Strategies That Will Ensure Your Failures

Men today spend a lot of time, energy, and money in an attempt to be able to date beautiful women.  As a result it is very common for men to be in a constant search for that silver bullet or that one BEST STRATEGY that will unlock the mysteries of dating women.  We have said time and time again that there is no such thing.

With over a decade of coaching men through this nice guy epidemic, I have found that most men deploy 1 of 3 strategies that will all but ensure their continued struggles with women.  Before we get into the strategies, I would like to first offer some definitions:

Mindset

• Understanding women's attraction processes and psychology
• Removing the "nice guy" brain washing
• Removing your shame in what you want as a man
• Removing your limiting beliefs about yourself
• Overcoming your irrational fears and anxieties about women
• Developing true self worth and self esteem

Approach

• Good body language when talking to women
• Good facial expression when talking to women
• Good tonality when talking to women
• Having interesting, challenging, and entertaining topics of conversations
• Knowing how to talk to a group of women (2 or more)
• Good social awareness on saying the right thing at the right time (calibration)
• Knowing when to physically escalate
• Knowing how to have a normal conversation
• Being genuinely interested in what a woman is sharing with you during a conversation

  Lifestyle

• Dressing well
• Being physically fit
• Having interesting hobbies
• Getting a good education
• Having a good career
• Having financial security
• Having good friends
• Knowledgeable about fun places to go in his city/town
• Well traveled or interested in traveling
• Well read

3 Common Strategies
Men are most likely going to deploy 1 of the 3 strategies below.  Each strategy will offer a different type of negative result(s).

A man deploying a "Mindset Centric" strategy will display the following factors:

1. Analysis Paralysis.  He will read a ton of books on dating and self improvement, post on a bunch of forums and participate in lengthy discussions, but he will very rarely approach women. 

2. He will know a ton of principles and theories on what he is SUPPOSED to do but he will not know how to EXECUTE on any of them because he lacks actual EXPERIENCE.

3. He will have done very little to improve any facets of his lifestyle.

4. He will go around asking dating coaches, "Do you think this is true?" about concepts or strategies that he learned or heard from other dating coaches.  He wants to get a 100% consensus before he takes any action.  Most of the time he is trying to find loopholes to not believe something because it's either too difficult or goes against his "nice guy" beliefs.

5. Often times even though he learns a lot about attraction principles, he will still not do the most important mental work of all, which is his own self worth as a man. 

Results: This man will end up confused with the enormous amount of seemingly conflicting information in his head.  He will make himself even more anxious in actually talking to women.  Often times the man ends up just as alone as before he started reading about women and dating.

A man deploying an "Approach Centric" strategy will display the following factors:

1. He will talk to many women but will experience mostly rejections.  Women will often say to him, "I have a boyfriend" or smile and say, "Thank you" and leave.

2. He may get phone numbers but the women will be non-responsive to texts and calls.  He will rarely get them out on a date or be able to generate any romantic or sexual interest.

3. He will experience a lot of flaking even when women agree to a date.

4. He is only focused on dating being a "numbers game" with no understanding of how women's attraction processes really work.  Even if he has read a few books, he has not absorbed any of the principles about female psychology.

5. He has not done any work on his own insecurities, limiting beliefs, or fears.  As a result, his vibe repels most women in all of his approaches.

6. He may spend hours at a public venue only to approach 2 women.

7. He will usually lack sexual vibe in his interactions with women.

8. Often times, even though he is heavily focused on approaching, he has not really developed good body language and a polished routine to be able to generate even minimal attraction.

Results: This man will end up very frustrated because he feels that he has to approach hundreds of women to get one date.  It takes a huge toll on his pride and self worth.  Eventually this inefficiency will lead him to either give up or simply take what comes along.

A man deploying a "Lifestyle Centric" strategy will display the following factors:

1) He will expect that having education, money, and being fit should mean that women automatically should just have sex with him.

2) He will be very frustrated that men who he deems less of a "catch" than he is are able to date women that he cannot.

3) He will have interesting hobbies, but he will still not be able to date the type of women he really wants.

4) He will usually have no problems getting phone numbers and going on the first couple of dates, but will struggle when it comes to sex and having a girlfriend.

5) He will have very little understanding of what women emotionally need to feel sexual and romantic attraction for a man. 

6) He will not know how to talk to women in such a way where she will be intriqued by him.  He believes that he should just be able to show up and women should be approaching him.

7) He will feel that his only value is monetary.

8) People in his life will say things such as, "He has a good job, decent looking, and seems like such a nice guy, I wonder why he never has a girlfriend?"

9) Often times even though he is focused on having a good lifestyle, he will spend a lot of time being very lathargic in most areas of his life.  He leans more talking about what he is "going to do" rather than what he has done.

Results: This man will end up with a heavy entitlement complex and will come across very bitter and resentful at women for not wanting him.


Men who do not approach their issues with women from a holistic standpoint will end up:

1) Angry with women.
2) Feeling horrible about themselves.
3) Taking any attractive woman that comes along, which will usually lead to a relationship based on Desperation.

Obviously the most healthy and effective method would be a strategy that balances all 3 areas equally. In the beginning this is a lot of work. Most men are lazy and don't want to put in the time. However, the irony is that if you put in the work up front, eventually each of the 3 areas will feed the other and the whole process actually becomes easier.

Read the following, "Solutions", to implement some suggested tasks that will help you get out of the hampster wheel you're currently running in.

Hardships

"There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering."
~ Theodore Roosevelt


When you guys start off on this journey to "get more women", many of you probably find out that it isn't really about that. Many of you quickly discovered that your life in general probably needs a pretty big overhaul.

You also quickly discovered how difficult this overhaul can be. If you haven't had a lot of experience in dating, you're probably shocked as to how difficult even getting a simple date can be.

