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I did everything "wrong," and it worked! This was my first lesson in marketing...I mean dating.
The Lie You Tell Your Kids

"If you are the best at what you do, you will get business, be promoted and be successful."

Unfortunately, this is not true. Not even slightly, and it's usually a disappointing discovery.
This one of the better articles I've read in some time. I highly recommend it.

Myth Exposed. The Big Lie We Teach Our Kids About Education, Credentials and Success.

Joe Mobley
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  • Profile picture of the author The Star
    Thanks to Share, I try to visit your blog and try to learn what is there.
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  • Profile picture of the author payment proof
    I'll have a look as well.

    As they say, Sex Sells.
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  • Profile picture of the author fin
    Yeah, it's a pretty amazing article and the photo is the cherry on the cake.
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  • Profile picture of the author mlord10
    Very interesting article...It's really fascinating how jaded most of our society is when it comes to the factors that contribute to success.

    I have a degree, but haven't used it a day in my life since I graduated 4 years ago
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  • Profile picture of the author RedShifted
    I didn't read it because I've already spent 4 years in the seduction community and thats all we use to teach men.

    I've used far worse techniques to far greater effect. One of the more simple things we taught guys was if a girl asks you to buy them a drink, ask the bartender for a glass of water (she will actually think you're going to turn the situation around in a joking/apologetic way - a natural flaw of arrogance). To nail the point home, when he brings the glass over, drink it down, put the empty glass on the counter by the girl, get up, walk away.

    I remember first time I did this and 2 hours later the girl came back drunk, ripped the hat of my head and ran across the bar to the other side thinking it was cute (this is how delusional some attractive women can be). You know what I did? I immediately found a girl on the dance floor and started dancing with her. Completely ignoring what even happened.

    You simply can NEVER reward a womans negative behavoir, and if I chased her thats giving into exactly what she wants. When she saw me dancing on the floor, she actually threw my hat on the ground and started stepping on it. I told the bartender and they escorted her out with a friend. I just don't have time for that stuff its immature. =]

    But anyone who doesn't realize these fundamental rules (which can be grasped within the first few paragraphs imo) its time to start opening your eyes and moreso time to stop dreaming.

    -Red
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  • Profile picture of the author automaton
    There are plenty of marketing experts who believe sex sells in a marketing campaign or advertisement. Why? Because there are plenty of consumers who buy into it. Using sex in marketing is one of the oldest tricks in the book.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joe Mobley
      What makes this post good beyond the marketing aspects are some of the reality checks it goes into. Some of our beliefs that are totally bass-ackward.

      I love reality. I find it interesting how many people refuse to live there.

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  • Profile picture of the author RedShifted
    /\ Couldn't agree with you more.

    It shocks me how so many people grow up with the same exact social schemas they learned as children. So many people fail to evolve out of those stages and it makes me think that so many people actually DO NOT like to evolve. You hear it a lot, but people genuinely HATE change. Or most of the people I know. I make it a point to not let habits run my life. I like routine, but I'm always trying to change who I am at the same time.

    To me life is all about evolution. Becoming smarter, becoming wiser, learning more about the facts of life, teaching others, ignoring those who are too ignorant to care.

    What attracts me to reality to be honest is the fact its usually painful to deal with, I have some sadistic attraction to pain, discomfort, facing fears. Otherwise I will magnify those fears in my mind if I don't deal with them, and they begin to run my life. It creates stress and anxiety and I hate it. My only option is to face the pain/fear, and hope for the best.

    You can even bring up religion and athiests. Part of me believes they are both afraid of reality. Athiests seem afraid of the reality that they can't prove god doesn't exist, so they bark about it all day long. "God doesn't exist! Religious people are crazy!" Why do you need to say that everyday of your life considering you can't really prove he DOESN'T exist? I always question if they're really afraid of something. Fear always tends to play a major role in our belief systems.

    Then religious people being afraid that god doesn't exist, and that lingering feeling that the book they read doesn't really prove anything. Thats why for me, I try to accept the fact that I'm not significant enough to EVER know either way, I realize death is inevitable, I will always fear it to a certain extent, and thats just the price I pay to be alive. Or so I feel.

    To a certain degree I feel like it frees me. I just accept I'm afraid of death, than I stop thinking about it. Thats one thing you simply can't fight no matter how strong you think you are. Relatives will die, it will suck, and your religion/lack of religion isn't changing the way you feel about it.

    Just my opinions on life lol.

    -Red
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