"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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Keep a mistake log!

shiningshadow

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We all make mistakes. What better way to see what wrong you did than writing it down, then reviewing it every once in a while to make sure you never make that mistake again? This doesn't have to apply to just girls, it goes for everything in life too. You don't need to write down your mistakes, I keep my mistake log in a notepad file. Here are some example entries.


03/03/06 - I didn't study for that science test! I know I did fukkin terrible, I need to study next time.

03/04/06 - Telling a HB she needs to shave might not be the best neg.
 

"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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Francisco d'Anconia

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Just out of curiosity, why shouldn't someone keep a log of successes? I mean wouldn't it be easier to review? Wouldn't it be more inspirational? Wouldn't it prompt you to continue doing what work and enhancing them rather than reliving things that didn't?

Just curious....
 

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Well, the whole purpose of the mistake log is to learn from it. Make sure you don't do the same things again next time. I'm sure a success log could be motivating, it's just that some people don't really learn all that they can from their mistakes, and the mistake log can help with that.
 

Bourne

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I believe in doing both.

Mistakes and then writing how you can fix them.
Then success log.

Because if you just write mistakes, aren't you reinforcing them in your mind?
 

"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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