Will Strauss
Will Strauss
honesty interesting people
I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.
girlfriend facts paradox
In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable. I was experiencing seducer's paradox: The better a seducer I became, the less I loved women. Success was no longer defined by getting laid or finding a girlfriend, but by how well I performed.
risk losing losing-her
To get a woman, you have to be willing to risk losing her.
compliment saying-thank-you response
One of the things I'd learned ... was how to take a compliment. Just say, "Thank you." It's the only response a confident person can make.
matter machines now-and-then
We're just fragile machines programmed with a false sense of our own importance. And every now and then the universe sends a reminder that we don't really matter to it...
powerful hate guy
Anyone who hates something feels threatened by it. A guy who says he hates feminism (a) doesn't understand or know feminism, and (b) is scared of powerful women. Most attacks come from fear.
hurt way ignored
there are only so many ways to get rejected or ignored. It doesn't hurt at all anymore because why should someone who's a complete stranger have any control over your sense of selfworth?
opportunity men giving
If there was anything I'd learned, it's that the man never chooses the woman. All he can do is give her an opportunity to choose him.
docile
Fear makes you docile.
love life opportunity
We have this idea that love is supposed to last forever. But love isn't like that. It's a free-flowing energy that comes and goes when it pleases. Sometimes, it stays for life; other times it stays for a second, a day, a month or a year. So don't fear love when it comes simply because it makes you vulnerable. But don't be surprised when it leaves either. Just be glad you had the opportunity to experience it.
beautiful thinking guy
A lot of guys are very intimidated by an attractive woman, and they dehumanise her because our culture perceives beautiful women as commodities. But I think if you're able walk up to a person and get to know them, and you see their flaws and their impurities, and realise that they're like you, then you can humanise them again.
inspirational commitment hobbies
Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything, whether it's a relationship, a business or a hobby.
being-yourself best-self just-be-yourself
It's not enough to just be yourself. You must be your best self
self protect
You have to build systems to protect against your lesser self.