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PostPosted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:09 pm 
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Hey Unfair Advantage,

another guy with a lovely name, I just love this place :)

First off - a big thank you to you, and I also have to recognize you and every guy who steps up and
actually asks a question - not just pasively reads or surfs the topic. It takes guts to even reach
out and ask for help.

Ok, on to your question.

You've asked interesting couple of question.

First one is, what do you do when you want to break up with a girl and get out of the
relationship but you fear breaking up with your girlfriend?


Second you've asked, what do you do when you feel so much guilt about not being
able to give a woman a relationship after a one night stand?

And the third one is, what to do if you feel you don't have much going on in your life?

So let's take a closer look at the first one: What do you do when you want to get out
of the relationship but you're afraid of the breakup?


I think there is a point in every guy's life when he feels he should *upgrade* his seducing
skills and ability, and have fun a little bit. Explore what's out there, what are different women
like and generally smell some other roses.

Now, if a guy is single, he can go out and start doing that immediately - if he get's the courage
to do it of course.

But if the guy is in a relationship, the risk of losing that security of having someone in your life,
and the fear of exposing yourself in the dating world is sometimes too big. So usually a guy
won't do anything - he'll stay in a relationship because that's the "sensible" thing to do.

However, during the last several years while I was studying confidence and trying to figure
out what confidence really was - I came to a conclusion that you can put confidence in
basically one sentece - to stay true to yourself.

In other words, if you're in a relatinoship, and you really feel you want to get out and meet more
women and have more fun - and you feel that that is the right thing to do for you - then if you
don't do this, you are basically BETRAYING a part of yourself.

And you think it doesn't matter? It does. You will know and you will hurt yourself in the long run.

There is NO WAY that you can go AGAINST yourself and have it work out at the end.

I had a student who was in a similar situation like you. He was in a relationship, he wanted to get
out and explore the world a bit - but he was afraid of hurting the other person.

Well, couple of years later, his girl got pregnant with him - and he still wanted to explore other women.

What ended up happening is he didn't just messed up his life - or her life - he messed up the baby's
life as well, because he wasn't clear on what he wanted.

So my advice to you is listen to yourself. Stay true to yourself about what you REALLY want and
when you do, act with COURAGE.

You see, courage is accepting tough decisions even if some sort of loss or hurt is involved - because
you believe it is the right thing to do.

Hope this make sense to you.

As to your second question about girls being "emotionally shattered" because you dont want to date
them after that one night - well, that is a big, HUGE, arrogant statement from your part.


This is the most sexist statement you can ever make, because with it you're implying that women are
somehow below you, or that you have an unfair advantage over them - whadda you know, good ol'
subconscious is in action here.

Anyhow, women will NOT be emotionally shattered because you don't call them the next day - IF you're
not praying on insecure women and lie to them about your two future kids and a house with a white
fence - but you are open about your intentions - and most importantly, don't think that there's something
wrong with your intentions.

Because the way you structured your question, what I hear is "YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE SEX WITH A
GIRL AND THEN LEAVE HER THE NEXT DAY."

I'm hearing guilt from your part.

Maybe you were raised in a certain household where certain beliefs were instilled in you. In that case,
you need to review your beliefs and see them for what they are - and make them work for you.

I would totally recommend my book, The Natural's Way which you can find on amazon or my amazing
website (shameless promotion insert here) and help yourself with the chapter 4: BELIEFS.

I had a situation in my life, where I had a one night stand with the girl, and when I texted her the next
day - she responded with "Hey you don't get what a one night stand is?"

She basically told me in my face that she was the kind of girl who has one night stands and thats what
she wants to do at this point in her life.

So...check your beliefs.

And for your third question about not feeling you have much going on in life...well, BUILD your life so that you DO have much going on in it.

What I mean by this is ask yourself, what do I really want to do? Do I want to travel the world? Do I
want to have fun? Do I want to become massive success?

You are not a TREE. You are a man who can get up and get what he wants in his life. You live in a
free world and your options are virtually unlimited.

So if you don't have much going on in your life, it's probably because you never did anything to have it.

Now, some don't do much with their life because they don't feel they are WORTH as much. Some don't
do anything in their life because they are LAZY. And some don't do much in their life because they don't
feel ABLE to do anything.

In your case, I would guess that you don't think you're WORTH as much. And I'm not taking shots at you, but
just based on what you said about yourself, I would say that your sense of how much
you are worth inside, your deep belief that you keep only to yourself about your worth, is probably a bit
low.

So a good question to ask yourself is this:

1. What do I WANT for myself in life?
2. Do I feel I DESERVE and have PERMISSION to have that?


Try asking yourself these two questions, and notice what comes up for you.

