Inner game


The coin of self-development part 2

Back in the days of yore, that is, before women won the “right” to be admitted to what used to be exclusively male clubs and venues, men could talk freely and frankly about personal matters such as relationships with women.
Now, men are isolated from each other, and subject to possibly severe penalties [...]

Pickup, power

The notion that “pickup” gives a man “power over women” is laughable.
The power of pickup is the power a man develops within himself.

Metaframe

What I am going to try to explain is at once really simple, and really hard. It’s along the lines of getting yourself un-betaized. It can happen in an instant. It’s completely internal, and it will invert any congruency issues you have. That is, your inner game becomes more solid than your outer game.
Before [...]

Fake it til ya make it

As I write this, there is a debate of sorts raging back and forth in the pickup and men’s self-development community: should a man “fake-it-til-you-make-it,” or just should he “just be yourself, authentically.” My answer, do both.
Here’s the deal: fake-it-til-you-make-it works. And it doesn’t work. It worked for me, both with my interactions [...]