Fail safe routines, secret female attraction triggers, easy to implement attraction gambits, and turning your sex life around in 30 days....well....those shortcuts start to sound pretty good.  "Just tell me what to say to make her like me. Just tell me what to do to get sex".  Men ask me that all the time such as this post here.

There is an old Asian parable that goes something like this:

There are Lotus flowers that grow around an area with volcanoes. Typically Lotus are very sensitive plants and can only grow during certain times of the year. When the conditions aren't perfect they die off quickly.

However, throughout the years people have noticed that the Lotus that grew near the heat of the volcanoes and survived were able to weather harsh conditions. So as the Lotus that weren't near the volcanoes died off quickly as the seasons changed, the ones near the volcanoes survived and actually were more brilliant in color.

The Lotus flowers that figured out a way to grow under the heat of the volcanoes thrived even in poor conditions during other times of the year.

The single biggest problem with the way boys are raised today is mental and emotional weakness. Parents are friends instead of life coaches and guides. Single mothers have become the norm. Fathers are either a bad example or non existent.

We have encouraged a society of ultra sensitive people who are offended by every single little thing. We have encouraged entitlement instead of hard work. Words such as strength, will power, fortitude, values, morals, ethics, and integrity have no meaning.

So now these boys grow up to be adults, but not men. They expect immediate gratification and are completely incapable of handling rejections of any kind. Like those sensitive Lotus flowers, once the conditions aren't absolutely perfect, they simply wither away. Fear, not courage, have become the driving force behind men today.

The difficulties you are facing right now is something that you should have gone through growing up. Hard times are meant to toughen you up so you can weather life's hard conditions. We don't prepare boys to be men anymore. Difficulties with women is just a symptom of a much larger problem.

So yes...the next few years for you is going to be tough. It will be ugly, frustrating, and you're going to feel that you're taking 3 steps forward and 2 steps back...sometimes 4 steps back. But I promise you that if you never stop pushing, never stop learning, and never stop getting up and fighting, you'll get there. It's impossible not to.

These hardships...doing the difficult thing instead of taking the easy shortcuts...will give you an aura that makes women say, "There is just something about him...." Weak men never give off that vibe. That vibe can't be taught, you can't get it from a book, a forum or a blog, a bootcamp, or a DVD. You have to earn it. There are no shortcuts.
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This video is a commencement speech given by Admiral William H McHaven, commander of the US Special Operations and former Navy Seal.  This 20 minute video is worth every second of your time and is better than anything I could ever write.

Do yourself a huge favor and listen carefully:

Using A Unique Skill To Pick Up Women

For the purpose of this post I'll use magic as the "unique skill".  However, you can replace magic with singing or composing a song, writing poetry, painting, drawing or anything of that nature.

As a magician, one of the most common questions men ask me is, "Can you teach me a trick that will help me pick up women?" On message board forums one of the most frequently asked questions by teenage boys is, "What is the best trick to ask a girl out to prom/dance/date?"

I'll start by answering both questions, I'll explain why, and then help you understand what you need to do so that you don't have to ask those questions anymore.


The Answers

"Can you teach me a trick that will help me pick up women?" 

I would if there was one that existed.  There is not a single magic trick that will make women feel attraction for you.  You may garner some interest but it won't be sexual or romantic attraction.  Once the trick is over, she'll walk away.

"What is the best trick to ask a girl out to prom/dance/date?"

None.  There isn't a magic trick will make a girl want to say "Yes" to a prom, a dance, or want to date you.  In other words, if she will not say "Yes" without a magic trick, even if you performed a really good illusion for her, she still won't change her answer.


Explanation

The reason why a magic trick or doing something romantic won't make a girl feel any sexual attraction towards you is because you're approaching it from a mindset of Fear.  When a woman feels attraction for you then doing things like a magic trick will be appreciated and valued.  However, the biggest mistake men make is they try to do romantic or cool things in order to evoke attraction and that never works.  It'll only make you look desperate. 

Attraction for women is based on your social value as a man.  The core values are:

1) If other women are attracted to you.  Are you popular with other women in your social circle or the venue you're in?  If you're not then women will not want you.  Have you ever notice that men who have women already can always can get attractive women easier?

2) If you have no fear of them.  Are you overly concern about what women think of you? Are you displaying needy behaviors?  If you reek of fear then no matter how romantic or creative you are she'll still not feel any attraction for you.

3) Are you comfortable in your own skin and in any social situation?  Here is the acid test: If you were at a social gathering and you couldn't do a magic trick, would you still be to interact with women and men in such a way that will make them want to hang out with you?

If you have the above "popularity" then not only will you NOT have to do a magic trick to ask a girl out to the prom, she'll be hoping you'll ask.  That's true attraction.  Same thing with women in any venue outside of a school setting; if you have the above social value then a woman will easily want you to come up and start a conversation with her, without having to resort to magic tricks.


Don't ask a woman if this is a good idea

If you ask a woman advice on this topic you will almost always get the wrong advice.  When a woman tells you that doing something such as a romantic magic trick, telling her how you feel, or giving her flowers is a good idea, she is imaging it coming from a man she is already attracted to mentally, physically, and emotional.  If you follow her advice and try to use those same things to try and generate attraction you'll find that it will completely backfire and make the woman actually retreat from you.

For this and many other reasons, this is why you should Never listen to what a woman SAYS she is attracted to, but instead WATCH what she is attracted to.


Your real problem and how to resolve it

Your real issue here isn't how you can craft the perfect magic performance to get her to say "yes" to the prom.  Your real issue here isn't finding that mind blowing magic trick that will make a girl want to give you her phone number and go out with you.  Your real issue here is that you don't understand how female attraction triggers work.

