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How to Think Right

The author, Vin DiCarlo, was one of the first to talk about “Natural Game” a few years ago. One of his beliefs is that pick up is easy – just like a “natural” once told him. The less your mind is filled with details and instructions, the more spontaneous and charming you become – this is the basic concept of Natural Game (very different from the structured strategies of Mystery's Revelation or Love Systems' Magic Bullets, for example).

Well Presented and Thought Out

It Should Happen Naturally

Relying too much on techniques and lines, says DiCarlo, can stop you from internalizing the core attitudes of an attractive man.

The experience of a dominant man is different from the experiences of others, not just externally in terms of projection of confidence, but also internally, as an emotional experience. In fact, it is what happens internally that makes the outward confidence possible. It is hard to fake that dominance or high status if you don’t have your internal emotions in control.

DiCarlo asks you to reflect for a second on the nature of your thoughts. You can’t control what other people think – that’s a losing battle. But you can control how YOU think. You need to THINK like a natural to become a natural.

These 2 chapters are great. You will be familiar with some/ most of the research if you have studied attraction for a while, but it is well summarized here, and most importantly it is put into new perspectives and linked to Natural Game. It certainly makes a very convincing case for “going natural” and working on mindset and thought processes instead of memorizing techniques.

The one (small) bit I had to disagree with was this quote: “For a woman to feel attraction for a particular man, it’s absolutely essential that he have a higher perceived status than she does.” … which is wrong and simplistic in my experience. But that’s just a small gripe.

Female Psychology

DiCarlo goes on to explain how women think – and it directly relates to the previous chapter. Women care less about what you say than about what you do, and that is rooted in your character, which itself is dependent on how you think. Again, we go back to the idea of getting your thoughts straightened out.

One problem with the standard “techniques” and memorizing openers, DiCarlo says, is that it makes you see women as robots, concepts, or opponents. This is bad because then a genuine connection is difficult. You need to see women, and enjoy them, as individuals. Women are your team mates, in that they want what you want (great fun, a great mate, great sex, etc). Again, excellent advice that goes against a lot of the usual clichés you hear from dating coaches from the “pick up artist community”.

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“Stop trying to control women. Instead, understand them, pay attention, and control yourself.”

The chapter elaborates on compliance, frames, and the different types of tests women give you. All good stuff.

The Attraction Code

It’s not that the content is bad, but it is made overcomplicated and goes in to a lot of different directions - without much transition to link everything up. There is a lot of new jargon (State Frictions? Intention-Violation?) and sub-divisions and listing going on. You go from the 4 Elements of Personality (4EP) to the 11 Laws of an Attractive Identity to the 3 State Frictions to the 3 Shaping techniques, with some stuff in between. Although each individual piece is valuable, it feels a bit thrown together in a hurry.

What stood out most in this chapter was the “Quick And Dirty Guide to Manufacturing Confidence” and the “Instruction Manual to Your Mind”. This ties back to the previous chapters – after explaining that WHAT you think is key, he gives you the tools to change HOW you think. Here you learn to be in the moment, improve your focus and keep your thoughts strongly streamlined in a positive, seductive direction.

Bonuses

The Bottom Line - An Excellent “Inner Game/ Confidence” Book

While the content is great, the obvious limitation is the near total absence of techniques. This is a broad roadmap. A beginner finishing this book will most likely say “oh WOW, I learned A LOT” but his next thought may also be “Hmm ok, so what do I do now?”. This is somewhat compensated by some of the bonus ebooks you receive with your purchase, and hey, you can’t get it all.

For a beginner book that emphasizes techniques more check out the Double your Dating ebook.

The Attraction Code is not for advanced guys, but it will be very beneficial for beginners to intermediates. It simplifies the game of dating considerably, and the content is both of quality and (mostly) easy to understand and accept.

If you don’t want to pretend to be something you are not, this introduction to Natural Game is well worth checking out.

A Classic, Still Relevant

Since then many more advanced dating products have been released. Compared to what you COULD learn about women and dating, this could be considered basic. Yet, this ebook is still one of the most popular “first reads” for beginners. It is still being described as life-changing by many. It is also the first book that many “advanced”, experienced guys recommend to their friends who are just getting started.

We recommend this ebook for complete beginners.

Simple Language, No Nonsense Approach

Bit by bit, he learns about women’s psychology and why most guys do not understand it. Common mistakes are pointed out. Counter-productive beliefs and attitudes are explained in detail.

Every point makes sense and is easily acceptable and applicable to any guy, no matter how little experience he has with women.

“Acceptable” is an important word here, because many advanced products are a bit too “out there” for beginners (Paul Janka’s Attraction Formula comes to mind). Many people like (or NEED) to get into dating advice gradually, and this is why this book is still popular today.

A great deal of the book is about psychology. From the female perspective: how women work and what women want. From the male perspective: the mindset you need to become successful with women and the behaviors to avoid. This is all well explained and most of the big psychological dynamics are covered.

On the practical side, the book relies mostly on the “Cocky & Funny” approach, which works but is a bit limited. On cold approaching, sustaining great conversations, and dating strategies, better products are out there, although the content presented here is still good.

A Note on Cocky & Funny Techniques

However, at an intermediate or advanced level, when you have improved your other dating skillsets, using Cocky & Funny can actually hurt your success with women.

A particular issue is where men use Cocky & Funny as a crutch, and use it all the time in their conversations with women - this tends to be over the top and actually drive women away. So if you are of intermediate or advanced level, we don't recommend getting this ebook. You have in a sense, already moved beyond its usefulness.

As a beginner, however, the total opposite is true. Using cocky & funny techniques help to compensate for other things you are doing wrong, but are unaware of, and are more subtle and complex. So men who are beginners and apply the technique get very good responses for women, and become a lot more attractive, which is a great start on your path to dating mastery.

Self Development Approach to Dating Advice

David DeAngelo has become a self development guru over time, and has himself approached dating advice from a very down to earth angel. As a result, this dating advice is very easy to accept and not as extreme as other dating advice. As a result, men tend to find it easy to start from David DeAngelo's products.

The eBook Bonuses - Disappointing

Also, the "8 Personality Types that Naturally Attract Women" ebook doesn't contain any information that is of practical use. And arguably could even be misleading - skip this bonus book, better to put your time in rereading the main ebook again.

The Bottom Line

The ebook will definitely open your eyes to many things you did not consider before and will enable you to start changing your behaviors and significantly improve your dating life.

