Rules of the Game

Every single man needs a sexually adventurous woman he can count on to distract him from the fact that he is unloved.

that moment, I learned that the game is universal. Peacocking—the rule of standing out rather than fitting in, of embodying a more exciting lifestyle instead of the one people are used to—seems to work in every culture. I was now officially doomed to dress ridiculously for the rest of my single life.

“This sounds great,” I tell her. It is sappy and makes me want to punch butterflies. “But it’s too windy to hear your lyrics. Just bring it upstairs and we can play it where it’s more quiet.” She agrees. Women are not stupid: She knows what she’s just agreed to.

Women test men. They do so for many reasons: because they want to select the best potential mate from among many suitors; because they’ve been hurt in the past and don’t want to make the same mistakes again; because they want confirmation that you authentically possess the qualities that attract them. Throughout your interactions with most women, w

recently went to a party in Colorado with six friends. Three of the guys spent the night with women; three didn’t. As we discussed it the next morning, we discovered that the difference between the unsuccessful guys and the successful guys boiled down to one thing: lack of neediness. The guys who went home alone were too available. The successful g

Now that you’re learning scripted material, it’s important to remember the rule of trying: Don’t. If you try hard, you die hard.

Where men are initially attracted to beauty, most women are initially attracted to status. And a man of high status never apologizes for his presence.

SOLUTION: Speaking too rapidly is one of the most common and crippling vocal mistakes. Not only does it make you difficult to understand, but it gives others the impression that you’re nervous, you’re not confident, and what you have to say is unimportant. A calm, slow voice commands authority.

The biggest mistake a man can make with a woman is hitting on her before she’s attracted to him. And though this describes the so-called technique of most men, it’s a mistake you’ll avoid if you follow your daily missions.