Don't just say "sticking to it". What actions did you take that turned out to be the most useful for you and why?

Go out

what else and why

You have to stay balanced. A good job, lots of money, fit body, great PUA... it all goes up together. Those are the things that improved my PUA the most. Trying to make one grow without the others is a waste of effort.

What came first?

I started loving who I was more and stopped giving a fuck.

You can fake it til you make it, but the best game is inner game. If you know you're fucking awesome, other people will see that.

Also, I learned how to hear the word "no" and not let that ruin my night.

Instead of having a shield that gets battered up, I do the I'm rubber you're glue thing in my head. You can't hurt me, you can only miss the opportunity to have shared my company.

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I like this a lot.

What most guys don't understand is that rejection is often a sign of incompatibility. Not EVERY girl is going to vibe with you. You're not going to vibe with every girl. The biggest myth in the PUA world is that if you get good at the right tactics, you can seduce ANY girl, anywhere. That's not a realistic or healthy fantasy. Think about the neediness for female approval that drives that fantasy.

For me, my biggest progress was getting good at PUA, sleeping with most of the girls I wanted, and figuring out I was still insecure after all that. I discovered that on a very deep level, I obsessively craved female attention and validation, and that the foundations of my self-esteem were based around my sexual identity. Not healthy lol

After this realization, I went on an intentional 1.5 year dry spell and focused exclusively on bettering my life. I started investing in myself WAY more, and working on self-development. I turned my attention to business ventures, bettering my financial situation, studying philosophy and economics, and becoming more in tune with my emotions.

Doing this helped me become more confident than I had ever been before. I hadn't been laid in over a year, yet I felt incredibly free and comfortable in my own skin.

Since my self-imposed dry spell ended, I haven't been getting with as many girls as I used to (and I'm perfectly happy with that). But the women I do date now are of a much higher quality. The next step is trying to work through issues of emotional intimacy and create the most genuine and honest connections with women (and people in general) as possible.

I don't have much time on this planet, so while I'm here, I want to be the REAL me. No more pretending to be someone I'm not.

#Realtalk.

Were your money, career etc. in check at that time like ChimeranPanda did it? What does PUA mean to you, where did you get what information from?

Fuckin respect to this.

You are the Final Boss!

Nope. In the height of my PUA inspired days, I was working a dead end job that was barely over US minimum wage. I dabbled in illegal side ventures to supplement my income (you can probably guess what). I was nothing special. I'm above average in looks, so that probably helped. My approach at the time was just very subtle and detached, and a lot of girls fucked with me. I was good at getting females to hit on me (eye contact, sub-communication out the ass). I acted like it was no big deal, but I was soaking that shit up lol I craved it...

Honestly, I never got 100% into PUA dogma like some guys do. I'd lurk on forums and collected bits of advice that sounded like it related to me. I also learned some stuff from Real Social Dynamics on occasion, but I eventually dropped it because I wasn't a big fan of Tyler's "APPROACH, APPROACH, APPROACH FUCKING EVERYONE" strategies and mentality.

I think the material that affected me the most back then was this eBook called the Attraction Code by Vin DiCarlo. It was typical PUA advice mixed with some solid inner-game stuff. It created an "a-ha!" moment for me and gave me a framework to go off. Looking back, it was probably nothing special compared to other material of its kind, but I really vibed with it at the time.

As far as what PUA means to me now, not a lot personally. I think it's helped a lot of guys (including myself) get an idea of how attraction works and offers motivation in the face of rejection and insecurity. That's cool. But it also spreads a lot of unhealthy mindsets and shitty pseudo-science.

I've got my own philosophy on attraction, seduction, self-development etc... these days that is pretty separate from traditional PUA material (on occasion it overlaps, especially in regards to the science of attraction). I still like coming on these types of forums to rustle feathers every once in while and see if I can't offer some good advice to someone who used to be in my position.

I totally agree with this. Good for you man! That's what it's all about. Picking up women should be a byproduct of a great lifestyle!

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Thank you sir! I think it's a lot easier to attract women when attracting women isn't your primary focus

I had read and studied a lot of material, and took somethings from it, but it wasn't until I was dating a girl and things started to go downhill and I posted on here that I had my lightbulb moment. I fellow poster on here gave me some solid advice on my thread which then turned over to a pm convo and the lightbulb came on and my success with women literally changed over night. Even though I liked myself as a person and didn't give a shit I was 100% convinced guess you'd say. The whole I am the prize mentality I had it, but I couldn't apply it once I learned how to apply it I felt unstoppable. Now I look at everytime I leave my house as a potential sarge I go to the hardware,gas station,anywhere I'm always on my game because you never know when you might run into a hot ass girl.

Anyway I found I had the tools I just didn't know how to use them. That's my story.