Shark explains you have to give yourself permission to be a seducer, have total acceptance that you want to get laid and will get laid. You need to drop the excuses and not be an “excuser” – as most guys are (Shark loves to use the word “excuser”). You need to stop supplicating to women and become a man who is not shy to tell it like it is, say what he likes and go after what he wants without shame. You also need to work on yourself and not blame girls for your past failures (“It is not a girl’s fault if you have been a supplicator all your life”). This is all explained in great details, with many (often hilarious) examples and anecdotes to drive the points forward. This “mindset” part alone is definitely mindset-changing if you are just starting out in your pick up journey, and although many other gurus now teach the same thing, it is nicely condensed here.

The second part of the CD is more directly practical and mostly about cold approaches in clubs. Sharks gives many tips on how to approach, what to say and what not to say, etc. Again, good tips overall. Shark is all about the direct approach, so the techniques are very simple and straightforward.

This is a basic product from Attract and Date (as the title Basic Playboy indicates) and therefore the length of the audio programme is short, and the content not as detailed as in other products. However, the inner game part is excellent, the overall content is good, and the price tag reasonable. This is a great listen for beginners to the Game.

This audio course presents a simple, basic approach to seduction. No jargon, strange acronyms or weird theories here. No routines or status games either. Gunwitch is big on keeping it simple and considers most other methods as being overkill .

He describes complex methods (such as Mystery Method) as advanced martial arts, while his own method could be compared to boxing. Why spend years learning advanced Kung Fu, the logic goes, when a few months of boxing is enough to defend yourself in most situations? And why spend years learning complex pick up theories when the “Way of the Gun” can get you laid quickly and easily?

The logic has some merit, as many other methods do tend to make the seduction process too complex.

The focus of Gunwitch is on being aggressive and "just doing it" – Gunwitch’s famous motto is “make the ho say no”. It is not the most subtle approach, but it works, and the aggressiveness is often what most newbies lack most. As such, The Way of Gun is probably most useful for beginners and “shy guys” who are not used to being direct, sexual and persistent.

One of Gunwitch’s key teaching is that arousal is like an anti-logic switch. Getting a girl aroused will supersede any doubts or reservations on her part and get her to go along with you. Therefore you should get in a sexual state and get the girl in a sexual mood. Consistent with his “Keep it simple stupid” principle, Gunwitch advises to go mostly for “lone wolves” ie women who are alone or isolated from their friends at the time of the approach.

Overall, The Way of Gun may not be the best method to “get the hottest girl in the club every time”, but it is very useful to simply get laid, and get laid often. You will learn to stop caring, be persistent, and approach and approach again, going straight into a sexual vibe. If it doesn’t work, approach someone else. It’s a no non-sense approach that works.

The product does not try to make you a "pick up wizard" or a black belt in the “Venusian Arts”, which can be seen as a good or a bad thing, depending on your point of view. As Gunwitch explains, you do not necessarily need to be the best Pick Up Artist in the world to enjoy a great sex life. Sometimes good enough is good enough.

A concentrate of body language research

The first DVD and a half is all David DeAngelo, and it is very solid content – he basically gives you (in about 2 hours or so) a concentrate of research on body language, much of it coming from academic books on evolutionary psychology. The rest of the program is handled by guest speakers, and unfortunately not all them shine (more on this later).

The “human mating dance”

Well, there are courtship displays that humans go through, just like animals do. This is body language – the “human mating dance”.

Body language is a method of DIRECT communication. It’s the oldest and most universal language. Male or female, we all have this non-verbal, built-in system for communicating. We all read subtle cues in others, all the time, unconsciously.

The problem is, most men are clueless about it. Women are FAR better are sending and receiving these signals.

Using your body as a signaling mechanism

So, in order to improve, you need to “be conscious of your body language until it becomes unconscious.” In other words, you need to watch yourself and practice good behaviors until you do it naturally.

David DeAngelo then goes in detail about the behaviors you can practice: strong, secure eye-contact; dominant, confident posture and walk; slower than usual movements and gestures; un-self-conscious demeanor; leaning back not forward; slow motions; leading; etc etc. This is all demonstrated on volunteers from the audience.

Quote: “Attention and approval is truly a CURRENCY of communication; learn to spend it and invest it very wisely”.

We then go through a list of the body language issues to avoid (nervousness, darting eyes, fidgeting, tentative gestures, staring at the floor, etc); then we get a list of signs that a woman is attracted to you.

Mystery, and his crazy outfit from outer space

In a breathtaking hour or so, Mystery basically gives away most of the key principles of the Mystery Method, reviewing Peacocking, Indicators of Interest, Proximity, locking in, negs, Demonstrating Higher Value, the 3 seconds rule, why we have approach anxiety and how to fight it, Kino escalation and how to do it properly, women’s last minute resistance (LMR) and how to overcome it, and more. While this is all developed more thoroughly in other Mystery products (such as The Mystery Method Video Archive or the more recent Venusian Arts’ Revelation ebook), this is a great summary and a good introduction to the man.

At this point, unless you are advanced and knew all this stuff before, you should be panting for breath, because those first few hours pack a lot of good info. Unfortunately, Mystery finishes his bit and we move on to new guest speakers, and it starts to go downhill from here.

The guest speakers don’t shine

Next guest is a woman called Patty who demonstrates confident body language. Nothing very ground-breaking. The next 2 speakers, Craig and Will H, give short talks on body language that again are not especially memorable.

The last guest speaker is Tyler Durden, who is a bit better (this is a few years back so he had not developed into the better teacher he is today – check out Real Social Dynamics’ Blueprint to see the difference). He talks about displaying value and alpha qualities, taking up space, and using posture to change your internal state.

A solid product on a key skill

David DeAngelo is not overstating the importance of body language; it CAN really destroy your efforts if you don’t have it down, so it IS worth learning this stuff, and there aren’t many products out there about it. This is great for beginner to intermediate guys, who will no doubt pick up a lot of good tips from it.

Update September 2011

A confrontational writing style

Another potential issue with this book is the large amount of filler: too much time is wasted boasting about how great the advice is – and it’s not a big book to start with (less than 100 pages).

Still, if you can get past the confrontational style and the fluff, there are good ideas in here.

The book starts by emphasizing taking action; the importance of changing now, not tomorrow; many pages push you to wake up and stop selling yourself short. A good, necessary message that is repeated a bit too much, but the aggressiveness of the tone is particularly effective here.

