Guys, we made it through the first week!!!!!!
I hope each one of you went out and had at least a couple of beers to celebrate =)
Centaur,
Hey, you might have found that you were sitting on a goldmine... keep us posted on your mining efforts
valikyule,
Keep up the great work dude.
"One problem I still have is that I noticed its so easy to fall back into a AFC. Also, I may become confident after a few hi's but can relapse easily. Everybody sounds like they have no problem staying where they are. I wonder how you guys do it? Practice more?"
Don't worry about it. The mind automatically tries to revert back to its "default" mode, which for many of us is AFC. You just have to keep pushing it until your new default mode is DJ.
Gungnir,
You made some good points in your observations! Also, if you're not yet comfortable with the eye contact and Hi exercises, then just keep with them until they become second nature.
DJ delux,
It's never too late to start. Welcome aboard.
Thrillseeker,
"As for the men in this experiment when keeping eye contact I sensed either a certain confrontation or even provocation(they would look at me in a suspicious way). I had difficulty smiling with men."
I've found that if I look men in the eyes without smiling, they'll usually take it as a provocation. But if I smile and nod my head a little, I almost always get a smile and a nod back.
Mr_Cr0w,
First of all, I want to start out by thanking you for posting your viewpoint. I think once I get into a little more detail, you'll appreciate my perspective.
I have been to the fastseduction site, and I have learned plenty from it (I am going through my second reading of the Layguide). I also have been practicing SS, and am very pleased with the results.
Where there is an apparent hurdle, is in terminology. I am using a definition of DJ and PUA that is probably different than your definition.
My definition of a DJ is someone who has mastered most aspects of his life, including women. However, women in general are only moderately important in his life - the purpose of women is to enhance his life, not to revolve around it.
This is the definition of a DJ that most of the people on this board adhere to. As such, many of the Spanish seducers whom the legend of Don Juan is based upon would not be classified as a DJ, but rather as a PUA (will get to that definition in a minute).
However, seducers like Casanova would definitely be considered a DJ. This guy accomplished so much in his life that it's just amazing. Other DJs would be Pablo Picasso, Any Warhol, Aristotle, John F Kennedy, etc.
On the other hand, the definition of a PUA is someone who has mastered the art of picking up women, but has not been able to internalize that framework into his life as a whole.
For example, I know some seducers who have mastered SS, neg hits, group theory, social proof theory, and all the rest of the fastseduction arsenal, but are not able to use those tools for other aspects of their life. In this regard, I am using these people as my definition of a PUA.
So a better way to look at the difference between DJs and PUAs is to replace these acronyms with a neutral title such as Type A Seducer and Type B Seducer. The names themselves are arbitrary.
So those people on the fastseduction site that have their entire life together, and they are happy with themselves, and are able to utilize all that they have learned in seduction in the rest of their life, are by my definition DJs.
Conversely, those people on this site who have only mastered seducing women, but don't have the rest of their lives in order, and are not working to improve their lives are by my definition PUAs.
So I hope that this has cleared up any unintended misunderstanding.
And again, I do appreciate your input.
Master of the Universe
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"Life's a joke... take it too seriously, and the joke's on you"