I am very, very young and I generally have better game than men twice my age
07-13-2015, 02:39 PM
I bought into the PUA movement around 5 years ago. It took me about a year or two to realise that, while there were definitely lessons (particularly on building an attractive lifestyle and developing self-confidence) between the lines, there were too many BS lines to pick through. All these books seemed to focus around improving yourself for the sole purpose of impressing women and never yourself. They would then continue to overload your brain with useless acronyms and routines and blah blah blah.
Anyway, it wasn't long before I stopped reading so much theory and started working full time on practicality.
Now; I am young, even the 'young' people on here would consider me very young. I could ramble on about old souls and experienced minds and whatever but that's not what I'm getting at.
The thing that irks me in day to day life is that people consistently blow off my opinions and lessons just because of my age. While I do understand why (experience is truly the best teacher, and age definitely does guarantee experience), I must also point out one idea:
Man A who lives his life in essential 'autopilot' may experience in 40 years what Man B, who's truly seized the day and lived his life to the fullest, experiences in 20. While simply being alive for such a long time has guaranteed Man A a vast amount of experience without him consciously looking for it, Man B has put huge amounts of conscious energy into having these same experiences and thus the value of his beliefs should not be understated.
I am 100% sure that everyone in the world can learn something from everyone in the world. Even if it's not through direct statements of their beliefs, simply observing the way a person carries themselves through the world can be enough to draw conclusions which will benefit you. I was told from very young that if there is one thing I should never forget... I should never forget to PAY ATTENTION. And that's what I do.
Why is it that so many of my supposed elders are so quick to pass us youngers off as useless and inexperienced? Is it, at that age, truly a safe generalization to make? Are there so many people my age who are truly ignorant/inexperienced that it's worth typecasting all of us the same way?
Anyway, it wasn't long before I stopped reading so much theory and started working full time on practicality.
Now; I am young, even the 'young' people on here would consider me very young. I could ramble on about old souls and experienced minds and whatever but that's not what I'm getting at.
The thing that irks me in day to day life is that people consistently blow off my opinions and lessons just because of my age. While I do understand why (experience is truly the best teacher, and age definitely does guarantee experience), I must also point out one idea:
Man A who lives his life in essential 'autopilot' may experience in 40 years what Man B, who's truly seized the day and lived his life to the fullest, experiences in 20. While simply being alive for such a long time has guaranteed Man A a vast amount of experience without him consciously looking for it, Man B has put huge amounts of conscious energy into having these same experiences and thus the value of his beliefs should not be understated.
I am 100% sure that everyone in the world can learn something from everyone in the world. Even if it's not through direct statements of their beliefs, simply observing the way a person carries themselves through the world can be enough to draw conclusions which will benefit you. I was told from very young that if there is one thing I should never forget... I should never forget to PAY ATTENTION. And that's what I do.
Why is it that so many of my supposed elders are so quick to pass us youngers off as useless and inexperienced? Is it, at that age, truly a safe generalization to make? Are there so many people my age who are truly ignorant/inexperienced that it's worth typecasting all of us the same way?