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“If you don’t change right now (…) you’ll soon look into the mirror and realize you are old and your dreams have passed you by. Instead of dreaming about your future, you’ll dream of getting back to the youth you're wasting away right now."

Change your personality, start to fit in

After developing for some length on the above, the book then gives tips for Personality Change. You will be familiar with most of them if you have read self-development books before: stop your negative self-talk, be positive about life, etc etc.

Then the author explains the basics of improving your social ability and social life: each new person/group is a new opportunity. You need to contribute (=talk) and not stay quiet, or you will be judged for not saying anything. What you say matters less than actually saying something. This section is probably the best of the book and the tips are very valuable.

Good, simple ideas, and a lot of motivating power

However, this ebook is also more basic than most community products, and it is purely about being social and meeting people. While this will certainly lead to more options in your dating life, you won’t get any targeted advice on meeting women here.

If you are a beginner to the studying of dating skills, and you have a negative / pessimistic / introverted personality, you could enjoy this and benefit from it. More experienced/advanced guys should not bother.

The introduction is a good explanation of how status and group dynamics work in clubs. The author, Brad P., explains why women cockblock guys and each other in clubs, and how you can use social status to your advantage.

Brad P. notes that club settings are where the Game gets the most intense – everyone has his Game face on, guys and girls wear their best clothes, and everyone competes for “coolness points”. Therefore, while cold approaching works, social circle building is actually more effective in clubs.

Brad P. then explains the business structure of clubs, and the “social food chain” of the clubbing environment - this is not often talked about and could be quite an eye-opener for many guys. Brad P. then concludes that you have to focus on meeting club promoters, because while they are low in terms of business/money, they are masters of social networking AND have a lot of social value within their environment (ie their respective clubs).

Brap P. then gives many valuable tips on projecting value, being perceived as cool, and building relationship with promoters in order to organize a high-value peer group to back you up when you go out. The idea here is that running game is much more effective when you are backed by social status; therefore you have to go to clubs with a purpose and a strategy, and try to get a connection with as many top guys as you can.

Some of the advice is a bit over-generalized, as when he says that “all girls in clubs want to go up the social ladder and are competing for status” (many girls actually go to, you know, have fun once in a while) or that “most people who hang out together in clubs do not hang out together in other venues” (many cool people actually do just that). So some of this has to be taken with a grain of salt.

Overall though this will be very useful information for intermediate to advanced pick up artists who go out a lot in club settings; having a clear understanding of the environment you are dealing with and a strategy to follow could make a big difference in your results.

If you are a beginner to the Game, you should probably start with more basic products first, as most of this advice would go over your head or be too hard for you to apply at this point. This product is about adding a new dimension to your game, but you do need some level of game to start with.

A strong, unapologetic approach

Following this mainstream exposure, Janka released this DVD set late 2008 to teach his techniques to the masses.

This is a very interesting program. Janka is not an old member of the “seduction community” – therefore his take on the game is fairly new and many of his ideas are original, which is refreshing when many products are now rehashing old theories.

Janka’s approach is also very straight-forward and simplifies everything – no fancy diagrams here, but a “system” that is basically a variation of the old “it’s a numbers’ game”.

Many concepts

Janka talks about identity, territory, and mojo. His concept of Assuming Familiarity is something I have used myself to great effect for many years, and this is the first time I see it described so well. Assuming Familiarity is a way of bypassing a lot of the initial awkwardness when meeting women, what he nicely calls “the stranger barrier”.

Pulling the sex forward, another interesting Janka concept, is about injecting sexual overtones from the very beginning. Ambiguity, he explains, is the enemy – the woman you like needs to understand she is pursued.

Janka is a big proponent of Day Game (he also has an audio product on the topic: Day Game). To him, going to clubs is a mistake, and he convincingly explains why:

“ Too many guys fall for the dolled-up girl in the club with high heels, make up, sexy glittery dress, etc; they don’t realize that the same girl was in flip-flops, with a ponytail and a loose sweater, dropping her laundry off at 3 PM.”

Again, I could only nod my head in agreement here, and this is not an opinion you hear often in other products. (There are also few products on Day Game, so this fills an important void.)

Over the hours, Janka then goes over so many concepts that I can only attempt to make a non-exhaustive list: the common mistake of being patronizing and non-sexual, the importance of Roles – which roles to avoid, which roles to take; rooting yourself in your neighborhood, selling through NO, the Roller-Coaster Analogy, setting the bar low, blaming the city, tagging girls for a later date, the Immigration metaphor, the Movie Trailer concept, and much, much more. An awful lot is covered in the first 4 DVDs.

A good point is that in his stories and anecdotes, Janka readily admits his mistakes and doesn’t try to make himself into a Superman. He tells you about his rejection rate and doesn’t pretend to get all the girls, every time, like many gurus unfortunately do for marketing purposes.

Playing The Marketplace

Janka has a good rationale for why the earlier sex happens, the better, and tens of techniques to make that happen. The last 2 DVDs are basically all about leading the girl to sex as quickly as possible, and Janka has thought about this, and systematized it, A LOT.

Here, the big differences with the usual community teachings become clear. First, while other coaches teach you ways to seduce a girl in order to get to bed with her, Janka teaches you ways to get her to bed within hours (or really, minutes) after meeting her, in a highly choreographed and planned fashion, and the seduction can take place afterwards (or not).

Second, the whole reason to approach a lot of girls in Janka’s system is to have options. It’s not about picking up for the love of pick up, it’s about harvesting numbers for the system. You need a high volume of numbers so you have a “marketplace” to play with.

While all the tips and tricks make sense and are not doubt effective, the high level of systemization will make some uneasy – including myself.

A Clockwork Orange

Janka himself senses this and says at one point “this is extreme stuff, you might want to tone it down depending on your goals”, and my guess is that most guys will do precisely that. The good news is, it is indeed adaptable and you can pick and choose the techniques you want to use. Consider Janka as an outlier, some crazy pick up guy from outer space –you can use his experience to enhance your life without becoming him.

(Update: a couple of days after reviewing this DVD set, I read Paul Janka’s ebook “The Attraction Formula”, and found that he actually acknowledged the exact problem I outlined above, ie how mechanical his system is and how that could lead guys into trouble - Read my review of “The Attraction Formula” for more details).

Some of the extreme/crazy stuff taught here in the last 2-3 hours include mass texting tens of numbers, tricking out your flat, channeling everything (timing, lighting, furniture, music, conversations) towards getting physical, condom placement, overbooking (stacking 2 to 3 appointments with different girls the same night), and a shameless technique to get her to come straight to your place on the first date.