Fortunately there are several posts on this blog that addresses your core problems.  Read the following 3 posts and start working on yourself as a man so that you're attractive to women in general and you will not need to rely on gimmicks and tricks.  Once you remove the brain washing that pretty and sexy women are superior to you and start behaving like a normal, social, and interesting man, you'll find that those same women will naturally be drawn to you.....and that will be real, not a magic trick.

1. Common Myths All Guys Have
2. Why Women Are Attracted To Assholes
3. Why Nice Guys Really Do Finish Last

Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties

The bachelor and bachelorette party; a rite of passage.  Everyone does it, right?  Like smoking in the 60’s, bell bottoms in the 70’s, mullets in the 80’s, and jeans that hung down to your knees in the 90’s…..if everyone is doing it then it must be the right thing to do.

To celebrate the start of a marriage and life-long commitment by arranging a bachelor/bachelorette party is like going on a drinking binge before going into the 2nd trimester of a pregnancy because hey….this is the last time you’ll be able to drink for awhile.  Makes perfect sense to me.

Here is a story from a man who wrote into a message board asking for advice after his fiancé attended a bachelorette party:

My fiancée had a bachelorette party weekend with a bunch of girlfriends. They went to Florida to hang out on the beach. We have always talked about how we both hate the traditional expectations of these things - strippers, being decorated with plastic penises, dares, etc. I never told her what she should/shouldn't or could/couldn't do this weekend, but we both have always agreed that any kind of intimate contact with the opposite sex is cheating.

Anyway, I found out that her weekend was full of the kinds of games and dares we always said we didn't like. No big deal. But one of the dares was to make out with a guy. She did. They kissed, her sitting on his lap, for about 10 minutes.

I found out because she started telling me how they did have some of the "ritual stuff" but she didn't do anything like kiss someone. I was surprised they did all of the games and stuff because she had told her best friend/maid of honor she didn't want that, but I wasn't upset. She's not a good liar though, and I could tell she wasn't telling me everything. I must stress that she is usually very honest with me. More than anyone I’ve ever known.

Anyway, talking to a friend of hers, the truth inadvertently slipped. I confronted my fiancée who said it did happen and had just been too afraid and ashamed to tell me.

I am hurt, angry and I feel betrayed. I have been cheated on in the past and she knows how important issues of trust are. We are supposed to get married in one month and I am not sure what to do. Part of me wants to call to off. I'd like to say "it was a mistake" and let it go with the understanding this kind of mistake can't happen again. But I feel like my trust has been shattered. Any thoughts on this? 

Raise your hand if you’d like to be in this guy’s situation.  Anyone? Doesn’t that sound like a lovely conundrum to be in?  Of course in actuality this is an easy decision, you call off the wedding faster than she can say, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean for it to happen”.  But that is easier said than done when “she’s never given you any reason to doubt her"....sound familiar?

Notice that he said, “…she is usually very honest with me. More than anyone I’ve ever known”.  They even both agreed as to what is appropriate and what isn’t.  All good intentions?  Most definitely. But “good intentions” are only as worthy as your behaviors that support those good intentions. Otherwise you're exactly the same as those "immoral" people that you so quickly point fingers at and judge.

It would be easy to just chalk this up as her not being ready to be married or that she is just a slut with no morals.  And she may be all those things.  But I don’t think so.  I think more than likely she just got caught up in a haze of alcohol, bad girlfriends, and men giving her attention. She put herself in a position that is designed to attract and lure men so the result should be no surprise to anyone.


Bachelorette Parties

As a guy who has picked up a lot of women at clubs, bars, and lounges, I can tell you unequivocally that the first group of girls I will always hit first are bachelorette parties.  The easiest and fastest pickups I’ve had in my life are from bachelorette parties, whether they were single, in a relationship or married made no difference.  The reason being that women by nature are social creatures and are more prone to group dynamics.  

In other words, even if a woman has the best of intentions, if the group is participating in behaviors involving other men, she will still go along with it at least to some degree. I’ve seen firsthand how women simply “go with the flow” in situations like a bachelorette party.
 
And yes….they always tell me, “I never do this.”


Bachelor Parties

Here is the ugly truth about bachelor parties: Every guy in there is looking to either get laid or get a blow job.   Yes, ladies…even YOUR guy who “isn’t like that”.  If you’re about to get married and you’re alright with your fiancé going to a bachelor party then you’re naïve and foolish.  The ONLY reason a man will come back from a bachelor party without cheating on you is because he couldn’t or didn’t know how to make it happen, but rest assured the desire and intention was there.

When a man walks into a venue full of beautiful, half naked women designed to attract him physically and mentally, he checks his committment, morals, and love for you at the door.  This is 100% true across the board, regardless of whatever reasons you might want to give about how your man "isn't that shallow".

Here is why men attend bachelor parties, depending on their relationship status:

The Groom:  His intention is to have sex and will be looking for an opportunity to present itself.

Married or in a Long Term Relationship:  His intention is to have sex and will be looking for an opportunity to present itself.

Single: His intention is to have sex and will be looking for an opportunity to present itself.

When a man gets into the car driving towards the venue, his intentions are already set and he is now only looking for opportunities that may be presented once he arrives. When a woman arrives at the venue, opportunities will inevitably be presented that may change her previously good intentions that she had in the car.

In either case you end up with the same destructive results for your relationship.


Last Night of Freedom

Besides the obvious pitfalls of the actual night of the parties, the attitude of this “tradition” is a horrible mentality to take prior to getting married.  What you’re saying is, “Once I’m married I can’t have fun anymore.  Once I’m officially committed then my life is going to be boring and mundane.”

If that is how people view marriage it’s no wonder that within the first 5 years both spouses gain weight, stop being considerate, no longer “date” each other, and become complacent. You’ve already put yourself in the mindset that marriage is a prison and that your single life was so much better.

