Atom Smasher
Master Don Juan
Nice reference.samspade said:Messiah...heck I always thought to summon RT you had to go to the Crossroads and play a little blues. Then you'll get all the chicks you want, for a price.
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Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Nice reference.samspade said:Messiah...heck I always thought to summon RT you had to go to the Crossroads and play a little blues. Then you'll get all the chicks you want, for a price.
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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.
You NAILED Buddha. Thats it. Thanks a lot. By the way, everything is flowing smooth!Buddha_Mind said:From the first essay, "True power isn’t controlling others, but the degree to which you control the course of your own life and your own choices."
I dig this man. Sometimes I get confounded in life as there's always a bigger monkey in the cage and to truly be 'top dog' I think is impossible (I have no desire to be top dog anyways). But rather than live in a jungle mentality of "outcompeting" others or AMOGing, your words are true. Focus on thyself.
Thank you very much Mr. Rollo. Thats the basics that I will have internalized in my core. Love your blog and your writings. Keep on!!Rollo Tomassi said:BRAZIL, read these two essays, I think they'll address what you're going through now:
https://rationalmale.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/plate-theory-iii-transitioning/
https://rationalmale.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/plate-theory-vi-abundance-scarcity/
Ha ha you guys are ridiculously funny. It's funny I was just asking about Rollo on another Thread some minutes ago and he appears in this one albeit 7 days late, lol.Purefilth said:what happens If I look into the mirror at midnight and say your name three times :nervous:
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.
Probably, but what actions do you see fit in this case? I had made a mistake and now I gotta follow along while working to be a better man.Purefilth said:Too much talk, not enough action.
It's said that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi. (US 61 & US 49).Atom Smasher said:Nice reference.![]()
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.