Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
He sounds like a provider.
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.
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.
No, but, in the case of it happening in the first few dates, if you do accept her money, she could think you're not quite a gentleman, inviting her out and then taking her money.but then she took out a $5 and wanted to pay for her half. Now he said I screwed up because she'll think of me as "cheap"
She doesn't have to offer to split the bill when you take her out, BUT you do want to see her treat you to things every now and then too.I was concerned that if I did pay for everything, I didn't want her to think that that's all I will do
Groan. Are we not men? Or are we pond scum? I so dislike this thinking of how we are on a lower level. We're NOT!He also said that Women are above us and they will bring themselves down to our level
Have your friend explain why it is then that women are attracted to jerks.So for us thinking highly/****y of ourselves and "un-interested" will only make her move to any other guy she chooses to be.
Your friend thinks linearly. Life isn't linear.Right, so while you only talk on the phone for 10 minutes, she'll talk to another guy longer, get to know him better and when you call the next day she'll blow you off because she already got to know another guy
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.
Providers may eventually get f***** but only after they give enough. Sometimes its a fasttrack to marriage. :nervous:Stéphane said:Do you want to be the provider or the guy that gets f**** every night.
Stéphane said:Men, are smarter, stronger, and quicker. Like lost said we're superior to them.