Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The Attraction Code By Vin Dicarlo

Ok guys this will be the first of a bunch of reviews in the next little bit. I've been catching up on a bunch of other people's stuff in developing the unification model I will be unveiling at the Under 21 convention. Major props go to a bunch of people in the development of the new model most notably AFC Adam, El Topo and Captain Jack. I'm really excited because I feel like this model brings together EVERY idea in the community and dating science as a whole.

But onto The Attraction Code.

I was super excited to read the attraction code, because I had met Vin Dicarlo WAY back in 2005. That was back when he posted as Woodhaven on Fastseduction.com. He had been posting some really good really detailed LRS, and was introducing a concept he was calling " natural game". I met him and his partner back then in Boston and they helped out on a bootcamp. I was really impressed with both of them and how different their game was to mine, while still being effective.

So when I started to see all the promo for The Attraction Code, I thought I should check it out. For the sake of brevity I'm going to be breaking all of my reviews down into three sections: Information, Teaching, and Usability.

First let's talk about the information in The Attraction Code. The attraction code is all about the process of attraction. In fact in all of the literature in the community, I don't know if attraction has EVER been looked at this closely on both an inner and outer game level. Chapter 1 explores the concepts of status and dominance from an evolutionary perspective. I particularly liked the definition of Status that was given early in chapter one.

"Status is the order of importance of people in the group"

A great simple explanation. The most important person in the group has the highest status, the least important person the lowest status.

The second chapter talks about how attraction has evolved throughout the ages. The major difference here comes from the shift away from survival and towards conveying relative dominance. This is a huge shift in thinking from the typical community model of survival characteristics. In fact this chapter contains the best definition of an alpha male I've ever read. I don't want to give everything away, but it focuses on shifting away from tearing people down and towards being a leader who brings everyone up to a higher level...

The third chapter is all about female psychology. I really like Vin's ideas of seeing women as teammates as opposed to opponents. This is something that being too into " game" can screw up. You have to look at pick up as a two way street, where both of you guys are getting something out of it. A girl is hoping you can pick her up well as much as you are... But by far my favorite part of this chapter had to deal with submission and women's urge to please. Here's my favorite quote

" A woman is not fully satisfied unless she is satisfying you. She only completely enjoys sex when you enjoy sex. She trusts you if you make her be trustworthy. She feels comfortable when you are comfortable. "

The fourth chapter was where the attraction code is finally introduced via the 4 EP model of personal expression. This is actually the first model I can remember seeing showing how inner game affects outer game. It's a fascinating look at attraction and how our thoughts get manifested into actions that either serve to make women more or less attracted to us. Vin also introduces the idea of state frictions. The three major state frictions were Attention Fixation, Social Pressure and Intention-Violation. I particularly liked the Eleven Immutable Law of an attractive identity. A list of beliefs and ways of being that causes attraction in women. Great stuff there. But by far my favorite part of the book was this attraction proof. I felt like this was something I'd been trying to say for a long time without having the words. So here's a little attraction math for that ass...

A Proof they don’t teach in Math Class

The focus of your attention determines your reality
1. you have the ability to gain conscious control over
2. what you pay attention to

Therefore,
3.You have the ability to gain conscious control over your reality.

We hear a lot of talk about having a strong frame or reality or what not, but this chapter actually gives you the know how to build a strong reality that is attractive to women.

All right let's move on to part two: Teaching.

I REALLy liked the unique way that Vin put together The Attraction Code. It's written like Sperm Wars with a fictional narrative, this one happens to involve a protagonist named Patrick. There are also clues to the attraction code spread throughout the book to encourage the reader to actively follow the material. This was my favorite part of the teaching style. When teaching seminars I'm constantly thinking about how to keep the group engaged and out of passive listening mode. Vin figured out a way to include that in his book. Which was awesome. I also like the various charts, proofs, and affirmations Vin uses to teach. My one complaint with the teaching was the lack of INSTANTLY applicable material. Besides a section shrugging to handle congruence tests, there wasn't a lot of stuff a guy could use THAT night. But the overall value of the information and exercises for building a strong reality greatly outweigh this negative.

