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Overcoming Loud Club Music

Donovan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:07:40 +0000

This post was from Evolve, at the Stylelife Academy.

Many people find themselves having trouble communicating over the loud, repetitive sounds of the night club. If you’re not used to the noise it can be hard to think, let alone communicate!

This exercise is an easy way for any guy and his wing to overcome the deafening noise of the nightclub.

Level 1: Get Comfortable in the Noise

First you’ll need a stereo that can really blast some music (the stereo in your car will work for the Level 1 exercise.) Put on something loud, anything from bumping club music to grinding death metal will do. Blast the music. Stand about 10 ft away from a friend and simply talk about anything for 5 to 10 minutes.

Get comfortable with thinking and speaking over loud music. It doesn’t matter at this point if the other person understands what you are saying. What matters is that you can keep on track and tell a story all the way through, over the music.

Repeat this exercise 4 times over the course of a week and you will find yourself to be much more comfortable around loud music.

Level 2: Storytelling and Listening

Write up, find, or memorize a story that your partner has never heard before. Stand across from each other and crank the music up. One of you will be the storyteller and the other will be the listener. The storyteller will try to communicate his story over the blasting music. The listener will try to figure out what the story is all about.

Once the storyteller is finished telling his tale, turn the music down. Now, the listener will explain what he believes the story was all about. If his version of the story is way off, then the storyteller needs to change how he expresses his story.

The storyteller and listener should discuss ways that you could use your body language and tonality to more accurately tell the story. Use your hands, make gestures, or change your facial expressions to match feelings or events in the story. Emphasize specific words that are important to the meaning of the story. Find parts of the story where you can throw in some kino. Tell the story again. Then change roles.

There are two lessons for this exercise. The first lesson is how to communicate an entire story to a group of people in a loud night club so that the listeners get the point.

The second lesson is how to listen to and interpret a story in a loud environment. This is especially important when a girl is telling you a story. The more you can hear, the better your response could be.

One of the worst things you can do in a noisy club is to “peck” when you can’t hear what someone is saying. When you can’t hear someone, most guys will lean in closer to the speaker.

Some men even think this is a positive form of kino because they can use the noise as an excuse to get close to the lady. However, by repeatedly leaning in, you resemble a ravenous chicken, pecking at feed in the chicken coop. It looks bad and it conveys lower value.

Resist the urge to peck. If you can’t hear what someone says, stand tall and simply ask them to repeat it. Do not lean forward. Stylelife Executive Coach Bravo is an expert on this maneuver.

“I lost the hearing in one of my ears as a result of firearms training,” he says. “I just point to my ear, explain that I have difficulty hearing, and ask the woman to speak up. But my posture never changes. I remain in a confident, upright, and powerful posture.”

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Media Backlash Against The Community by Neil Strauss

Donovan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:33:37 +0000

In the last week, two more prime-time scripted television shows ripped off The Game and Mystery’s techniques. And of course perverted the message of the whole thing.

For those who haven’t been keeping score, last year, CSI Miami aired an episode about pickup artists with rival workshops, an undercover reporter infiltrating them, and murderous results.

Then there was Twins (the Sara Gilbert show), in which Gilbert’s nerdy high school friend returns transformed after having written a book about picking up women using techniques like negs.

And on a recent Ugly Betty episode, she interviews the writer of a book called Tap That: How to Score With Hot Bitches, which advocates the A.S.S. approach to meeting women (Approach, Subdue, Score).

TV writers seem especially fond of using use pua jargon like neg and peacocking, which one of us should probably get the Oxford English dictionary to include.

Anyway, I thought TV writers had their fill of The Game after these shows.

But then, the other week, on Big Bang Theory, one of the nerds, Howard, decides to try peacocking and negs, and strikes out miserably.

And then last week, on Criminal Minds, investigators chase after a man who’s taken a pickup workshop with a Mystery clone named Raven, and is now seducing and murdering innocent clubgoing women.

Do you sense a theme here?

It’s that the game is for creeps, losers, and killers.

And this kinda pisses me off.

Why?

Because it shames men out of seeking help for their issues. Help that could bring them out out of their social shells. Help that could make them much happier with themselves. Help that will, for most of them, lead at some point to marriage and children – and, in the meantime, lead to new experiences and friendships, not to mention some fun, consensual late nights.

