"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Having the wrong mix of looks and education can hurt you in the job market

BackInTheGame78

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This is pretty wild...

Cambridge University has discovered that a pretty face can actually prevent people from gaining a job interview if it is not complemented by a good education.

Likewise, more visually-challenged candidates could end up struggling to be hired if they went to a good university.

Experts at Judge Business School, Cambridge believe the phenomenon occurs because hirers become confused by candidates who do not fit into normal expectations.

Attractive people are generally expected to be better educated, and more successful while the opposite is true for unattractive people. When applicants do not follow the pattern, recruiters assume they will be a bad fit for both high and low status positions.



It's over for HotDumbCels and UglySmartCels.

Guess now we see why those rich people were trying to get their good looking kids into quality schools by paying off the admissions offices.
 

"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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This is emotional intelligence 101 something I learned early on in the pickup community good looks and average intelligence will always trump ugly looks and a low IQ that's just the way people operate.
 

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I think might more be the case that since society makes it extraordinarily easy for The Beautiful People, from a stochastic POV, there is a higher chance that an Ugly One, that has achieved the same as a Beautiful One, is a higher achiever.

EDIT: Yes, I know that anyone using the term "stochastic" does not get laid. :rolleyes:
 

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EDIT: Yes, I know that anyone using the term "stochastic" does not get laid. :rolleyes:
I have learned multiple words from you. Stochastic, epicenic, and harridan are 3 words I didn't know prior to SoSuave and @MatureDJ .

I also learned the Pigeonhole Principle from @MatureDJ .

I do not ever plan to mention any of this to a woman in a seduction setting.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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