She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after 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.
One of them is not like the others....
Here, Here... Was a time when both Booker T Washington and WEB Dubois spear headed such initiatives. From the late 60s-forward no one aside from perhaps The Nation Of Islam has been doing this sort of highly necessary work
Exactly. The dude in the front right is not wearing a tie...
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
There is nothing wrong with "helping" other people's kids (male or female). That's not to be confused with raising another man's offspring instead of having your own kids. The latter is beta as fvck.
just a step farther. running an orphanage is ok. but taking one of them home is not? i get it. just looking as where is the line.
Hi Bokanovsky,