These are some of my favorite pickup blogs. These guys are all really good, and also happen to be good friends of mine. They are all also coaches on the 30/30 Club, a system for learning game from guys that get laid and know what they are doing
LA Phil has coached along side Brad P more than anyone else. His blog is great for short guys, because LA Phil is one of the shortest Pickup Coaches in the world
Hyper has taught tons of workshops, and has quite a bit of game, even at the tender age of 23. I think being that young makes PU a bit harder. Any girls 24 and up are trying to rule you out right away. Hyper has a lot of coaching knowledge, and there's a pretty interesting video on his site. Hyper and I have had some good times in NYC
Scotty is basically Bradp's 'speed demon' guy. He seduces women in 15 minutes or less. But....Brad tells him to chill his game out for workshops so students can learn from it better. Scotty has balls of steel
Jake P's blog has cool pictures and videos on it, and includes a lot of his wild LRs. I just got back from a week in Canun for Spring Break with Jake, and I swear this guy is out of control amazing
Brad P is the man. I have seen this guy do crazy things... fingering a girl on the street 15 seconds after meeting her, pulling girls into bathrooms regularly... crazy. And he just happens to be the most amazing coach ever
Monday, March 29, 2010
How to Learn Pickup (and everything else)
When developing any new skillset people will often ask "How long before I get good?" I find this popular Zen story to be a great reminder that I should enjoy the journey and appreciate each new lesson (I copied this from a random website)
BALANCING EFFORT AND PATIENCE
There is a story about a young man in Japan who wanted to be the greatest martial artist of the land. He thought that to reach this goal, he must study with the best instructor, who lived many miles away.
One day he left home to go study with this great Zen teacher. After travelling for several days, he arrived at the school and was given an audience with the teacher. "What do you wish to learn from me?" the master asked.
"I want you to teach me your art and help me become one of the best martial artists in the country," the young man replied. "How long must I study?"
"Ten years at least," the master answered.
The guy thought, ten years is a lot of time. I want to get his done sooner than that. I don't have that much time. Certainly if I try harder I can complete this task quicker. So he asked the master, "What if I studied twice as hard as everyone else? How long would it take then?"
"Then it would take twenty years," replied the master.
The guy thought, 'That's even longer! I don't want to spend twenty years learning something. I've got other things to do with my life. Certainly if I tried really hard I could learn it much quicker'.
So the student asked again, "What if I practised day and night with all my effort, then how long would it take?"
"Thirty years," was the master's response.
The young student became confused and wondered why the master kept telling him it would take longer.
He asked the master "How is it that each time I say I will work harder, you tell me that it will take longer?"
"The answer is simple. With one eye focused on your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the way," the master said.
(Another way of saying this is, "With half your attention on your goal, you only have the other half to focus on the work." Any endeavor takes effort, but it also takes patience. If we have one without the other, we get off balance. with only effort, we try and try but get frustrated when we do not see results as fast as we would like. Or we get burned out and tired very quickly. With only patience and no effort, we never really put our full attention to a task. We never give it the commitment we need. This is as true with school work as it is with a meditation practice as it is with sports. in the story, the master knew that the student had enough effort; what he needed was to balance that effort with patience.)
Brad phrases this differently - It will take as long as it takes. There are no shortcuts
Brad P's 30/30 club is setup to provide a structure and focus over the course of a year to make the learning process as efficient as possible
BALANCING EFFORT AND PATIENCE
There is a story about a young man in Japan who wanted to be the greatest martial artist of the land. He thought that to reach this goal, he must study with the best instructor, who lived many miles away.
One day he left home to go study with this great Zen teacher. After travelling for several days, he arrived at the school and was given an audience with the teacher. "What do you wish to learn from me?" the master asked.
"I want you to teach me your art and help me become one of the best martial artists in the country," the young man replied. "How long must I study?"
"Ten years at least," the master answered.
