"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.
Scott Galloway on finding your passion.!
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"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
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.
BaronOfHair
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Torches one's credibility irreparably, ESPECIALLY when he then tries to masquerade as an authority on masculinity/making modern men "better" than what we inherently are
Billionaires often come from wealthy families and have connections and resources to draw from without worry about the consequences of taking on any kind of risk.
Being good at something isn't a driver enough for most people and there's no guarantee that the market even cares about what you're good at. Everybody can maxx any one of their generic skillsets, but there's no guarantee that there's a success story awaiting you. Lots of highly skilled carpenters or mechanics good at what they do working 9 to 5 jobs putting in tens of thousands of hours without any guarantee they're going to be wealthy, or the sort that become famous TV celebrities.
He makes it sound so easy for the average joe, but often these types of men simply shekeled their way to success. His attitude seems to be: make money and you'll be passionate about making money. Fair enough, but your average joe often doesn't begin adulthood with the requisite aquiline nose, vulpine lips, and hypersalivation.
Scott Galloway seems to have accepted being bald and cucked. He'll take a passionless life if it means he has money (I assume he is wealthy) and can pretend he's a man of 'high value' in a gynocentric world populated by 'low value' men.
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
People need reasons for living and striving for something greater than themselves. Lack of such purpose is one of the root effects of increased social media use and modern life as a whole. Disagree with his arguments for the most part.
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.