LRx3: Tinder, Bumble, and TanTan (with screenshots)

LRx3: Tinder, Bumble, and TanTan (with screenshots)

Ever since the advent of dating/hookup apps like Tinder, a lot of people have been asking me questions about how to succeed on such apps. I didn't use them. I didn't like the idea of them. I thought they were dumb. I still think they're dumb, but I'm pushing myself out of my comfort zone by diving into them and learning how to use these apps and to succeed on them. Why do I think they're dumb? … [Read more...]

8 Ridiculous Things PUA Gurus Say That You Should NEVER Do

8 Ridiculous Things PUA Gurus Say That You Should NEVER Do

My buddy Richard runs PUA Training and he just released this great video of "8 Ridiculous Things PUA Gurus Say That You Should NEVER Do." Over the years I have slowly realized that he and I think very alike! I agree with pretty much all of his points, especially for guys like me and the kind of guys who follow me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXYw8WNYr3o It's no secret that I've been … [Read more...]

3 Confidence Crutches You Need to Stop Relying On

3 Confidence Crutches You Need to Stop Relying On

Everyone likes to start with training wheels when they first learn how to ride a bike. This applies to both literal bike-riding and pretty much everything else we learn to do in life. We need a more experienced employee to give us instructions and watch over us when we learn how to work a cash register at our first part-time retail job. We need the internet to look up how to get started in that … [Read more...]

Michael Chief Interviewed on “Flaking”

Michael Chief Interviewed on “Flaking”

So this new PUA on the scene named David McAlpine wanted to interview me on the topic of flaking. This is a very prevalent issue with guys trying to learn pickup, so I thought it'd be important to share my thoughts on the matter. The questions below are from David and my responses follow: David: A lot of newer guys coming into the game have a fairly high flake rate. They get the number but the … [Read more...]

How Being A “Nice Guy” Can Get You Laid

How Being A “Nice Guy” Can Get You Laid

They say that "nice guys finish last." It's common knowledge in the seduction community that, even though women say they want a nice guy, they sleep with jerks and friend-zone guys who are actually nice to them. Hell, even most people outside of the community know this. I usually teach that being nice has nothing to do with it. It just so happens that most nice guys are simply too shy to … [Read more...]

Want to get on TV while getting better at dating?

Want to get on TV while getting better at dating?

The senior casting producer for some famous TV shows reached out to me to ask if I could help them find people for a new show they're making about dating advice for men. Interested? Here's the info:   DO YOU WANT TO GET BETTER AT YOUR DATING SKILLS?    Are you a guy who is successful at meeting girls, but want to get even better at your dating skills to increase the … [Read more...]

4 Ways Society Makes You Suck With Women

4 Ways Society Makes You Suck With Women

There are many ways that modern society influences us negatively when it comes to women and dating. Fortunately, the pickup artist community seeks to undo the damage in order to turn men into men again, but many PUAs are oddly unspecific in terms of identifying what damage society actually does. I'm here to be specific. 1. "The first rule of Fight Club..." The first and second rules of Fight … [Read more...]

Objectification, Dehumanization, and Desensitization

Objectification, Dehumanization, and Desensitization

There's something wrong. This can't be how nature intended for men and women to interact with each other. Why are there so many women who can't seem to understand men? Why are there so many men who can't seem to understand women? Why are there so many men these days who really have no idea what it actually means to be a man? Men and women have had a falling out, it seems. The overall … [Read more...]

How to Become Popular (Part 2)

How to Become Popular (Part 2)

I posted a pretty straightforward article on how to become popular before. In it, I said that the way to become popular is to give people what they want. Well, I have recently had the pleasure of being forced to think about this topic more deeply thanks to a new student that I'm taking under my wing and his unrelenting desire to become more popular with his peers. I hope that none of you got … [Read more...]

The Most Powerful Trance Word

The Most Powerful Trance Word

There are many complex verbal techniques that can be used as extremely impressive seduction tools in the hands of a NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) expert or hypnotist, but anyone who's practiced old-school pickup methods (like me) can tell you that following the NLP-based seduction path has too great of an input-to-output ratio in a negative way. Simply put, it takes too much effort to learn … [Read more...]