Ezo i agree with you man
but i think where we differ is similar to this analogy:
If someone is afraid of the water, how will they ever learn how to swim?
The only way for them to learn how to swim is to get in the water.
In the same way:
If someone is afraid of women, how will they ever have sex or get into a relationship?
the only way for them to learn how to have sex or have a gf is to talk with women, escalate,etc
The real question is how do you get from point A to point B? afraid of water to swimming? afraid of women to a pua?
There are a few ways:
- someone forces you
- it forces you
- you man up and just do it
Relative to water:
- someone can push you into the pool.
- water can come get you lol
- you man up and just jump in the fuckin pool, stand in the baby section, hire a swim instructor, etc
Relative to women:
- someone can force you to talk to women
- women can come talk to you (unlikely)
- you man up and go open women, escalate, etc
Obviously force and situation (the first two ways) are not as good for personal development compared to the third option which is personal choice.
How do you can you grow a pair of balls to make that choice?
EZO, here is what really alot of people struggle with. WHY, why me? and dont act on it... finally they get so sick of it they do something about it. Thats the number one reason guys are on this site, they were fed up with their sex lives and realized they needed improvement.
Its a mentality that a person has, when they are fed up or realize they have nothing to lose by trying something new.
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I could make, and i should make, a post about my favorite book and movie of all time.
Once you realize that "
This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time." you will get your ass up and do something about it.
to be something more than just apart of the mass culture and your old afraid self "
We are all part of the same compost heap."
you are jealous of others and yet dont do anything about it.
"All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not."
Once we realize this, that we are a worthless pile of shit, and
"only after we've lost [all our inhibitions] that we're free to do anything."
"On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero." so get the fuck up and do something before its your turn to keel over and die
Thats why we have to say fuck it, sarge and sarge and sarge. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming.
"I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more." Until we finally get what we are ultimately seeking.
"Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space." Facing your fears will be uncomfortable and awkward, but afterwards you will have conquered your fear and it will be no more
We need to recognize that this is how life works.
"And then, something happened. I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom." do not hope that everything will be alright, do something to make everything turn out alright
"I'll bring us through this. As always. I'll carry you - kicking and screaming - and in the end you'll thank me." The only way to get through it is if you do it yourself, you have the willpower and the balls to do it. Thats why he couldnt let tyler do it, he finally grew a pair of balls.
"Every evening I died, and every evening I was born again, resurrected." You must die inside, realize that the old you is not worth it, before you can be reborn.
grow a pair, just do it. open up your eyes to the fact that you are in despair, losing it, not getting any pussy, a 40 year old virgin, etc
"
My eyes are open." so that when you are ready to make that transformation, you can pull that trigger too
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People say grow a pair because it means to forsake one's inhibitions that were holding them back from accomplishing something great.
Until people realize that they are a piece of shit, or a loser, or a nerd, or a dweeb, or whatever, they wont do anything about it.
To tell them to man up, is to forgo that revelation process to speed up the pua learning curve. But if they do realize that they have nothing to lose is when they start to grow their biggest balls ever by themselves without our prodding.
until that time however, i will keep telling them to man up and grow a pair because they havent had that revelation yet. BUt really they shouldnt experience that relevation because it is a terrible yet awesome moment in ones life when you have hit rock bottom. Thats why its rock bottom.
Ezo, in this way, i cant really explain how to "man up" or how to learn what it is, but i think each and every person knows atleast a little bit about what i am saying here.
There is no way to break down this mentality into small steps that are easy to follow. You either "get it" or you dont.
In the movie, the scene when he gets his chemical burn, he finally "gets" it. Until that moment in your life, you cannot have the willpower to do anything and everything.
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - obama
Barack is right, you cannot wait for fate, destiny or your mother to do your dirty laundry.
Look deep down inside of you and find the willpower to do whatever you fear the most, and then do whatever you fear the most and conquer that fear. That is what just do it and to man up and all those other phrases we all know so well mean.
We have to tell them to man up time and again. They recognize the basics of what it means but they do not have a true understanding of it yet. After countless times of "manning up" and just doing it, they will have a better comprehension of what we are all talking about. Eventually, they will have big balls and in good shape. no need to learn how to man up anymore, only after practicing
just doing it continuously they realize what it means.
To have balls is to conquer your fear despite your fear. There is no way to really teach that.
J Slay