"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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Good Books on Being a Man

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What's a good book on being a man? Like topics like leading, taking risks, your role, ect.
 

"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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There're some great books:

"The seven habits of highly effective people" by Stephen Covey;

"Absent fathers, lost sons" by Guy Corneau (recommended in David de angelo's seminars);

"Influence Science and Practice" by Robert B. Cialdini;

"The 48 laws of power" by Robert Greene. (not really sure if it makes you a "man", but an interesting read, though)

I follow most of david's tips (I apply my own ideas too). In his seminars he said that most of the things that make you successful with women, are the same things that make you successful in business.
 
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Originally posted by Good Vibes
Thanks I wish David D. would type up a book list.
These are books in which David often refers in seminars and recommends.


"Influence: The Psychology of Pesuasion" by Robert Cialdini
"Sperm wars" by Robin Baker
"the selfish gene" by Richard Dawkins
"The Origins of Virtue : Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation"
by Matt Ridley
"Thinking About Thinking With Nlp"
by Joseph C. Yeager
"Half Empty, Half Full: Understanding the Psychological Roots of Optimism" (title page only)
by Susan C. Vaughan
"A Theory of Everything : An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality" by Ken Wilber
"Mind-lines: Lines For Changing Minds"
by L. Michael Hall, Bobby G Bodenhamer
"Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill
"How to Argue & Win Every Time : At "Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday" by Gerry Spence
"Silent Power" by Stuart Wilde
"The Psychology of Achievement: "Develop the Top Achiever's Mindset" [Abridged] by Brian Tracy
"What to Say When You Talk to Your Self" by Shad Helmstetter
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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I don't if this book has been published in other countries but in new zealand and australia try

"How to be a man" by john birmingham and some other guy i can't remember the name of
 

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Originally posted by organizedconfusion
the DYD MASTERY & DEEP INNER GAME DVD/CD series
are must haves when wanting to learn more about men's studies.
His best series are "Sexual communication" and "Deep inner game". His "Deep inner game" is a KILLER! It's not exclusively directed to women, it's more of a general program. His guest is a psychologist who is the main lecturer in the program.
 
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