If the answer to the second question is a NO, then say these words "I deserve to have that in my life. I
give myself permission to have that in my life."

And notice how you feel.

I hope I was able to help you clarify what's really true for your life, and if I did, that you'll
take what I said seriously, and use this stuff in your life.

Also, if you're interested in learning more about confidence, you can check out the community
I made specifically for building your confidence in life and around women.

Link's in the signature.

As for other guys, got questions about your life? Phantom has answers.

Ask and you shall receive an answer.

Phantom

WELL DONE! Holy shit, that is the best most concise answer I've ever seen... Brilliant sir.

Please guys if you got some questions on confidence this guy knows his business.

Love your definition of self-confidence... simplicity that entails so much. Just wanted to pay my humblest compliments sir.

Peace and Love,

Vic

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Well thank you and I have to say I'm honored by your recognition.

I spent a lot of years studying this area and I enjoy sharing the knowledge
with guys that need it.

So thank you again, and keep up with the questions.

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Hi Phantom... These are my newbie questions:

1) How should I react when a girl is in my bed already (I did not FC yet) and start to teasing me? I mean I notice that she was playing with me, obviously I did not force anything, she refuses to take her bra when I tried, so I continued kissing her for a while, tried again after a couple of minutes and again...then after like 15 minutes she told me that she needed to go home...she told me "I love to tease you" after that and I felt like a total idiot.

2)The same girl started acting like this: I met a friend of age and she grab my arm when I talked to her ... then this girl said " I didnt like that, bla bla and I didnt know if you are deserving to go out with me today bla bla. I told her she is being childish and she said she was just kidding. But she already did this 3 times with different topics and obviously she is not kidding and is trying to manipulate me. How should I act with this kind of girl? I managed to FC her but after a while she dumped me and I felt that It was because I was weak with her.

3) How should I react when I have a disappointing sexual performance? This happened 1 time with me ( with a different girl) and I felt like I lost all the control of the interaction with the girl after that. Should I apology? Pretend nothing happened? She did not criticized me or looked upset but I think that I lost my confidence with this girl because after that I felt like she started to dominate the relationship and I am anxious about the next time we will make sex.

Sorry about the english and thanks.


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:10 am 
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Hi Phantom... These are my newbie questions:

1) How should I react when a girl is in my bed already (I did not FC yet) and start to teasing me? I mean I notice that she was playing with me, obviously I did not force anything, she refuses to take her bra when I tried, so I continued kissing her for a while, tried again after a couple of minutes and again...then after like 15 minutes she told me that she needed to go home...she told me "I love to tease you" after that and I felt like a total idiot.

2)The same girl started acting like this: I met a friend of age and she grab my arm when I talked to her ... then this girl said " I didnt like that, bla bla and I didnt know if you are deserving to go out with me today bla bla. I told her she is being childish and she said she was just kidding. But she already did this 3 times with different topics and obviously she is not kidding and is trying to manipulate me. How should I act with this kind of girl? I managed to FC her but after a while she dumped me and I felt that It was because I was weak with her.

3) How should I react when I have a disappointing sexual performance? This happened 1 time with me ( with a different girl) and I felt like I lost all the control of the interaction with the girl after that. Should I apology? Pretend nothing happened? She did not criticized me or looked upset but I think that I lost my confidence with this girl because after that I felt like she started to dominate the relationship and I am anxious about the next time we will make sex.

Sorry about the english and thanks.
Zhyu, to be honest with you, I think you still have a lot of work to do on yourself.

I don't know how old you are, but based on what you wrote you struck me as a person with not
a lot of personal life experience.

When you do gain it a bit, you'll realize how much the stuff you're talking about have so little value.

Things like FC-ing a girl and similar is so pointless that I don't even know where to begin.

I get it if you're into the whole pick-up stuff for now, but in my experience, following anything
that the pick up stuff is teaching only brought me pain and suffering. After having occasional
success with women, I would almost always fall back to my miserable little world of trying
to manipulate women, get around them to get my way with her, or score so I can feel better
about myself.

I have a saying "Women are the mirror of our life". The way you approach the whole women thing
is probably how you approach your own life.

And based on what you wrote - you definitely have space to improve your life.

Everything is connected. The way you communicate at work, the way other people talk to you, the
way you talk to other people...is the same way you'll be interacting with women.

So if a guy feels like nobody in his life, he'll go to women and try to make himself feel like somebody.

Make sense?

But this never works - because after he gets a few occasional successes, he realized those are just
temporary hits to his deep underlying issues.

It's like trying to fix a leaking pipe with a piece of gum. It could work for 30 seconds, but then the
water will burst again.

So here are my suggestions for you:

1. Start working on your own sense of self.

Who are you in this world? How important are you?
Who are others compared to you? How do you see yourself?

