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Why Attractive Women Love Jerks - Part 3
So, what is it about the "jerk" that creates this powerful, uncontrollable attraction inside of women?nnLet me answer first by telling you what it’s not:nnIt's not the abuse (not usually anyway). I don't believe that women are attracted to that abusive, mean, negative part of the "jerk personality".nnI think that jerks just happen to also possess several attractive qualities that are so powerful that that they literally make women blind to the abuse... women will ration
August 15, 2008
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Why Attractive Women Love Jerks - Part 2
Selfish behavior, as unhealthy as this might sound, often makes women feel attracted to you.nnSarcasm, ball busting, playing hard to get and all kinds of other "illogical" things really do work when it comes to attracting women.nnBut, then I had a dilemma...nnI love the idea of being successful with women but, I hate the idea of mistreating people, being mean to them, lying and being misleading, etc.nnDeep down, I wanted to be a good guy.nnI decided that there must be a way t
August 15, 2008
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Why Attractive Women Love Jerks - Part 1
I get a lot of emails from guys who read my newsletter that say things like...nn"I'm sure what you're saying is right, but I don't want to be a jerk or an a**hole to women..."nn..or...nn"I have seen what you're talking about happen all my life, but I'm a 'nice guy' and I want women to like me for me..."nn...and...nn"This doesn't make sense..."nnFor most of my life, I was the nice guy of nice guys. As a matter of fact, when I first made the decision to learn how to be successf
August 15, 2008
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How to Act When You Like a Woman - Part 2
Here are a few more quick stories about guys I know who are "cool".nnOne guy I know always has girls around him. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen him without at least one girl with him. Usually he has three or four girls with him... and sometimes up to 10 or 12. He always makes fun of the girls, teases them, and treats them like good friends who he's comfortable enough to bust on. He's not rich, he doesn't buy things for women, and he doesn't kiss up to them. He does, on
August 15, 2008
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Why Intelligent Men Fail With Women - Part 7
MISTAKE #9: THEY ALWAYS NEED TO BE THE EXPERTnnHave you ever met a smart guy who always needed to be "right"?nnHave you ever met someone who would actually argue with you about something they knew nothing about... and make a fool of themselves because they just couldn't shut their "smart mouths"?nnOver the last few years helping guys improve their success with women, I see this one pattern over and over again...nnSmart guys don't like to be "beginners" at anything.nnThey don'
August 11, 2008
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Does Romance Have A Place In Dating? - Part 2
Have you ever seen a T. V. show or movie with a girl holding a flower, pulling off each petal one at a time and saying, "He loves me, he loves me not"?nnThis is a famous cliche... even Madonna does it in her old "Truth or Dare" movie.nnWhat's going on here? And why is it now such a famous idea that it is almost universally known?nnBecause it strikes a chord inside of women everywhere! Every woman can relate to the idea of thinking about a man and wondering if he's thinking ab
July 29, 2008
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Does Romance Have A Place In Dating? - Part 1
You've probably noticed that I don't talk about the idea of "romance" very often.nnThere's a good reason for this.nnI think that most guys use romance in completely the wrong way, and in the process screw up their chances with the woman that they are interested in.nnI'm going to take some time here to talk about my personal perspective on romance, how it is misused, and how to use it to really make a woman feel attracted to you.nnMost guys make one of two main mistakes when t
July 28, 2008
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How To "Cure" Your Fear Of Women And Dating - Part 3
Think about the difference between doing something because it's important vs. doing something in order to learn.nnSo, for instance, if I saw a woman that I wanted to meet... instead of thinking, "OK, I have to say something charming and original so she'll like me... and if I screw up I'm going to be embarrassed" - I began to think things like, "I'm going to learn how to get a woman's phone number within a few minutes of meeting her... and part of learning this is going to be
July 28, 2008
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How To "Cure" Your Fear Of Women And Dating - Part 2
I personally think that one of the biggest causes of fear when it comes to situations with women is:nnPutting too much importance on what the woman thinks of you and what happens in that particular situation.nnTo put it in different words, most guys don't take action because they're afraid that they'll screw up, or that the woman or others around will judge them.nnThe real problem though is that this whole process has become automatic, and it happens instantly the moment most
July 28, 2008
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How To Lose A Girl Fast - Part 3
3) Do "Thoughtful" Things From The BeginningnnWhat's better than a nice, thoughtful guy showing up at the door with flowers and candy for the first date? Well, to quote an old Saturday Night Live episode, "Throwing an entire box of thumb tacks on the floor, and rolling around in them naked".nnOr maybe taking one of those...you know... serrated knives...yeah, that's it...and putting it between your big toe and second toe and slicing back and forth really fast...and then pourin
July 16, 2008
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How To Overcome Fear Of Rejection In Dating Women
The real obstacle here is the fear.nnAs I mentioned, fear of rejection, or imagining rejection when you should be imagining success, leads to walking away.nnYou miss 100% of the shots you don't take.nnIronically, I've found that the best way to overcome my own fear of rejection was to see that it wasn't going to actually happen.nnThe more times I approached women and started conversations and the more I saw that women usually responded positively, the less I imagined things g
July 14, 2008
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Make Money and Build Wealth With Real Estate
You must be aware that almost 98 percent of the millionaires throughout the world have made money through real estate investing. The concepts that inspire these millionaires to get involved in this real estate investing are simple, but they too lack any special ingredients needed for real estate investing. There are no secret formulas or ingredients that would explain to you, how you can make millions in real estate investing. It's actually quite simple and straightforward.nn
June 25, 2008