The truth is, from the thousands upon thousands of successful AND botched pickups I’ve witnessed: The game poses a far greater threat to the guy than to the girl. And not one TV show has captured this. The real victims of the game are the guys who get so into it, they lose themselves. They lose the things that are special about them as individuals, they lose their direction in life, they lose their ability to relate normally to people.

And that is a minority of guys. Most are smart enough to get it, and blossom into amazingly cool, fun, successful guys. When it comes to violence in society, which these shows love to attribute to PUAs as an exciting plot twist, if you read the news, some of the most shocking crimes in society have been caused by men who have pent-up sexual desires but have either been rejected or just have no way to attain them. So they grow dark and bitter and hateful, and eventually lash out. Other instances of violence
(like school shootings and suicides) have been caused by people who felt like social outcasts. And other instances (like domestic abuse) stem from an attempt to take control over the victim.

(Of course, some people are just crazy, fucked-up sociopaths.)

The point is: when taught and learned correctly, the game socializes men.

And the more socialized people we have in this world, the less anti-social behavior we’ll see.

If fewer people feel powerless around and invalidated by others, than fewer people will resort to trying to get what they believe to be the upper hand through violence. So, rather than leading to more violence in the world, the game is at least a step toward leading guys to seek help with their issues and pointing to other attainable solutions.

Because the game is not about wearing a funny hat and insulting women.

It’s about becoming your best self and making the best possible first impression you can. It’s about understanding the rules that people use to make social and sexual and professional choices and alliances, and working effectively within that system. It’s about attracting others by learning to master yourself, rather than trying to control them. And it’s also about having fun when you go out, rather than cowering timidly in the corner.

Though the seduction community has its faults and shortcomings, I often think about what my life would have been like if I never discovered it. And I would have died having missed out on so much
of life, because I was so scared and timid and uncomfortable and mute around women and strangers.

And what worries me about these shows is that, psychologically, they make guys who feel socially ostracized feel even MORE ostracized and ashamed for trying to do something to change it.

So, in conclusion, we’re all going to have to band together and change the tide on this in television dramas and sitcoms. (Thanks to VH1, at least this is getting a better depiction on the reality show front.) Maybe we can make a show about a crime-solving team of pickup artists, who use their social skills to make connections and get information from people. Or maybe not.

But at least we can all do our part in encouraging anyone – male or female – to take whatever positive steps are necessary towards becoming a better, more attractive, more successful person who’s fully and fearlessly engaged in life.

Thanks for listening,
Neil Strauss

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Neil Strauss on Second Life (Video)

Donovan — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:05:19 +0000

Neil Strauss saying the same old stuff, but this is weirder… Who has been on Second Life? It’s so foreign to me.

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Watch Neil Strauss On Tom Green Show

Donovan — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:28:13 +0000

Neil Strauss made an guest appearance on the Tom Green Show back earlier this year. Skip to about the last 10 minutes.

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Neil Strauss Party in Las Vegas

Donovan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:39:36 +0000

From Neil Strauss:

First of all, there wasn’t time to organize all the events, contests, and performances I would have wanted for the Pick Up Artists Ball. So that will happen at some point in the future.

Instead, because I was so busy with the book tour and writing the new book this month, I neglected to celebrate two important events:

The first being my birthday, the second being the first anniversary of the opening of the Stylelife Academy.

And the Vegas club Tao has been kind enough to offer to throw a party in honor of the above.

So I figure that after all we’ve been through here – the Stylelife Challenge, the Finnegans Wake Book Club, the Dr. Phil debacle, the Google ranking rescue, book releases, MySpace videos, the Tolstoy book club, kitesurfing, seminars, contests, TV tapings, reality shows, giveaways, dirty laundry – I would be remiss not to invite you.

Here’s the deal: I have a limited amount of free spaces on the guest list. And I’ll fill them up on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you want to come, just make absolutely sure that you’re free to show up this Friday, April 4th (so that you don’t take the spot of someone who could have come). And, secondly, you’ll be on the list plus one guest – so one of the people in your party must be female.
After all, this is Vegas.

If both of the above criteria sound good to you, then send an email right now to: manofstyle@gmail.com with the headline GO SHAWTY, IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY. Along with your request, include your full name. The guest list will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you respond in time, you’ll receive an email by the end of the day on Wednesday letting you know you’re on the list, and explaining further details.