Try to develop yourself to a point where you feel who YOU really are...and feeling comfortable to
be who you are in any situation, no matter how attractive the woman.

I would suggest you start by making a list titled "50 Reasons I deserve beautiful women in my life".

Then write down everything you can think of (this might take awhile), and re-read or re-write the list
every single morning and evening before you go to sleep for 30 days.

This is a good start to raise yours sense of worth and value.

2. Start asking yourself, "What do I want my life to be about?"

Do you want it to be about chasing women and having random to no success, or do you want to actually make something out of it?

True confidence only comes from knowing you are being true to yourself in terms of what you really
want to do with your life.

So ask yourself, what do I really want to do at this point? What scares me and excites me at the same
time?

How would I most like to see my life look like at this point?

3. Make yourself strong

Insecurity, fear of rejection, feeling like an idiot or worrying what the woman will think of you all contribute
to you feeling weak.

So make yourself feel strong by proving to yourself that you can deal with rejection and having other
people disaprove of you.

One of the best ways is to start EXPOSING yourself and your true interests to women.

Stop trying to hide what you really want to do, and stop thinking about your intentions
as something sneaky and manipulative.

Instead, be OK with how you feel. I have a friend who is very successful with women, and one of the first
things he says to a woman when he meets her in a club is "Man I'd like to do you..."

For most guys saying something like this would be so awkward, that they would probably have to hold
their breath and hope the woman doesn't throw 47 drinks in their face.

But the reason it works well for him is because he is OK with saying that. He doesn't care what the woman
thinks or will think of him, but is completely OK with himself and expressing himself in that way.

Get it?

You need to become OK with your own desires, your own intentions so other people will be OK with them.

So expose yourself more to saying what you REALLY want to say, what you REALLY want to do...and stop
trying to manipulate the situation to get your own way.

Now, with all being said, I do not know you, I'm only giving feedback based on what you said. I could be
wrong, but I don't think I am ;)

And although I didn't answer your questions specifically, I wanted to give you an answer that would deal
with the stuff you're probably not even aware of - but that are killing your success with women.

Good luck,

Phantom

P.S If you have any confidence challenge, ASK and you shall receive an answer in 1 day or less.
I love helping guys and giving back to the community, and I know that it requires courage sometimes
to ask for help. Let it go, reach out. We're here to grow.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:18 am 
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Thanks Phantom...I understand that I have to build a lot of confidence to improve my life and in fact I already improved a lot from my starting point. But I think I need some guidance in some issues like I wrote until I get where I want to... I think that this specific girl was very difficult to handle for a guy with limited experience like me... She showed a lot of interest and was nice but I think she is very manipulative and she was just getting out of a relationship when I met her...so I feel like she was always testing me and wasnt really devoted to the relationship ( I thought that this might have to do with the recent break up). Adicionaly we both have difficult schedules... In resume I think it was a difficult situation that needed a really experient guy to handle.


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Hey Phantom. Matt here. Been away from the forums a long time. And for good reason.

I have been in some sort of "Zen mode". Detaching myself from things I used to do. (I used to do crazy sorts of social experiments and videos). And also approaching women and the relateds. Well cause I read a thread here on the forums. The most powerful thread I've ever read... Ever.

The Centered Man Manifesto.

I've let all that I've read to sink in. However there was one thing I still couldn't tak control of. It's.. The fact that I'm an still an awful introvert. After reading that thread, I felt so stupid and embarrassed about all the crap I've posted on the forums. About how much I've tried to sell myself. I'm probably the biggest failure here.

I can't talk for shit. I just don't know why. I get tired everytime I'm in a social situation and I just feel like sitting on a couch and just I dunno be alone? I can't help it. I've read about how gambler conquered his introversion, so I looked up on various activities that can help me recondition myself for social settings. And so I joined a Toastmasters club. I met amazing people there. Amazing speakers, people with so much confidence I just feel so tiny.

I met a PUA the first time I went to a Toastmasters session. Long story short, when I went up front to deliver a speech on a topic, I mentioned a few things I've learned from my PU journey. And the guy laughed his eyes out listening to me speak. And after that while on tea break, he approached me. At first sight I was amazed by how he flaunted his confidence. He was a sales man before doing his current job as an immigration specialist. And with that experience of selling products, it was easy for him to sell himself.

He was the first PUA I've met in person. (Well besides my cousin, whom became a PUA at 17 or something, goes home with beautifully stunning women every night.) I could definitely tell he could hold all his shit together.

But then I looked at myself and I just feel terrible. I just can't sell myself. All my life I've been listening to people and always been the listener in every conversation. I mean don't mind me, but I've had several girls that come up to me all interested and doing all the talking cause I'm a handsome guy. But what's the point if I can't talk for shit.

