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  • Advice from Oprah Winfry

    Advice from Oprah Winfry

    Naturally we can only laugh at the double standard of it being acceptable to talk about men like this, but talking about women like this makes you a chauvinist.

    Here it is:

    If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay. Stop making excuses for a man and his behaviour. Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.

    Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that’s not meant to be. Slower is better. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy. If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you can’t “be friends”. A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend.

    Don’t settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is. Don’t stay because you think “it will get better.” You’ll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better. The only person you can control in a relationship is you. Avoid men who have a bunch of children by a bunch of different women. He didn’t marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treat you any differently? Always have your own set of friends separate from his. Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you. If something bothers you, speak up. Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.

    You cannot change a man’s behaviour. Change comes from within. Don’t EVER make him feel he is more important than you are. Even if he has has more education or in a better job. Do not make him into a quasi-god. He is a man, nothing more nothing less.

    Never let a man define who you are. Never borrow someone else’s man. If he cheated with you, he’ll cheat on you. A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you. All men are NOT dogs.

    You should not be the one doing all the bending… Compromise is two way street. You need time to heal between relationships. There is nothing cute about baggage… Deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship. You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you. A relationship consists of two WHOLE individuals. Look for someone complimentary… not supplementary.

    ~ Oprah Winfrey ~

  • Anger isn’t a phase

    Anger isn’t a phase

    There’s a subconscious drive to excuse behaviors that don’t mesh with the real world, or pin it on something that’s unwanted but temporary, and it happens here a lot. The “anger phase” as they call it.

    Some people are annoyed that there are angry people here, while others believe themselves to be “above” the anger, having come to terms with the nature of reality in a sort-of zen way. Either way, anger is unsightly and easily fingered as evidence of the evil lurking in the shadows of reddit.

    Anger isn’t a phase.

    I want everybody to repeat that to themselves.

    Anger isn’t a phase. It’s a natural reaction to injustice. It’s a natural reaction when somebody crosses you. It’s a natural reaction when you find out the world isn’t how you were told, and you were lied to.

    We accept anger, as this is one of the few places that accepts anger (and the entire spectrum of male emotions) as legitimate. It’s not just a phase, it’s a reaction.

    If you’ve found a way to make peace with the world around you, then great. Congratulations to you for having done it. But be wary, there’s a difference between accepting reality for what it is, and being completely passive.

    For instance, would you get mad at a woman for cheating on you? Some who would argue that they’ve reached some ultimate zen would say that cheating is just the natural way of women. Why get mad at a woman for doing what women do?

    Fucking right I’d be pissed. Anger is a catalyst for change. Accepting circumstances as they are is not righteous, it’s just passive. And that passivity can be a detriment if not kept on a short leash.

    I’m not knocking the older guys here who have more or less lost the visceral reactions to hearing about reality. I don’t find myself all that riled up by these things as well. Perhaps it’s desensitization, or perhaps it’s that my expectations more closely match reality.

    But do not dismiss or disparage anger as though it’s some early-bloomer stage that would be taken care of by a dose of maturity. If a man loses a loved one, shouldn’t he grieve? And likewise, if he is betrayed, should he not seek to defend his honor?

    We don’t only allow anger, we embrace it.

    I would take heart in the fact that personal injustice against you still stirs some level of emotion, it is the mark of a man who has not lost his own will. For those who purport to feel nothing, there is no more growth to be had.

  • The Trump Card

    And our new President, of the United States of America…… DONALD…. TRUMP!!!!!

    No no, before you get the wrong idea let me set the record straight, I do NOT endorse Trump for President. While I do think there would be some very positive benefits to him being in office, and while I do agree that he is most likely the best candidate in the race right now, the lesser of two (or in this case, 17) evils is still evil. I’m dreading the day next November that I have to hear the words I quoted above playing from my TV. My bags will be packed and my ticket to Dubai stamped the very next day…

    All jokes aside, this isn’t a Trump bashing post of anything of the sort though, it’s actually quite the opposite. If there’s one thing that Trump’s Mindset, and my Bravado mindset share, it’s that it’s all characterized by knowing in your head that you ARE and winner and you WILL succeed. Most “self help” sites will try to preach this to you, as it’s basic knowledge, if you believe you will win, that you will succeed, that you are the man and you can get any girl you want and all that other shit, and to a degree their right. Psyching yourself into believing things can be helpful and can work, however what they don’t tell you is you have to couple this with real life experiences in order to really learn and grow.

