{"id":698,"date":"2009-04-27T12:49:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T19:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/?p=698"},"modified":"2011-01-03T19:12:43","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T02:12:43","slug":"developinghoning-your-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/27\/developinghoning-your-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Developing\/Honing Your Edge (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">3 Ways to create an Edge to attract girls!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>In the last Blog entry, I talked about how men who experience CONSISTENT results have an edge, so now let&#8217;s talk about you!<\/p>\n<p>Before I answer that question, I have to yet again remind you that everything I am telling is based on me making 1 assumption:\u00a0 That assumption is that you&#8217;re cool guy who is able to socialize with people, and you have some social intelligence (calibration.)\u00a0 Remember, without being cool first, the edge is meaningless.<\/p>\n<p>The first order of business is for you to do an honest self-assessment.\u00a0 What are you good at?\u00a0 What are your strong points?\u00a0 It could be something as simple as that you&#8217;re a physically handsome man or that you&#8217;ve always had a good sense of humor, and naturally made people around you laugh.<\/p>\n<p>The key is to not go against the grain.\u00a0 Allow me to illustrate through real life examples from back when I was teaching a lot of weekend workshops.<\/p>\n<p>I remember one workshop client who had a good sense of humor, but it was all dry humor. He was a funny guy, but when he approached women, he started spouting off routine stacks in a hyperactive manner with a gay\/effeminate sounding voice.\u00a0 His clear edge was his quirky personality and his dry sense of wit, and yet he had abandoned that in the name of &#8220;Game.&#8221; \u00a0He was actually working against himself.<\/p>\n<p>Another workshop student of mine was a good-looking guy with a pleasant sounding Scottish accent (probably due to the fact the actually was from Scotland). He had interesting stories, and had lived in various places such as Japan.\u00a0\u00a0 Clearly, he was a normal fun guy to talk to.\u00a0 Yet, I observed him approach girl with &#8220;Jealous Girlfriend&#8221; openers and dancing around. \u00a0 &#8220;Man, what the fuck are you doing?&#8221;\u00a0 I asked him.\u00a0 Good-looking guy with a Scottish accent who has interesting stories of traveling to various parts of the planet!\u00a0 That&#8217;s his edge.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what he needed to work on cultivating as his strong foot forward.\u00a0 Instead of conveying that, he is asking opinions about jealous girlfriends and telling dumb stories that don&#8217;t even match his personality..<\/p>\n<p>Take sometime to think about what you can work on that&#8217;d provide you with an ability to distinguish yourself a little bit.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s be clear: When I say distinguish yourself, I don&#8217;t mean that you have to stand out like a sore thumb or dress in fuzzy hats and fishnet shirts.<\/p>\n<p>Just being able to distinguish yourself a little bit from the rest of the crowd goes a long way.\u00a0 Yet more clarification: Distinguishing yourself is in no way implying that you ought to conduct\u00a0a &#8220;DHV&#8221; or &#8220;VHS&#8221; by doing a &#8220;Best Friends Test.&#8221;\u00a0 It has to be something that is a part of you.\u00a0 Something you can develop even further.\u00a0 Embrace it.\u00a0 Much like the Scottish guy, don&#8217;t chuck it away in order to spit out &#8220;Game&#8221; you read by some dating guru.\u00a0 Hone your own abilities. Your edge should be built around your core persona.<\/p>\n<p>One&#8217;s edge could come from a variety of sources.\u00a0 These generally fall into 3 broad categories<\/p>\n<ol class=\"unIndentedList\">\n<li><strong> Physically driven<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Personality Driven<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Lifestyle Driven<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Let&#8217;s assess these one at a time.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"unIndentedList\">\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Physically driven:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It could be naturally given to you.\u00a0 You were born good-looking, but you gained a bunch of weight at some point and you also dress like shit. \u00a0Then again, you may not particularly have a good-looking face, but you&#8217;re 6&#8217;4&#8243; tall and got a good physique.\u00a0 (Or you build a good physique.)<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"unIndentedList\">\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Personality Driven:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This will be different for everyone.\u00a0 It all depends on what you start out with.\u00a0 What do you bring to the table?\u00a0 Are you naturally funny\/humorous?\u00a0 Great, then build on that.\u00a0 Are you passionate, artistic, very smart, charismatic or charming?\u00a0 If you have a little bit of ANY of those, then you could build on that as well.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"unIndentedList\">\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Lifestyle Driven:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lifestyle is rather expansive. Maybe you worked your ass off in college and beyond, and now you have a great job.\u00a0 Maybe you&#8217;ve traveled to various places in the world, or perhaps you believed in philanthropy and spent 3 years in the peace corpse in some 3<sup>rd<\/sup> world country.\u00a0 Or you could work in environments that are conducive to being around certain kind of women.<\/p>\n<p>See, it&#8217;s not always about money either.\u00a0 Your lifestyle has to be conducive to the archetype you desire. Lifestyle really influences the TYPE of women you attract.\u00a0 \u00a0The lifestyle category really begs for an elaborate explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to bang nightclub chicks and you got time on your hands? \u00a0 Then get a part time job at those environments.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if you&#8217;re the aforementioned philanthropist who spent years in the Peace Corpse you&#8217;re naturally going to attract a different kind of woman than the guy who works as a DJ or bouncer at a nightclub.