Shannon's Journal

[Shannon]

I have 6 days left before finishing AM2011. Great program but I would agree with Shannon in beefing up the sociability aspects. Its possible that it could be resistance, but if not, there were points during the stages where I had nomotivation to socialize with anyone new. Might be a side effect of the reduction in neediness. Dont get me wrong, when I do socialize, I feel confident and very at ease thanks to AM2011.

Also, if the new version of alpha male is going to be stripped down, may I suggest that this be the initial AM for the newby and that an advanced AM be developed for those who have been through alpha male already and wants a refresher plus new elements. I would say the advanced version would be AM2011 plus additional features including an enhanced sociability aspect.

The reduced socialization is a side effect of killing neediness, and until I revisit the script I won't know specifically how much I can amp up socialization without unbalancing it, but I think it would definitely be an improvement, especially in the last two or three stages.

As for developing multiple versions of AM, keep in mind that there's only one of me here! I have to update and upgrade all these new programs I build, so eventually there has to be a limit to how readily I fork an idea into two or two hundred variants. But it will be something I consider.