    Wanna know why Trump is currently leading the polls 34% with the closest runner up only getting 18% of the vote? Look no further, I’ll explain some of the key characteristics of his mindset and campaign below:

    Boldness and Determination: Both of which have been a staple of his character since his days on The Apprentice, Trump has always been the type of person to say what he means, mean what he says, and not apologize for it. Bravado literally means boldness in it’s definition, and Trump exemplifies this every time he hits the stage whether it’s a speech or on TV for a debate. Not only that, but his determination is also shown partly in his involvement in the Presidential Race. Never has one of such little of a career or involvement in politics been able to boldly and randomly declare their intentions to run for President and not only do so, but be leading the polls and be projected most likely to actually come out on top. Trump’s hard hitting, no apologies attitude has already got him in hot water, and I expect it to continue as he truly gives no fucks.

    Platform: Donald Trump has 5.3 Million Followers on twitter. He literally has no need for the media or any major news outlets, after all, he has a larger twitter following that all of them but FOX news (how ironic is that?) and anytime he needs a message to get sent to the country, it will. The odds are that even if you don’t follow Trump, 9 times out of 10 you will see his tweets either due to one of your friends being a supporter of him and retweeting, or against him and tweeting about or to him. They both work in the same way, as the saying goes “There’s no such thing as bad publicity,” and Trump has taken this and ran with it. I honestly feel like a lot of times Trump says things he doesn’t really intend to exactly carry through in order to bait the media to giving him more coverage. They usually fall for the trap anyway, as I don’t follow Trump on twitter and another 9 times out of 10 any Trump info I see on my timeline involves him being reported on by the news. Trump obviously knows how this works, and is well versed in using it to his advantage.

    Finances: Trump has a net worth of 4.5 Billion. He doesn’t need the help of SuperPACs or anything of the sort to fund his campaign, and that’s where he gets another advantage. By not having to answer to anyone else’s views of cater to their demands to receive funding, he leaves himself able to still be able to say whatever he wants without facing repercussions like a union of people financing his campaign cutting off his backing. This enables him to truly have independence in his campaign and make it exclusively his with his views and his vision.

    Focus: Trump’s the type of person to lock on to a goal and not let go until he’s fully completed it. Trump’s the type where once he gets an idea and direction in his mind, he goes full force ahead with pure Bravado and vigor, he has the energy of one half his age (I honestly didn’t know he was 69 until recently), as I will say he is a great public speaker. After the numerous Public Speaking classes I was forced to take in college, he has some of the telltale traits of a great persuasive speaker. He’s enthusiastic, he’s descriptive and vivid yet specific in his meanings, and most of all he does an amazing job at making you believe that he REALLY believes what is it that he’s telling you.

    Trump has this race in the bag honestly, unless one of the other candidates can somehow rally together the millennials, easily offended and those just against trump, they may be able to give him a challenge. But as of right now, I see this race going in the direction of Trump for President 2016. That Dubai trip is still a serious consideration…

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  • Not All Women Are The Same – Why PUA Game doesn’t always work

    Seduction and PUA Game Communities are something that while I won’t necessarily say are bad or an evil or anything like that, I find they are often either scams or largely (usually intentionally) misinformational.

    Why?

    Most pick up artist or dating sites promise you one thing.

    GET YOU LAID FAST! TIPS, TRICKS AND SUREFIRE STRATEGIES TO CONVERT HER INTO BEING YOUR DIRTY LITTLE WHORE IN THE BEDROOM!

    Except there’s one thing they’re leaving out that you’re not even thinking about….

    They have no idea who “her” is.

    Wanna know why the strategies these guys charge you so much money for them to show you to “change your life” and “have you fucking 9’s and 10’s INSTANTLY” work so well for them? Well other than the fact that for most of them, the veil of online business protects them from either having to prove/show their claims or respond to any detractors – they usually only come at the same types of women. These are the types of women that they tailor their game and techniques to, and these are the ones that is is mostly likely that you will end up hooking up with off of said game – if it works that is.

    That’s right, if you ever find any of these pick up artists that have a plethora of photos of themselves with women, you’ll notice they’re all of the same type or variety. Not only that, most of them purport to being able to pull any normal woman off the street – but few have any proof or evidence of them doing so. To date, the only one I’ve seen so far would happen to be Chris at Good Looking Loser, and as such I have to give him his props. Not only that, but he’s one of the few that I’ve seen that has made an article exposing some of the scams of the PUA world.

