Read This First — page 8

You show up as a man with his own life, his own standards and his own intentions, and you find out whether there's something there.

That doesn't mean sitting around waiting for women to make every move.

Quite the opposite.

You'll learn how to approach.

How to show interest.

How to flirt.

How to lead things forward when the interest is mutual.

But you'll also learn one of the most important skills in dating:

When to stop.

Because confidence isn't endlessly pursuing someone until she changes her mind.

Confidence is being perfectly comfortable when she doesn't.

SO WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS?

That's the question behind this entire book.

We went through the famous pickup material, the seduction books, the modern dating guides, evolutionary psychology, behavioural science, attachment research, relationship science, sex research and the study of nonverbal communication.

And something interesting happens when you put all of it side by side.

Some of the old dating advice was onto something.

Getting comfortable with rejection matters.

Being needy hurts you.

Having a life outside women matters.

Appearance matters.

Confidence matters.

Humour matters.

Social skills matter.

Knowing how to flirt matters.

Being able to express sexual interest matters.

But a lot of the explanations were wrong.

And some of the advice was complete bullshit.

You don't need to insult attractive women to "take them off their pedestal."