Some quotes here, to give you an idea of the spirit : “In my apartment, I can close my eyes and go like that, in any direction, I have a condom at arm-length“, and “this is a bit of a bait and switch; well, really, it is totally a bait and switch”.

Crazy stuff, I told you.

This is a really personal section too, with Janka showing you pictures of his apartment, etc.

Weak points

The most obvious is that while the system relies on a high volume of pick ups in the street (day game), there is little time spent explaining how to do that. While Pulling The Sex Forward, Assuming Familiarity, and many other concepts will be very helpful in the first few minutes of conversation, guys still have to be able to approach and open in the first place. They won’t find how to do that here.

Another problem is Janka’s excessive paranoia on how girls try to disqualify you for the slightest pretexts – a prime reason for him to narrow his system down and take as few risks as possible. The idea is that there are a few things you can do right, and thousands of things you can do wrong, therefore you stick to the system and do the proven steps in order to get it right. There is a certain logic to that, but again, it leads to a very clinical, “rinse and repeat” process. Personally, I like to enjoy my pick ups with a zest of spontaneity. And I think the idea that women try to disqualify you at every corner is a limiting belief – they are not any more or less ruthless than guys are.

Something for everyone

This is highly unfiltered, unpolitically correct advice, and some of it could be considered demeaning to women or manipulative or just plain crazy. The approach and mindset are certainly not for everyone but there is a lot to learn in this product, no matter your current level of expertise. Just grab what you can use and discard the rest – and chose wisely.

Same material, a bit less power

The book is well written (Janka is a Harvard graduate after all); it ties up some loose ends he did not have time to elaborate on in the video program.

There is, among the new information, a nice breakdown on his numbers, approaches, rejections, etc. To his credit, Janka does not pretend to be a Superman and he is candid about his failures. He teaches that rejection is normal and to be expected, no matter your level, and admits he still gets it all the time. You just learn to shrug it off and move on.

Just like in the DVD set, the focus here is exclusively on day & street game, and it feels at the same time advanced (because of how ballsy the whole system is) and basic (because the approach to meeting women couldn’t be simpler).

Unfortunately, there is still no explanation on how to actually cold approach, besides saying “just do it”. You do get a lot of solid, original tips on how to have the right vibe and create sexual tension within the first few minutes.

Some of the concepts are more easy to grasp in written form, but many of the key ideas have been explained more at length, or just plain better, in the DVD set. If you want to understand Assuming Familiarity, Pulling the Sex Forward, etc, the videos will hammer those home much better than the book.

Too industrial?

Interestingly, Janka himself realizes this, and he has a few pages discussing the deep psychological consequences of “being a player”, including feelings of loneliness and alienation; this is “the burden of the hustle”, when “your reality becomes the consumption of women”. He evens hint at quitting pick up and finding a soul mate.

This is a welcome, sobering chapter and again Janka deserves credit for his openness, although one could wonder why none of this was mentioned in “Beyond The Digits”.

Further, Janka has a blind spot here - the problems described do not come from “being a player” per se, but from the extremeness of Janka’s system itself. Moving on to new conquests almost immediately after getting each new girl, going for quantity over quality, limiting your interactions to a very narrow set of steps, over the long run this stuff is not necessarily psychologically healthy. Janka’s own rigid rules are setting him up for trouble, but he doesn’t seem to realize that – yet.

Still, there is a lot of good stuff in this book, and you can learn from extreme characters without copying their lifestyle 100%. Get the good tips and disregard the crazy stuff.

Invest in the DVDs

This book is very reasonably priced, and worth buying if you would like structured notes of the material for review, or can’t afford the DVD set.

Zooming in on the front end

Obviously in order to get those numbers on the “front end”, you need to learn how to approach and carry a conversation with women, while communicating the right mix of safety and intrigue, Janka-style. This product focuses on precisely that, zooming in on the day/street game part of the system and going more in depth about how to approach and handle objections.

Somewhat familiar material

We are taught to be ready for objections, and Janka list the most common ones and possible replies. As usual with Paul Janka, it's all very simple and straight-forward: try this, if it doesn't work, try it again on someone else. Rinse, repeat, and don't over-analyze it, the volume of approaches will compensate for mistakes and losses.

Janka usually opens with something innocuous then transitions to something more personal and then gets the number within 2 minutes or so (consistent with his Movie Trailer Concept). He uses situational openers (commenting on the environment, ie “Can you help me here, are those tomatoes ripe?”) or direct openers (statement of interest, eg “You are cute, I like your smile”) - no routines or rehearsed scripts here but a spontaneous, free-flowing approach.

Janka explains the most effective time of the day to meet women, how to pace conversations, the difference between silence and perceived silence, how to handle obstacles, and many more techniques for street game.

On the last CD (CD 6), he lists his 4 categories of girl (party girl, bitchy girl, girl next door, fun girl) and how to handle each of them - this part was quite interesting and is exclusive to this audio programme.

A few downsides

Another problem: Janka also doesn’t really teach you how to “rap”, how to have an interesting conversation that leaves the girl interested. He has some general tips, but nothing that would really get a shy guy prepared (for this, check out my review of Vin DiCarlo’s Conversation Cure, which does a good job at getting you there).

A narrower focus

This is an OK buy for newbies/intermediates who purchased Janka's DVD set “Beyond the Digits” or his book The Attraction Formula, if they are interested in the details of his approaching method. To avoid disappointments, note that this is the same material, expanded; it is not brand new stuff separate from the DVD/book.

Unless they are big fans of Janka (and many are), advanced guys probably should not bother, as most of the techniques are already outlined (more briefly) in Beyond The Digits / The Attraction Formula, and they should be able to understand and build on them already, from experience.

Got game?

Although familiar with his name, I had never seen any of his products, so I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

The videos turn out to be Matthews’ voice over powerpoint slides – a bit of a bait and switch here when you are promised “videos” on the website.

The first two clips explain what Matthews calls “The Addiction Method »: this is about creating a character that is fun and outgoing, getting people addicted to that character, and “wearing a social mask” to be more confident. This is quite dated advice right there – most dating advice has evolved towards getting people to improve their life for real.

Matthew talks about the feeling of self-importance and imposition, both good points but lost in a lot of fluff. Not much to save in video 1 & 2, and the temptation to fast-forward is growing strong.