Marriage should be a celebration of love, joy, and hope. The night before your wedding should not be “your last night of freedom”, it should be the evening before your life truly begins.  


Camaraderie

The most common reason (excuse) for having a bachelor/bachelorette party is that this is a time to celebrate with your friends.  I wholeheartedly agree with that; I think that there should be a celebration because this is a momentous event in your life.

But let’s be honest here, there are many different ways you can celebrate with your friends without doing the traditional bachelor/bachelorette activities.  In fact, almost any other way you choose to celebrate would not put your relationship in jeopardy like the way a traditional party would.

Instead of choosing one of the other ways to celebrate, many people decide to involve activites such as clubs, strippers, heavy drinking and dressing provocatively that is meant to put them in a position to hook up with the opposite sex.

There should absolutely be a celebration because this is such a happy moment in a couple’s life. But to arrange a party that is designed to tear apart the very relationship it is celebrating is completely
foolish and asinine.



In no other area of our life do we adopt this backwards attitude.  The night before the 1st day at an important, career-making job you get enough rest and make sure you're sharp. You don't go out and booze it up and get 3 hours of sleep. 

The night before a child moves from the 2nd grade to the 3rd grade, his parents may walk him through some 3rd grade level work so he is best prepared.  They don't give him Kindergarden work because "he will never get to do that type of work again". 

In all aspects of our life, before an important milestone we always try to go into it with the best possible preparation.  We never prepare by regressing.  Yet when it comes to marriage, the single most important decision of our life, we have a tradition that encourages....almost forces us....to regress to behaviors that presents the highest chance of destroying that union before it even begins.

How you begin something often times determine how successful you will be at it.  If you're making a life long committment then honor each other and your relationship.  Follow your integrity and respect for each other instead of blindly following the masses to participate in a corrupt tradition designed to tear apart your bond.


(This article is also posted on Yahoo Voices: http://voices.yahoo.com/bachelor-bachelorette-parties-10977868.html?cat=49)

Fear

"Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion."
~ Michael Jordan

In our last post we discussed how Desperation is the cause for most of men's failures when it comes to women and the bad behaviors they put up with in relationships. This post will discuss the creator of that desperation: Fear.

Fear leads to desperation.

This is one of the most complex topics because fears are learned at such a young age that it is imbedded in every facet of the psyche. It is so ingrained that to unravel it takes a considerable amount of time and success to counter all the years of conditioning.



Fear is the seed of male brain washing.  Fear is the basic driver for why Nice Guys Always Finish Last and why so many men don't know When To Walk Away from bad relationships with toxic women. Each guy who has problems with dating or relationships suffer from some level of fear.  While the symptoms may manifest itself differently depending on the personality of the guy, fear is the foundation of most of the problems men have with women. 
 
One book that I feel is mandatory reading for every guy today is, No More Mr. Nice Guy.  This book goes in-depth about how men today are raised to be subserviant to women.  The author, Robert Glover, goes into how that not only affects their interactions with women but it also prevents them from integrating properly into normal society.  As a result many men walk around in constant fear that they're not good enough.  He has some excellent exercises and strategies on how to reverse this mindset.  I highly recommend this book.
 
From a relationship and dating stand-point, here are some typical fear based thoughts that men have:

1. She is too beautiful and is out of my league.
2. I think that sex is strictly a favor that women do for men.
3. I'm afraid to a kiss a woman because she might be offended.
4. I'm too old.
5. I'm too young.
6. I'm not rich enough, handsome enough, tall enough, funny enough, social enough, "insert characteristic of choice" enough for women to like me.
7. I'm not good enough for women unless I take care of their every need, buy them things, be understanding, patient, compromising, flexible and never argue with them even when my own needs aren't met.
8. I need to always apologize to women whenever they throw a tantrum. 
9. I better not say anything too risky or else I might offend women.
10. I don't want women to think I'm just like every other guy who only wants sex.
11. I don't want to disagree with anything a woman says or does.
12. I care about what women think of me and would be devastated if they don't approve of what I'm doing or saying.

These fears become so ingrained that it becomes a part of your existence.  Your actions or lack thereof stems from these unrealistic fears.  Fears like these may result in men suffering from:

1. Depression
2. Sexual Dysfunction
3. Extremely Negative Outlook
4. Anger and Violence Issues
5. Heavy Drinking or Drugs
6. Trouble Sleeping
7. Deep Seeded Hatred Towards Women

If there is one thing I want you guys to take away from this post is that ALL of your internal fears are completely and utterly FALSE.  None of what you think about how you fit into this world is true.

You are a man. You are born to be the leader in a romantic relationship. You have the right to have beautiful and good women in your life.  You have the right to have expectations and standards.  If you let fear rule your life, you'll just end up taking whoever comes along.  A real man's life is not ruled by anyone.  He doesn't need anyone's approval.  People seek his approval.

Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something or be somebody.  Don't ever let anyone tell you that you are less than someone else or that you're not worthy of a passionate and happy life.  Don't let your irrational fears and perceived weaknesses be an excuse.  There are no excuses.

We all have areas in our life that needs improvement. A key factor in being a strong man is recognizing those areas and doing everything in your power to strengthen those weaknesses. If you aren't happy with an area in your life, then go out and learn how to improve on it and don't stop till you're happy with the results. Anyone can be good at anything if you put in enough effort and willpower. Any weakness can be overcome or lessened with hard work. 

Every fear that have kept you from succeeding with women are false.  100% false.  It is completely up to you how much work you want to put in to overcome those fears and find success.  If you don't want to put in the work and want to take shortcuts then that is something you need to own up to, but don't make excuses and claim that you're "unlucky" or how other guys "have it easier".  Everyone pays their dues, one way or another.

