"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.

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The High Quality Women Are Lower Than You Think

Kailex

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I think defining "high quality" woman is entirely subjective. The problem is that for most men these days "high quality" women ARE yesterday's "average" woman or even "low" at fault of the man.

I hate to say it that way, but the amount of bullshyte that men are willing to withstand just to be in a relationship is absolutely mind-boggling. And the older I get and the more I see, the more I realize that this wasn't the world I "grew up in" as far as dating is concerned.

If the complaint is that today's high quality woman is really a mirage, then part of the blame needs to be on the men who have elevated such women to that status. There is no pedestal if there's no one doing the worshipping.

Unfortunately, as long as there are men desperate to grasp at the straws that is the tier above bottom feeders, then there will always be this imbalance. Sometimes when a "man" will come to me asking for advice, its usually on the dating basics, and when the answer becomes "raise your standards" and "build your own world and experiences", I'm usually met with a dumbfounded look. I'm patient though, because I was once like this.

So what can we do as men if we are part of the problem? Become high quality men. And this has nothing to do with money or success. This is just achieved with life experience and learning what to accept and not accept coming from other human beings. The higher quality you are, the better quality you will attract.
 

"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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sodbuster

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Last trip to Manilla was about 2600, room in a decent hotel 130/night, food, maybe 80 a day for both of us. Medical exam is 400..... Ymmv, but there were the basic costs. Of course, tours and stuff all add extra to the price
 

zekko

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So what can we do as men if we are part of the problem? Become high quality men. And this has nothing to do with money or success. This is just achieved with life experience and learning what to accept and not accept coming from other human beings. The higher quality you are, the better quality you will attract.
And hopefully, the higher quality you will inspire. I've always said that men have to lead. If we do not exemplify high quality, the women are certainly not going to do it on their own.
 

glass half full

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The ideal situation (not likely) would be to catch your next approach when she's breaking up with her ex, so you can know the real package before you ask her out.

Hire a Private Detective? hehe that's probably considered stalking but it makes sense to me.
 

Desdinova

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The ideal situation (not likely) would be to catch your next approach when she's breaking up with her ex, so you can know the real package before you ask her out.
I think the easier way to figure that one out is to date them before they have too many ex-bfs under their belt. They won't be spoiled nor jaded if you get 'em young. The way I see it, a "high quality" woman shouldn't be riddled with exes.
 

"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.

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