Weird Story-telling

One of the problem here is that many of Matthews’ own examples are lame. Stories of his car breaking down, a terrible smell in his home, people farting, music being too loud in his ears; it’s a lot of negative and plain weird stuff that you can’t really see amusing anyone, much less attracting girls.

One example goes like: “I was super drunk, could barely keep my eyes open. So I Iiterally stumbled into my room, in the dark, and collapsed on my bed. And I hadn’t cleaned the sheets in weeks, so it smelled terrible, but I was so tired, I couldn’t move, so I just had to lay there and fall asleep with that terrible smell in my nose.”

This might get you a laugh, but it won’t evoke the most attractive imagery in your target’s mind. Is this the best example to show newbies? I doubt it.

Butterflying your way to high social value?

It goes like this: you introduce yourself briefly to each group in the club - every single one of them, one by one. You “pop in and pop out, in 30 seconds or less”, just saying “hi, how you doin’?”; then you go right to the next group, until you have done them all.

THEN, you go back for 2-5 mins to EACH and EVERY group AGAIN and “ask them how they are doing and if they need anything, maybe another drink”.

This, Matthews explains, “is to increase your value and show everyone in the room that you are not a weird guy”.

Unfortunately, this is downright wrong. Moving on from group to group at such speed and in a systematic manner is going to make you the weird guy, guaranteed. You might be able to impress a party of 12 year old girls with this trick, but in any grown up venue, no. Just no.

Things pick up ever-so-slightly on the remaining videos. “Conversational Ninjistu” has some good tips on starting and sustaining conversation (I liked the idea of “so” as a gear shifter between topics). “How to be funny” explains how to develop some quick wit and a personal sense of humor. And “How to tease a girl” actually had a lot of nice, inventive lines.

Too basic, and sometimes wrong

I am sure Matthews is not a bad dude, but he is out of his depth in this field. There are way more experienced seduction coaches out there. For that price and in the area of personality and conversation skills, you will be much better off getting David DeAngelo’s Cocky Comedy & Other Conversation Skills or Vin DiCarlo’s Conversation Cure, both better structured products with more valuable content and tons of examples.

Game-changing?

The Method is broken down in 3 parts:

The Flawless Mindset

The Flawless Method

The Flawless Ecosystem

The programme therefore starts by covering “The Flawless Mindset”, which is based on equal value: the girl you approach does not have a higher value than you do. You don’t have to demonstrate higher value, because your perception of yourself is on an equal level, if not higher.

Therefore as you approach, you are not concerned with rejection, quite the opposite in fact: you are thinking “this girl is lucky, she is gonna go for a ride” – and YOU are the ride. And by the same token, you do not perceive her friends as obstacles, but as cheerleaders to your success.

Another concept I particularly liked was that pick up is not about girls at all. It’s a celebration of YOU. YOU are the only constant in every one of your pick up, therefore the only thing that matter is your progress and enjoyment.

A feeling of déjà vu

“As far as you are concerned, you are the coolest motherfucker on the planet”? – seen in the Blueprint

“Entering the Woo”? – seen in the Blueprint, and in every Real Social Dynamics product since forever (it is, in fact, the old NLP/community technique of “state pumping”).

“Assumption of Glory”? – Blueprint.

“Giving yourself permission to be the cool guy?” - Blueprint.

“Everything must come from your own self amusement” - Blueprint.

“Sense of entitlement”? – Blueprint.

“Do not give a fuck what anyone thinks of you”? – Blueprint.

You get the idea. Different names occasionally, but same concepts.

So the bad thing is, a lot of this is not ground-breaking, especially if you have seen The Blueprint before. The good thing is, this program is a lot shorter than The Blueprint and in many ways it is more practical. Tim discusses heavy mindset stuff relatively briefly, and only to go straight into how to apply each principle in action.

You could say that if the Blueprint was the mindset-tweaking product, this could be the Action Manual for it.

The action manual for Blueprint-style pick up

The idea of using rejections to build a “Fury” that propels you into further adventures was excellent as well. Tim talks about having the attitude that nothing can stop you, an attitude of “I’m prepared to go in when others are not”. The “Russian mafia girl” was a cool illustration.

Another nice concept was to put the girl into a "you and me" bubble instead of a "you vs me" dynamic. You don't trick her to come home with you, she is happy to come along – this is a much better frame to be in, indeed.

Tim also covers the concepts of Chode Hope, the Pinpall, Internal Cheerleaders, and many more - some of them new stuff, but many are just old material with a new spin.

DVD 3 and 4 are by far the most enjoyable, but again the structure is lacking. Most of the "in field" videos, unfortunately, are also disappointing - very brief and you don't get to see or learn much. The “Flawless Ecosystem”, supposedly a third of the Method, is talked around the very end, and not developed at all besides saying “meet lots of people and you will have lots of girls”.

Bad structure, good information

Upon reviewing my notes later though, I realized how much good information was hidden in this. I would still not recommend it to advanced guys – not that you wouldn’t enjoy watching it, but there isn’t enough new stuff to justify the price if you are at that level.

For beginners to intermediates though, this is a chance to see a quality “natural” mindset in full glory, and to put the Blueprint principles in action. Just make sure to take a lot of notes for later review - this is mostly a collection of stories and ideas, thrown at you one after another, and you will have to reach your own conclusions.

Vin DiCarlo’s teaching style is to help you acquire skills through drills, ie through practice and exercises that gradually increase in difficulty. For this you need the right environment, and DiCarlo believes it shouldn’t be done in the field but in a safe, controlled and sympathetic atmosphere.

In this product you can see how that works. It is shot in a mid-size seminar room, with a few different coaches and guest teachers. Three male students and three female "volunteers" are involved. For each technique taught, the guys go through a series of exercise and practice with the girls, with help and input from the coaches.

Format: annoying but also beneficial

Some of the exercises also feel pointless - girls make up a lie, guys need to find out the lie by asking questions, and this goes on for 30 mins on DVD 2…

BUT having said that… I eventually found it beneficial to see the mistakes made, and the coaches use each mistake to point out ways to apply the techniques better. It’s like a complete Q&A and troubleshooting after each technique. So what you may lose in scope and speed, you gain in thorough understanding and clarity. The three guys also have different ages, personality and sticking points, so the listener can identify and relate to at least some of them and see how they make progress.