Inner game has been my greatest interest ever since I fell into the forums after reading Style's book. I've been reading every thread that I believed could help me. It berns going great honestly. I've never had an emotional episode ever since. (I used to be so emo and crap, and always so angry or sad at things.) now I'm a positive little faggot haha.

But still!!!! I can't speak out. It's like nothing comes to mind. Like I just want to listen. That's all I want to do. But consciously I know that I want to talk. But my mind is empty.

You can skip reading this part if you want to. I was raised up in Singapore, born here rather. I was born into a very religious family of 10. I was always the ugly duckling (in a way). Everyone praised the shit out of my looks, be it aunts or cousins, parents friends. I guess as a child I became spoilt of this. And I just let other people do the talking. Another way I could have been an introvert was the fact that as a child from all the fighting (which is a necessary part of growing up) was just too much for me. So I left myself is solitude in my room. I notice when I go home from school or work, everyone else in the family are taking amongst each other. Sisters talking about what happened at work or about their friends. Brothers talking to my mother about what happened at work. And im just here sitting all by myself.

I guess In responsible for conditioning myself into this introverted crap. I believe I used to bee social and extroverted when I was younger than 11.

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Hey Midget, I read your post but didn't notice your question.

What would you like to know specifically?

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Im finishing my highschool this year, and theres one girl i really like, not in my class but we know each other pretty well.

Few years ago,2012, we went on trip with school so Im 100 percent sure she had a crush on me, danced in a club intimate touches hugs laying in bed, but at the time i had gf, and even i wanted to break up with my gf then to hook up with her, i didnt. So we came back from the trip and we went out to cinema we had a nice time like we r in relationship, holded hands laughed... But we never hooked up. Our relationship got cold at the time... and... After a month she got a bf.

And this year i mean last year,2013, (still cant get used to 2014) we went on a school trip too, but this time it wasnt the same, i get it. She has bf, i know. But even she has a bf we stayed whole night talking about some stupid things listening to music, we lay down on the same bed separeted and in the morning we woke up cudduling,beautiful moments.

Also im preety sure im not friend zoned cause i always tell her some stuff like , hows my haircut, and im like bold, not really bold but i have really short hair... and she says its ok, i like it, and i reply, i know its not beautiful but i did this cause i noticed that u like ugly boys :D And she starts to laugh and punches me...

Im not sure what to think about this girl anymore im crazy about her! Im not sure she knows this, she knows that i like her in one point, but not like this! Im not like some stalker i left her huge space we even barely talk on hallways just say hi-hi... I left her space so she doesnt get bored by me...

Also her best friend is my good friend too... So im not sure should i ask her for an opinion, but if i ask her, she will tell that to my crush, and i will look like a pussy, like a guy who doesnt have balls to tell her his feelings.

Should I tell her my feelings by myself? I waited long time, she still didnt break up with that guy... And she s preety cool girl shes not a whore or something like that, always happy, at least she pretends to... even when shes sad.. On last school trip she called me her boyfriends name, im not sure is that good or bad, do i remind her about him or what... Last night on a school trip when i wanted to tell her about my feelings i told her bestfriend to leave us alone few minutes, and she smilled to me in a way go for it i think, but the girl i have crush on, she just said i need to go , i must go, sorry sorry, if she was a little faster she would be running to elevator, like shes scared of what shes going to her. I really dont know...

And i bet i would do anything for her if its urgent not on a pathetic way do a homework or anything like that,i mean if she has a problem and need someone to talk to in a middle of a night i would talk to her, but she doesnt count on me, im not even sure how she looks at me, am i friend, potentional bf, brother or wtf?
Also she sometimes makes funny faces when she walks next to me, atleast she used to, now she just gives a honest smile and hi, also she used to punch me on hallways if i negg her...

Thanks again, Its big dilema here! Cheers!

To someone of you it may sound pathetic, but its not to me... i got periods when i cant stop thinking about her...
Sorry for my bad English again! :)


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From reading your post, you seem like a natural. Just be yourself man. Do what you feel. Say what you feel. I think when you took her friend away from her, you made it so serious. So I guess you should've just let her friend be there and just say "hey friend, I like your best friend. Would you let me go out with her?"

By the way phantom, my whole post was a summary of untalkativeness and introversion. I just have one more obstacle left. That's that. Thanks :)

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Hi Phantom

I've kinda psycho analyzed myself over all these years and found one main deep issue that seems to relate to everything - my lack of self -esteem

Most of my issues are related to low self esteem – not feeling that I am worth enough …this is probably due to years of being put down and told 'Im “selfish, greedy, untrustworthy, not a good person etc” from the person I looked up to the most – my father. This cannot be changed and my fathers attitude towards me cannot be changed either...so whatever the reason..I dont care...I want to move on and fix the issue.