    Fact of the matter is, especially with the emergence of socia media females are turning into a more emotional and feeling based generation. It’s one of the reasons feminists are seeming to be in such abundance and appealing to more and more – women, especially millennials, are less used to using logic and reasoning when determining and deciding things, especially when it comes to relations and men. They are more concerned with their feelings/emotions/reputation and how you will end up treating them than the interaction between you two, and this is most likely mainly one of the large reasons most PUA sites will tell you to basically treat women like an asshole – as not entering the situation with any feeling keeps them from being involved in the situation.

    Another important factor about women that’s rarely taken into consideration – women have vastly different wants at different points in their life. PUA’s will purport their tricks to work on anyone, but do you think a 38 year old recently widowed cougar, a 27 year old successful entrepreneur or a stubborn 30 year old who was raised by the men in her family, would have the same mindset or look for the same mindset or type of man as an 18 year old college girl at a party?

    No.

    The cougar is looking for companionship, a presence, someone to help mend the scar left by her dead husband.
    The entrepreneur is looking for someone to compliment her both financially and intellectually – she wants someone to give her a reason to fall for them besides money, power, fame or success
    The 30 year old likely will be immune to any pick up line or tactics a PUA would try, as being raised in her environment she’s been warned of and raised against said tactics.
    The 18 year old just wants dick.

    Now A PUA would try to exploit you, give the same situation and some bullshit line after about how you can “bend each to your will”you can’t. You can try, and depending on who you are and who the person is it may be possible, but the chances of such are far and few between.

    So this is a message to all my viewers: Do not waste your time, money and effort on seduction course workshops and those promising to teach you how to make any girl into your own personal sex toy and aphrodisiac – the fact of the matter is no one can show you how to get ANY girl. They can show you how to make yourself appealing to most women, and that’s only half the battle, but Game with women is both a mental and physical thing, both of which you must have experience, cunning, ruthlessness and above all an Abundance Mentality to really find success in the field.

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  • Abundance Mentality Development

    ““Riches are not to be constituted by an abundance of worldly goods, but from a content, healthy and happy mind.” ~ Aedonis Bravo”

    An Abundance Mentality is one of the most understated and yet necessary pieces of life, as you enter your late teens it starts to become really evident but the later on in life it is, the more important and prominently featured it becomes. Going through life you need a healthy influx of “If this doesn’t work here it’ll work somewhere else,” and this applies to women, relationships with people, making money and many more topics. This serves as inspiration and help to create said Abundance Mentality Development in those that feel that the concept and adoption of such isn’t that clear or that simple to them.

    Simply put?

    You know when you’re trying to drum up the confidence to talk to a woman and you have those initial hesitations? That little battle in your head between the Angel and the Devil, featuring the Devil saying things along the lines of “Go on, stop doubting yourself you can get her, and even if not there are thousands of other women out there!”

    He is VERY right.

    This is what you need to understand. 

    Whether big or small, short or tall, ugly or handsomethere is a plethora of women out there that you can have readily available to you all times.

    Now this isn’t me promising to help you be some Alpha-Dudebro or anything of the sort, and I’m not promising to help you get ANY female you want. Don’t listen to anyone saying that such is possible – fact of the matter is it’s not. Not even the best of the most Alpha of the Dudebros that will sell you their overpriced pick up artist courses and met and greet club packages can pull it off. It’s a fact that they don’t want to alert you to in fear of breaking their veil of bullshit they pull over your eyes to convince you to believe them.

    You can NOT get ANY female out there with even the most elite of pick up artist tricks or guides,

    Why?

    Because….. say it with me, Not All Women Want The Same Thing. It’s a simple fact that a women will establish whether she will sleep with you or not within seconds of meeting you, and unless certain circumstances occur or you change your mindset or physical stature, you’re stuck in that stage with them forever. Now I’ve already touched on how to deal with the 3 Levels of Female Interaction, but this post isn’t about dealing with that.

    This guide is about dealing with the doubts. You know what I’m talking about, the ones that settle in the back of your head when you’re faced with a type of confrontation – usually trying to pick up women. You start doubting yourself and your confidence in yourself wavers. Instead of thinking (while simultaneously doing) “Hey I’m gonna go over there and strike up a conversation with that girl, get her back to my place and fuck her without getting her number,” you’ll run into self doubt and thoughts like “She’s really cute, she’s probably used to guys walking up to her and hitting on her all the time, what can I do differently that’ll make me stick out from the rest of them?” and by the time you’re done thinking the opportunity is gone. She’s walked away and you’re sitting there with your dick in your hand wondering “What If?”
    A quote I’ve always found myself living by in life happens to be


    I would rather life my life saying “Oh Well” than wondering” What If?”
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    I find this has been one of the best factors in helping develop and stamp my Abundance Mentality and make it a habit of my mindset and not just  a feeling I force on myself – a trait found common among people for many different characteristics.
    Developing an Abundance Mentality is a process, it is something you must experience to REALLY emboss into the core of your beliefs, that whatever happens in the situation, there are always more women, more friends, more opportunities to make money out there. 