Good Story-Telling techniques

The guys are taught to calibrate, charge the story emotionally, avoid trailing off, structure and pace the story, the role of the punchline, etc etc. They also practice balancing emotional projection/elicitation with the proper amount of sexual tension. Here you can really see how a little bit of training makes a world of difference, as the guys’ stories take shape and get much better in minutes. Injecting emotions instead of facts just works, and the drills make that very clear, as well as show you how easy it is to implement.

Creating sexual ambiguity and tension

Guys get a list of sexual-sounding words (deep, wet, pounding, thick, creamy, etc) that they use to "juice" up their stories and give them sexual overtones. This is an excellent technique to create sexual ambiguity under the radar, and while I have done this on occasions naturally, I had never thought of doing this on purpose for an extended period of time.

DVD 5 discusses role playing, or how to make a woman enter an imaginary scenario and take her on a fun adventure. This makes you stand out from the usual banter. It helps you escalate physically much faster too, as you get into instant roles of boyfriend/girlfriend, doctor/nurse, etc.

You also learn how to bluff your way through a cold reading, and use that as a tool to connect (which is not really my cup of tea, but it’s the first time I saw it explained in a not-too-creepy way here, I almost feel like trying it).

More useful tricks are taught here, including “shaping” and “flipping the script”, which were also described briefly in DiCarlo's ebook The Attraction Code .

On DVD 6 & 7, guest speaker IN10SE does a bit of NLP 101 and explains value elicitation. He teaches how to go beyond the superficial level to create deeper connections faster. This wasn't bad but honestly I was expecting more from 2 hours of IN10SE than the basic stuff he gives away here.

Finally, on DVD 8 we get some "fight simulations" games – which I though was a big waste of time, and more than a bit creepy. The coach (Jeff Foxx) is basically teaching you to lie your ass off or fake being angry in order to "win" arguments. Not the most healthy mindset there. In my experience, once you get good and if you want multiple women in your life, just learn how to manage multiple open relationships and save yourself the drama.

There was a useful hidden lesson on this DVD, though: how much more naturally prepared the girls are, as you see them basically toy around with the guys even though the guys are being coached how to "win" (none of them is winning anything, they get destroyed every single time).

A very hands-on approach

It is a very hands-on programme – not a lot of theory, just simple techniques that work, explained at length. You can see them immediately applied which helps a great deal internalizing them. In some ways this could be more useful than getting a super-exhaustive product listing 1476 techniques that you just get overwhelmed with.

One problem is the price tag: at 497 bucks, this isn't cheap compared to other products, and it's certainly not the best value for money. Then again you are maybe paying a premium for one of the few video products out there focusing on this skillset.

A gentlemanly approach

By gentlemanly approach, I do not mean the lame, common way of the “nice guy”; Juggler simply recommends a warm, genuine, friendly vibe as the first step. “The greatest Pick Up Artist is the one who enjoys himself the most”, he says, and much of his teaching are designed to get you there.

This fits with his personality – a former comedian, Juggler is not a muscle-bound alpha male, but an ordinary guy with extraordinary results. The book itself is written in a very entertaining way, and you get a glimpse into his style just by reading it. The book is just full of personality, which is a nice change from many dry, purely technical pick up manuals.

One downside is that he does not really teach you how to be funny. There are many example of hilarious conversations and funny one-liners, but no tips on how to become witty enough to come up with your own.

Injecting fun

As far as banter goes, many tips are given here: use open-handed questions, hold a vacuum to force an answer, reward her when she earns it. Juggler also writes many examples of “bad” interactions, detailing the mistakes made and how to troubleshoot them.

His approach is mostly indirect – take in the situation and use a fun situational opener. Although there is a section on club game, Juggler is famous for his day game practice, and his non-threatening, just-having-fun vibe is especially well-suited for it.

Sexual intentions

When making a sexually charged comment, it is important to not go too far, and not try to overcome her objections. Instead, Juggler argues, agree with them: “One of the worst mistakes a guy can make is to destroy obstacles a woman bring up. These are her safety valves that enable her to flirt. Instead he should support them and use them to crank up the tension”. I thought this concept of “safety valves” was interesting and have not seen it mentioned anywhere else.

Recommended for its vibe and mindset

Covering the basics

It is very clear from the start that this will be for newbies only, as the first half of CD1 is all about basic mindset and concepts:

-Girls don’t like nice guys

-Girls like sex as much as guys do

-Girls are not above men

-Girls are emotional, men are logical

-Etc, etc

This part feels like a quick review of the “common knowledge” concepts in dating advice today. This could be useful, but unfortunately Badboy is far from exhaustive and he leaves a lot of important ideas uncovered (see for example David DeAngelo’s Double Your Dating ebook for a much more thoroughly expanded view of the basic psychological principles and mindset tips).

”Society Programming”

While he does have a point, he takes it too far by saying things like “this is the brainwashing they must do to avoid economic collapse”, “this is how they keep you frustrated on purpose”, and other statements along the same line.

Of course, the rise of modern advertising happened at the same time as the widespread sexual liberation movement – in the last 30-40 years. While you see 100 times more naked women in ads than your grandfather did, you also have 100 times more opportunities to get laid in today’s society. We are now living in a hook up culture, the likes of which the world has never seen before. If “they” wanted to keep people frustrated, they would be doing a pretty poor job. So let’s take this stuff with a big grain of salt…

Not enough practical tips

The end of CD1 and most of CD2 explain rapport and attraction. Attraction, Badboy points out, is a fleeting feeling, and must therefore be mixed with rapport to create a lasting connection. All the tips on creating rapport and attraction are good but (again) not developed nearly enough.

He suggests talking about emotions not facts, for example, but does not really explain or demonstrate how. He advises to connect through stories but has no tips on how to structure a story, how to use punchlines or hooks, how to create a fun vibe or demonstrate value.

In other words, he consistently tells you the right thing to do, but rarely explains how to actually do it. This is a surprising mistake for someone who has been teaching live bootcamps for as long as Badboy.

A whole CD of missions

Too rudimentary overall

We understand that each company must explain seduction 101 to its new students, and they are bound to go over the most common concepts.

However, if you stick to the basics, at least cover them thoroughly, because that’s exactly what total beginners need to “get it”. You can’t tell a newbie “use stories to connect” and expect him to know how to do that.

I have no doubt Badboy is excellent with women – I can feel that. But as a teacher, unfortunately he did not succeed at structuring a great product here.

We would not recommend this audio set, even for those who are new to this. As a beginner you will get more depth in Vin DiCarlo’s The Attraction Code or the Double Your Dating ebook, or (if a more complex, indirect style doesn’t scare you) in Venusian Arts’ “Revelation”.

