Posts Tagged Neil Strauss

Mission 10 Overview

January 11, 2010

Mission 10 brings us back on track. No more approaching dudes for mission requirements. The focus of this mission is disqualification. The goal of disqualification is to meet women and tell, in some way, them you don’t want to date them. The author, Neil Strauss, claims this is the “bedrock of flirting”.

Mission 9 Overview

December 29, 2009

Mission 9 is another “turning point” mission. The author, Neil Strauss, claims that only 19/20 people who start actually finish all the missions. And most stop on Mission 9.

Mission 6 Overview, Field Test, and Summary

December 1, 2009

Mission 6 is all about overcoming AA. Aproach anxiety. Before I get into the mission, my take on approach anxiety is that it is something that I will never not have. My goal is to find a way to manage it. As the author Neil Strauss says, “it’s less a fear of approaching than a fear of rejection”.

Mission 5 (mostly) Complete!

November 24, 2009

This mission was to improve my grooming and style. The first part was to choose one task from a list and implement it. I’m doing several.

Mission 5 Overview

November 22, 2009

Say it with me girls…it’s time to go SHOOOOOOOP-PING! (Giggles, jumps, and claps hands) I kid (mostly). I’ll admit to being one of those guys who likes clothes. I don’t think it’s a superficial thing to want to look good to feel good. And that’s what this mission is all about. Looking better in order to feel better.

My Friday Night

November 7, 2009

This post is completely…well, mostly, unrelated to my project. I just want to make a note of it for historical record to compare both the event and my reaction to it to future events and my reaction. So here’s what happened.