Here is what FEAR really means:

F.alse

E.vidence
A.ppearing
R.eal

You have a lot more control over all aspects of your life than you think.  Whether you are 15 or 50, it is never too soon or too late to strive to be a stronger man.  It is this internal strength, will power, and clarity that all women, from all walks of life, will be innately attracted to.


"Back in high school and college, when I wanted to ask a woman out, I would first spend several weeks thinking about her. I would imagine what it would be like to be with her. My fear, self-limiting beliefs, and lack of skills prevented me from just approaching her and asking her out.

When I finally got up the nerve to approach the woman I had been obsessing about, I would wait until the last minute, walk up to her awkwardly and blurt out something like, "I don't guess you would want to go out with me tonight, would you?" She would usually respond with a look of surprise and say something like, "Oh, I already have plans for tonight." Then I would feel foolish, retreat, and never talk to her again. When I did succeed getting a girlfriend, I would hang on to her forever because I didn't want to repeat the process of having to start dating all over again."

~ Dr. Robert Glover, author of No More Mr. Nice Guy

Desperation

No, she isn't "special".

No, it's not because we don't "understand your special connection".

No, it's not because you feel "it's worth taking the chance".

No, she isn't an "amazing woman".  She is only amazing to YOU because you've had little to no success with other women.


Now that we have that out of the way, let's get to it.....


As with most things in life, not doing the right things (usually that means the difficult things) often leads to negative consequences. In this blog we've discussed how Nice Guys Finish Last and how most men today walk around carrying these Common Myths that have virtually destroyed their dating life.

Most guys are either too stubborn or too lazy….or both….and they refuse to put in the work necessary to change how they think or behave. There are only two possible end results to this path:

1. Either you're always alone or...
2. You end up "getting lucky" and landing that all important girlfriend that becomes the center of your world.

This post will address the latter and the ensuing acts of desperation that follows.

When you have no understanding of how women's attraction triggers work, you'll end up with one of these 4 Types of Women Who Will Date a Nice Guy. She will be the center of your world and your only reason for living because you've had years of little to no success. This creates a vortex of desperation that dominates your entire relationship. The symptoms of this type of relationship are:

• You are in constant fear of saying or doing the wrong things because she may leave you.
• You are ultra-sensitive to her every need; anything she wants, you'll get it or do it for her.
• You are easily hurt by anything she says that remotely shows she doesn't feel about you in the enormous way you feel about her.
• You feel that you are the luckiest man in the world to have her, even though you have had very little experience with other women to compare her to.
• You constantly think about how she feels but she rarely, if ever, takes your feelings into consideration.
• You put up with bad behavior from her such as unreasonable demands, temper tantrums, and using other men to make you jealous. Even though you don't feel this is right, you talk yourself into putting up with it and you end up making excuses for her.

These symptoms are indicative of a man who fears losing the woman because he does not know when the next woman will "give him a shot" again. This is the very core definition of "Desperation". When this happens, regardless of what the woman does, the man will never leave her. In fact, in most cases, the woman ends up leaving and the guy devotes all his time to getting her back…without any success.

The saddest, most pathetic level that a man can reach is when he is in a position where losing her CANNOT be an option. When a man reaches this point in his life, he has lost the very essence of being a man. When a man reaches this low point, everything else in his life will eventually fall apart.

The diagram below illustrates the thought process that men have when they're in a relationship based on desperation. Click on the chart for a larger view:

In an earlier post we discussed about Knowing When To Walk Away.  However, if you're in a desperate state of mind as illustrated in the chart above, then you're going to stay no matter how much the woman shits on you because you have no where else to go.  That is a special kind of hell that is absolutely unnecessary because life doesn't have to be that way. 

Throughout this blog there are posts here that will help you understand why you've ended up in this position and how to undo the brain washing that's plagued you for so long.  Only when you stop doing what you've been doing and learn to interact with women differently will you find success with beautiful and loving women.

Immediate Course of Action

1) Cease ALL contact

2) Burn ALL possible contact information

3) Cease ALL contact IMMEDIATELY

- No, you don't need "closure"

- No, she doesn't need you

- No, there isn't a misunderstanding

- No, you can't be friends

- No, you're not going to "leave it up to her"

- No, you're not going to answer if she reaches out to you and makes you feel guilty

So once again...burn all contact information and cease all communication....not tomorrow....NOW.

Recommended Reading

1) How To Fall Out Of Love

2) Getting Past Your Breakup

Knowing When To Walk Away

"Behind every great man is a great woman"
~Unknown

There are many vital things that women, particularly loving, loyal, and good women, bring into a man's life that can make an enormously positive impact.  As with most things in life the opposite is also true.  Behind the downfall of every man (great or not) is most often times a woman.

I've seen many men's lives destroyed by a single relationship equal to those of drug addicts or alcoholics.  This post will primarily focus on when you should walk away from a relationship. 


The mentality of most men today, especially the ones who have had little to no success with women, is "I just want a girlfriend or wife".   Most men have lived with these Common Myths most of their lives and if they should "get lucky" and land a relationship, the woman becomes the center of his world.  He is so happy to not be alone that he will do anything to hold onto her...no matter what.

Due to inexperience, most men don't know when they have driven attraction and challenge out of their relationships.  Even worse, most men don't know when they're with a woman with core character flaws. (In a separate post we'll dissect specific character flaws and how to spot them).

For the purpose of this post, it doesn't matter if the woman has great character traits or has horrible character traits.  The only thing you need to understand and accept is that if you see any of these signs in your relationship, she has already mentally and emotionally moved on and/or is preparing herself to move on.

A man will think that the following factors indicate the beginning of her unhappiness but in reality this is at the end of her thought process and the woman is essentially already gone.  Unfortunately most men today hold on out of desperation and cluelessness and believe they can resuscitate their relationship, when the woman inevitably leaves, the man is left completely shocked and dumbfounded.


