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.
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.
Great '70s Bubble Gum Rock song: Tra-La-La
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
Monk mode can also make you lonely and depressed
When I was monk mode for a straight year up until this summer, I balanced that by hanging with friends, family, and social events in my community.
Mate, when Cyberpunk 2077 comes out 2 or so years from now, I think everyone is going to be into it
I honestly think that if it's developed to the standard that the designers are hinting at, it's going to be the most revolutionary game in 15-20 years.See, the girls here are clearly good at doing various things in Overwatch and so I don't see a problem with people paying for their help. It's like if you're playing Counter-Strike and you pay a pro CS player to teach you how to aim better for 2 hours.When I think I've seen it all, I haven't! W T F ?
https://kotaku.com/i-paid-women-to-play-overwatch-with-me-and-it-was-fant-1795144088
my opinion:
It depends how you approach it. I did it for two years with the specific purpose of fixing my depression and anxiety and came out the other side a new man. The onus is on you to be productive and grow, otherwise you're not going "monk mode", you're just isolating yourself. I was a little rusty with women at the end but I had a much better attitude towards life and so overall it was still an improvement.