Seems like the Magnets aren't all they're cut out to be.

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I'll just say, I've read a lot of books too, like a lot of people here. They are nice for the motivation, I suppose, as that was pretty much the only thing I got out of them.

But what I will say is after reading them all and even applying them when I internalized this Sex Magnet mindset I never thought about these books, gurus, or body language reading guides ever again. I think it's important to understand the difference between a how-to book and a book on actual knowledge. A how-to book, depending on what you're reading can make things a little more difficult, in my experience and try to make you someone you're not.

Going along with that, of course doing these tapes you're becoming someone you're not BUT, when you internalize them... there's no more of that "I can't be myself that's *****, who ever got laid being themselves?" and "how would I get better with women if not being someone else entirely?"

Well because the subliminals are changing you into a better person and it's not so much bad to be yourself at all it's just that if you're being yourself and not getting the results you want then you're not internally developing the traits you need to get what you want. If that makes sense. So whenever someone says "Just be yourself around women", I would agree but say "Yes just be yourself, but if that self is unattractive, then change it first". Fortunately you are changing it here with the subliminals

There comes a point when you internalize everything that you realize you can say, do, act however you want and still achieve success. On the other hand, a lot of these gurus don't believe in that because they never got to a point of turning into a magnet internally.

Even guys like Brent Smith say things like "Don't pursue women" but you can't tell someone that... nor can you teach them because they are still gonna have that need and as long as they do, it's going to be impossible to stop pursuing.

Cory Skyy says do affirmations (which are worded horribly btw), go out, make lots of friends/social circles, get laid, but in all honesty you don't have to be a social God to get laid either nor do you need tons of friends around you.

Other books like Art of Seduction specifically put seducers into specific categories and I guess guys feel like they are a particular one, or they want to be a particular one, but when they aren't acting like that particular one they feel like failure.

If you're gonna read them go for it, but I do believe you should always let your gut instinct and the subliminal hold priority because you have to remember you're not the same, internally, as a lot of what these guys preach, you are naturally becoming a magnet and most of their advice is applied to guys who haven't discovered or even considered inner change. For other things like knowledge on women, I don't believe would conflict with what you're changing into.

I totally agree that the gut instinct and your own inner guidance are the most important things to keep in the forefront. However, sometimes you just read something that just clicks and gels with you, and there's no harm in trying some of the advice and seeing how it works for you. I'm with you that if someone's asking for money and has a real sales-page vibe, then they're probably phonies, but for example, Blackdragon's free blog completely changed my way of looking at relationships, and had me dating multiple girls with them knowing about it and being ok with it for the first time. And I'm happy to say I'll never be monogamous from here on. So yeah, that's just an example of when you read something that just clicks, that you wouldn't have thought of on your own, but it leads to an "Aha!" moment.
My personal view is don't believe anything unless you take it for checking.