    There’s a technique I liked to use when I was first trying to develop an Abundance Mentality and really try to understand the concept of “If she rejects me, it’s not the end of the world!” I used to go to public places where I knew there were a lot of people (I.E the mall, supermarket, my college campus etc) and the purpose wasn’t even to pick up girls, the purpose was just to get out of my comfort zone. I ran a sort of social experiment that I advise you to try too, see how quickly it changes your mindset about the people around you and how you view yourself.

    I would go around, and not even with any real ends but I would start conversation with people. Start it off with a “Hello, How’s your day going?” or “I really like *insert clothing item*, would you mind sharing where you got it from?” Now keep in mind that I personally am a 6’2″ Black male with tattoos all over my arms and on one hand (I don’t want to make it racial but whether you want to accept it or not, that has the potential to change how I would be viewed), and to my surprise at the time the results I got were largely positive. Most people were pleasant, happy and didn’t mind our conversation at all – they were honestly delighted some random person took interest in their day. Now there were those that were less than pleased, and even though I stated earlier my purpose wasn’t to go out and meet/try to pick up women – it did happen to be on my mind upon any encounter with an attractive woman. There were also those that were less than pleased I was ruining their perfect day with my presence, and let it be known too – and I was perfectly okay with that. I WANTED that.
    It took me a while to realize, but rejection is one of the best and healthiest factors to developing an abundance mentality. Rejection does 2 Important things:

    1. Rejection makes you realize you are human, it keeps you from progressing to the point of believing you are some type of mental superhuman demigod that can bend any woman to his will and have her mind in the palm of their hand. Fact of the matter is, it’s not possible – and anyone who tells you so is lying. There is no secret trick out there to get ANY woman in your bed, ANY woman’s panties wet or anything of the sort. While these tactics may be derived around social science and as such may apply to a majority of women, it will not apply to all, and rejection healthily keeps that “God Complex” from forming and keeps you with an air of being down to earth.
    2. Rejection is important in strengthening your resolve and mental/internal fortitude. Fact of the matter is, no man likes rejection – and any man that tells you it doesn’t both him is most likely lying. He may not be torn up about it or let it ruin his day/dwell on it, but any rejection to a man is an assault to his psyche. However, with an Abundance Mentality this becomes a very slim and small affect on you as a whole. While someone without a developed AM might take rejection and sulk about it before trying to attempt his next target, one with an AM would have another target in his sights by the time any rejection is even sputtered.

    Now understand once again, I’m not saying once you’ve developed an Abundance Mentality you can use it to go out there and get any woman you want, not at all – in all actuality you will not be able to seduce every woman you come across. However, an AM is understanding this mind frame, and understanding how to transform this into “Well if I cant get Hot Babe 8 over there, there’s HB9, HB8, HB8.2, HB9.5 and etc, etc, more. I’m getting one of them”. An Abundance Mentality is the key to the random pick up walking though the mall, at your favorite fast food place etc. When you’ve had enough experience in the field and you’ve seen enough times that rejection can occur, but more times than you think the person you approach is friendly and enjoys the attention, you realize just how important and useful an Abundance Mentality is dealing with women. That is one of the key points of this post I’d like to stress to you very much – none of this means anything without experience. I can preach to you until the cows come home about how to develop such a mindset, how there are plenty more women out there and etc etc, but you MUST go out there and see for yourself.

    It is how you unlock that cunning side of you capable of the smooth talk to make a woman fall under your spell, how you unlock the bold side of you that isn’t scared to take charge, and knows how and when, the ruthless mindset that if Option A isn’t the possible option, there are 25 other letters in the Alphabet.

    I encourage you all after reading this to try to basic Abundance Mentality Development techniques, even if you already consider yourself a pick up artist. Run a social experiment and see how comfortable/more comfortable you are talking to random people and interaction in public, and with progress and experience it will get easier tot he point where it becomes second nature. Once you get the Abundance Mentality downpact, you’re able to progress to the next step in your game and becoming the cunning, fearless pussy-getter you spent all your high school and college years yearning to be.

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