Rhoto
Master Don Juan
Needs to be STICKIED.
"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.
The Warrior's Scroll
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"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
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.
Maxtro
Master Don Juan
An amazing thread. Interceptor is to this generation as Pook was to the last.
This is a time of much self-reflection for myself. My only fear is that I will over-analyze myself into inaction.
This is a time of much self-reflection for myself. My only fear is that I will over-analyze myself into inaction.
jeffthechef
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hehe bushido..samurai contrived their code with the help of buddhism...which was a course i took in high school that helped me a lot with becoming a dj...so if anyone liked this thread...read up on buddhist philosophy..once you consider that way of thinking about the self and society..you'll feel enlightened...western philosophy was making me such an AFC
Rhoto
Master Don Juan
Bump.
LovelyLady
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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.
Victory Unlimited
Master Don Juan
Not sure where the Spiritual Intelligence Officer/Tactical Officer "Interceptor" is these days...but one thing I know for sure:
The POWER of positivity in his posts LIVE ON.
RESPECT.
VU
The POWER of positivity in his posts LIVE ON.
RESPECT.
VU
Rhoto
Master Don Juan
Bump.
Guys, i currently live in Taiwan and study Longfist Kungfu....and this sums up almost everything taught to us besides a lot of seemingly abstract internal energy stuff like Qigong and technical stuff related to Kungfu of course....it's all about obtaining true peace and harmony inside and out and becoming completely balanced as a person physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually..
if you really want to live these codes, you can, but taking up an eastern martial art is the best way by far to change yourself.....for instance one of the codes mentions making your tantian your home...it is the center of not only your pyhsical body but your energetic body...half of our training is keeping the mind focused on this area at all times and connecting it to all of our actions and especially breathing into it. The benefits of this are many...a deep balancing not only physically, but also emotionally and mentally. The east is way ahead of the west on stuff like this and has been for thousands of years. Once you get deep into this stuff, you are a changed person both inside and out. Not to mention, the movements of Longfist are artistic beautiful....i'm sure the same can be said of Japanese swordsmanship.
if you really want to live these codes, you can, but taking up an eastern martial art is the best way by far to change yourself.....for instance one of the codes mentions making your tantian your home...it is the center of not only your pyhsical body but your energetic body...half of our training is keeping the mind focused on this area at all times and connecting it to all of our actions and especially breathing into it. The benefits of this are many...a deep balancing not only physically, but also emotionally and mentally. The east is way ahead of the west on stuff like this and has been for thousands of years. Once you get deep into this stuff, you are a changed person both inside and out. Not to mention, the movements of Longfist are artistic beautiful....i'm sure the same can be said of Japanese swordsmanship.
Interceptor
Master Don Juan
Martial Art will definitely help you integrate these concepts.
Remember that all information, thats on the OUTside, is merely DATA.
Only when it becomes INTERNALIZED does it become part of WHO we ARE.
When it comes from your HEART. Then you KNOW it. Otherwise its just facts, data, and numbers. You have no relation to it. You have no reference to it.
Remember that all information, thats on the OUTside, is merely DATA.
Only when it becomes INTERNALIZED does it become part of WHO we ARE.
When it comes from your HEART. Then you KNOW it. Otherwise its just facts, data, and numbers. You have no relation to it. You have no reference to it.
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
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.