still get LAID....ALOT. I thought everybody already knew this.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
:rockon:drjekyll said:Confidence is the luxury of those who know they are strong enough to cope with the consequences of audacity.
confindence that isnt based on anything is false confindenceFrancisco d'Anconia said::rockon::rockon:
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And you don't need a ton of past successes to make you feel confident. You aren't born with success, you gain it by experience. Aligning your confidence with experiences is setting yourself up to being afraid of failure.
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.
What if all your past experiences were bad? How can you try again with confidence if experiences were bad?manchild said:I think, some of you guys don't have a grasp of what it means to confident, or what confidence is. You can't just wake up one day and decide that ur going to be a confindent male or confindent in a certain area of ur life. It doesn't work that way. Confindence comes from being successful at something, whether it be sports, school or with women. It takes time to be successful, so it takes time to build confindence. That way when ur confident around a women, it isn't an act, its real because you know what ur capable. You've been there before and trust me she'll notice it.
let me put it like this for example ur trying to see what ur max bench press is, but u've never lifted weights before. u want to try 300lbs, because u a naturally strong guy, but there's no way u can be confindent that u can lift this weight. now u definitely might have the courage to attempt it, but courage is not confidence.Babnik said:What if all your past experiences were bad? How can you try again with confidence if experiences were bad?
If they were bad then you were proven to be IN-capable, right? So, how do you convince yourself otherwise?
Absolutely spot on.drjekyll said:It's fascinating to me to hear stuff like this.
This is not true.
I know what you're thinking, you're thinking - yes, jekyll, yes it is.
It isn't.
Really.
There are two entirely distinct psychologies to the human mind. One is genuine, and looks to make connections. One is manipulative, and looks to gain power.
You can pull consistently by taking one or other of these things to a high level.
You can't do both, for a variety of reasons I won't go into now. Essentially, they hamper each other.
The crazy thing is that these worlds exist entirely coherently in and of themselves.
If your self worth is low, you'll automatically see the whole world in terms of manipulation, power, superiority and inferiority - in terms of relative value.
If your self worth is high, you'll automatically see the whole world in terms of connection, opportunity, challenges, honesty and integrity.
Rakishness, all I can tell you is that the world you see around you is not the only one. It really isn't. You may not believe me. You may think I'm lying.
I can pull very, very well. I never play power games. It never occurs. Ever.
Really.
Moreover, if someone is attempting to appear superior, I can obliterate them by transcending the fakeness of their percieved superiority with the reality of the connections I make.
Now, you are right inasmuch as you can be a manipulator and pull women. Really hot ones.
But if you do, you're letting go of the possibility that you'll ever be of value yourself.
There is another way.
And in that other way, confidence is pivotal.
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.