One of them was someone whom I introduced to cold approach and pickup ... But cuz he didn't do much in the game ... But kept on living in social circle like a normal dude ... Now he is giving me lectures cuz he has recently got a girlfriend ... And how I have never had any serious relationship .
And also how that GIRLS YOU WILL GET IN SOCIAL CIRCLE >>> GIRLS YOU WILL GET VIA COLD APPROACH.
Nice.
This dude must be bangin' total 10s.
Probably has a social circle full of 10s.
He's all like "Ayo,
@Spyce D, you gots ta get a circle full of total 10s like me. Then draw your GF from that pool of 10s. Easy street!"
And you're all like "Dude, hook me up with one of your 10s!"
And he's like "You must build a circle full'a 10s of your own, young Padawan."
Another guy ... Similar story ....
There was also a different guy who had been gaming for roughly 10 years on and off . He basically said the same story that you can only get 6 , 7 s from cold approach .
Says a lot more about Mr. "10 Years in the Game" than anything else.
If he'd ever gotten any good, it would not have been "off and on"... or at least not "off, then onto some other strategy, then on again, but actually my other strategies work better than this."
Dude, let me tell you straight up:
If you hang around with normies, you're gonna get normie perspectives.
Just unavoidable.
- Normie career advice: "You've got to work hard at a 9-to-5 your whole life while saving a little bit at a time so you can finally retire and enjoy life in your late 60s."
- Normie investing advice: "A single family home is the best investment you'll ever make!"
- Normie dating advice: "You've got to get to know girls slowly over time. Show them your good side. That's how you really win 'em over."
Best thing to do is thank 'em for the advice, then go seek out people who get the results you're actually looking for yourself.
Unless you like your normie friends' results just fine.
In which case, do as they do.
I know that it's all just a limiting belief .
But , the thing is lot of folks shit on us ( daygamers ) .
And also the fact that in pickup circles , cold approach is the best way to meet women.
And this is also a fact that there are good number of puas who end up quitting due to not getting results .
What can I say ... This field is really hard and weeds a lot of men out .
Only the ones who keep on improving , innovating , improvising .... Will get what they want .
As
@Will_V notes... hard fields have a lot of dropouts. Many of those dropouts get bitter about never making the cut.
But beyond that... "get to know her over time and let her see your good side" is the slow path that is still semi-guaranteed to get most guys a relationship with an acceptable-ish chick SOONER or later.
It takes very little game. A guy can even be downright inept with women. So long as he hangs around women long enough, sooner or later one of them will usually offer a relationship to him. Then he's got a girlfriend.
Cold approach is putting yourself in front of a woman who does not know you at all, and making a STRONG impression on her, FAST, that makes her at the least intrigued about seeing you again later. Then continuing to make quick, strong impressions and on-point moves to maneuver things forward before she changes her mind.
This is a dedicated skill set that, just like in-person sales, a lot of guys shrink back in fear from even just thinking about... many other guys try it out but can never get to being more than mediocre; their egos get in the way and they refuse to do what it would take to get good... meanwhile a smaller number of guys hustle their asses off, fixate on it, obsess over it, and become highly successful. Then there are also guys who just have the right configuration of personality traits and attractive qualities that they stumble into it and start getting success right away... but that's not most guys.
You've got the naturals, and you've got the hustlers.
Everyone else ends up somewhere in the middle.
Mid-tier PUAs. Or they drop out and become mid at social circle.
Also worth noting that different styles of game really suit different personalities better.
A guy who really likes hanging out with familiar people, shooting the breeze, having his crew around him, who isn't really bothered by not being able to talk to hotties he doesn't know -- that's a guy for whom cold approach just doesn't offer benefits that outweigh the costs as far as he's concerned, but meanwhile for him social circle is fun.
A guy who wants the freedom to chat up whatever woman he sees and likes the look of whether he knows her or not, who does not want to be tied to the women in just one or two circles, who isn't intimidated at the idea of learning to make strong first impressions but actually finds that idea exciting, who doesn't have a strong need to hang out with known people all the time and get constant social support and that sense of fitting in and belonging -- that's a guy who will be interested in the idea behind cold approach, and might stay at it long enough to get pretty good.
Chase