- Self-esteem issues – if I am unable to value myself or love myself how can I expect another to?
- Insecurity issues - not believing I am good enough – always expecting people to think the worst of me
- Neediness – not believing I am good enough and needing another individual to feel whole/complete
- Awkward body language and stance – due to not believing I am worth the space I am taking up, feel like I need an excuse to be there
- When in a group , feel as If I don’t belong , that I’m lucky to have the opportunity for people to want to spend time around a person like me
- Always thinking others are of a higher value as a person then me, this comes out in the way I talk , the way I act and my need to please
- Not knowing who I truly am or my identity – always needing to find out who I am from others
- Always over thinking every interaction with another person– positive or negative

It is quite apparent that almost all of my issues stem from my severe lack of self esteem.

Ignoring why it happened and why it shouldn't have etc…..no crying over spilled milk…..I want to fix my self esteem issues.

What is the best way to go about this?


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Hi Phantom,
Firstly, you're awesome. I have gone through these posts and I must say that there is credibility in whatever knowledge you're giving to us. Your posts have made me feel much more confident about myself. Thank You.

I have a few questions though, I'd be glad if you'd assist me too.

1) Whenever I go out,anywhere, college or parties, I always go with this feeling like I'm the boss and like just generate some positive vibes in myself. But, people tell me that I think way too much of myself and that I'm cocky and sometimes rude as well who is egoistic. Basically, how do I control this?

2) To be honest, I haven't had much success with women. I'm still a virgin but I am not shy or anything or I don't feel like I can't go and talk to a girl. I have had a pretty good social life. But, I am never able to understand why am I not able to engage in an emotional connection with any girl? I mean, I am not able to assess myself. I believe I am attractive, and that I am the prize when it comes to the girl. The only reason I wanna learn pick up is not only to have success with women, but also develop a strong personality and lifestyle.

3) Okay, I have been talking to this girl(HB8) and I don't wanna fuck this up. She's good to talk to and there's more to her that meets the eye. I wanna basically build a flirtatious vibe everytime I talk to her. Sometimes, the talk is too deep and I'm being nice to her, and I have this instant feeling that am I getting friendzoned? Now, we flirt sometimes so I believe that kinda shit is not there, but how do I always engage the flirtatious vibe, a sexual tension so that she would want me more?

Thanks Phantom,

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Hi Phantom

I've kinda psycho analyzed myself over all these years and found one main deep issue that seems to relate to everything - my lack of self -esteem

Most of my issues are related to low self esteem – not feeling that I am worth enough …this is probably due to years of being put down and told 'Im “selfish, greedy, untrustworthy, not a good person etc” from the person I looked up to the most – my father. This cannot be changed and my fathers attitude towards me cannot be changed either...so whatever the reason..I dont care...I want to move on and fix the issue.

- Self-esteem issues – if I am unable to value myself or love myself how can I expect another to?
- Insecurity issues - not believing I am good enough – always expecting people to think the worst of me
- Neediness – not believing I am good enough and needing another individual to feel whole/complete
- Awkward body language and stance – due to not believing I am worth the space I am taking up, feel like I need an excuse to be there
- When in a group , feel as If I don’t belong , that I’m lucky to have the opportunity for people to want to spend time around a person like me
- Always thinking others are of a higher value as a person then me, this comes out in the way I talk , the way I act and my need to please
- Not knowing who I truly am or my identity – always needing to find out who I am from others
- Always over thinking every interaction with another person– positive or negative

It is quite apparent that almost all of my issues stem from my severe lack of self esteem.

Ignoring why it happened and why it shouldn't have etc…..no crying over spilled milk…..I want to fix my self esteem issues.

What is the best way to go about this?
Ok, sorry for a late response, been off to a long vacation to recharge my batteries, now I'm ready to rock
on.

Anyhow, to your question. What you've asked is actually something that a lot of guys experience when
having an adult role-model figure tell them stuff about themselves that they later start believing.

Look, the reason your dad said that stuff to you is because he tried to make you a better person. Probably
he was projecting a lot of his own stuff on to you, so you can become a better version of him.

A lot of parents do this unconsciously, and in their good intention they wind up damaging the kid.

So first understand your dad was well intended.

Second, you do have self-esteem issues. And they are not only because of your dad, but because of YOU.

Even though other people told you stuff about you, it was you who ultimately accepted that opinion for
yourself.

Good news is, you can change. You can change your limiting beliefs, your poor self image, your sense of
power and worth and all that - IF you put in the work.