Time

When a woman's attraction drops, the first thing that goes is her time. All of a sudden she is busier than usual and she has less and less time for you. You see her less, you talk to her less, and your conversations are usually less "fluid" even when you do talk.

Often times a woman seems to have less time for you because she is out with friends, spending more time at work, or doing other hobbies. But she really isn't "busy" as she claims. She just wants to spend less time with you.

Once time goes, other things are sure to follow and it all leads to her eventually breaking up with you. You're just too blind to see it because at this point, she has convinced you that she really is just "busy".


Accountability

When a woman's attraction for you starts to slide, her accountability to you and the relationship starts to slide as well.  Some examples are:

1. She calls you much less, especially when she is out or traveling.
2. She doesn't return your calls or texts as often as before.
3. She puts herself in situations that jeopardize your relationship such as going to clubs, pool parties, getting drunk around other guys, having girl's nights out and behaving as if she was single, etc.
4. She is no longer forth coming about details of her activities.  Women who are faithful and still attracted to you will naturally tell you details about what she did and who she was with because she has nothing to hide.  Women love to share but that's one of the first things that go when she is no longer happy in her relationship.

By nature, women who respect you will want to feel responsible to you.  Women who say things such as, "I don't need your permission to do anything" or have that general attitude is a woman who is on her way out.


Priority

Similar to "Accountability", when a woman is challenged by a man, feels deep attraction, and has her heart into the relationship she will make you her priority.  Work, family, or friends won't take priority over you because she naturally wants to give you first priority. 

Feminists have helped ruined many happy relationships for women by convincing them that they need to show their independence and not give up anything for a man (We'll discuss how women have empowered themselves out of healthy and happy relationships in a separate post).  But despite that, women will naturally want to put you first when she's happy in her relationship. 

If you find that she's cancelling dates or putting other people's feelings, needs and wants above yours all the time, then your relationship will most likely end very soon.


Misunderstandings

Women who are pulling away from you always seem to have "misunderstandings" that come up.  The misunderstandings can come in various forms but the common denominator is that your interest or feelings are put into jeopardy.  The main key is that when women explain these "misunderstandings", the excuses are always probable but very unlikely. 

The bottom line is it puts you in an unfair position where you're a fool if you believe the excuse but you seem like a jerk if you don't.  You're put into this position even though you had nothing to do with her actions or the event.  

You'll find that when a woman is attracted to you and committed to the relationship, these "misunderstandings" rarely occur, if ever.  The lack of time, lack of accountability and your reduction in her priority list is what causes these "misunderstandings" because you're feeling the slide and she is trying to convince you otherwise.


Sex/Affection

This is a very obvious and basic sign that a woman is starting to withdrawal from you and the relationship.  Sex will become less frequent but more importantly, her affection for you will clearly diminish.  Her public affection for you will go first.  Then even at home whereas before she would lay on you when she sleeps, she'll sleep clear on the other side of the bed.  If she gave you massages before, that will be non-existent.  If she used to kiss you for no reason, now she only kisses you hello or goodbye.  These are of course common indicators but there will be many other small things that is specific to each couple.

These little things women can't hide.  Subconsciously they don't want to.  All these signs are an indication of her declining feelings for you and a clear indicator of her impending exit from the relationship.


Male Friends

Women who are pulling away will always have an increase in male friends.  The fact is, when a woman starts to pull away she will start to put herself in positions to meet other men. They'll claim they're just friends but they're reveling in the attention and deciding who they'll be moving onto next.  Of course all the while she'll be keeping you around for comfort and security.

This is usually the last step before she gives you the "I need space" speech.  You'll find that women who are about to leave their relationship always display a lot of the traits that are Building Blocks of Affairs.


Common Verbal Cues:

When women are ready to leave a relationship, there are universal physical indicators as we've outlined above.  There are also verbal cues that most women express when they're looking to "let you down easy".

The following are common verbal expressions that women will tell you when they're on their way out.  But of course, like most female communication deliveries, it won't be clear to you.  The right column in the chart below shows the translation.

*Click on the table for a larger view

Women Will Punish You For Your Weakness

Ask any "nice guy" who has ever been blindsided by a woman leaving a relationship and he'll be able to testify to the cruelty of women.  The truth of the matter is, women are only cruel when they feel distain for you.  And nothing brings out women's distain faster than a man showing weakness; a man who is spineless, a man who cannot stand by his principles, or flat out has no principles at all. 

By and large women are pretty nice about it when they leave you the first time.  But if you're foolish enough to stick around or take her back then each subsequent break-up will be increasingly cruel.  Women will punish you for your weaknesses.  They won't consciously think of it that way, but the "heartlessness" that you experience is a direct result from her contempt for your weak willed behaviors and your inability to walk away like a man.

Reasons Why Guys Can't Leave

There is only one single reason why men cannot walk away from a relationship when the woman is showing some or all of those signs above: Desperation.  In our next couple of posts we'll dive into what contributes to the disease of Desperation and how a lot of men talk themselves into staying in the relationship out of Fear that they won't be able to find another woman.


If you notice your woman showing one or more of those indicators as listed above, she is on her way out and has already prepared herself to leave.  Chances are you've stopped being a man and you've displayed too many Nice Guy weaknesses.  The fact that she is leaving is already settled.  The only question left is do you walk away with some dignity before she leaves you?   

In other words, will your last act in the relationship be that of a strong man or will your final decision of staying out of fear and desperation remind her of why she was right to leave you in the first place?

Recommended Reading

1) "Standards" by Susan J. Elliot

Common Myths

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results."
~ Benjamin Franklin


In this blog I often refer to the "brain washing or wussification of men".  This brain washing is insidious; it's very consistent and amazingly universal.  I've worked with guys from all parts of the world and each one of them practically share the same issues when it comes to their fears and misconceptions about women.  If you survey any good dating coaches they'll also tell you that they hear the same type of false beliefs.

