Too many guys get into pick up, drop all their existing friends, and when you fast forward a year or so, they are just hanging out with fellow PUA dudes, they have no female friends and are a little weird. Don’t fall into that trap, use your new-found skills to build a social network. Adam Lyons, Master Trainer at PUATraining
has the following advice:
Our social circle is one of the biggest determining factors in who we meet. Going back a bit, in a 1956 study 70% of married American couples lived within 20 blocks of each other before marriage. Now admittedly that was 1956 and this is now, but the basic principle holds true – you’re more likely to find success with someone closer to you than you are someone further way.
So, how do we use this to improve our chances? Simple – we expand our social circle!
1) Network, Network, Network
The more people you know the larger your group standing. Ask people what they do for a living, ask for their business card or contact details as”you never know when you might come in handy” This is a really simple business close I have used on countless occasions; Including Head of Intel UK, Head of Communications of the Three phone network and Head of A+R Sony. As you can see these are all real people who have massive value and yet were more than happy to hand over a business card, with their mobile number on, all for potential business and networking.
2) Organise a night out, invite all your friends, tell them to bring friends.
Friends have friends who have friends, and so on. Organising a night out once every 3-4 months will really help you become more social and get used to leading the group dynamic, raising your profile, especially on the night you organise.
3) Join a club. A sports club, a movie club, a dinner club, a s£x club – whatever you fancy!
Meet people there, and invite them to your nights out. Again you are consistently building social proof, and increasing the number of people in your group dynamic.
4) Don’t try and jump into an encounter or relationship with every attractive person you meet.
Make friends and try to be a little more picky as your group increases, and you will probably find a whole bunch of people are into you naturally. Hold off from the ones you don’t want and look out for the one you do. If they turn up to a night you’ve organised you’re in a great position to hit it off with them!
5) Put people in contact with each other.
This is a key part, helping people has a big impact on social networks. Don’t give give give to people who only take, but putting people in contact with each other will help you stay the centre of all the interactions, and continue to raise you in all their eyes.
Building bridges like this is a incredibly good thing to do for your social life. The more people you know, the smaller your world gets, and you will regularly be bumping into people who know other people I know, and those people will have other friends in common who’s names I already know but who I have yet to meet in person. But I know I’ll be meeting them soon – and soon!
So, now it’s time to get busy with it! If you want further details on applying natural game to making friends, doing better at work, and generally being Mr El Populare, get the Social Domination Blueprint which is part of our best deal ever. It’s just a buck, details here.
Master Trainer, CEO
www.PUATraining.com
Yeah I agree that it is of huge importance to have a varied social circle.
At the moment for myself i’m trying to keep my friends who I knew for years separate from those I know through pick-up.
Ha! I wish this was my problem! Unfortunately, it seems my social circle has not changed much at all… Thats fine with me, I like my friends and that is not going to change. The problem is that none of my friends are into the community of pua and when I talk to some of them about it they think I am weird and make fun of me. Of course I don’t take this too seriously, I can take some shit, but I really wish I had someone to discuss my progress with and maybe even go out sarging with? I am learning a lot on my own, but it is always nice to have some motivation in a friend. I will say that my quality of life has already improved a lot and I find myself enjoying my lifestyle more now than in a long time! The thing is I gotta surround myself with positive anchors in my social circle for pickup and I can’t find anyone around my city so far! I have even been searching facebook for a partner in crime! At least I don’t run the risk of being “weird” like Gambler is warning about…. Good post!
Too True,
I was lucky enough to start fresh in a new state, with a new job. A year on I have a good close group of friends (guys and girls) over here, while maintaining links with my good friends from home. I am seeing a girl at the moment that I met out, she was a friend of a friend of a friend.
Joining groups/societies/organisations/sports clubs are all great ways of meeting people and building your social circle and social proof.
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Great stuff. I will note it down.
Surely this is cheating. I thought that PUA was about strolling into someone’s world and impressing them. If your mate has made the intro and put a good word in for you then you really have to go some to cock it up. But isn’t that a whole different game or approach?
I have got a problem with viewing your page properly through the latest version of Opera. It is fine in IE6 and Firefox however.Hope you have a great day.
excellent idea to give back to those that comment… thanks a lot
I’m just worn out and i also do not understand this.