Finally part three: Usability.

The usuability section is really about how easy to download, read, watch etc.. each product. The Attraction code was simple to download, and easy to read and follow. It was also really nicely packaged with great artwork and a SUPER useful sidebar navigation system. Overall I'd say this is one of the best put together ebooks I've seen. It also comes with bonus material on preventing flakes, objection game, the Dicarlo escalation model and more!

Overall I give The Attraction Code 4 out of 5 stars and consider it a must have for anyone who wants to work on becoming the type of guy who attracts women simply by being.

To get your copy go to Here

Monday, March 24, 2008

Lair guidelines

Hey guys,

I’m sitting here in the Orlando airport with the slowest internet connection ever, but that doesn’t stop me from bringing the heat…

I just finished doing a couple of programs for the guys in the TOP lair. Props to Zuzu for setting everything up! It was good to meet some of the guys down there. Zuzu runs a tight ship. It’s probably the best lair I’ve ever been to, and I asked Zuzu how he was able to keep the level of discussion so high. He said that running the lair came down to three things:
1. Make guys post 3 field reports a month. This is a GREAT idea! This forces everyone on the board to actually like go out and talk to girls. It also will quickly separate the KJs who will then be banned. I think this should be adapted by every board out there.
2. Once every three months there is a lair event. Zuzu runs what he calls an approach-a-thon where the guys meet up in a high traffic area of town and try to do as many approaches as possible. This is a great fun way to get guys to meet each other. That way the guys who get along can start to wing together and the other guys at least put names to faces. One of the funniest moments of the weekend was my continued inability to process why there wasn’t a prize for the winner. That’s just me being way too competitive though ☺
3. Moderate the bullshit off the board. I know it’s America and everyone has the right to say whatever they want. But the truth is a lair is only as good as the content on it’s board or email list. If that stuff sucks then better guys get bored and stop reading/posting. I don’t think in any way Zuzu censors anything but he does keep pointless threads and questions that have already been answered a bazillion times off the boards.

Really makes a huge difference. The TOP lair had a bunch of cool guys who were already getting results and still committed to getting better. Including RSDnation star Ratisse and long time ASFer Nilatek. Good to put faces to those names.

Overall the weekend was great El Topo and I did a lair talk on Fri night and then Saturday I sat in on ET’s red stack seminar which was the shit. His stacks are soo different it’s almost revolutionary. Then I taught SNLs.

Sunday I taught Breakthrough Comfort and then got stuck when my connection through ATL was canceled for the second time in two weeks. Which led to me creating a new rule for life which is never have a layover in ATL.

Here’s reviews from the weekend….

Ratisse-
I ended up going to everything. The lair talk and all three seminars. I saw a lot of value in everything. Normally I don't endorse products or anything but I have to say that I would have paid more for these. Both Sinn and el topo are really good at the way they present the material and they do their best to make sure you understand it.

For anyone that that is hesitant about taking one of these I would say go for it. With my experience level I didn't know how much I would get from these but after sitting though them all I was fairly impressed. What course(s) is going to depend on the specific goals of the pua.

SNL- I learned some new stuff from this program but the big thing it did for me is that it solidified in my mind what I was already doing. For anyone not pulling and closing on a regular basis I would highly recommend this program.

Breakthough comfort- This program literally blew me away. The information that Sinn released in this left me with chills. As he was teaching this I was having epihanies pop up in my head. Ways I could use this and how I made girls fall for me in the past. Really powerful stuff.

Red stack- This is a massive tool for anyone that wants to be able to generate a highly dynamic interaction between yourself and women. Honestly if you are not getting the results you desire in set I would give this a shot. It's cheap for $500.

These guys told me they are planning on coming back in July. I would recommend taking these.




I’m really psyched that the first weekend of programs went so well. In the future I’ll be working with the greatest collection of talent in the community including El Topo, Captain Jack, In10se, AFC Adam and many more. It’s nice to finally have control over instructor quality! Life is good.

S