If you don’t receive an email by then, it means you were too late.
That said, Tao will still be letting people in the club that night, but I can’t guarantee you’ll get in or the club won’t be full.

Another option, for those of you who fit the description of baller, is to reserve a table. I’m not involved with that part of the night, but my good friend and ace promoter Brett is. You can email him at vip@nightvisionent.com or call 323.512.8400 for details on securing a VIP table.

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Neil Strauss On Calibration

Donovan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:42:49 +0000

Neil Strauss recently said this and it goes along with my post about peacocking done right.

I recently saw a heavily peacocked guy at a bar who thought he was a ladies man. Women laughed at his jokes and allowed him to have his hands all over them. However, what he didn’t realize was that these women were humoring him. They were being nice because they felt sorry for him, then they’d quickly and politely extricate themselves.

What he was missing was something called calibration, which most of you read about on Day 28 of Rules of The Game. However, there’s something I’d like to add to that: measure yourself by your RESULTS. If you go out and you’re surrounded by women, yet you still sleep alone every night, it’s time to examine your behavior and figure out what you’re doing wrong.

Maybe you come across as the party guy, and no one takes you seriously. Maybe you’re too touchy-feely and creeping them out.
Maybe they see you as a safe friend or someone to be used. Maybe you come off as lonely or weird, and they’re trying not to be rude. Or maybe they even see you as a player, but to such a degree that they just don’t trust you.

Think about it. Ask your friends. And don’t be afraid to ask the women. Make sure you evaluate everything they say, and don’t take it personally. If everyone is saying the same thing, don’t disregard it – give it serious consideration.

This probably only applies to about one percent of you reading this – but you all definitely know someone like this. So help him out with a serious, non-judgmental, constructive talk and in-field lesson. What I did with this guy, when he didn’t believe me, was approach the women he thought he had attracted, and convince them to tell him the truth for his own good – telling them things like, “He’s going to be single for the rest of his life if you don’t help him out right now. You can be like the Millionaire Matchmaker.”

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Rules Of The Game Mission 8 (Video)

Donovan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:06:28 +0000

David met women wearing a dildo on his head. He met girls with his hands tied and mouth duct-taped. It seemed like no challenge was too great. So we called in their extremely talented and smart neighbor, Dave Navarro, to raise the bar for the Rules Of The Game finale. And he did. In this episode of the Neil Strauss series, we move out of the realm of seduction and into the zone of social experiment. And we learn that even if you’re wearing a ski mask and driving a windowless white van, there are women out there for you. This episode is not funny – it’s horrifying. Somewhere, a line has been crossed…

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Rules Of The Game Mission 7 (Video)

Donovan — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:02:14 +0000

We’ve learned by now that it’s too easy to meet girls with a dildo strapped to your head or dressed like a creepy fitness instructor in a pink half-shirt. How about a real challenge? In this week’s episode of Neil Strauss’ Rules Of The Game extreme pickup battle throwdown shenanigans, David attempts the impossible: hands tied and duct tape over his mouth. You’ll also learn how the concept of “social proof” can overcome weak game. Note: Due to circumstances that will be clear at the end of the episode, Corin will not ALSO noserape a cop. Man, if only you knew what we had to do behind the scenes after this one…

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Rules of The Game Mission 6 (Video)

Donovan — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:21:35 +0000

The two roommates compete in extreme mini pickup battles when David takes Corin, on the brink of suicide, to meet the man in the guru jacket. They fight in an opener competition, an attraction face-off, and a trust contest to win this episode of Neil Strauss’s Rules Of The Game. In the process, they learn just how easy it is for a stranger to lead a dark woman into an alley at night. Ladies, be more careful, please.

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Rules of The Game Mission 5 (Video)

Donovan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:13:11 +0000

Sure, they say rock stars get all the girls. But ever met one offstage? So put down that Guitar Hero game, get to the magic store, and create one of those weird David Copperfield surveys. It’s time to watch the other David and Corin in their greatest pickup battle yet on Neil Strauss’s Rules Of The Game. Then get ye to the blog and learn to stand out from the masses. (And, for more sensitive and easily impressionable viewers, never misrepresent yourself or lie or wear top hats – be your best self…)

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The Rules of The Game Mission 4 (Video)

Donovan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:00:29 +0000

Rules Of The Game – Episode 4: Be Immature

Sure, most guys go to bars, clubs, and cafes to meet women. But there’s SO much competition. This week, on Neil Strauss’s Rules Of The Game, David and Corin battle for extreme pickup supremacy at the hottest untapped hangout for single women in L.A.. And, along the way, get some advice from some of the most experienced players around. Check Neil’s blog afterward for details on your mission, and the next step in your game.