The path is not short. The path of developing your self-esteem and confidence is long, hard, sweaty
and a lot of times painful.

It is also something that you need to deal with for years. Right as you think you've dealt with it, some hidden insecurity or a demon comes back to byte you by the ass.

However, it is also the MOST important thing you can do for you life.

If you deal with your insecurities, self-image, your limiting beliefs etc. then that will affect what kind of
work will you do, how much you will earn in your life, it will determine the quality of your relationships,
the kind of women you date etc.

I went through the same journey myself, with feeling insecure, needy, worth-less, over-thinking every
situation, feeling inferior to other people, and being awkward in body language and stance.

Today I am a different person, where I am present when talking with people, feel that ultimately I have
the highest worth for myself, know exactly where I belong and who I am as a man and a human being,
am very assertive and confident in my body language, eye contact and communication.

And you can be this too.

The reason I started coaching is because I wanted to help guys go through the same journey as I went through and transform from an "ugly duck" to a beautiful swan - as corny as this sounds.

I spent a lot of time thinking about the "unification" code that make up a strong confidence in a person.

After a lot of though, I came up with 6 parts, that I call colors of confidence. I named the system
Six Colors of Confidence, and it deals with exactly the kind of challenges you're talking about here.

It's basically a shortcut to personal transformation. And although nothing can replace the actual work that
you do with yourself, it does show you a road map to where your challenges "fit in" and what to work on.

In your case, the second color of VALUE is where you should do the most work in.

Value color represents your own sense of WORTH. This is your self image, how you see yourself compared
to other people, how much you know where you fit in and belong, and how much you know who you
really are inside.

When anybody asks me, how can he change how he see's himself and his self-image, I always
recommend a book by Maxwell Maltz called Psycho-Cybernetics. This guy used to be a plastic
surgeon and he noticed that when people got a face image change, they changed their self-image
as people.

Another book I recommend is a book by Nathaniel Branden called 6 Pillars of Self-Esteem. I know there
is a resemblance to the 6 colors of confidence, but it's just a coincidence. Anyway, Nathaniel Branden
is the father of the modern self-esteem movement, and I recommend you check out all of his work
on self esteem, but start with the 6 pillars. One of my coaching clients said that he started crying
when he got to the half of it.

And finally, to improve your sense of worth, I recommend you check out my book, the Natural's Way, especially chapter 4 where I talk about how to deal with the beliefs other authority figures installed in
us, like our parents.

Remember, working on your self-esteem is a journey, not a quick fix. It is also something that is really
worth the trouble if you want to live a life of any quality. You can do it on your own, if you do want
a shortcut you can check out my Six Colors of Confidence program that I mentioned. You can find it
on my website, link's in the signature.

To your success,

Phantom

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Hi Phantom,
Firstly, you're awesome. I have gone through these posts and I must say that there is credibility in whatever knowledge you're giving to us. Your posts have made me feel much more confident about myself. Thank You.

I have a few questions though, I'd be glad if you'd assist me too.

1) Whenever I go out,anywhere, college or parties, I always go with this feeling like I'm the boss and like just generate some positive vibes in myself. But, people tell me that I think way too much of myself and that I'm cocky and sometimes rude as well who is egoistic. Basically, how do I control this?

2) To be honest, I haven't had much success with women. I'm still a virgin but I am not shy or anything or I don't feel like I can't go and talk to a girl. I have had a pretty good social life. But, I am never able to understand why am I not able to engage in an emotional connection with any girl? I mean, I am not able to assess myself. I believe I am attractive, and that I am the prize when it comes to the girl. The only reason I wanna learn pick up is not only to have success with women, but also develop a strong personality and lifestyle.

3) Okay, I have been talking to this girl(HB8) and I don't wanna fuck this up. She's good to talk to and there's more to her that meets the eye. I wanna basically build a flirtatious vibe everytime I talk to her. Sometimes, the talk is too deep and I'm being nice to her, and I have this instant feeling that am I getting friendzoned? Now, we flirt sometimes so I believe that kinda shit is not there, but how do I always engage the flirtatious vibe, a sexual tension so that she would want me more?

Thanks Phantom,

Sonic
Hey Sonic, first off, thank you for your praisal. I appreciate anyone who spends the time studying what
makes confidence work.

Anyhow, to your questions. They are kind of diverse, but they touch on a similar subject.

Your first question was about how do you control being "too" confident, where people get a sense that
you're arogant.

Your second question was about not knowing the reason why you can't create an emotional connection with a girl.

And the third question was about getting friendzoned when you are talking with a girl.

So to answer your first question about appearing too ARROGANT to women and people.