A very meaty bonus

At 26 pages and with GREAT content, this is a very meaty and valuable bonus that is close to being a product by itself.

From covert to overt

DiCarlo notes that most men will touch a woman’s face too early – women are surprisingly protective of their face area (including neck and hair).

We then move on to the Escalation Ramp, which is leading up to kissing…and more. This happens much faster… and this is the time NOT to fuck up, or all your previous efforts might be ruined.

I liked that DiCarlo really breaks it down, and makes important distinctions that are well-known to advanced guys yet no often talked about – such as skin touching, focusing on the areas she likes most, etc. Using push-pull and a “2 steps forward one step back” approach, you build your way up while avoiding boring her (by moving too slow) or startling her (by moving too fast).

It “just happens”

Another excellent point is that kissing/touching the breasts is NOT a necessary step. You can skip it if it makes the girl uncomfortable, and it won’t stop anything happening.

DiCarlo explains that using body parts such as your thighs, forearms etc to stimulate her body creates less resistance, because it “seems” accidental, like it “just happens”, and therefore doesn’t ring any alarm bells. Of course this doesn’t make sense on a logical level, but nobody is thinking logically when aroused.

The last few pages go into even more detailed sexual tricks that I will not cover here, both to avoid giving everything away and because it gets pretty graphic. But there are more fresh, quality ideas there.

One small gripe

That is terrible advice. I’m not sure why DiCarlo doesn’t realize it, since the whole book is about escalating incidentally and not being obvious about it. Verbalizing your moves is as obvious as it gets – and more often than not it creates strong resistance. It’s just unnecessary, and a very amateurish thing to do.

You can ignore that piece of advice – the only wrong part in the book.

An excellent bonus for a great book

A lot of this stuff has been common “seduction community” knowledge for a long time, but I’ve never seen it presented so clearly and exhaustively. There are also a lot of tips that are original and fresh. Overall, an awesome bonus.

This ebook can’t be bought by itself. To get it, you simply purchase The Attraction Code and this ebook will come as a bonus. Check out our review for details on The Attraction Code.

Swagger

In this DVD, Sinn presents his ideas on a seduction system he calls Swagger – as inspired by naturals who have that swagger to them.

A glitch in the system

He then explains the common newbie problem of becoming reaction-seeking, and using techniques as buttons you push on over and over again. When you this, you are still not evolving to be a cool person; you are just exploiting a glitch in the system - and people will eventually find out.

One point I found particularly useful was his explanation on how super hot women will always test you, the way that happens, and how to react to it. Ultimately, you have to find ways to build that unwavering certainty in order to pass those tests by simply being unreactive.

Another part I liked was how positivity is the mental equivalent of muscle mass - a survival trait. In my experience, the idea that hot women allow less negativity into their life is true - if only because they always have another choice if one option becomes too bleak.

Sinn goes on and touches a lot of points very quickly, among which dominance, identity stereotyping, being interesting enough to hold attention, not reinventing the wheel, humor, indifference, and many more.

The reason why I don't go into details here is because each point is talked about very briefly, and we’ll not recommend this product, as you will see below.

Young Game

His vibe is all about "Hi, I want to fuck you in the ass in the bathroom", which will work great on horny college party girls (if you can pull it off of course), but if you are a bit older and more into white collar 29-years-old lawyers type, not so much.

As I said, this is not a huge issue, because if you have a clue you can always ignore those bits. I could see it getting total newbies in trouble though, as Sinn does not mention calibration or context in this DVD.

Another point where his age shows is when he says you can't be too deep in attraction - you have to keep it playful, teasing, etc - you can't talk about serious stuff. Well, I beg to differ, and I'm sure Sinn will realize this is simplistic as he matures.

Feels like a free seminar

Therefore, while a good listen, it is not very practical - you get a laundry list of attributes you need (dominance, playfulness, confidence, etc) but no real explanation on how to get it. At the end of the day, it feels like a free seminar and should probably be a free video - a good advertisement for Sinn's coaching. Not really worth buying as a product though.

On the positive side, from the quality original ideas presented here, it’s obvious Sinn has valuable things to say, and we look forward to his new full-fledged release (Sinn’s Day Game DVD Set), which we will review soon.

Slow pace

CD 1 has some good tips, but nothing particularly original. You learn the importance of confidence. You learn that women prepare for hours before they go out because they want men. That ultimately being attractive to women is about improving yourself. Etc etc.

All good points but hardly unheard of.

There is a good track with some tough love: Skyy explains that most guys want a confident girl who dresses well and turns heads - when they themselves are not confident and dress like slobs. The point being, you need to get off your ass and change your life to match the women you want. You got to do it – nobody will do it for you.

Many beginners hope to find the “magic pill” to attract women without changing anything to their life, so it’s always good to hear such down-to-earth, no-BS advice.

Unfortunately, the pace overall is crawling – it’s sloooooow. Cory repeats himself over and over again. By the end of CD1, I’m hoping we will get into some “meat” in the remaining 2 CDs.

Unfortunately, it turns out CD1 is the best of the bunch.

Visualizations

CD 3 is him reading the affirmations, so you can play them to yourself.

So it turns out the whole “system” to acquire the supposedly “magnetic” mindset relies on visualization.

Now, I’m not against visualization myself. Visualizations work and are used by some excellent coaches and authors (from Napoleon Hill to Tony Robbins).

However, the reason they work is because they inspire you to take action. If you don’t take action, forget about seeing any results. Skyy does mention this once, but afterwards he repeats multiple times that if you just practice those diligently, you will magically change and get results (which kind of contradicts his “tough love” advice on CD 1).

Anybody who has ever taught a guy who is BAD with women knows it’s going to take a lot more work than that.

Furthermore, the affirmations he gives you here are not particularly special or elaborate (“I love women”, “Women love me”, etc etc). If you have any clue about affirmations and how they work (and if you don’t, google it), you can effectively design your own set of 15 affirmations by yourself, and they won’t sound any different.

The “Natural”

I have no reason to doubt his ability in attracting women (he certainly sound like a confident guy who gets results), but as a teacher he is far from fabulous, at least judging by these CDs.

Often “naturals” fail to explain exactly what they do or how to get there, and Cory Skyy falls exactly into that trap here.

This material is at the same time too high level (purely mindset, no concrete steps to improve yourself) and too basic (visualizing your way into the mindset is the only suggestion/technique you get).

The CDs are also seriously overpriced for the little amount of material they deliver.

