ImTheDoubleGreatest!
Master Don Juan
Not about game or women or red pill or any of that. Just some interesting books. I typically find myself into fiction, but if it’s nonfiction that’s cool too.
"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.
Good books to read?
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"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
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.
ImTheDoubleGreatest!
Master Don Juan
Funny, I just heard about the movie version of this recently because of a song I heard. Is it worth a shot or is it completely butchered compared to the original book?
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
Civil War diary by Andersonville POWs
https://archive.org/stream/andersonvilledia01rans/andersonvilledia01rans_djvu.txt
John Ransom's Anersonville Diary: https://www.amazon.com/John-Ransoms-Andersonville-Diary-Ransom-ebook/dp/B01MCRNZHQ
I thought I read the second one for free somewhere, but that was a while ago, and I can't find the link. It is an incredible true story.
https://archive.org/stream/andersonvilledia01rans/andersonvilledia01rans_djvu.txt
John Ransom's Anersonville Diary: https://www.amazon.com/John-Ransoms-Andersonville-Diary-Ransom-ebook/dp/B01MCRNZHQ
I thought I read the second one for free somewhere, but that was a while ago, and I can't find the link. It is an incredible true story.
ImTheDoubleGreatest!
Master Don Juan
You sure seem to like war stories. I’ll check them out.
"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.
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
The book below should be required reading for anyone who trades stocks, or trades anything, really.
https://www.trendfollowing.com/whitepaper/Edwin_LeFevre_Reminiscences_of_a_Stock_Operator.pdf
REMINISCENCES OF A STOCK OPERATOR by
Edwin LeFevre The Sun Dial Press, Inc. Garden City, New York Copyright 1923
https://www.trendfollowing.com/whitepaper/Edwin_LeFevre_Reminiscences_of_a_Stock_Operator.pdf
REMINISCENCES OF A STOCK OPERATOR by
Edwin LeFevre The Sun Dial Press, Inc. Garden City, New York Copyright 1923
taiyuu_otoko
Master Don Juan
Despite blowing his brains out, Jesse Livermore, the boy plunger, was a boss.
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user43770
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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World - Harry Browne
The 50th Law - Robert Greene
The 50th Law - Robert Greene
"kings and philosophers ****e.......and so do ladies."
Brilliant quote from Montaigne that so apt to game (get her off that pedestal, she ****s too)
wifehunter
Master Don Juan
Books? What are those?
"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.
ImTheDoubleGreatest!
Master Don Juan
I can’t read so I don’t know.Books? What are those?
wifehunter
Master Don Juan
lolz!!!
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
The Book of Five Rings
by Miyamoto,Musashi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi
http://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Book-of-Five-Rings-by-Musashi-Miyamoto.pdf
by Miyamoto,Musashi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi
http://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Book-of-Five-Rings-by-Musashi-Miyamoto.pdf
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Haven't read that one, but Lolita is amazing.
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Haven’t read #1, but I can definitely vouch for #2. 50th Law is very good.
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
backseatjuan
Banned
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Ward No. 6
The Man In The Case
Bronze Horseman
Solarid by Lem
Noon 22nd Century
Ward No. 6
The Man In The Case
Bronze Horseman
Solarid by Lem
Noon 22nd Century
ImTheDoubleGreatest!
Master Don Juan
Everyone always talks about this guy I notice. He’s been a big name since like the 80s or something.