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Neil Strauss Book Signing (Video)

Donovan — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:34:35 +0000

This is a cool video. Geez, Ross is a tad creepy at times…

Video

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The Rules of The Game Mission 3 (Video)

Donovan — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:27:49 +0000

Have you been taught that a gentleman buys a lady a drink? Guess what? You’ve been taught wrong. In Episode 3 of Neil Strauss’s Rules Of The Game, David and Corin compete in another epic, extreme pickup battle. Is it better to be a rich playboy throwing cash around or a broke garbageman who lives with his mother. Watch and learn…

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The Rules of The Game Mission 2 (Video)

Donovan — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:58:18 +0000

Round two of the epic battle between looks and game: Is it better to be cool like James Bond or ridiculous like Richard Simmons? The punishment for the loser: swallowing a spoonful of raw cinnamon. Afterward, check my blog for the lesson and the mission – and learn to convey a fun, attractive first impression that doesn’t involve roller skates and a pink halter top.

Next week on Rules Of The Game – David’s handicap: be handicapped.

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Neil Strauss Full Dave Navarro Show Interview

Donovan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:03:25 +0000

The other video that was posted didn’t contain alot of the conversation between Neil and Dave.

Some of what’s new:

- Mystery getting told to “bounce” by Dave at a club in Miami
- How Neil coped with the trust issue after The Game was released
- Dave picking up chicks on tour

Check out the full video.

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Interview With Neil Strauss

Donovan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:43:28 +0000

This man needs little introduction. I completed this interview with Neil just after his Sunday flight to New York City for the release of Rules of the Game. Between taxi-cabs and hotel check-in’s we were able to get it done. Enjoy.

Are you dating anyone? What tips can you give guys about relationships?

Good question. I’ve actually just started dating someone.

To me, there are two factors in a relationship and that’s you and her. you really have to screen a woman before you get into a relationship with her, if she wants you to change things about yourself, right off the top, it shows a lot of insecurity in herself. the issues might go away for a small amount of time, but they’ll rarely go away permanently. in fact, really choosing someone with having a. relationship skills or b. work on them with you. In the Style Diaries first and last chapter really explore the idea relationships and the second part of relationships and us being male, you know, so if you’re going into a relationship and you don’t want the woman to be insecure and you want respect, you need to give the same. You need to always be honest. You shouldn’t be sneaky. Some women are insecure, but some women are made insecure by guys. Say if you’re sitting there and she looks over and you shut your laptop quickly because you’re flirting with a girl on Myspace, and you get pissed when she acts insecure… Well, that’s your fault. I really think having a healthy relationship is hard. The best advice on relationships I’ve heard is from David X, he always said a lot of harsh things about relationships. But he said something profound, he said all good relationships are based on Honest, Trust, Respect. It’s made such a difference in the way I’ve handled relationships. David X saying has become such a code with Mystery and I. HTR.

Most thought you would leave the seduction community all together, but you seem to be sticking around.

It depends how you define the community. I’m not hanging out with seduction community guys and discussing tactics and routines. During the game my life really was the community. Now my life is separate from the seduction community. What I didn’t see happening is continually writing about this stuff. I get 10,000 emails from guys saying how I really want this one girl back. I just realize I have so much left to help out with. It’s such a problem. I wasn’t expecting the game to become such a hit, and so when it hit, I couldn’t turn my back on guys that wanted help.

Why write Rules of the Game?

The whole point is that there’s so much information in the community, but how do you learn it? When you go to a seminar, buy a dvd or ebook, how do you implement that in your life? If you’re a newbie or even good, if you spend 30 days doing the assignments properly, you’ll see a huge change in your life. That’s why I wrote it. It can change men’s lives forever.

What about the game movie?

I suppose there will be one day. Nothing soon, I’ll be married with children by that time. The Dirt with Motley Crue, which was 8 years ago, their still working on the screenplay. That’s why I’m writing books.

What is the most important skill for attracting women that most guys in the community seem to neglect?

