"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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I have a big f*cking head....and I love it!

dbot

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Okay, so my head isn't that big, but it's one of the few things about my appearance that's ever made me feel insecure. Part of becoming socially successful, with women and in general, was becoming completely comfortable with myself and appreciative of who I am.

It's not rejection that humans fear, but the damaging of our egos. We all secretly know the one blow that will absolutely destroy our self-esteem, and no matter how slim the chances are of ever receiving it, the mere thought of such a drastic event is what inevitably leads to our hesitation.

Time to get real.

I am not perfect, and neither are you. You are either short or fat or bald or skinny or stupid or any combination of the five. Either your nose is big, your teeth are fucked, your chin is long, your eyebrows are bushy, your forehead is wrinkly, your ears are tiny, or your voice is annoying. Your personality has its faults as well. You're obnoxious or arrogant or self-centered or bossy or judgemental or pessimistic or naive. You make up stories, you kill jokes, you can't take your own advice, and you think you have all the answers.

Become Fearless

What do you dislike most about yourself? What is the single most damaging thing a stranger can say to you? Figure it out, and say it to yourself. Say it LOUDLY. Embrace your flaws, because they are the only things that make you who you are, and you damn well better love yourself if you're ever going to be happy.

I'm broke...AND I LOVE IT!
I drive a shitty car...AND I LOVE IT!
I wear glasses...AND I LOVE IT!
I'm terribly impatient...AND I LOVE IT!
I have a big fucking head...AND I LOVE IT!

This is the secret to my success. There is absolutely nothing anyone can say to me that can possibly shake my confidence. I'm always on top of my game; always in the zone. I'm unstoppable. I'm me...AND I LOVE IT!


-dbot
 

"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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This is way too negative.

Saying to yourself what you hate about yourself will not help you get confidence or anything else. What you are saying is in the right place, the execution is not effective.

Your flaws are not who you are.

Your flaws are not flaws. What you percieve are flaws is what makes up your individual personality.
 

"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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I'm not being negative in the least. I'm saying to embrace what makes you unique. Your flaws are who you are. If everyone was "perfect" then everyone would be the same. How boring is that? You are right though. Your flaws are only flaws as long as you perceive them in a negative sense.

That's the point of this post. Stop trying to hide what makes you different. Once you accept yourself you'll be light years ahead of everyone else, because you'll be free to do anything.
 

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If someone asks you "what are you doing tonight?" and youre doing nothing, its really cool to say "nothing much just chilling at my place to unwind doing things i enjoy"
ive heard people say "im such a geek, i really prefer playing music and fooling around with my hobbies rather than partying some nights" and it just reeks of self confidence. dont try to be "super-party-social-chickmagnet-perfect dude" is thats not what you are.
 

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i love it that i'm awkward.
i love it that i'm hard to read.
 

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nerds will always be nerds, what can I say

big head? lol?
focus on something more important, like a career , how to pay rent, how to support yourself indefintely without being a slave to someone and answering "yes sir" all day just to put food on the table.
 

"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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