"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

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.

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Personally I can't get enough of this stuff.

This is for those that see there is more to life than chasing pvssy, and are interested in a variety of subjects.

Very fascinating stuff, most of the subjects are worldly and interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

Again, this is for those that have curiosity built into your personality.

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"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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I love ted talks. One of the better things about the internet is the abundance of information and knowledge for those that seek.
 

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Yeah there's some really good and inspirational talks on there.

I found this one by someone who i've never heard (maybe it's Pook) and thought that it echos some of the messages that are put across on the board.

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_success.html

Some good stuff in this one too about endangered cultures. In the guys biog it states he's a "National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence". Pretty cool job.

http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.html

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"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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It's a shame, really, TED talks don't get more coverage here more often. My favorite TED talks have been Michael Shermer (professional skeptic), Brian Cox (astronomer), Richard Dawkins (does he really need an introduction?), and Barry Schwartz (paradox of choice).
I found this one by someone who i've never heard (maybe it's Pook) and thought that it echos some of the messages that are put across on the board.

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_success.html
Pook's real name was Samuel. Amusingly, there was an historical Samuel Pook:
Samuel Moore Pook (1804 – 1878) was a Boston-based American naval architect and father of Samuel Hartt Pook, the noted clipper ship naval architect. In 1861, at the outbreak of the American Civil War, he designed the City class ironclads for James B. Eads. The City class ironclads, also known as "Pook Turtles" due to their distinctive shape, were the backbone of the naval flotilla deployed by the United States Navy on the Mississippi River System during the American Civil War.
No wonder why Pook was so mysterious--he was an ethereal ghost! ;)
 
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