"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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I’m starting to develop cravings for good books, know any?

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seanchai said:
Nobody captured America better than Jack Kerouac. Start with "On the Road."
That book is interesting, but a bit too much drugged up ramble for me to understand exactly what they are talking about all the time. Nonetheless, it was a good book!
 

"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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Devil in the White City and the Unbearable Lightness of Being.
 

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Re;

The Dark Tower by Stephen King, Books 1-7

The FountainHead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

The Book

The 33 Laws of Infinite Self

I 2nd every book listed, as I own most of them, or have them on my amazon list.

sales wise

Spin Selling

The Little Red Book of Sales

The Sales Bible

Investing

The Richest Man in Babylon

The Art of the Deal

More to come...I love books!

Also old style, easy to download, generally free pdf's....

-Power of Concentration
-The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D Wattles

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You are 15...so, you should focus on books that are going to make you think (forget about the D'Angelo stuff or any "serious self improvement" book at this stage of your life).

Books that are going to help you understand the concept of reading.

I am not going to list the typical classics (such as Don Quijote or the Iliad or Dante's Inferno or any poetry book such as Pablo Neruda's poetry). Nor I'm going to list the typical Stephen King scary books. I have read all those books and they are entertaining.

However, I'm going to recommend a couple of contemporary books that are both entertaining and at the same time I consider them to be very good books. And they are RARELY recommended by people in Forums such as this.

"The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger

"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

"The Godfather" by Mario Puzo

The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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6-heads lewis said:
books on drywall, plumbing and circuitry is probably the best investment. this coming from a guy with several hundred books, many of which are already listed here.
That's fine when you are taking life serious.

He is a kid...he should not take life THAT serious yet.
 

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you're right latinoman, i didnt look at his age. my previous posts accidentally mocked his age, when i was actually just making lame jokes without the intent of getting personal. my apologies to OP.

'catcher in the rye' is a teen fixture, and for good reason. 'don quixote', 'lord of the flies', 'animal farm', are all fantastic. i own but havent read 'zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance', its apparently great for high-schoolers.

i did a report in HS on an excellent book called 'fahrenheit 451', about a future in which books are outlawed.

how to win friends and influence people is a good start.
 

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- 1984

- Fahrenheit 451

- Les Miserbales

- Dreamcatcher

- Roadwork

All of these have kept me awake at night to keep reading. They are each very good books with different characteristics. Enjoy.
 

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I really want to read dreamcatcher.

Any ways, I just finished reading these books

Red Harvest (really good the Continental OP is Crazy)

The Dain Curse

The Continental OP (good collection of stories once you read one you won't stop)

Zombie Survival Guide (great book it's not just about zombies it's about improving yourself believe it or not)

Dune (it's a Classic and my favorite book)

Vampire Hunter D (they started printing these in English I've read one working on the other)

Well those of the list of books I Read. I've read a lot lot more then that. I really like Dashiell Hammet's style of writing which is why I want to read more about the Continental OP. I going to start on Sin City to Hell and back and I want to read Farhenheit 451 Dreamcather and a few others.

P.S I read and loved the Richest man in Babylon. I don't know what happened to that book
 

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if you like stephen king you will also like dean koonz, hes a great read.

if you like to laugh, read some david sedaris, because he is hilarious, and if you can ever get your hands on some old lewis grizzard, try him 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.

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Jack Canfield has a some great books and I'm not just talking about the chicken soup ones.
 

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Ricky said:
Jack Canfield has a some great books and I'm not just talking about the chicken soup ones.
Damnit, Ricky and killapetehog, you beat me to the books that I wanted to talk about. Oh well...

alright,

excellent books on self-improvement

The Alladin Factor
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Your Dreams
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

The Power of Focus
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Les Hewitt
(Just Finished reading it about to reread it and do the synopsis)

The New Dynamics of Winning
Denis Waitley
(currently reading it)

How to Win Friends & Influcence People
Dale Carnegie

Please Stop Laughing at Me...
Jodee Blanco
Perspectives autobiography about bullying and its effects on a person. Allowed me to finally forgive the bullies that were in my past. very good for your age

Attitude is Everything for Success
Keith D. Harrell
(Alright, not the best. Still good)

George Foreman's Guide to Life
George Foreman with Linda Kulman
(some chapters are good, while others are pretty bad)

7 Habits of Highly Successful People
Stephen R. Covey

Living the 7 Habits: Stories of courage and inspiration
Stephen R. Covey

my list of want to read is:

Dare to Win
Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield

Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl

Rich Dad, poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter

Success through a Positive Mental Attitude
Napoleon Hill and w. Clement Stone

Think & Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill

The autobiography of Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin

Anything wrote by W. Clement Stone or Tony Robbins

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Short, quick reads:
Life of Pi
Candide
Endurance

Long reads:
The Count of Monte Cristo
Don Quixote
The Gulag Archipelago
 

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East of Eden - John Steinbeck. Awesome story!

Anything by Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead is my favorite....truly inspiring.

I'm also reading the Lord of the Rings and am fascinated with it. I loved The Hobbit and am halfway through the Fellowship..., Tolkien's a genius!

Anthony Kiedis's autobiography Scar Tissue was awesome too. I wasnt a huge fan of the RHCP when I read it and it was still amazing.
 

"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.

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