First, understand that it's not a big deal if women tell you you're arrogant. You're not excluded from
their lap if you appear arrogant, but you will be excluded if you appear needy, insecure and pathetic.

So arrogance is not such a big deal. Where it becomes a big deal is when you are arrogant when you're
talking 1 on 1 with a girl, and you're trying to be all-that when you're really not.

To avoid this, remember this: Be as arrogant as you want to, but always show that you actually do CARE
for her. This is the key that will make them love you for ever. Everybody loves a strong person, a strong
personality - as long as they know that person is on their side.

So show that you care. The way you show this is by being a little bit warm and friendly when you're
talking with her 1 on 1. Ask her about her, if you see she's cold, give her your jacket or bring her a
blanket. Remember, the key do this working is in you keeping that confident part, not transforming into
a wussy who wants to get something from a girl by doing nice stuff for her.

To answer your second question about creating a connection with her.

By the way you structured
your question, I got this feel that you're kind of scared of being intimate with a person. And I mean
intimate as in emotional intimacy not sex.

Here's a question for you: How much do you feel SAFE to open up to a girl? Do you feel you can show
her who you REALLY are and let her in?

You can't really create a connection without letting the person near.

You can be all cocky and confident,
but if you can't let people come close to you and see your real side, you're just playing what I call
"A wounded bird" role, where you're trying to mask out your real insecurity by displaying an air of
confidence and ooo I'm all that.

So open yourself up a bit, be OK with being vulnerable for a moment and allow the girl to see that
vulnerable side of you.

How do you do that?

Well, SHARE a sad story about yourself. Tell her something you don't tell a lot of people. Share a secret
with her. Let her IN.

And to answer your third question about being FRIENDZONED.

Here's a naked truth about getting friendzoned: Women CAN'T friendzone you. YOU can only friend zone
yourself.

Guys just don't get this. It is YOU who ultimately puts yourself in the friendzone.

If you stay on the line of "should-I-make-a-move-or-not" and you keep thinking and analyzing this, the
woman is going to bail.

The key to not putting yourself in the friendzone is to move to interest as soon as possible.

Start teasing her about how she likes you. If that doesn't work, pinch her ass and say there was a bee
on it that you needed to kill to save her from.

As a man, you need to be the one who is taking the lead in escalating the thing forward.

Rarely will the woman take the initiative and start grabbing you by the ass. It happens, but not likely.

So the question is this: Do you have enough cohones between your leg to stand in front of her with
an attitude of "I want you" and be completely unapologetic for it?

Stop hiding your desires and interests, and learn how to lead it to the next level.

If you go to chapter 4 in my book, The Natural's Way, (available on my website), I talk about how to
avoid the friendzone and show to a woman you like her without making her run.

I def recommend you check out the book.

As for the others out here, if you have a question, ASK and you shall receive an answer in 1 day or less.

Phantom

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Hey Phantom, I'm still kind of new to the forum and still little unsure how to help myself, so...

I'd like to ask: How can a man truly succeed in life, with being social, work, and especially with women, if he doesn't believe in himself? How can he start to do the opposite which is BELIEVE, and say positive things to himself, rather then negative all the time?

For me as a person...every.single.day I am just so damn hard on myself. I punish myself emotionally for not being a success with women, for not being the social Alpha Male, and that also ends up affecting my grades in school...since I literally spend too much time torturing myself. It's like...I try to read the information here but it just doesn't *click*. I read it and go:

"The very fact I'm even reading about this stuff...and NOT having already known it my whole life and especially throughout high school...makes me a real loser =/" or "Other guys already do this with other women...guess there's just no room for me to improve at all =/" and that's how I feel. It's like an endless circle I put myself in.

I wish I could be like some of the awesome guys on here, have a bad day one day and then the next just be totally fine or even better. But I KNOW if I had some real, hard earned success with girls I'm interested in, it'd **really** make me happy and (finally) confident in myself...and it depresses me how I'm not there...

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this...


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Hey Phantom, I'm still kind of new to the forum and still little unsure how to help myself, so...

I'd like to ask: How can a man truly succeed in life, with being social, work, and especially with women, if he doesn't believe in himself? How can he start to do the opposite which is BELIEVE, and say positive things to himself, rather then negative all the time?

For me as a person...every.single.day I am just so damn hard on myself. I punish myself emotionally for not being a success with women, for not being the social Alpha Male, and that also ends up affecting my grades in school...since I literally spend too much time torturing myself. It's like...I try to read the information here but it just doesn't *click*. I read it and go:

"The very fact I'm even reading about this stuff...and NOT having already known it my whole life and especially throughout high school...makes me a real loser =/" or "Other guys already do this with other women...guess there's just no room for me to improve at all =/" and that's how I feel. It's like an endless circle I put myself in.

