[Yeti]

(06-23-2014 04:33 PM)lovejoy Wrote:  

I would have used high end escorts and get Oneitis and women being special snowflakes out of my system.... would have saved me a world crap in my 20's.

Oliver Stone's father took him to a prostitute at the age of 16, so that he could lose his virginity.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul...all-street

That way, he got over his pubescent anxiety (some of it, anyway). Seems like a great idea.

[ash093]

If I were 20 again, (I'm 21 now) I'd have started studying this forum, as well as this thread here. You basically just got (for free and no trial and error) a crash course into the nuts and bolts of how to be a well rounded successful man.

[The Reactionary Tree]

Every 16 year old boy should be exposed to RVF. It will save their lives.

[whoishe]

From someone who is not happy where he is at 34 two most important things I've missed 10-15 years ago are:

1) Mentor(s) - one thing is to spend time with high value people, other one is to learn from them. I failed at #2.
2) Weightlifting or/and martial arts training.

In my case this two things would probably change a lot.

[OneIdea]

I'm 46. This is what I'd tell my 20 year-old self:

1. Make friends with the right sort. Avoid the so-called "cool kids" of your 20's, the losers and posers and drinkers and stoners who are going nowhere. They're cool at 20, losers at 40. Instead, make friends—good friends—with ambitious, smart, low-key guys. Some will be dweebs, others considered uncool, but by the time they're 45, they'll be the winners, while the posers and losers and so-called "cool guys" of your 20's will be on unemployment.

2. Bang escorts and hookers—lots of 'em—to get rid of Oneitis and fear of women.

3. Don't be afraid of risks, or of failing. Fear of failure often impedes success. Corollary to this, always-always-always shoot for the moon. I was advised to apply only to state schools—instead I applied to Ivy League schools, while kids with better grades and scores were too intimidated. Guess what, I got into two Ivies (and no, they weren't UPenn or Brown or Cornell, they were real Ivies).

4. Learn to sell, learn to negotiate, and learn to haggle. A friend of mine gave his three kids each $100, told them to go to those guys selling fake Rolexes on Union Square, with the condition that whoever bought the most number of fake Rolexes for $100 would be excused from their chores for a month—best lesson ever.

5. Learn to pimp. That is, understand that to make money—real money—working is not enough. You have to get OTHER PEOPLE to work FOR YOU. In other words, pimping. You have a company, get the programming contract for 10,000 hours of work—then get the bitches (programmers) to do the work, while you get the money. The essence of capitalism.

My 2¢.

[heavy]

(06-27-2014 11:38 AM)OneIdea Wrote:  

I'm 46. This is what I'd tell my 20 year-old self:

1. Make friends with the right sort. Avoid the so-called "cool kids" of your 20's, the losers and posers and drinkers and stoners who are going nowhere. They're cool at 20, losers at 40. Instead, make friends—good friends—with ambitious, smart, low-key guys. Some will be dweebs, others considered uncool, but by the time they're 45, they'll be the winners, while the posers and losers and so-called "cool guys" of your 20's will be on unemployment.

2. Bang escorts and hookers—lots of 'em—to get rid of Oneitis and fear of women.

3. Don't be afraid of risks, or of failing. Fear of failure often impedes success. Corollary to this, always-always-always shoot for the moon. I was advised to apply only to state schools—instead I applied to Ivy League schools, while kids with better grades and scores were too intimidated. Guess what, I got into two Ivies (and no, they weren't UPenn or Brown or Cornell, they were real Ivies).

4. Learn to sell, learn to negotiate, and learn to haggle. A friend of mine gave his three kids each $100, told them to go to those guys selling fake Rolexes on Union Square, with the condition that whoever bought the most number of fake Rolexes for $100 would be excused from their chores for a month—best lesson ever.

5. Learn to pimp. That is, understand that to make money—real money—working is not enough. You have to get OTHER PEOPLE to work FOR YOU. In other words, pimping. You have a company, get the programming contract for 10,000 hours of work—then get the bitches (programmers) to do the work, while you get the money. The essence of capitalism.

My 2¢.

Great stuff OneIdea. Interesting #2...I've wondered if this would help my game, even if it just gives me more experience in what girls are willing to do.

[RaccoonFace]

Any other suggestions for a young guy like me besides the ones that have already been given?

[Alpharius]

I would take Roy off the grid and not have a social security number for Roy!

But seriously, like the video suggests, I'd do more to live an amazing life and not take the safe and secure road everyone suggested to me.

[hydrogonian]

1. Would have realized that the environment at the University that I was attending was teaching me bad lifestyle habits, and either transferred or dropped out in favor of something more focused.
2. Would have joined the Air Force (can't think of a better way to spend the early twenties) after backpacking around Europe for a while.
3. Would have read "Mode One"(helpful for me). Subsequently, I would have been more direct with some women I let slip away.
4. Would have started reverse pyramid training (leangains)(doing that now).
5. Would have begun to learn to paint in watercolor and oil (doing that now).
6. Realized that people never change and sought quality people over interesting and exciting people with demonstrated issues.
7. Learn how to function without pot and alcohol (the latter would have been socially more difficult). Without either, I now feel more or less better than I ever have.

[CleanSlate]

I would be doing what I am doing now - see thread in my sig.

I may be 16 years late, but traveling the world, experiencing different cultures, and even learning a few new languages while slaying some poosy at a young age sounds far more fulfilling when that's all been done by your mid-30s... and you could start a family at that age when you're ready for it. You'd have so much world experience to back yourself up, instead of being 4 years away from the age of the 'mid-life crisis' and only realizing that you want to travel.

[travolta]

If I were 20 again I'd travel (I started traveling at 22 which was smart), find a mentor (luckily found one when I was 24), learn to dance (started doing this recently at 27), learn self defense (I still have to do this), bang more 18 year olds, bang less older women. As somebody else mentioned already, it's much easier to bang 18 year olds when you're younger. I also would have held off on going to college and decided if it's for me. I have a bachelor's degree but it was a waste of time. Try starting a business instead. Give yourself a few years after high school to decide to go to college or not, only go if you genuinely want to learn about something, otherwise it's a waste of time.

[Rush87]

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