Like a virus, the following false beliefs have spread to men all across the world and have led countless men down a path of confusion, frustration, and loneliness.


1. There's this one girl.....

90% of men who seek any type of dating advice have "this one girl" that they have been pining for and could never get.  There's always "this one girl" in class, at the gym, at the cafe, at work, or a female friend they've known for awhile, etc.

The cold hard truth is: She will never see you as more than a friend. Never. Ever.

Ever.

And no....she isn't "special".  She is not different from every other girl.  You don't have a deep connection.   And one day she won't see that you're the best man for her.

You only think she's special because she was one of the very few women you've met that just happened to be nice to you.  She was just being polite or treated you like a friend but because you aren't used to any attention from women and you aren't used to seeing real attraction, you think she's got to be the one you've been waiting for.

The problem isn't "that one girl".  The problem lies within your own misconceptions about what woman are attracted to.  You have to first understand that Nice Guys Always Finish Last.

Let's say you're a baseball player and I'm your coach.  You come to me one day and say, "Coach, there's this one pitcher that I just can't seem to get a home run off of, can you help me?"

I'm going to tell you: "The problem isn't that you can't hit a home run off that one pitcher, the problem is that you're a crappy baseball player.  You can't hit a home run off ANY pitcher.  So the solution here isn't to worry about that one pitcher but to work on your entire game.  You'll come to practice, you'll go play real games against other pitchers, and you'll improve as a player.  Then you won't care about that one pitcher because you'll be hitting home runs off other pitchers consistently."

I assure you that if you stubbornly continue to insist that you're meant to be with "that one girl", you'll find yourself watching her walk away with a guy that you'll think is a loser.  But he isn't a loser in her eyes because he will understand what you don't at this moment, which is how to relate to women in a way that will spike attraction not mute it.


2. OK...so if I can't get "that one girl" right now, how about if I improve myself and then give it another shot?

The short and simple answer is that once a woman puts you into the "friend zone", you're staying there forever.  Once a woman sees that you show her a lot of interest and that you value her more than she values you, she will lose all attraction for you.

For a more detailed answer, I felt that someone already illustrated this much better.  The following illustration is The Ladder Theory and a link to the detailed description:

The Ladder Theory: The Woman's Ladder  (scroll down a bit once you click on the link).  His rhetoric is a little crass but the core material is very true.


3. Where is the best place to meet women?

Similar to the root cause of the two preceding questions, the problem isn't location, it's your ability to attract women.  If you have the correct mindset and skills to interact with women successfully, you can literally attract women anywhere; at school, at work, at a bar, at a lounge, at a coffee shop, at a sandwich shop, at a friend's party, at a stranger's party.......anywhere.

Let me flip the question in a way that you'll understand from a man's point of view:  Where is the best place for a woman to wear a tight, low cut tank top and short skirt so that you'll feel attraction for her?

Anywhere.  Right?

But if a woman is overweight or unattractive, does it matter where she is?  Will your level of attraction for her change depending on the venue?

Women's attraction triggers, like yours, never truly "turn off".  A woman, especially one who is single or unhappy in a relationship, is always constantly open to meeting men who "get it"....just like you're always looking for a woman with a pretty face and nice body.

Attraction triggers are not dependent on location. Women are attracted to men who "get it" and it doesn't matter where they meet. The fact that you're asking this question already shows that you don't get it.  Women can sense that from a mile away.

Location is irrelevant.


4. The desire to want a woman that is physically beautiful and in good shape is "shallow".

This one myth is the bedrock of male brain washing.  This little seed took away the one thing that allowed men to be on an even playing level with women.  When men were free to feel that they needed, required, and expected women to be physically beautiful, it was the one thing that women had to compete with other women against.  This balanced out the game because men naturally knew they had to compete with other men for a woman.

More importantly if men were easily drawn by beauty and felt the desire to pursue it, then women knew that beauty alone wasn't enough to hold a guy.  This forced women to develop good character traits in addition to staying in good shape.  There was a standard that balanced out the game.

Today, men have built in trip wires to feel they are being "shallow" if they expect a woman to be physically beautiful before dating her or committing to her.  Let me ask you, do you even know why you feel this way?  I bet you that you don't.  (I'll address the common "reasons" how this myth is sold to you in a separate post).

Beauty is a very real and important attraction trigger for men.  This is absolutely nothing that you should ever be ashamed of.  Women have their natural requirements that men need to meet in order for them to feel sexual attraction.  Men have them too and physical beauty is on top of the list.

NEVER be ashamed to want a woman who takes care of herself physically.  You should not only want it, you should expect it.   Desirable women take care of their outward qualities as much as their inner qualities.

When it comes to attraction triggers as important as physical beauty, there is no such thing as "shallow".  That is a word invented to keep you feeling ashamed of your natural needs and requirements, which contributes to many men feeling ashamed to be a man.


5. I don't want to play games.

And this is why you're losing at the game of dating and relationships.

Girls, by the time they're 8 years old, are already starting to compile data about social interactions.  By junior high, socially they're already head and shoulders above boys 5 years older than them.  They have better built-in instincts because ever since they grew breasts they understood the power they have over boys and they've had a lot of practice on how to wield that power.

So here you come, at 14 or 15 years old, you look up from your video games and realize you want to have sex.  Then after years of no success, at 25, 35, 45, or 55 years old you then say you don't want to play games.

Right.

If you don't understand or refuse to accept that this is a game, then women will gladly play you.  And yes...women who say "I don't want to play games" are playing you.


6. I just want to be myself.

It is common knowledge that most people are not born to be good public speakers.  Obviously there is a small percentage of people who are born with intrinsic talents where it will allow them to be very good public speakers naturally.  If one of those rare people express nervousness before a big speech, it would be appropriate for me to tell him to "just be yourself".

