I see that there is a huge difference in just knowing something and being able to apply knowledge in the field.

I've read several books: Magic Bullets, Art of Seduction, Introduction to NLP and others, and I've been committing myself to read as frequently as possible. First when I started I figured that reading would give me a good start to PUA and other social skills, but I found that reading was not giving me the results I wanted.

I certainly have some knowledge, but I'm not really sure what to do with it. How did you get started when you were introduced to PUA and NLP or other related areas?

Too much reading is bad. It does more harm then good. Your gonna have to accept the fact that pick up can't be learned overnight and it takes couple of years. All the material your reading is a supplement to you game, not a magic pill that's gonna get you laid overnight.

Try to get all the stuff you read out of your system. Start again. But this time, do it properly. For example, if you can't even go out and open a girl, you don't need to know how to get phone numbers. So in this case, you should not be reading pass opening. Accept that your gonna mess up and learn from it.

I agree with 0uch that it's possible to read too much.

However, another facet to consider is the way you internalize what you read. You need to question everything you read and determine if this information actually makes sense, and if so, if it can be applied to your own personality and style.

For each book I read, I go out and apply the new information I learned. I try to apply it for awhile before I even think about picking up another book so my brain can remember the information permanently. There's no point to reading a bunch of things if you aren't going to apply the knowledge.

Doing is understanding. You have to get out there and get some life experience. There is no other way around it. A lot of guys get into a stage of becoming an information consumer and have a hard time juggling the mountains of information in their heads. So I suggest getting a handful of solid good advice and applying them. Journal what happened and figure out what went wrong or if it went well you can move on to the next bit of good advice and try to master that.

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I don't want to start a flame war, but I also can't let your list go. It's honestly a bunch of stuff that's not very useful as a foundation. Depending on how retarded you were with girls to start with, some PUA material can make you worse.

Basically... can you hang out and be fun with guys you don't know? If not, learn this. Can you do it with ugly girls? If not, learn this. Once you can do those, it's just a matter of not letting the hotness melt your brain

Rather than push my personal favs, I'll just say look into "inner game" stuff, because you have a bunch of Up, Down, Left, Right, B, B, A, Up Start methods listed. And that stuff rarely works on it's own. Some of it can be useful as a complement, but is just not going to work on it's own.

Thanks guys, I'll take your word for it.
I'll drop the books for now.

What is Inner Game though? The initial impression from the phrase makes me think of "confidence." What kind of stuff should I be looking into?

Inner game basically means, stop pretending you're not a loser and go become something worthwhile. If you're already accomplished and well rounded, then you're almost done. You pretty much just need confidence and that means being sure of your ability to attract a girl, hold her interest and take her sexually.

The gimmicks can actually be nice. When used a compliment to yourself. You just can't stand on them alone.

Some of the more famous inner game stuff is from RSD, Cory Skyy and Gambler, though I can't give any of it a ringing endorsement due to being filled with a lot of other stuff. You can also find basically the same stuff in many other flavors. Whether it's Tony Robbins or even Joyce Meyers for that matter. They just each dress the same core stuff up in a new package. I'm not actually aware of a general program without some angle. Though perhaps someone else does.

Read some materials, Then go out there and put it into practice.
When you experienced news things, ran unto new situations, go back to the materials and you'll get a better, deeper understanding of it. That's how I internalised those principles.
You need a right balance between theory and practice.

A doctor doesn't just go from sitting in med school for 8 years to performing open heart surgery. They do something called an internship. It's basically on-the-job training so they get a chance to perfect their skills in the exact same setting they'll be in once they are out on their own.

In pickup, our internship is called "sarging".

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