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say you wanted to attract your typical run of the mill stripper.\u00a0 Telling her you spent 3 years doing Philanthropy work will not impress her.\u00a0 However, tell her you want to invite her to an awesome party, and that you got some cocaine for her, and you&#8217;re suddenly Mr. Charming.<\/p>\n<p>People often identify &#8220;Lifestyle&#8221; with having lots of money.\u00a0 Yes, that&#8217;s one facet of it.\u00a0 There are guys who have cultivated lifestyles that are conducive to their exploits despite their lack of finances.<\/p>\n<p>DJs, Club Promoters, doormen, strip-club employees, could all be making less than a middleclass salary but within that subsection of society, they have created a viable lifestyle and some sort of social proof.<\/p>\n<p>The same applies to a Yoga teacher or a personal trainer at the gym.\u00a0 (And let&#8217;s be honest: 70% of personal trainers are clearly douche bags.)\u00a0\u00a0 Yet, they are able to climb the totem pole because they have placed themselves in a position of authority, even if it&#8217;s for a very small subculture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>As for personality, there is a huge factor in what you convey about yourself.<\/p>\n<p>It amazes me when I see guys who have done interesting things in their lives and yet they have no idea how to convey those stories.\u00a0\u00a0 Back when I was teaching bootcamps, I came across guys who had traveled all over Europe, to the far East, guys who had visited the Pyramids in Egypt and been on archeology trips in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Yet they were clueless in conveying the life they had lived.\u00a0 A frat boy who spent a weekend in Utah came across more interesting than these guys who&#8217;d lived through noteworthy experiences.\u00a0 So conveying your personality is also a skill that can be acquired.<\/p>\n<p>Storytelling is a vehicle to conveying personality and by no means the only one.\u00a0 The gist of it is that if you have done &#8220;Cool things&#8221; in your life, then you ought to be able to convey that in a compelling manner.<\/p>\n<p>Why is it that the Frat boy who has spent half his life in a drunken haze can come across as more engaging than the guy who has traveled to far ends of the world, been to the Far East, traveled to Egypt and seen the Pyramids?\u00a0 One guy has learned to convey some personality and the latter has not.<\/p>\n<p>Storytelling crosses the line as it can also be considered a great attribute to possess.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s an attribute that crosses over to the &#8220;Edge&#8221; category when it enables you to describe the life you&#8217;ve lead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>How about improving physically?<\/p>\n<p>There are basics that every man should adhere to.\u00a0 Your presentation speaks volumes about you.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s shocking to see how many guys I&#8217;ve seen at seminars who wanted dating Advice from various &#8220;Gurus&#8221; and yet no one was bothering to tell them the obvious.\u00a0\u00a0 That they looked like guys who didn&#8217;t know what they were doing.<\/p>\n<p>So Start with:<\/p>\n<p>*Hair:\u00a0 Get a haircut that looks good on you.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re mostly bald and have the horseshoe hair, shave it clean.\u00a0 Either way, it ought to look organized.<\/p>\n<p>*Facial hair:\u00a0 Well managed, whether it&#8217;s a goatee, the wolverine Look, Miami Vice 5 O&#8217;clock shadow, or clean shaved.\u00a0 It ought to look managed.<\/p>\n<p>*Dress:\u00a0 This area needs its own chapter.\u00a0 For beginners, start learning about dressing well.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t have to break the bank but learn to add pieces at a time. No Sweatshirts, sweatpants, loose clothing that looks like you walked off a set of a rap video.<\/p>\n<p>*Shoes:\u00a0 yes, I created a whole separate category for shoes, because they&#8217;re that important.<\/p>\n<p>*Regular exercise: Another must-do category.\u00a0 The benefits of exercise and why it&#8217;s important would need a Blog entry all themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Should you attend a dating seminar at some point, take a look around at the guys seeking advice.\u00a0 The majority look disheveled and unkempt.\u00a0 No one bothers to tell them this. \u00a0Their personal presentation makes it glaringly obvious that they don&#8217;t enjoy the company of women in their lives.\u00a0 I know it sounds harsh, but it needs to be said.\u00a0 Most importantly women can discern this.\u00a0 They can identify a guy who doesn&#8217;t get it.<\/p>\n<p>This might be a good time for you to go through photographs of yourself taken in the last 6 months or a year.\u00a0 Look at your outfits in the various photos, your hair, and your physical demeanor.\u00a0 Is there a consistent pattern?\u00a0 Take steps to fix that.<\/p>\n<p>And please question any &#8220;Dating Guru&#8221; who tells you these things don&#8217;t matter. \u00a0Go with your instincts. \u00a0If your gut tells you the guy is creepy and full of shit, it&#8217;s probably because he is.<\/p>\n<p>What if you already have an edge? \u00a0What if you&#8217;re one of the guys who sends me email who has career together? \u00a0The successful professional who easily makes over a 100K per year but has dating\/women issues? \u00a0If you&#8217;re on that boat, you need to focus on the core attributes. \u00a0Focus on increasing your personal social &amp; flirtation skills as well as gaining social intelligence regarding women.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of having the proper foundational skills as well as an &#8220;Edge&#8221; will create <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">consistent<\/span><\/strong>, and more importantly, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">long-lasting<\/span><\/strong> results.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron<\/p>\n<p>PS.\u00a0\u00a0 The articles on this blog will have a profound impact on your dating life.\u00a0 Please realize that they are supplementary\/supporting material to what I discuss in my expanded work.\u00a0 Get a copy of my\u00a016 CD Audio course\u00a0here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.attractwomenanywhere.com\/audiocourse.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Building Attraction with Women<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 Ways to create an Edge to attract girls! . 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