Quote: (05-03-2012 02:30 PM)soup Wrote:
I disagree. You can practice things that will alter your behavior on a subconscious level.
This is a fashionable new age theory, but I'm yet to see a proof it actually works. The common concept among they psychiatrists seem to be that the basics of your personality are defined by the genes, formed within the first two years of your life, and cannot be changed without applying some dramatic external force (like drugs). So I do not believe you can alter yourself on a subconscious level. You can on a conscious level - fighting against your subconscious level - but you'd be swimming against the strong current all the time. And since you won't get the results to justify it, your motivation centers will eventually stop you from doing it.
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Body language can be practiced until it is internalized.
Body language is part of your personality so there is little sense in practicing it unless you're going to fake a different personality (like an actor). And if you do, you need to practice the complete new personality, as the actors do. And most are suck on it. I'm yet to see an actor who's great at playing nerds. This is because the actors aren't nerds.
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Having good body language is being extroverted in that it allows you to physically express yourself. Being able to express yourself creates a positive feedback loop that will increase your overall confidence, thus altering a part of your personality.
Nope, you have to have a specific personality to a) recognize and b) accept the positive feedback. If either is missing, the loop is broken. Then you have a dude who can dance alone in the club when the people are holding the wall getting drunk, because he doesn't give shit about what the people think of him.
This is the main difference between those target audiences. A dude who relies on the positive/negative feedback to tune up his energy level would do magically with sorotity chicks. But he deals with the chicks who give no feedback - like nerdy chicks or the whole Ukrainian population - he'd be screwed since he'd have no baseline to tune up. At the same time a dude who's used to game the nerdy chicks would do much better in Ukraine since he doesn't need their feedback.
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In general, practicing game can have a similar effect. Learning how to be comfortable with rejection is a huge personality change that game can bring about.
This is not a personality change. It is like getting used to skydive, the first jump you're shitting your pants while going up in the airplane, and on jump #50 you're sleeping on the way up. Your personality didn't change, just your logical brain doesn't recognize the situation as a threat anymore.
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Also, I see a girl telling me I'm not her type as a a shit test.
It is. She gives you a chance to change her opinion about you. But then you really need to care to handle those kinds of shit tests.