"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
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.
The Fountainhead
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"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
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.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
So what is the concept?LAWYER said:
"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.
Cesare Cardinali
Master Don Juan
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I don't know how they could make an Atlas Movie though. The book is just so deep that any movie will not be able to capture it. Maybe a mini series or trilogie, but one movie! No way.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
Sacred? How?LAWYER said:
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
Exactly. Add to that the fact that he spent a good part of his time basically making Keating look good, actually better than himself. Not something that I would do. Dominique is actually a more powerful character than Roark IMO.Drumstick said:
What do you mean how!..you read the book!Francisco d'Anconia said:
Roark is just doing what ever he wants...I do the same things he does...I never kiss anyones ass ever! His not being a prick...maybe to people who wants to use him and put him down but not to people with self respect.
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
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.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
He willingly lets someone else take the credit for his work, someone inferior. And you choose to pattern yourself after such a person?LAWYER said:
You clearly don't get it do you!Francisco d'Anconia said:
People only live up to 80 years or so...Roark doesn't care about money or fame...it wouldn't matter after your dead. All he cares about is what he can accomplish and he will do it even if someone else gets the credit for it.
I'm not choosing to pattern him. We just happen to be the same.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
It's hard for me to believe that there is much satisfaction with allowing someone else to bring your dreams to fruition. HE had the talent, HE had the intellect yet he give it away to another who doesn't even bring it to fruition in his name. Yes, it was his idea to do with as he pleased but do you believe that he was truly satisfied watching a poser create his visions rather than himself?Shyyhs said:
"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.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
Accomplishment at the hands of others rather than through his own. You actually believe that he would prefer having someone else implement his vision rather than himself? Ever really think about why people didn't want him to do it himself and he needed Peter's help to get it done because without him, it wouldn't have a chance of being built at all?LAWYER said:
The whole book was written in a way for all the characters to need Roark.
Peter's the one who needed Roark. Roark design it on a condition to be built exactly the way he wants it. Without Roark Peter couldn't do it. Without Roark the girl I for get her name would be miserable for the rest of her life.