The guy thought, ten years is a lot of time. I want to get his done sooner than that. I don't have that much time. Certainly if I try harder I can complete this task quicker. So he asked the master, "What if I studied twice as hard as everyone else? How long would it take then?"
"Then it would take twenty years," replied the master.
The guy thought, 'That's even longer! I don't want to spend twenty years learning something. I've got other things to do with my life. Certainly if I tried really hard I could learn it much quicker'.
So the student asked again, "What if I practised day and night with all my effort, then how long would it take?"
"Thirty years," was the master's response.
The young student became confused and wondered why the master kept telling him it would take longer.
He asked the master "How is it that each time I say I will work harder, you tell me that it will take longer?"
"The answer is simple. With one eye focused on your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the way," the master said.
(Another way of saying this is, "With half your attention on your goal, you only have the other half to focus on the work." Any endeavor takes effort, but it also takes patience. If we have one without the other, we get off balance. with only effort, we try and try but get frustrated when we do not see results as fast as we would like. Or we get burned out and tired very quickly. With only patience and no effort, we never really put our full attention to a task. We never give it the commitment we need. This is as true with school work as it is with a meditation practice as it is with sports. in the story, the master knew that the student had enough effort; what he needed was to balance that effort with patience.)
Brad phrases this differently - It will take as long as it takes. There are no shortcuts
Brad P's 30/30 club is setup to provide a structure and focus over the course of a year to make the learning process as efficient as possible
Brad P's Pickup Mansion
I spent a year living in Brad P's Pickup Mansion in Hollywood, California. I learned an amazing amount about pickup, relationships, and myself. As a result of the ongoing coaching and the total number of approaches I was doing, I actually got pretty good and now I'm doing what I can to help out others
The last workshop of the original mansion guys was crazy! As Brad described it:
"We had big titty chicks in the hot tub, 2 after-parties, multiple bathroom pulls, one guy got puked on by a chick....like EXPLOSION VOMIT....we hung out with rock stars, Nomad touched the biggest tits i ever seen in my life, i got some crazy videos, i almost got kicked out of 2 different clubs...and there was also lots of sex going on....and fingering. "
Here is the review of the Pickup Mansion that I posted on various forums. It is a great program:
9 months ago, I moved into Brad P's Pickup Mansion in Los Angeles. In that time, I've made some great advances in my game and done some things that a year ago would have been impossible for me:
•I went to a party at the Playboy Mansion, made out with several women, and then fingered one in the zoo and brought her home.
•I had sex with a fetish model on the leather chair in the piercing studio where she worked. Mid coitus, she remembered that we were being filmed by the security cameras… so I fucked her harder.
•I fucked a girl in the back seat of a friends car, while he was driving
•For the first time in my life, I had sex with 4 women in one week (and fingered a 5th.)
•And more…
A little over a year ago, a friend of mine showed me a book called the Adventures of Brad P (I think now called Diary of a Pickup Artist.) Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down! There was a bit of skepticism ("Is this for real?!?! How can he fuck so many girls so quickly?!") My game pretty much sucked at the time (my first cold approach happened just a few months earlier.) I eventually signed up for a weekend workshop with Brad P and was convinced that the stories were true and learned that Brad P was an excellent teacher. At that same workshop, as we were discussing my future goals, Brad mentioned his ideas for the Pickup Mansion. The idea was that a few guys would live in Hollywood for a year, and focus on improving their game under the tutelage of Brad P and his coaches, Jake P, LA Phil, Glenn P, Bobby, Hyper, and Scotty Flamingo.
I immediately knew it was the right thing for me because I wanted to get really good as fast as possible. A year long structured program with the #1 Pickup Artist in the world sounded like it fit the bill, and I knew that if I could make it happen that I had to do it. It was a challenge to get here... First off, I had a job. In another city! But if you want something bad enough… so I plotted, and eventually spoke with my management team and made a proposal that I would work remotely for a year. When it became evident that I would probably just quit if the answer was no, they agreed (I still can't believe it!)
