Archive for February, 2010

Neil Strauss – ‘Emergency’

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

I just finished Neil Strauss’ book ‘Emergency’. It’s about how Neil (Style) decides to learn the skills necessary to survive if the worst happens e.g. there is a major catastrophe. He learns to live in the wild, how to evade followers, pick locks, shoot properly, plan an escape to a safe location etc. The book was a great read and I enjoyed it even more than ‘The Game’, for some reason. Perhaps this was because I knew the people and techniques in ‘The Game’, pretty well whereas ‘Emergency’, provided more of a learning experience.

I’ve looked into some of the ideas Neil writes about over the years. Years ago, I bought lock picks and trained myself in using them. I got a 2nd passport for my mother, partly in the knowledge that it might make it easier for me to get a 2nd passport too. I’ve thought about escape locations and have some in mind. Do governments let people travel during an all out war? What was the situation during World War 2? Did people need special permission to leave the country or could anyone just get onto a boat and sail to the Americas or Iceland?

In terms of money, I’ve diversified where I keep my money. In the event of a (more serious) financial meltdown I have a plan B but admit I could do more in this area. It certainly would be useful to get the kind of training Neil writes about, especially the outdoor training. In a city, I think I could take care of myself to a certain extent – I can fight having trained in judo and karate. At school almost no one messed with me. Likewise, when it comes to persuasion I think I could talk people into helping to some extent but these skills will only go so far when a real emergency strikes.

Are there courses in Europe which teach the skills Neil writes about? Even if one learned only some of the skills mentioned in ‘Emergency’, one would be far more prepared for eventualities. And apart from that, being able to handle yourself, survive and protect people is damn cool and does wonders for your self-reliance and state.

I’m reminded of the Tough Guy Challenge I sometimes put myself through (see earlier posts). It’s good for city based social engineering training. What I need is a similar challenge for the outdoors to learn to handle nature.

Neil if you are reading this, drop me a line and we’ll hang out in the Lake District in November. No tents allowed.

Still waiting for Barry Kirkey to reschedule – he had to work the night of our planned interview.

SteviePUA on Barry Kirkey Show

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Barry Kirkey is an old friend of mine from our Real Social Dynamics days. He is also known as ’26′ and ‘Extramask’ in The Game by Neil Strauss. Back in the day we were sarging London together with Tyler Durden, Mystery and Papa.

Barry got in contact with me recently and invited me onto his radio show. You can get his show at http:www.revolution31.com.

 I’m looking forward to it. Here’s to the good old days!

Paul Gascoigne and SteviePUA

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

At the weekend, I met Paul Gascoigne, England football player, in a club in Newcastle. Here is my report (video footage available):

On Friday I met Paul Gascoigne (Gazza), the former England footballer, in a club in Newcastle. Days earlier, I’d been telling my girl about the best goal I ever saw. It was Paul Gascoigne’s goal for England against Scotland in 1996. I showed her the goal on Youtube and she had to admit to being impressed at Gazza’s skill in chipping the ball over Colin Hendry’s head, running around him and volleying the ball into the back of the net.

Now, sitting in the corner of the club was Gazza and his two friends. Or should I call them ‘minders’? Or maybe they were ‘carers’ because Gazza was in a bad state. He was totally wasted from the booze and hardly knew where he was. I didn’t recognise him at first, but sure enough, I looked again, and it was definitely him.

Gazza was drinking Guinness and seemed to also be under the influence of his friends who were lining up shots for him and moving him around the club. ‘Paul, over here! Gazza, man, this is yours’, beckoning to him and trying to get him to focus. Gazza staggered around half-propped up by the people shaking his hand. There was a private party upstairs and hot girls were coming down to meet him. Some hugged him but he didn’t seem to quite register who they were. A vacant smile suggested enjoyment, generally, though.
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Society PUA

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Years ago, people got ahead in society through family connections or through their own ingenuity. Today there is more social mobility in the wealth creation market. Knowing people in the business is still important, but so are how you connect with people, how you market yourself and how you communicate to make a good impression.

Most students of PUA and seduction skills are attracted by the ability to increase their lay rate with attractive females. This motivates us to work on the social skills we need to attract females and manage our relationships. Wanting to have the skills that will lead us to being deeply satisfied in this area gives us intrinsic motivation. But wanting to do our jobs to make money for its own sake gives us extrinsic motivation.

When something connects with, and satisfies, our deep desires we tend to have a certain type of motivation. This is called intrinsic motivation and typically empowers us far more strongly than its opposite extrinsic motivation i.e. wanting to do something because of an external influence. Of course, there is sometimes overlap e.g. more money can, for some people, mean more access to females.

As PUAs, however, we should be careful about linking the two desires because solid game does not depend on having money, as such, but more on having the personality and communication skills necessary to attract and hold a quality female.

Getting ahead in your workplace can bring financial benefits which, in turn, can translate into more nights out and more generosity on your part but don’t necessarily have to equal solid game or success. In fact, for most AFCs, more money means more AFC activities.

Likewise, attracting a female with PUA skills does not have to depend on being introduced through the right people. As David DeAngelo says – ‘Attraction isn’t a choice’. When you have powerful PUA skills, your target can be attracted to you in spite of the social differences.

When you make the right approach in the right way, in the right context and display attractive qualities, even royalty are willing to give up their crown. Just look at Prince Felipe of Spain or Edward V111 of England. Both married who they wanted and were willing to give up the throne because of the attraction they felt. That’s how strong attraction can be.

The principle here I want to extend is that having good PUA skills can help you rise in the promotion stakes, help you make more money, increase your influence over so called ‘bosses’ and help you see the full colour wide screen picture when people above you at work see only a snapshot.

Having the PUA skills you want helps you take control of, and succeed in, your social life while at the same time providing the impetus for you to generate the skills that can seriously advantage you in the job market.

This is a key understanding for tremendously powerful personal improvement – motivation is so important to success, and if you can channel a very strong natural need, such as a sex drive, to develop the skills you need to be successful in that area then you are far more likely to be able to use those skills in other transferable areas e.g. jobs.

It is through developing your frame control/calibration/state control/use of sub-modalities and related skills in PUA that you are more able to use these effectively in the workplace to make the gains you want and deserve.

Therefore, understand:

1. Learning PUA skills will likely help you in your job, as well as with girls

2. Wanting to fuck girls is good because it motivates you to develop skills you can use in the workplace

3. It’s important to recognise your desires, not hide them, because they can be important allies

4. Having the skills you need with both girls and jobs, potentially, provides equality in society – one no longer needs all the traditional qualifications of success. You can hack society to some extent.