Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Shannon]

Hey Shannon,
You've talked about having trouble, back in the day, with going out, socialising and talking to women. What's the main thing that got you from there to being able to execute every version of DMSI and X4A?
I ask because I'm interested in structuring my listening more intelligently, in the sense that certain "core" or "foundational" listens could open up many different possibilities a few years down the line.
Big thanks,
CT

For me, the key was three things.  Two of them were subliminals.

1. Alpha Male.  I used every version of it, all six.  It was really v5 and v6 that put me in a good place to have the next thing take effect.
2. Sex Magnet v2. This really got me out there wanting to socialize.
3. One of my friends from high school calls trivia for a part time job.  So he invited me to do trivia and I went. 

That first time doing trivia was hard because I didn't know anything about socializing really.  I was alone, and it was not like I had a girlfriend there to help spark things.  But I sat at the bar in an area where I was relatively alone, and just played the game.  My goal at first was to familiarize myself with how it works - the whole trivia thing, and the social scene.

And I went back, because trivia was fun.  As smart as I am, I generally suck at trivia because my areas of knowledge are so specialized and unusual that they're generally not very useful when it comes to trivia.  But it was fun to get out of the house.

After a time or two seeing me there, people started talking to me.  And then they started seeking me out to talk to, or ask about what I thought the answer was, and I realized... socializing is just a fun game.  Once I started thinking like that, my natural personality started coming out, and people began to become my friends.

It took time to open up, but as I became familiar with it, I did. And it's all good.

But now you have a lot more options than I did.