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Well, lets start with a bit of history. Back in the day before I started to look into the community, I used to do alright for myself. Im sure part of what I was doing was natural game, I was smooth, I got the girls making a move on me, and I know plenty of others were attracted to me.
To be honest though, I had no idea what I was doing and it was somewhat hit and miss. So I started looking into the game, working on how I interacted with women, working out what I was doing right and what I was doing wrong. I feel like Ive taken a wrong turn though, and now I'm not having as much success as I did previously. In learning what I was doing right and what I was doing wrong, and there was plenty I was doing wrong, I feel like Ive started thinking about what I say too much, and loosing that smooth attitude which was my main asset. I may even be coming off as a bit try hard.
Im sure there are a number of you out there that has experienced this hurdle, but is the only cure practice?
Thanks in advance people.
I think that just like everything else, things get much worse then get a lot better. When a new "Clean Up Man" comes into companies to repair them he always has to destroy thing and then slowly but steadily build them until they eventually get a lot better.
I use to be decent with girls, things were hit or miss. Quite a few were attracted to me but I had no clue. I didn't know what I was doing wrong, more importantly I didn't know what to do right. So I had to learn what I was already doing right, through much thought and studying, then I expanded that behavior to include more things I could do "right". I started to realize my obnoxious behaviors that needed more improvement.
Now I am better with girls then ever(not that I'm as close to as good as any of those MPUAs), things do become natural. You start chatting and you just start to use your tools more efficiently and subconsciously. Now I can read body language with very little effort, this was my downfall to start, so now I see all the looks I get. I know when to stop in a conversation, when to steer it, when to let it flow(my preference), and when to escalate.
It's like with sports, you don't pay attention to every little mechanic you do when you pitch, swing your golf club, or shoot pool, the running back doesn't consciously think to go through the hole. Everything is about practice and programming so that you can use the information you've gained more efficiently, this isn't just in pick up this is in everything.
Just keep at it, one thing I will say is just because you gain new information doesn't mean you have to use it immediately(though it helps testing it). Don't overfill yourself on info to the point where the mind can't use it correctly or at all. That is what initially happens, you learn all this new stuff and want to use it, so you do but you have to CONSCIOUSLY use it meaning think about it still. After a bit just like everything it will be easy as pie and natural as well.
My recommendation would be to go out and be you, have fun. Talk to people, be who you are. Then come home and review your behavior, figure out where you did well and which behaviors you should keep, and then figure out which behaviors are limiting you and start to improve them steadily (don't try and fix every problem at once, it will be highly unlikely to work out). Another thing is make sure to take an honest look at yourself, and be brutally honest with yourself. The world won't change for you, you however have the power to change yourself for the world. Modify what you can and that is your own behaviors.
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