Even Pickup Artists Fall In
Love...

Ok...it's time to expose a myth about dating
gurus and pickup artists. Despite the titles of their
books and programs which always seem to reek of sex and
seduction, most dating gurus and pickup artists know very
well that most men are NOT looking to seduce a different
babe every night or roll into some club and score with
some blonde stripper.
Dating gurus and pickup artists are fully
aware that most men just want to find and attract a few
high quality women into their lives and eventually find
that special one that stands above all the rest. The
truth is, so do they...
But let's face it...SEX is still the MOST
powerful advertising angle. And the dating gurus DO have
books, programs, and boot camps to sell. So they also
know that their advertising and content had better
sizzle!
Besides, most dating gurus realize that the
attraction techniques they teach can actually help men
reach their relationship goals a lot faster than
the typical relationship how-to advice. So if it takes
some scintillating titles and content to take the message
out to the masses, they're gonna do
it.
But just realize that deep down, a lot of these
guys--and gals--aren't as seduction oriented as they
seem. In fact, here's what a few gurus had to
say:
"I think that most guys want to be good
guys. I think most guys want a relationship
ultimately with a great woman. I think they want to
treat women well and be honest, good communicators. I
think that's what they all want. In my seminars I've
said, 'Raise your hands if this is what you want...a
relationship with a great woman. Not to be a player
who's abusive, mean, and selfish--you really want to
be good--to be a good guy.' And most of the guys
raise their hands. But what I teach them is that they
have to first learn about attraction, and how to be
different in a specific set of ways so they can catch
a woman's attention..."
--David DeAngelo, Interviews With Dating Gurus,
Marie Forleo
"It's not so much the fact that you have to
manipulate girls--I don't believe in doing that--and
it's not that you're going out with all these girls
because you want to be a stud or anything like that.
It's because it's [David's Insider Internet Dating
program] going to prepare you for when you meet
someone you REALLY want, so you don't make the same
stupid mistakes that we all make each and every time
because you've gotten that out of the way and you
know what you're doing. And that's what this is all
about, it's just getting you to the point where you
know what your doing--not using manipulative things
like you may have done in the past. You're going to
be in control of what you're
doing."
--David M.,
Insider Internet Dating
"I'm assuming that your desire is to meet women with whom
you might form meaningful relationships, not bodies to
seduce, hurt, and then desert."
--Leil Lowndes, Underecover Sex
Signals--A Pickup Guide For Guys, page
20
"I had mastered
these skills for attracting women, so why was I still
so unhappy? You see, I got sidetracked. When I
started to learn the methods for being successful
with women, I got seduced into the chase. I
had forgotten that what I truly wanted was
companionship, intimacy, and love."
--Stephen Nash, How
To Get A Girlfriend, page 5
The bottom line is
this...dating gurus know what you really want. But they
also know that you'll have to learn how attraction really
works and be willing to step up to the plate in order to
GET what you want!
Note:
I published the initial version of this article
back in April 2007 and eventually took it down when
switching to a new website design program called XSitePro. But aside from it
becoming more and more "fashionable" to publicly ridicule
dating gurus and pickup artists, the message is just as
relevant today as it was back then. --
James
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