Overall, we cannot recommend this product. For a better take on enhancing your mindset, you could check out:

-The Way of the Superior Man (by David Deida)

-The Attraction Code (by Vin DiCarlo)

-The Blueprint (by Real Social Dynamics)

Live pick ups?

The website promised "hours of crystal-clear audio that will get your game rocking".

Unfortunately, I quickly understood the reason the audios are so clear - those "hidden mic" pick ups are fake. Staged. Scripted. Not real.

Crystal-clearly not real

Voices are too clear. Tonalities are all wrong. Background music is never loud. All women sound like flirty porn stars. Most importantly, they all open straight away without reservation, helping the conversations like crazy, in other words, not acting realistically.

A newbie might not be able to tell, but if you have been in enough interactions, it is glaringly obvious within the first 30 seconds. Your alarm bells ring like crazy. You can just tell from the little subtleties of each exchange. These are fake. Every single one of them.

Off vibe

But beyond ethical issues, the staging completely undermines the teaching value here. See, this is not very well staged at all. To think some people might believe this is live, masterful seduction is scary. Newbies will get very confused if they try to imitate the voice tonality or general vibe of these conversations (which is exactly what they suggest you do – remember what I quoted earlier : “"Every subsequent listen will get you closer to mastery …” ).

Seriously, I don't enjoy shooting down a product in flames, but there is a lot of cringe-worthy stuff in here. Awkward laughs, badly timed silences….Mostly, this is just uncomfortable to listen to.

In fact, the bad acting remembers me of the Spanish lessons we were listening to in class when I was in high-school - you can even hear the actresses straining to get through it.

So-so conversations

For example, on the Cocktail Party audios, he opens telling the girl to watch her alcohol intake - "you need to know your limits", etc etc. This sets him up in a serious, nerdy, fatherly frame - not the best frame to assume (see Beyond The Digits to understand why that is a common mistake). This is reinforced by the hesitant way in which he says his lines (a recurrent issue on most audios).

Then he asks her if she is a friend of the host. When she says a friend brought her there, he asks "how does it feel to tag along to a party?". Then he gets her name. Says her name is beautiful. And ask for the origins of the name.

I could go on, but you get the idea (and if you don’t get what’s wrong with the above, no worries, just go study some dating beginners’ material). While there is the occasional good line, overall the conversations are nothing special. The topics are borderline boring, and as explained earlier, the vibe is off. Hudson often sounds jumpy, nervous, and awkward – probably because he is playing a role instead of being normal. The irony is, I suspect he is way better in real life.

Unexpected disappointment

Although some of the post-conversations analysis is interesting (which is why we still give it 3 stars in Effectiveness), we cannot recommend this to beginners, as these audios would set weird expectations for them and ultimately lead to more confusion.

For better (real) live conversations, check out Mehow's Get The Girl! Infield Exposed instead.

An Introduction to Mehow’s Method

Mehow is a former student of another famous coach (Mystery), and a lot of what he teaches is inspired by the ideas and techniques of Mystery Method.

Therefore, this is not a book about how to date better or understanding the theory of attraction. It is a very hands-on pick up book that will teach you how to cold approach and talk to women you have never met.

A Genuine Disadvantage In Looks

The book starts with a list of attractive qualities a man wants to have: living in your own world, being unreactive, displaying value, being pre-selected, etc etc.

If you have studied attraction for a while, this is nothing new. The good news is, this list is the only “theory” you get in the book. After that, it’s purely practical tips on how to talk to women and attract them.

What Mehow presents here is a system for learning how to display all those attractive qualities easily. You learn to create interest and emotional stimulation in the people you are talking to. Everything you do is a subcommunication technique – including what you do in opening, conversations, etc – to showcase how much of a valuable and interesting person you are.

A Structured Approach: Better For Beginners

I can only agree here – a structured, detailed approach is invaluable for newbies who are clueless about social dynamics – just telling them “be natural, “have fun”, “be in the moment” (see The Flawless Natural) is helpful but they’ll miss out on a lot of opportunities if they don’t further their understanding of the basics.

The bottom line is, beginners need to understand the subtleties of what is going on “below the radar”, before they can relax and forget about it.

And they get that here. There are literally hundreds of concrete tips you can use in this book, far too many for me to list here. Basically almost everything you need in terms of cold approaching is covered, from getting over the initial “hi” to creating attraction, from touching women in a comfortable way to vibing with their friends. It is very thorough when it comes to the practicalities of pick up, just like Mystery Method’s ebooks are (see our review of Mystery’s Revelation ebook).

The good thing about Mehow’s system is that it is structured, without being rigid. You get tons of concrete steps, but you can also adapt them to your needs. In a way, Mehow is fine-tuning Mystery Method and making more simple and easy to apply.

For example, Mehow solves the problem of “negging”, which is a technique in Mystery Method that many guys just do wrong. Mehow’s approach, based on push-pull or love-hate teases, is much easier to use and harder to misunderstand. Teasing, Mehow explains, is not about “dropping her value down” (like negging is) but about subcommunicating that you are having fun and don’t care too much about getting her.

Mehow’s break down of the phases of each interaction is also simply labeled – Attraction, Comfort, etc – with none of the over complexity you can encounter in Mystery’s books.

Story-telling & Handling Interrupts

This allows you to demonstrate your accomplishments, ambitions and inner values through stories. Very useful for the guys who don’t know how to put their best foot forward, or for those who run out of things to say.

Another useful chapter is on how to handle interrupts – what to do when someone interrupts you as you talk to a woman you like.

All of this may sound complicated, but he emphasizes being in the moment and not thinking too much during interactions. With practice, you naturally integrate his tips into what you do.

Not Original, But Well Put Together

This ebook is very well put together, well illustrated. You can tell it was put together with care, including in the way the teaching is presented.

For example, each of the attractive qualities listed at the beginning is referenced throughout the book, every time it is used in a technique. This is useful and provides clarity for the student.

Another plus is the absence of fluff - the book jumps almost from the start into the details of opening women and seducing them. In fact it’s almost too quick – there is almost no theory here. Complete beginners probably should read this book together with another one more focused on the overall psychology of attraction (such as Double Your Dating).

The Bottom Line

One problem though is the price: at 147 bucks (Editor's Note: Price was reduced since this review to under $100, a similar price to Revelation referenced below), this is significantly more expensive than Mystery’s products, including his ebooks Mystery Method and the more recent Revelation - both of which contain just as much gold or more.