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When I first learned about pick-up artists and the “seduction community” back in 1999, I can remember the thoughts that went through my head.

“Is it really possible to meet beautiful women and just… pick them up? Is this real or is it a marketing scheme? If it works, will it work for me?”

And so I explored. I read. I visited websites and read more. I visited forums and read more still. I watched videos, listened to audio and practiced NLP self-improvement techniques.

But I didn’t do one thing… one very important thing, which was to TAKE ACTION IN THE REAL WORLD.

That’s one of the reasons why I harp on that point so much here. I wasted so much time “studying” when in reality, you can’t START with studying… studying only really helps after you’ve put in some real time and effort into doing your best in the real world then consulting the materials available. Reading won’t give you game. Taking action and practicing in real life will…

I hate to say it, but I spent years studying when I could have been actually learning.

Finally, I started to take action. Yeah, I was nervous and really awkward at first, but I learned to get better and smoother with it. Soon enough, I had a serious girlfriend and I retreated into the safety, warmth and comfort of a relationship. It wasn’t exactly what I wanted, but it was comfortable. And despite all of my self-cheering, I didn’t truly believe at that time that I could do better. Sure, I told myself that I was the hottest guy on the planet and I could have any girl I wanted, but truthfully, I didn’t really believe it. I didn’t want to lose what I had and be alone again.

So I ended up staying in a relationship way too long… longer than I should have for that particular one. I eventually broke it off and took some more action, got more results, got a little more confident. But then some dating failure would knock me on my ass and I would either a) fall into a [Click to Continue Reading…]

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When Style’s/Neil Strauss’s The Game came onto the shelves, learning technique to pick up women reached a new peak. Prior to that point, there was a good 15 years where men swapped ideas, stories and techniques within the privacy of internet forums (even before the internet was “the internet”).

What motivates guys to get into this? How did this material come about?

I think, at the root of it, guys get denied in some way, shape, or form. Maybe women tell them that they only want to be friends, then start dating some “jerk”. Maybe women think the guy is weird/awkward. Maybe women just don’t notice the guy at all. Some guys get sad, some get bitter, some get angry and some get scared.

There comes a point where they are so uncomfortable [Click to Continue Reading…]

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