You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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.
Interesting you said this because I was just thinking about it today. I see this as the difference between Intelligence and Smarts. An intelligent person can think but a smart person can direct their thoughts to a result.Originally posted by The_Shezzler
But the power that it takes to control the correct channel of thoughts to the desired result - takes a lot more than a flick of a switch.
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.
No Offense Visceral, but that is a tall order he would have to costum design an answer for each and everyone who wanted him to show how to implemente his info.Originally posted by Visceral
What you've written here is all true; I can feel it.
Unfortunately, it's not terribly helpful. It's a destination without a path, a set of conclusions that, in spite of how correct they may be, give no clue as to how they may be implemented.
Show us the steps we must take to overcome ourselves and become the man you describe.
My thoughts exactly, also.Originally posted by Ted,JustAdmitIt
The_Shezzler
You do bring a lot of energy to these forums and there's no doubt that people are motivated by your more straight to the point posts.....however.....I agree with mrRuckus on this one.
Any time I've read one of these 'Pookish' posts from you I'm left regretting the time I spent trying to make sense out of it.
And no,I'm not stupid![]()
It just meanders along with no real direction or content and at the end I'm left with a feeling of complete confusion as to WTF you're trying to say.....I THINK I can grasp what you're getting at but it's been said many times before and in far more eloquent ways.
Not trying to bash you mate,it's just these types of posts are totally incongruent with the rest of your contributions to this place.....'TryHard' springs to mind![]()
I also think it's strange how G-Man UK is always the first to reply to these posts and profess his admiration of your 'wisdom'![]()
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.