I wish I could be like some of the awesome guys on here, have a bad day one day and then the next just be totally fine or even better. But I KNOW if I had some real, hard earned success with girls I'm interested in, it'd **really** make me happy and (finally) confident in myself...and it depresses me how I'm not there...

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this...
Hey, congratulations on stepping up and asking for help. So many guys just read this passively and never
take the courage to actually ask a question.

Anyhow, on to your question.

You've asked a very good question regarding how can a man succeed in life, work, socially and with women
if he doesn't believe in himself?

The answer is simple - he can't. If you don't believe in yourself, you won't go far in life. Believing in yourself
is like air to success.

If you don't believe in yourself, then everybody will be able to say something to you, and you'll go back
crawling under your rock of misery.

So you gotta believe in yourself. You gotta develop this belief in yourself that you CAN make it, that
you HAVE what it takes and that NOTHING will stop you.

So the question then arises which is HOW do you do that? How can you start believing in yourself?

In your case, you mentioned that you are so hard with yourself and mostly focus on the negative sides
of what you did, or how you always manage to find something to find bad about yourself.

In this case, I think there is something else in the background. I once had a coaching client
who did something similar to what you're doing.

We'd talk about improving himself in this area of women, and then he'd go and implement nothing that
we'd talked about. He would lock himself in the room and have these pitty parties, where he'd
say to himself "O why do I have to go through this? Other guys never had to learn this stuff, they
already knew this. I'm pathetic."

I was really frustrated about this, and after working with him on this I had a huge breakthrough about
why he was doing this.

It turned out he had a secondary gain with doing this. In his case, his secondary gain was he got
to feel sorry for himself and feel so connected and safe with himself.

So ask yourself, is there a secondary gain you get by being really harsh with yourself? What do you get
when you go into "O I should know this already and not be learning it"?

And the other thing about how you start believing in yourself is in changing how you TALK with yourself.

You see, we all have our own way of talking with ourselves. If you are used to talking hard with yourself,
then that is your automatic response anytime you come out of a situation - you start talking bad with
yourself, you focus on all the negative things that happened etc.

To change that, you need to change the habbit of talking negative with yourself.

And the way you do this is you PURPOSEFULLY start doing this. Remember, you are used to doing
to talking negative with yourself so it's a habbit for you - like smoking or picking your nose. You do
it automatically, and you're ADDICTED to it.

It's going to take a while to change this, so be patient. Again, this is not something that will happen
over night. But gradually, as you purposefully focus more and more on the positives, you will break that
pattern of negativity.

I want to share with you a more hands-down approach to this, so you know what to do specifically.

1. START WITH PHYSICAL EXERCISE

When I first started working on my own belief in myself, I would take these runs in the morning or the
evening, and I would pump myself up WHILE I was running.

When it got hard, I would start pumping myself up not to quit. I would say stuff like "You can do this. C'mon
show me what you've got. C'mon, you're not gonna quit now? You have it in you. Push, push damnit. YES!"

2. GET A ROLE MODEL


There is something extremely powerful about finding a role model that you can model after for your
confidence and belief in yourself.

In my case, I saw a movie Ali with Will Smith, and was fascinated by Muhammad Ali the boxer. I started
watching youtube videos of him, and just how he had so much belief in himself.

He'd say stuff like "Yesterday I murdered a rock. Injured a stone. Hospitilized a brick. I'm so mean I
make medicine sick!"

Just look at this video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6kSDbLxuTg

Look at how he talks. Look at how he CONVINCES others and himself about himself.

It's because of the way he TALKS with himself and ABOUT himself to others was he able to develop
this unstopable belief in himself.

What I would do is I would watch his videos over and over and over again, in the morning, through out
the day, in the evening untill I would transfer his enthusiasm and excitement and BELIEF in himself
to me.

So remember, change your words, and you'll change your DESTINY.

To recap:

> You can't succeed if you don't believe in yourself
> See if you have a secondary pay-off that stops you from changing
> Change how you talk, and change your destiny
> Get a role model
> Do physical exercise and pump yourself up when it gets hard and you want to quit

If you do what I said here, you WILL start believing in yourself. If you just pasively read this, then
nothing can help you.

O and also, I have a specificly designed session called "Believing in Yourself" that deals with
exactly this type of challenges.

In it, I help you:

> Uncover hidden blocks that you have about believing in yourself
> Create a crystal clear vision of yourself when you believe in yourself
> You'll leave the session renewed, and with a new energy to tackle your challenges

To get it, leave me a message in the pm and I'll get back to you with further instructions.


To your success,

Phantom

P.S Remember, this guy had the courage to ASK a question. So ASK and you shall receive an answer in
1 day or less.

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