"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.
I’m starting to develop cravings for good books, know any?
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"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.
nonchalant
Senior Don Juan
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
A-Unit
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
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"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.
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'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.
TheVirtualMind
Master Don Juan
- 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.
Chosen1
Master Don Juan
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
penkitten
Master Don Juan
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.
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
comic_relief
Master Don Juan
Damnit, Ricky and killapetehog, you beat me to the books that I wanted to talk about. Oh well...Ricky said:
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
comic_relief
DrMetallica
Master Don Juan
Life of Pi
Candide
Endurance
Long reads:
The Count of Monte Cristo
Don Quixote
The Gulag Archipelago
WhitePimp
Master Don Juan
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.
Yotsuya-san
Senior Don Juan
Old Mr. Boston's Bartender's guide.
"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.