"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

Read more...

Influential Books

ALPHAROMEO

Banned
Joined
May 13, 2009
Messages
655
Reaction score
6
Location
france
All the books by ALBERT ELLIS ! How ELLIS beat AA By giving himself one minute to talk to any woman in the BRONX BOTANICAL GARDENS

any book by FRED SKINNER and DAVID PRIMACK

INFLUENCE by CIALDINI



the books that most influenced me have been written by sociopsychologists
 

"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.

Read more...

aman

Don Juan
Joined
Jun 1, 2009
Messages
11
Reaction score
1
Pooks postings
Anti-Dumps posting (these are gold)

Fire in the Belly
Power of the Now
The body language bible
The Way of the Superior Man
 

ready123

Master Don Juan
Joined
Nov 16, 2007
Messages
1,259
Reaction score
35
Location
Los Angeles
Reading a book called Influencer right now. While Cialdini's book is a rundown of influence tactics used in sales, this one has some pretty unique principles that can be used to solve self-improvement problems as well as social and organizational problems. It also says, the number one skill that determines whether or not a person will be successful in life, is his ability to delay gratification. Interesting

Covey's 7 Habits - I read this book when I'm in high school, reading it again now. Some classic principles here - up to you to determine how to implement though

I read a lot of sociopsychology and self-help books. The biggest problem is that in 95% of them, the ridiculously optimistic feel-good writing masks the fact the principles are either impractical, out of context, or flat out wrong
 
Top