"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.

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Has anyone read Charles Bukowski?

"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.

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BillyPilgrim

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Others may disagree, but his prose is considerably better than his poetry.

He seems to have a go-to move of ending a poem with "I went to the market to get beer and cigarettes and went home", which is not the most evocative way to do it lol. His poetry tends to be very dry and devoid of much imagery. It's usually some bare-bones epiphany in line form.

Women is good but his story collections are the best. I rec "The Most Beautiful Woman In Town".
 

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Yeah, he was a beast. Read a bunch of his stuff. Post Office is good. He worked in one.
 
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