MoveDaAss
It would be a lot of work, but if you consider putting it all together it would be perfect if some smoothing was done, at least some structure, i.e. chapters concerning different main points, start from the essentials (yourself), "techniques" later etc.
I did consider something like that... but it seemed so absurd.
Just putting the posts in the order that they were written should show all the evolution.
cutler
You made your life work. I didn't do a thing.
Someone proposed already, but repetitions do not always harm: IMO, you could (should ?) write a book. If you're concerned about your anonymity, use a false name, but tell us the title.
This will be a size of a book. I had no idea I've written that much on this forum.
Everyone should do a search on themselves and see how much you've written, and how your words/posts changed since the beginning. It's interesting viewing your own evolution here.
Renegade
Personally, I'd like to see a post about primal masculine instincts vs. emotional attachment, where the line is drawn, and why so many people are attracted to only one side of the pendulem.
I think I know what you're referring to and I'll have something similiar to that.
Why do a few guys become Cool Guys while others become Nice Guys?
hardass
1.)
more about how to become like a child
2.)
you ALWAYS talk about chasing your dreams and risking it all, can you go into detail about the dreams you chased (and maybe even didn't catch) and the risks you have taken (even the ones that blew up in your face).
More like a child? We'll see.
You'll hear alot about dreams and risks (but not my personal ones unless you read between the lines).
Hot Ice
Hmmmm... I'd like to hear how you keep your ego in check with all this asslicking.
Simple. You guys are on a computer screen where you are all 1s and 0s
Let us say there is a forum of beautiful women and we toss Hot Ice in there. The girls go wild! Problem is that its all electronic. The electricity goes out, so does the girls!
Do guys think they are getting laid because they watch pornos? It's all hyper-reality.
Anyways, I've been wondering that do you still view your earlier posts like "Be a man" any good and now I've been answered. I'm sure, like mine, also your newest realizations have nothing to do with women...
I don't like the 'Be a Man' post. I read it and cringe. That's the reaction I have with all the earlier posts. They seem so... innocent.
After years being here, I have finally silenced that wagging tongue that keeps asking more questions. I'm finally content. That's how I know I'm done.
"Being a Don Juan is not a net sum of smooth maneuvers and methods but of your own outlook on the world and on women. ANYONE can memorize 'techniques', but FEW can change the way HOW they think."
Looking at it as mindset versus technique was right. Looking at it as you're the prize, not her, was right. As you think you shall become was right. But I was missing the frame. It is the frame as to why Anti-Dump and other older men say what they say.
Now I see that Nice Guy is not a 'mindset', he is simply one way the mindset excercises itself. The Seducer (who requires techniques to do everything, from humping to farting) shares that same mindset. This explains why a Seducer will *dissolve* back into Nice Guy and why Nice Guys easily *snap* into Seducers. To me (at least), it all makes sense now. And I see the way out of the maze.
My last posts are a year old now. I reread them and I still have nothing more to say.
But I'd like to hear your CURRENT views about being a Man, having POWER over people, taking action, trusting your instincts, how to kill your unneeded emotions etc.
A Man is not one who has power. There are lots of clever people in the world who try to get titles to power. Are they men because they have a title? If someone has a crown, does that make him a man?
Shakespeare said it best:
"What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, how in form and grace how expressed and divine. How in action how like an angel. How in contemplation how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals!"
Matt Rogers
Advice on social skills/how to talk to women. You mention you used to be really shy and retiring. How did you get over this and become the outgoing, sociable Pook you are today? You mention self improvement a lot, but never give any specific advice on social improvement and how to become a charming Pook.
Perfect is boring.
Shy people are narcissistic. They focus on everyone's perspective of them. Regular people focus on what is expected of them. Interesting people are interested in what interests them.
Solid
Haha, I'll pass on the clubbing. There is lots of content here on clubbing. No need to add to the stash.
Limitless
Hmm. OK. I'll consider that one.
GeorgeGordon
’m curious about you, personally. Meaning, I want to know a few things about your journey. The Pook image is not you. Who is the flesh and blood behind the mask?
People want to improve themselves. They have no interest in me.
Besides, I hate talking/writing about myself. Why? Because I already know who I am. I don't help myself when I do that.
First, I don’t know if you have the same presence or influence in the ‘real world’ as you do on sosuave,
That's what I disagree with you (all) with. I don't have influence here. When you read my post or anyone else's post, you are really reading about yourself in some fashion.
That they really have no choice that others look to them for guidance. And isn’t that a lot of weight to not only be responsible for yourself, but for other men? That to some degree, you are responsible for their actions because you planted the idea and the motivation.
How powerful imagination is! All I do is dump long posts on an internet forum and run away. How George Gordon gets 'leadership' and 'responsibility' for all this is beyond me.
One thing I am proud of myself is that I did not write 'Be a Man' post infinite times. Some writers (like Arthur Miller) will put out a work and critics will love it. So they end up just duplicating that same work until the day they die.
Surely you know of directors, artists, musicians, who make a good piece and then they either copy that same piece again and again, they stop producing, or they produce ****ty stuff.
What happened? They start to have a fan base with money coming in and don't want to harm it. So 'safe' works come out, works that always suck.
Taking that into consideration, I’m more interested in your weaknesses.
Even though you and I have never met each other face to face, you know me better than those who are around me in person. Read the posts backward and you'll see how exposed I really am. Is 'Kill That Desperation' written by a guy who was always confident or was it written by a chump who suddenly realized the error of his ways? Was 'Be a Man' written by a warrior or by wimp who could finally see how worthless he truly was? Was 'Secret of the Jerk' written by a maniac who has his way with the world or by a sane person trying to fathom the insanity around him?
Why not do some posts on leadership, specifically.
Because when I first posted, I had no intention of becoming a Pook. All I wanted was to improve myself with women and life. Those are still my purposes.
I don't do anything else!
Leadership is the absence of all consensus. It is burning a path while others scream at you since they think you'll burn down the forest. You just ignore them and keep going, because you want to get to the other side. They are the pioneers and get all the arrows into them.
If a man sets out for his purpose, dreams, and freedom on his own, Nature will crown him with leadership.
