Dear Ollie,
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it
Ok what I tell you might sound like generic life advice, but coming up to 30 years of life I've picked up a couple of life lessons here and there that I once overlooked but see the importance of now, If you follow these things, game will come by itself.
1 – The importance of family.
You're family is one of the most important connections of life itself, Cherish them for we will only ever really know their importance when their gone and it's too late. It might seem as though they don't understand you at times or they cant relate to you and your life the way you want but most often they know exactly what your going through and know how to help, so let them!
2 – The importance of friends
My friends are like my family, I love them dearly and would do anything to help them. I've also been burned by friends in the past, some of whom I thought I could trust with anything.
The people you surround yourself with are a direct reflection on you, know who you want to be and surround yourself with those kind of people. Ask yourself if you're proud of being friends with the people in your life, if your not then your not hanging out with the right people.
3 – The importance of education
I don't mean study (although it's a heck of a good idea) I mean educate yourself on the world, if you want in on any area of life, immerse yourself in it. Live it, breathe it, understand it. Know what your working towards and learn what you don't already know. This is a skill in itself and one I use every day of my life. You can never learn it all but I'm going to die trying.
4 – Reputation
A reputation is very important, not for what it gets you (not all that much) but how it affects you in terms of other peoples interactions with you, If you've got a bad repuation for things like fighting for instance, you'll repel the people who stay away from things of that nature (most people) and attract the people who like you for it (troublesome people)
By it's very nature the reputation filters out people who you'd like to make a connection with, think of it this way, “how do I want to be seen by the world?” once you know that, be that person. I want to be a grounded guy so I try to give people as much time as I possibly can, soon people will pick up on your patterns and associate that with you. It's how we work.
So ask yourself, do you like having a bad reputation? If not, change it by acting like the person you want to be.
These things will never be mastered, but the closer you are to getting them that way, the less you need game. Trust me.
Okay life lesson over, let's get into game.
First things first, forget online game for now, I would even suggest forgetting cold approaches in your situation too. Let's make a good base for you then we'll move on.
I want you to improve your social life, I'm setting you the task of making as many friends as possible. I want you to get to the stage where you walk around college and keep having to stop because everyone wants to talk to you.
Fist things first, as with all things in life you have to know what you want. what your ideal social life is and the kind of people you want to surround yourself with initially, What are your interests?
- music = musicians
-sports = athletes
-art = artists
Join an event for that involve this kind of crowd, if there isn't create one and have people come down, then add value to them all by being nice making them laugh, do more things like that, get more involved and soon you'll know everyone and you'll have more options in your life.
Hope this helps,
AFC Adam,