"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.
Neil Strauss's THE GAME and RULES OF THE GAME
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"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
SandHawk
Master Don Juan
Nay, most of his books are built around an inferior set of routines and materials that is based on nothing. Read the DJ Bible and work on yourself. If you lack friends and are considered socially awkward(not saying that you are), it's better to work on those feats instead of learning yourself a bunch of routines that will eventually come back and bite you in the ass.
DJ Bible and the Book of Pook are all you need. And practice, a lot of practice.
DJ Bible and the Book of Pook are all you need. And practice, a lot of practice.
Absolutely yes..
Great reads. His writing is impeccible. Everything from the word choice to the way the stories are laid out are incredible.
The game is a story - Rules of the Game is a handbook/guide. I would suggest the former over the latter; Rules of the Game is more for people that are really slow/dumb with women and need serious advice on how to get things rolling. But The Game is a must-read.... It walks you through Neil's life and his journey to becoming a man basically.
Great reads. His writing is impeccible. Everything from the word choice to the way the stories are laid out are incredible.
The game is a story - Rules of the Game is a handbook/guide. I would suggest the former over the latter; Rules of the Game is more for people that are really slow/dumb with women and need serious advice on how to get things rolling. But The Game is a must-read.... It walks you through Neil's life and his journey to becoming a man basically.
Agree about the DJ Bible. But I've found that books that give me examples, which I can then personalize, are just as helpful.SandHawk said:Nay, most of his books are built around an inferior set of routines and materials that is based on nothing. Read the DJ Bible and work on yourself. If you lack friends and are considered socially awkward(not saying that you are), it's better to work on those feats instead of learning yourself a bunch of routines that will eventually come back and bite you in the ass.
DJ Bible and the Book of Pook are all you need. And practice, a lot of practice.
The DJ Bible is like the Macro version, these are the overarching concepts, the routines type stuff is the micro, what to do in specific situations, and it gives a guy that isn't terribly creative a little bit of a base to work off of, and by extension a little bit of extra confidence.
I'm not a fan of following routines, but everyone needs some go to stuff in case they are stuck.
Just my personal experience, though.
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
Badmannaz
Master Don Juan
i've got the book....its pretty good exposes all the other pua's lol
EvilAgenda
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"The Game" - entertaining read, more for fun than to learn anything.
"Rules" - never read it.
"Rules" - never read it.
"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.