That’s described on Day 16 of the Stylelife Challenge. I realized, after writing The Game, that this was the missing link that explains why two guys can go out, say and do the exact same things, and have completely different results. Even if guys don’t want to buy the book, they should at least go to a bookstore and read about it. It’s only three pages.

How did you score the part in Curb Your Enthusiasm?

Well, Larry was a fan of the game when it came out. He was married at that point, but joked about coming out “sarging” with me. I got a call from him wanting me to have a role on Curb. It was awesome. Now that he’s divorced I wonder if he’s using the game now.

What is your important announcement?

Myspace has always been really supportive of my books. And when they heard about Rules of the Game, we discussed a series of videos teaching guys to approach and interact with women. But I thought about it, and decided that instructional videos can be boring. So instead, I decided to film extreme pickup battles.

So I had David Faustino and Corin Nemec come to my house. David knows the game; Corin doesn’t. So we decided to see who would fare better with women. But to be fair to the guy without game, we decided to give David handicaps. The first episode is based on something Hypnotica once said: David goes to Corin, “Even though you’re taller and better-looking, I bet I can pick up more women than you – and, just to prove my point, I’ll do it with a dildo strapped to my head.”

All the approaches are real, and I learned some incredible things. The harder we thought we were making it for David, the easier it actually got. It really proved the point that standing out is better than fitting in, and reinforced so much of what I learned during the game. Each episode, we pushed it further and further, to ridiculous extremes.

Like what?

Let’s just say that you’ll be surprised by how easy it actually is to get phone numbers when you’re bound and gagged.

Thanks Neil!

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The Rules of The Game Mission 1 (Video)

Donovan — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:22:20 +0000

The guys over at Myspace love Neil Strauss. With Neil’s help they’ve put together 8 missions to REALLY test the rules of the game. I talked to Neil yesterday, I’m waiting on the transcript till I post the interview, but he showed me an advanced copy of this video that is now live on his Myspace page. I saw the next episode as well which is even cooler. In the interview, Neil explains more about these missions.

All Is Revealed About David Faustino

Remember how we were talking about David Faustino, Bud Bundy from Married With Children, learning the techniques of the game? Well, he puts Neil’s techniques through the olive press in competition with ladies man and “good looking celebrity”, Corin Nemic from Parker Lewis Can’t Lose.

The First Mission

Each episode has a corresponding “mission”. This weeks mission is to engage in small talk with 5 complete strangers while wearing something out of the ordinary. After you complete the mission, visit Neil’s blog on Myspace and post your success story video. The winning video will have a chance to win a free one-on-one consultation with Neil Strauss.

I’ll have all the missions linked from the Rules of the Game page in the future. Next episode airs 12.24.2007.

The First Episode:

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What Questions Should I Ask Neil Strauss?

Donovan — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:24:37 +0000

I’m talking to Neil Strauss tomorrow about his new book. If you were me, what questions would you ask him about game, book, career, and life?

Post your suggestions in the comments below

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Neil Strauss Book Signing Info

Donovan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:59:07 +0000

From Neil:

Just had dinner with a major book publisher, who told me that December 18th is just about the worst date ever to release a book.

Why? Because of something called compliance.

This is one of the biggest difficulties for book companies: no matter how hard they may try to release or promote a book, ultimately, when it’s unpacked and whether it’s displayed where it’s supposed to be is in the hands of individual bookstore employees. And some employees care more about books and their jobs an others.

Things get even worse around the holidays: when bookstore employees are dealing with the Christmas rush, the last thing they want to do is spend more time unpacking more books.

So, before you go out to get the book on December 18, make sure you call your local Barnes and Noble, Borders, Books-A-Million, or independent bookstore, and make sure they have Rules Of The Game out and available for purchase. That would rock.

My mom will even bake you cookies. That is, unless she reads the book, in which case she’ll be at the stores re-packing the boxes herself. And then burning them.

Also, if you’re in or around Los Angeles, the signing information for this weekend again is:

Saturday, December 15 at 5 p.m.
Book Soup/Pi Restaurant
8828 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069.
310-659-3110 (or info@booksoup.com)

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Neil Strauss with Dave Navarro Talking About Rules of the Game (Video)

Donovan — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:27:17 +0000

Neil Strauss is being interviewed here by Dave Navarro about his new book, Rules of the Game coming out December 18th 2007. Also featured in this video is David Faustino (Bud Bundy) (Dave’s girl) talking about his experiences with Neil Strauss.

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