So I sold most of what I owned, packed the rest into my car, and then drove for 4 days to Los Angeles.
It was me and three other guys in the house, which has a pretty awesome location and is all pimped out. Every girl that has come back to the house has said something to the effect of, "Is this for real?" or "Am I dreaming?" or just simply, "Wow!" There is a fire pit, an amazing video/sound system, and a living room modeled after the lobby of a famous hotel. It is definitely impressive.
We started out that first weekend with a normal Brad P workshop, going out Friday and Saturday night with coaches and then spending Sunday analyzing the weekend. We also did some team building and trust building exercises to help us grow as house mates and friends. Over the course of the past 9 months, we have done these workshops every month, with regular check ups from Brad and other coaches. The training is tailored to each person, so we get individual attention and 1-on-1 time to work through any questions or sticking points we have.
One of the first nights in LA, Brad had a couple local promoters drive us around and show us where the best local clubs and bars were, and highlight which places were the best on any given night. We learned which clubs had the hardest door discretion, which ones were free and which ones had cover charges, and which type of people preferred each venue. Some clubs were great for goth girls, some for hot OC girls, and some for UCLA sports girls. Coming fresh to LA, it was awesome to be able to get my finger on the pulse of the city in so little time. Over the months, the promoters have helped us get into the newest hot venues and brought us to some great parties
Unlike a normal public workshop, month after month we are with the same guys, so we get to learn from not only the coaches, but the breakthroughs the other Pickup Mansion guys are making. And since the group of us are all focused on getting good with women, there is always somebody to go out with or to work through tactics or strategy. We've all become pretty good at winging. Also unlike normal public workshops, we are building on the previous month each time we get together with the coaches. Because we are all working together for a year, we are able to focus on bigger issues and concepts, such as night life social hierarchies, group control theory, calibration, reading girls buying temperature, deep seated inner game issues, working through logistics, relationship management, fashion, body language and voice tone, repertoire, and more. I've seen Brad work on phone game issues real time with one of the other mansion guys, and he gave me feedback when I pulled a girl back to a hotel room that he was sleeping in (perhaps a world's first coached escalation! Haha!)
Today, I am regularly telling friends and coworkers "I love my life!" I've made such incredible advances in my game, such that things I saw Brad P do a year ago are now fairly normal. I've pickup up girls from grocery stores, shopping malls, airports, airplanes, bars, and dance clubs. I used to keep track of how many girls I made out with in clubs, but I have lost count. I've made some of the best friends I've ever had. I've had more sex with hotter girls than at any other time in my life. My balls have grown orders of magnitude, my leadership skills have improved, my dominance has improved, and my presence and confidence with women is through the roof.
This has been the best training program I've ever experienced, and has had an amazing impact on my life. The continual coaching and constant feedback has had a tremendous impact on my game and my life. I can't recommend this program highly enough
The last workshop of the original mansion guys was crazy! As Brad described it:
"We had big titty chicks in the hot tub, 2 after-parties, multiple bathroom pulls, one guy got puked on by a chick....like EXPLOSION VOMIT....we hung out with rock stars, Nomad touched the biggest tits i ever seen in my life, i got some crazy videos, i almost got kicked out of 2 different clubs...and there was also lots of sex going on....and fingering. "
Here is the review of the Pickup Mansion that I posted on various forums. It is a great program:
9 months ago, I moved into Brad P's Pickup Mansion in Los Angeles. In that time, I've made some great advances in my game and done some things that a year ago would have been impossible for me:
•I went to a party at the Playboy Mansion, made out with several women, and then fingered one in the zoo and brought her home.
•I had sex with a fetish model on the leather chair in the piercing studio where she worked. Mid coitus, she remembered that we were being filmed by the security cameras… so I fucked her harder.
•I fucked a girl in the back seat of a friends car, while he was driving
•For the first time in my life, I had sex with 4 women in one week (and fingered a 5th.)
