Very true!
And there is good reason to this...
Women seek external validation - Throughout growing up, they are validated daily by their parents, other women, and strangers. This starts very very young and continues into adulthood.
Men seek internal validation - Men (with the exception of very good looking men) do not know their SMV because they aren't raised to believe it.
Think about it, through high school, everything is based on looks, therefore SMV is established early in good looking people. This includes the top 5% or so of men, and probably the top 30-40% of women, a woman HB7 will receive far more compliments than a man of the same looks.
Then the problem...
The internal validation doesn't correlate to self-esteem and confidence. Therefore you have men who believe their SMV is actually lower than women, even women who are much less attractive. So then men chase money and status in the hopes that this will draw women to them. Consequently, while pursuing money and status, and likely improving their looks, their confidence raises and they naturally begin to attract more women. Unless they are the social oaf that has no ability to "game" women.
Game and LMS are essentially in a symbiotic relationship, both mutually beneficial to the success of the other. If you get LMS, you get confidence to "game" women (or just people in general). If you get confidence and "game", you get more ambitious and gain more LMS.
To use myself as an example, I had a very poor self-esteem due to the constant turning down of women in high school. I was lean, didn't have much style, but overall a fun guy. I ended up marrying a HB5, because I felt that was the best I could do. Then I began to gain confidence, become more open, and talk to more people (and women). I would define this as "game", learning to navigate social environments and manipulate them to my liking. Consequently, I realized I could attract beautiful and young women. Now my confidence wasn't based on women, it was based on understanding my value, therefore, I took some bold career moves and worked on my looks, realized my now ex-wife treated me like crap, and walked away.
One could not have worked without the other. The key is getting our young men off to a great start. Making them realize that the "looks" of high school are irrelevant to the grand scheme. Once people get into the real world, "any man can sweep any woman off her feet, he just needs the right broom"
