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.
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.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Agreed.Jariel said:That was so creepy and obnoxious. She was very average looking so I'm sure she was flattered by the attention. Plus I see no proof that they went on a date.
I imagine most women would get irritated by him very quickly if this is how he behaves, especially if he keeps imposing himself the way he did on that phone call. He's like a snakeoil salesman and a lot of girls will give up their number just to get him off their case, but I expect majority of them will flake as soon as they have time to think.
Scars said:I admire his fearlessness to approach, but that's about it. I don't think he's a PUA god by any means, he's simply gotten over approach anxiety. This guy needs to get into sales.
-Scars
First off, she looks like she can't wait to get away from him.Scars said:She started giving him warmer vibes towards the end, but I'm sure once she walked away and had time to process what just happened she probably spent the rest of that phone call telling her mother how much a creep he was. I admire his fearlessness to approach, but that's about it. I don't think he's a PUA god by any means, he's simply gotten over approach anxiety. This guy needs to get into sales.
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.
One can not make all girls like him, but one can approach all the girls he likes.zekko said:First off, she looks like she can't wait to get away from him.
Secondly, notice there's that moment when she looks directly into the camera. She knows she's being filmed. I'm not sure what that means.
Third, the title of that YouTube page is so fanboy juvenile:
PAULIE JANKA TEARING THAT **** UP!!!! NUMBER CLOSE!!! KING OF PUA!!
Umm, okay.
Instead of criticizing him you should look at yourself and see if you can act the way you really want to act without the fear of getting the girls irritated.Jariel said:That was so creepy and obnoxious. She was very average looking so I'm sure she was flattered by the attention. Plus I see no proof that they went on a date.
I imagine most women would get irritated by him very quickly if this is how he behaves, especially if he keeps imposing himself the way he did on that phone call. He's like a snakeoil salesman and a lot of girls will give up their number just to get him off their case, but I expect majority of them will flake as soon as they have time to think.
Hmm, he's asking directions.evansblue said:
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.
But what's the point in doing that if he doesn't get laid or even a date? If I just want to fill my phone with numbers I could use a phone directory.evansblue said:Whether he slept with these two women is irrelevant. He can go up to any girl, remain calm and run smooth game. So while he might not nab every one (nobody does), he still reels in plenty through his approaches.
That's exactly what I have been doing for some time now, but my obnoxious behaviour and trying too hard is exactly what's been driving girls away and is something I've been trying to change.n00bPimp said:Instead of criticizing him you should look at yourself and see if you can act the way you really want to act without the fear of getting the girls irritated.
I couldn't help but notice the way he holds his arms. I used to hold my arms just like that when I was having an oral exam back in high school.evansblue said:
Haha!zekko said:Hmm, he's asking directions.
Maybe Paul Janka is really ALPHAROMEO.
I can't help but like you ALPHAROMEO, even though I think most of your advice is nonsense.ALPHAROMEO said:as regards asking for directions JANKA acknowledged he got the idea from me !! sort of flattering
Maybe you should get a hold of him and tell him he's infringing on your copyright.ALPHAROMEO said:JANKA acknowledged he got the idea from me !! sort of flattering
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.