Neil Strauss

American author, Neil Strauss a.k.a Style, is very popular in the PUA community. His best-selling book, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, is a great hit and contribution in the community. He's got a video with Julian Foxx wherein Foxx was challenging him in a friendly pickup contest. Strauss refused and passed on the challenge to Mystery.

Here's Julian Foxx's opinion about Neil Strauss:

In spite of his success, Neil was aware that there was one part of his life where he had dealt with constant failure: he just couldn't seem to get any action from the opposite sex. His obvious talent for writing wasn't of much assistance when it came to dating. He started researching online and found that there was a 'secret society of pickup artists' who consistently held meetings in order to sharpen their skills with women.

Strauss signed on for a bootcamp held by Mystery, and thus began the short journey that would very quickly transform into the best selling book: 'The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists'. The book was essentially a 'who's who' of pickup while the community was still in its infancy. It describes Strauss' rapid rise within the pickup community, morphing himself from Neil Strauss, well known writer, into 'Style', master pickup artist. Using the varying techniques he acquired from Mystery and a host of other gurus, Style eventually became known as the "No. 1 Pick-Up artist in the world" shortly after the books release.

'The Game' went on to become such a tremendous financial success that in late 2007, Neil wrote a sequel; 'The Rules of the Game.' Wanting to pass on his seduction knowledge to the community, Neil also created a school for pickup artists. Although it is extremely rare for Style to do 'live demonstrations' he shares his pickup ideas with the community freely.

Neil Strauss' contributions to the overall growth of the Seduction Community are undeniable.

source: http://www.julianfoxx.com/neil-strauss

Neil Strauss is undoubtedly a good author and his books have made a huge impact in the PUA community. It would be great also if we can see live video demonstrations from him using his knowledge in pickup. ;)

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Dating Tips – If You Can’t Dance, Don’t!

So the moral of the story is…

If you can’t dance…DON’T

Now on the surface, that seems like a nice little piece of dating advice. But it goes much deeper than that…

It is a powerful metaphor that MUST be applied to every aspect of your game.

You see, as pickup artists we all have our own individual strengths and our own individual weaknesses.

Having a good sense of humor is obviously a strength and one which can be exploited when related to dating and relationships in general.

But right now I want to focus on our weaknesses… because we all got em.

There are the kinds of weaknesses we can change and there are the kinds we can’t. And it is up to you to decide which of your weaknesses are worth devoting time to improving.

But what I’m asking you to do is to make a list of your weaknesses and then go down that list and check off whichever ones are HIDEABLE.

For example, as previously stated, I am a terrible dancer… But I have the option NOT to dance and therefore not reveal that weakness. I am also a very messy eater… But I have the option NOT to take my date out to eat. (Or at the very least, I can avoid ordering the spaghetti.)

Identifying our own weaknesses is crucial, but by identifying which of our weaknesses can be masked and then doing so, we are taking our game to the next level.

So just remember…If you can’t dance…

Don’t.

Peace,

Julian

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The Mystery Method: Is It Really Effective?

Perhaps one of the most popular pickup artists today is Mystery. He has developed the Mystery Method which is used by many guys until today. The effectiveness of the Mystery Method is quite undeniable. However, time has changed and it has become too exposed or transparent to women already. They are now aware of the pickup techniques, especially the Mystery Method. So basically, it might no longer be effective to most women.

Here's a good discussion about the controversy of the Mystery Method: Click here

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From A Psychologist’s Point of View

The dating tips and ideas that pickup artists have been sharing to us, guys, are indeed effective. Even psychologists agree with most of the pickup artists in the community. Take a look at this video by Dr. Epstein, a research psychologist for thirty years, about inner game and the pickup industry.

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The Solution To Flaking

Probably many guys have started to go out and tried the dating tips and techniques they learned from some of the pickup artist. One problem they may encounter is flaking. It is actually normal in the dating scene. Well, pickup Artists Julian Foxx and Vin DiCarlo has a solution to that. Check out their video:

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