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Rules of the Game
by Neil Strauss
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Publisher: It Books
ISBN13: 9780061911699
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
If you want to play the Game, you've got to know the Rules.
In his international bestseller The Game, Neil Strauss delved into the secret world of pickup artists—men who have made a science out of the art of seduction. Now, in this bestselling companion book, Strauss breaks down the knowledge he learned and techniques he invented into simple step-by-step instructions that anyone can follow to have success with women. This expanded one-volume edition of Rules of the Game includes a new preface and a whole new book of powerful, field-tested word-for-word routines, published here for the first time. You don't need money, looks, or fame to succeed with women. All you need is an understanding of how attraction works—and this thirty-day workout program for your social skills, which has already guided tens of thousands of men from frustration to fulfillment.
Neil Strauss, the New York Times bestselling author of The Game, presents Rules of the Game: I. The Stylelife Challenge
Master the Game in 30 Days
II. The Style Diaries
The Pickup Artist's Companion
Questions for Neil Strauss
Amazon.com: Yours has to be one of the strangest career paths in the book business: from rock critic at the New York Times, to cowriter of memoirs with rockers and porn stars, to bestselling seduction guru. Do you ever wonder how you got from point A to point Z?
Strauss: Oddly, I never do. Instead, I wonder why it took me so long to get to point Z. And then I wonder if people are going to stick with me when I go to point whatever-is-after-Z next. I guess that would be point AA--which, come to think of it, I've already been to with Dave Navarro while writing his book.
Amazon.com: You write in the introduction to Rules of the Game that you thought The Game was your "last word on the subject," and you were ready to get on with your life. But, like Michael Corleone, you got pulled back in. Why was it so hard to leave?
Strauss: Good simile. Someone else compared it to Donnie Brasco. There's something about the seduction community that sucks people in. I've seen college kids drop out of school; doctors quit their jobs; and celebrities take huge career risks to pursue this knowledge.
It may be because, according to the Kinsey Institute, most men think about sex every two minutes. But our society has never given them tools to safely fulfill these desires. Once they find out there's a way to learn to be more successful with women--and see evidence that it works--they tend to dive in headfirst. Perhaps because, when it comes down to it, this is why we're really here.
Amazon.com: Do you meet women who have read The Game? What do they think? And with the thousands of people out there you have trained and the many more thousands who have read the book, are women starting to recognize the strategies? Do they ever say, "Hey, you're playing the Game on me"?
Strauss: I've run into some women who've read the book to learn about the male mind, and they've all been positive about it--the book, that is, not the male mind. It's the women who've heard of the book but haven't read it who want to burn it.
And actually, a guy at a book signing the other day told me he got caught using one of the openers. But he still walked away with her phone number. His advice: on the rare chance that it happens, don't get scared and scamper off. Instead, use it as an opportunity to start a conversation about the game itself and whether it works. If they've read the book, this obviously means they're interested in the subject--and now you both have something in common.
Amazon.com: Rules of the Game is actually two books: the Stylelife Challenge and the Style Diaries. The first book is pretty straightforward: a 30-day plan for "Mastering the Game." But the second one is not what you'd expect in a self-help book. Can you explain what it is and why you included it?
Strauss: I didn't want to just give people a self-help book, and promise that their life will be sunshine and unicorns forever. I wanted them to know that with knowledge and power come a new set of challenges and problems. So the black book contains seduction stories from the dark side of the game, and the fact that, as the German director Fassbinder put it, "We were born to need each other, but we still haven't learned how to live with each other."
Amazon.com: Part of the story of The Game was the tension of what happens, after you've become proficient at the Game, when you find someone you love. Is that the point: to go from player to lover (or, ulp, husband!)? How do you do that? Or does playing the Game become its own end for some people?
Strauss: If you master the game, then you also must master your own fears and insecurities. And overcoming these destructive traits can only help you have healthier relationships. That said, the downside to learning the game and then falling in love is that you have to be strong, because there are a lot more options than there once were. So for readers who are having trouble: the secret to monogamy is realizing that the fantasy of being with someone else is usually better than the reality. You can't do better than love.
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| Great book to have you on your way |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Strauss does a great job in the book. Everything from the A-Z in pickup is covered in this book. It improved my game, dating life, sex life, and even how I dressed. Everything was taken to a whole new level. Also, Strauss has a bunch of free exercises such a subconscious reconditioning audio recording to help you believe that you are the man. For the small price you pay for this book, you really get SO much! It was definitely worth the buy and I recommend it to anyone who wants to take their game to the next level.
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| Good start for PUA newbies |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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If you've just read The Game and you want to learn the "game", this is a great book to start with. It's a day-by-day approach to taking your chump self and building it up towards the idea of being a pickup artist. I wouldn't say you'd ever manage to be a true PUA simply by following this book. However, it WILL re-align some of your inner game and supply you with new techniques that will give you that "ah ha!" moment where you realize how much of what you've ever done to meet women has been wrong. It's an important step in the right direction, but then the rest is up to you.
The most important thing to know before buying this book is that you're expected to make a commitment to working through all the exercises in the book every day for a month, but really more like 90 days. If you're not prepared to make the effort, you just won't get as much out of this book. This book gives you goals, but it's your job to achieve them. If you follow through, you'll learn a lot about yourself and how to meet women. That's why Rules of the Game is such a highly recommended book.
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| Very confusing for the beginner |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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This book is just not for the beginner as it contains difficult and impractical advice. How can you change your personality from shy to outgoing in a month. This book tells you to get out and approach women at random but also tells you to get rejected as frequently as possible. I do not know if it would be easy for any man to accept a lot of rejection in a month. It can actually make the person feel more depressed and hopeless. I do not think this sort of rapid approach can work for the average man - I would rather go for natural approach like building trust and relationship though gradual intimacy and bonding. I am more in favour of natural seduction and not pickup routines. I have found one book particularly helpful for the beginners. It is called How to win girls and influence women How to Win Girls & Influence Women: Easy Guide for Beginners. I have liked it because it is more suited to my personality and probably most average men. I do not like to be rejected and this books approach is slow natural seduction and it gets me more positive response from women. At the end of the day it is up to the reader to decide.
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| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Awesome stories in The Style Diaries, and the 30 day program helped me clean up my PUA act.
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| Life Changing. |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Ive done the Stylelife challenge before and it changed my life. i got this new one cuz i wanted the routines manual. if you ever need something to say to grab anyones attention this book will fix that!
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