For the rest of us we'll need training, practice, constant exposure, and improvement to be good public speakers.  This is absolutely no different when it comes to the ability to interact and attract women.

"Just be yourself" is one of the most useless and lazy piece of advice ever uttered.  You, at this very moment, are not your best self.  You do not possess the skill to be sexually appealing to women in general.  This is why you are where you are.

If "being yourself" is good enough to attract women, then you'd be having sex with beautiful women consistently.  You're not.  So learn to tune out this advice.  It has contributed to your stalemate and lack of growth.


7. I have to make a lot of money to attract women.

Young boys today are raised to be "providers" and not "lovers".  (We'll dive into the clear distinctions between providers and lovers in a separate post).

This is why so many men find themselves 45 years old, divorced, having no idea what just happened, and being nothing more than a walking checkbook.

This is why many men feel they have to take women to fancy dinners, buy gifts, pay their bills and generally try to buy a woman's love and affection.  Many men believe they have to buy their way into a woman's bed.  It is such a common myth that it is accepted without question.

Money is an attraction trigger, but not for the reasons you think it is.  Money generally equals power, ambition, or both.  Power and ambition are huge attraction triggers for women.  Money, in itself, is worthless as a real attraction trigger.  If I gave a "nice guy", who doesn't understand women dynamics, two million dollars he will get a few women he cannot get today, but they'll empty his wallet and then leave him.

Money, in itself, will not buy you the love and affection you so badly crave.  You may get a little more sex, but it won't be anything like the kind of sex that comes from a woman who feels genuine, gut-level passion for you.

You don't need to make a lot of money to have and keep beautiful women in your life.  If you make a lot of money, do it because you have a passion to build wealth.  But it will be no replacement for understanding women dynamics.  Each of you reading this knows at least one guy who doesn't have a dime to his name but can get women that you've always wanted.  And you find yourself asking, Why Do Women Fall For Assholes?

Obviously I'm not encouraging poverty.  Whatever career or financial security you want to achieve for yourself should meet YOUR own level of standards.  As long as you're reasonably comfortable then money is a non-issue when it comes to women.  Money is not a short cut to getting the kind of women you want.  You'll be disappointed unless you improve your dating skills along with your bank account balance.


8. Sex is a favor that women do for men.

This one myth is why so many men would rather be locked up in a sealed trunk with rabid rats than face the moment before they have to kiss a woman.

This one myth is why so many men are willing to jump through any amount of hoops in order to have a shot at sleeping with a woman.

This one myth is why the term "getting lucky" was invented.

What's not a myth is that women love sex.  A lot.  Women have sexual fantasies.  A lot.  Women talk about sex.  A lot.  Women love to be kissed.  A lot.

But they don't want to be kissed by a guy who feels unworthy.  They most certainly wouldn't have sex with him.  Men who "don't get it" exude a fear and nervousness that kills any attraction the woman may feel.

Women want to have sex with men who don't have sexual hang ups.  Women want to have sex with men who don't think it's a favor.  Women want to have sex with men who refuse to allow sex to be used as a form of punishment and reward.

Sex is an exciting, sensual, erotic, and beautiful experience that is a necessary requirement for both men and women alike.  Women need it within a different context than men do.  And certainly what men get out of sex is different than what women get out of it.  But it is still wanted and still desired.  If you as a man don't get that, then you'll find yourself begging for sex for the rest of your life.


9. I need to always "be there" for a woman.

Women have an amazing ability to create drama in their life.  Nice, desperate guys are always there for women, playing Superman, and trying to fix every problem.  Men, who get it, expect that women take care of their own responsibilities.  Women say "thank you" to the former and have sex with the latter.

Unless you're in a serious, committed relationship you have no responsibility to "be there" for a woman in the hopes that she's going to want to sleep with you or develop romantic feelings for you.  I promise you she won't do neither.

Men who are good with women know when to "be there" and when to let the woman take care of her own problems.  Most of you reading this right now don't know the difference.  So don't do it.  She won't see you as being a guy she'll want as a boyfriend.  She'll see right through your agenda and realize that you're weak and desperate because you're inappropriately trying to do too much to earn her affections.


10. She is too beautiful to talk to me.

If you think she's out of your league, then you are absolutely correct, she is.....not because she is so special but because a man who thinks like that is obviously a product of misconceptions, desperation, failures, and insecurities.  A man like that is not in any woman's league.

This mindset is an accumulation of many of the above myths resulting in a shell of a man walking around and always feeling he isn't good enough.  The moment he sees a beautiful woman every misconception and myth he is carrying fires off at once like a perfectly timed explosion.  The result? Crippling fear based on years of failure.

Women don't know this of course.  They just see the end result:  Leering.  Starring.  Serious faces.  Rigid body posture. Maybe a "hi", then the exit.

If you think that a woman is too beautiful for you, then you have a lot of other areas that you need to improve on because there is no one solution for this myth.  Beautiful women aren't out of your league, you most likely aren't even playing the game.


11. I need to tell a woman how I feel.

This is an easy one.  If a woman hasn't shown any sexual attraction towards you and you feel that telling her exactly how you feel about her will change that....you will be dead wrong.  Every time.

The woman already knows how you feel.  She knew it from the day she met you.  That's why she doesn't have any sexual feelings for you because the challenge was over before it began.  Plus she could smell the insecurities you were exhibiting every time she was in your presence.

So you became "friends" and now she will always be referred to as, "there's this one girl..."



If you haven't watched the movie Inception then I highly recommend it because it does a great job in illustrating what happens when an idea is planted in our mind. The great majority of people never question why they believe something and they continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. There is no greater example of this than when it comes to the false beliefs that the majority of men carry about how to attract women.