[Cringe] I used to read self help books hoping it would improve my interactions with people

[Deleted member 6186]

Stuff likes How to win Friends, Good habits, How to strategize interactions with others, Managing your relationships to get the most out of them, Negotiation etc.

None of it worked. Its pretty much no different from PUA shit.

Those techniques work because the guys who do that stuff in the first place are already white 6 ft+ Non-shit PSL men. Therefore people are willing to give them the chance.

Its not gonna work if youre an ugly manlet that pisses off everyone already by being in their presence.

If you got no face or no useful skill/resource then you have no bargaining power. Without bargaining power no matter what technique you try on others, it won't do you any good.

 

[needsolution]

jfl

 

[Deleted member 5522]

Looks = everything

@personalityinkwell

 

[HighIQcel]

Same.

"How to win Friends" is a scam.

 

[Lolcel]

Jews selling their propaganda again

 

[Pillarman]

I'm having hard time imagining someone that ugly, you must be 3/10 or something

 

[Deleted member 5683]

Exactly. You can't learn social skills by reading a book.

 

[Patrick Baitman]

Same.

"How to win Friends" is a scam.

If people start following the tips blindly then they'll turn into spineless dick suckers.

 

[Patrick Baitman]

Exactly. You can't learn social skills by reading a book.

Social skills, like any other skill can only be perfected by working on it. Still, books like Robert Greene's has helped me immensely to build a good social circle

 

[Deleted member 5683]

Social skills, like any other skill can only be perfected by working on it. Still, books like Robert Greene's has helped me immensely to build a good social circle

Cope. Social skills are developed while growing up.

 

[Patrick Baitman]

Cope. Social skills are developed while growing up.

You might be right, I've been reading Robert Greene's Power since I was 9. The laws are pretty helpful ngl

 

[Deleted member 5683]

You might be right, I've been reading Robert Greene's Power since I was 9. The laws are pretty helpful ngl

Lmaoo didn't expect that plot twist

 

[Patrick Baitman]

Lmaoo didn't expect that plot twist

Wdym?

 

[Deleted member 5683]

Wdym?

I mean I didn't expect that you read that book when you were nine lol

 

[Hunter Vallance]

Stuff likes How to win Friends, Good habits, How to strategize interactions with others, Managing your relationships to get the most out of them, Negotiation etc.

None of it worked. Its pretty much no different from PUA shit.

Those techniques work because the guys who do that stuff in the first place are already white 6 ft+ Non-shit PSL men. Therefore people are willing to give them the chance.

Its not gonna work if youre an ugly manlet that pisses off everyone already by being in their presence.

If you got no face or no useful skill/resource then you have no bargaining power. Without bargaining power no matter what technique you try on others, it won't do you any good.

Worked for me

 

[Patrick Baitman]

I mean I didn't expect that you read that book when you were nine lol

My dad has always been a self help junkie so he made me go through books on influence, power etc.

The laws of that particular book has always helped me have an edge in my social circle. The wisdom of that book is unparalleled to any other self help garbage I've read. It's truly a gem.

 

[Deleted member 39]

I watched hours of pua videos and never in my life approached a girl let alone initiate a conversation with a stranger. Damn. Kinda sad.
As others said, social skills can only be trained by just speaking to a ton of people and see what works and what doesn't.
In the end its all about looks anyway.

 

[Deleted member 4612]

Looks = everything

@personalityinkwell

never seen a chad without friends

no social circle = ugly

 

[mysterycel]

How to win friends is good if you have to read a book to understand social skills. But everything in that book is basically what you should be doing in the first place to win influence and should come naturally. The best book I’ve read in regards to social stuff was actually Chris Voss’s book, Never Split The Difference. It’s actually based on neuroscience and works really well, especially with phone based interaction.

 

[Deleted member 6186]

How to win friends is good if you have to read a book to understand social skills. But everything in that book is basically what you should be doing in the first place to win influence and should come naturally. The best book I’ve read in regards to social stuff was actually Chris Voss’s book, Never Split The Difference. It’s actually based on neuroscience and works really well, especially with phone based interaction.

Frankly speaking, a lot of stuff the self help books preach already comes natural to a lot of people. Do you see chads or Low Inhib Tyrones needing to read this nerdy shit to get a social circle? It came to them naturally. I mean FFS alot of thugmaxxed Tyrones can barely read, you expect them to read these books that are like 400 pages long? JFL

If you needed a book to tell you about stuff you should be doing naturally then there might be a bigger underlying issue that needs to be addressed first. Such as being ugly, a manlet, ethnic or having extreme autism.

 

[jackthenerd]

If people start following the tips blindly then they'll turn into spineless dick suckers.

Lol yeah, I actually read some of the book myself, this was my impression too.

 

[mysterycel]

Frankly speaking, a lot of stuff the self help books preach already comes natural to a lot of people. Do you see chads or Low Inhib Tyrones needing to read this nerdy shit to get a social circle? It came to them naturally. I mean FFS alot of thugmaxxed Tyrones can barely read, you expect them to read these books that are like 400 pages long? JFL

If you needed a book to tell you about stuff you should be doing naturally then there might be a bigger underlying issue that needs to be addressed first. Such as being ugly, a manlet, ethnic or having extreme autism.

I agree for the most part, I do agree more so with the dark triad examples of information. For example, never reveal everything you know, don't show emotions, always come up with plans to get out of a situation or advance your position, etc. that's more so where the focus should be if you are already socially adjusted. Otherwise reading self-help books is retarded if you aren't using them for advancing dark triad techniques.

 

[Entschuldigung]

You can't make friends by reading a book
people with a lot of friends don't read that shit, only losers read that

 

[Cleftcel]

How to win friends and influence is actually pretty decent tbh, using the persons name a lot, talking about their interests

 

[Deleted member 2095]

„It’s all about looks“ is actually the biggest cope on this forum

 

[Danish_Retard]

Cope. Social skills are developed while growing up.

Retarded cope for you to not work on your social skills.

I was trucel looks through my entire childhood and had anxiety from severe physical abuse yet I have grown a lot from reading about social skills and putting it into practice.

 

[Deleted member 5683]

Retarded cope for you to not work on your social skills.

I was trucel looks through my entire childhood and had anxiety from severe physical abuse yet I have grown a lot from reading about social skills and putting it into practice.

Yet you're still khhcv bro

 

[fukmylyf]

never read anything