•And more…
A little over a year ago, a friend of mine showed me a book called the Adventures of Brad P (I think now called Diary of a Pickup Artist.) Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down! There was a bit of skepticism ("Is this for real?!?! How can he fuck so many girls so quickly?!") My game pretty much sucked at the time (my first cold approach happened just a few months earlier.) I eventually signed up for a weekend workshop with Brad P and was convinced that the stories were true and learned that Brad P was an excellent teacher. At that same workshop, as we were discussing my future goals, Brad mentioned his ideas for the Pickup Mansion. The idea was that a few guys would live in Hollywood for a year, and focus on improving their game under the tutelage of Brad P and his coaches, Jake P, LA Phil, Glenn P, Bobby, Hyper, and Scotty Flamingo.
I immediately knew it was the right thing for me because I wanted to get really good as fast as possible. A year long structured program with the #1 Pickup Artist in the world sounded like it fit the bill, and I knew that if I could make it happen that I had to do it. It was a challenge to get here... First off, I had a job. In another city! But if you want something bad enough… so I plotted, and eventually spoke with my management team and made a proposal that I would work remotely for a year. When it became evident that I would probably just quit if the answer was no, they agreed (I still can't believe it!)
So I sold most of what I owned, packed the rest into my car, and then drove for 4 days to Los Angeles.
It was me and three other guys in the house, which has a pretty awesome location and is all pimped out. Every girl that has come back to the house has said something to the effect of, "Is this for real?" or "Am I dreaming?" or just simply, "Wow!" There is a fire pit, an amazing video/sound system, and a living room modeled after the lobby of a famous hotel. It is definitely impressive.
We started out that first weekend with a normal Brad P workshop, going out Friday and Saturday night with coaches and then spending Sunday analyzing the weekend. We also did some team building and trust building exercises to help us grow as house mates and friends. Over the course of the past 9 months, we have done these workshops every month, with regular check ups from Brad and other coaches. The training is tailored to each person, so we get individual attention and 1-on-1 time to work through any questions or sticking points we have.
One of the first nights in LA, Brad had a couple local promoters drive us around and show us where the best local clubs and bars were, and highlight which places were the best on any given night. We learned which clubs had the hardest door discretion, which ones were free and which ones had cover charges, and which type of people preferred each venue. Some clubs were great for goth girls, some for hot OC girls, and some for UCLA sports girls. Coming fresh to LA, it was awesome to be able to get my finger on the pulse of the city in so little time. Over the months, the promoters have helped us get into the newest hot venues and brought us to some great parties
Unlike a normal public workshop, month after month we are with the same guys, so we get to learn from not only the coaches, but the breakthroughs the other Pickup Mansion guys are making. And since the group of us are all focused on getting good with women, there is always somebody to go out with or to work through tactics or strategy. We've all become pretty good at winging. Also unlike normal public workshops, we are building on the previous month each time we get together with the coaches. Because we are all working together for a year, we are able to focus on bigger issues and concepts, such as night life social hierarchies, group control theory, calibration, reading girls buying temperature, deep seated inner game issues, working through logistics, relationship management, fashion, body language and voice tone, repertoire, and more. I've seen Brad work on phone game issues real time with one of the other mansion guys, and he gave me feedback when I pulled a girl back to a hotel room that he was sleeping in (perhaps a world's first coached escalation! Haha!)
Today, I am regularly telling friends and coworkers "I love my life!" I've made such incredible advances in my game, such that things I saw Brad P do a year ago are now fairly normal. I've pickup up girls from grocery stores, shopping malls, airports, airplanes, bars, and dance clubs. I used to keep track of how many girls I made out with in clubs, but I have lost count. I've made some of the best friends I've ever had. I've had more sex with hotter girls than at any other time in my life. My balls have grown orders of magnitude, my leadership skills have improved, my dominance has improved, and my presence and confidence with women is through the roof.
This has been the best training program I've ever experienced, and has had an amazing impact on my life. The continual coaching and constant feedback has had a tremendous impact on my game and my life. I can't recommend this program highly enough
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