I'm pretty new to this whole thing, just looking to pick up my game. I think my biggest weakness is that I'm
pretty ignorant to IoI's because it seems to happen and I only realize that there may have been one after. When it comes to women, and if there's some sort of competition I tend to back off, even if I really like her. I have low confidence when it comes to winning even though I try to be a pack leader. I'm going to be posting up on here weekly until I reach my goal. If anyone has any sugesstion on where to being please let me know. My main goal here is to be able to pick up on my people skills mostly, as this is an asset in everyday life and for anyone, also to meet some new girls. *The only girl friends that I have had never lasted longer than 3 weeks. The longest one I had was about 2 months. In all of them I became too needy and that's where it fell off. I think that's another obvious problem I have here too. I hope this can help me make some improvements. I've been reading the game by Neil Strauss/Styles I'm through half the book so far.

Welcome, brother.

Your weakness is identifying IOIs? Don't worry about it. Don't bother looking for IOIs. It's much better, in my opinion, to gauge how you're doing in a pickup based on what I call a compliance ladder (a series of compliance tests escalating from low compliance to high compliance). You can read more about it in my Outer Game guide.

Also, let me know if you want to convert this thread into a field report journal and I'll move it to the Field Reports board for you.