Well gentlemen, the past few weeks I have been taking some rather drastic steps to build value. The results, as predicted have been positive. Plans I have outlined for the future will also bring greater success. Not a moment of sarging is even required as I have done none! And… I hope you guys have made similar plans to build your perceived value over the next few months if not years. Which leads me to the main point I want to make. This is perhaps the hardest aspect to overcome as we travel on the path to PUA’s. The subject of this post is quite simply: Change.
Luckily for myself I have only had a moderate amount of resistance when changing my image from lower value to higher value. However, it was/is not an easy road. Why is then that we are so adverse to changing our image, habits, and actions for the better? Some suggest that it is largely part of our brain and that we posses regions that constantly reference the past (similar to reptiles). Survival perhaps? While we might be very past based in our genetic makeup, I disagree that this is the main contributing factor. The principle I have researching is known as the pigeon hole principle. This principle states that individuals form very quick and concrete perceptions about you and that these are very hard to alter. So you might ask… How does this relate to change? Well, if you have portrayed yourself as an AFC in front of others and your peers then they will treat you as such. Thus, reinforcing your AFC behavior. Even when you make a push to change, they will still have the same perceptions about you and still treat you as an AFC even if you are acting as a PUA. Which leads right to regression. Have you ever noticed yourself changing and found that you only slip back into the way you were previously? That frustrated state? This is why.
So the ultimate takeaway point here is: People treat you based on how they perceive/have perceived you. This causes you to be influenced by the way they treat you. So if you’ve been treated like an AFC by other’s then you will most likely exhibit this behavior. This is a very dangerous cycle that we get caught up in and must break. My suggestion to break this cycle is to alter people’s perception of you by the following: Changing your clothing style, your physical movements (walk like an AMOG), the way you talk, your overall physical demeanor, and anything else which relates to your perceived value. There are tons out there that I can’t think of right now…
And most importantly: BUILD VALUE!!!
