Gentlemen’ s Guide to Excellence

While I recommend men act in predictably consistent and high-quality ways in all ways and at all times based on the principles and standards from the book, you’ll do better in the dating process if you tailor your approach to each lady based on her likes and personality. That is a wide-ranging topic, but today I want to dig into one specific area you will certainly encounter, dealing with and taking care of more introverted women. ...

How do you work up the nerve to meet someone new? Being a gentlemen doesn’t mean you have to be one of those last place-finishing nice guys.  You can be bold.  You can be cocky.  You can be audacious even.  In this week’s episode, we looking finding the balance between being bold, and being respectful and honest in meeting new, interesting women. Background: Book's website: Gentlemen's Guide to Flirting (available on Amazon at htt...

The world can be a strange place.  People can behave oddly and in ways not aligned with our principles and beliefs from the book.  Not everyone will be happy with your success.  Not everyone wants to see you stack wins every day. Not everyone wants to see your continuous improvement, and your steady progress toward achieving your goals.  Not everyone wants to see how at ease you are with women, and how much fun they have with you a...

This week’s episode is a bit more raw and edgy than normal.   We are going to take an honest and candid look at the awkward subject of paying for sex.   If you are sensitive or squeamish, you might want to skip this one. Background: Book's website: Gentlemen's Guide to Flirting (available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736798405) and anywhere else you find your favorite books.   Consider the book your complete textbook. T...

Tonality.  How you say things is at least as important as what you say in many cases.  In this week’s episode, we’ll go into what tonality is, talk about several general-purpose best practices, and then examine how they might apply to meeting new women, dating, and relationships. Background: Book's website: Gentlemen's Guide to Flirting (available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736798405) and anywhere else you find your f...

Negativity.  There’s an abundance of it out in the world right now and it is hard to avoid.    You can’t just ignore negativity, or wish it away.  So, what are you supposed to do to contain its impacts on your life.    Background: Book's website: Gentlemen's Guide to Flirting (available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736798405) and anywhere else you find your favorite books.   Consider the book your complete textbook. The...

The 7-year itch.  What does that mean, and is it real?  Is your relationship or marriage really doomed after 7 years?  Will it start into some sort of decline? Background: Book's website: Gentlemen's Guide to Flirting (available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736798405) and anywhere else you find your favorite books.   Consider the book your complete textbook. The content on this channel and the podcast is all free and is...

In this week’s episode, we talk about the social media platform TikTok.  I am testing TikTok to see if there are any free marketing opportunities there for me that might help me move my stuff for sale, and I while I was checking out everything I started to wonder if TikTok might be useful for you guys.  So today I want to take you through what I found out about TikTok, and run through what I feel are some of its good and bad points...

In this week’s episode, we talk about something that happened recently that might have been a missed opportunity, something that had great potential for millions of young people, and people of all ages around the world, but it just didn’t get any traction. Background: Book's website: Gentlemen's Guide to Flirting (available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736798405) and anywhere else you find your favorite books.   Conside...

Your temper.  This week I want to talk about the very practical subject of how to deal with getting angry, or losing your temper. Unfortunately, daily life is filled with opportunities for this to happen, and I want to share how I think about this topic and deal with it myself. Background: Book's website: Gentlemen's Guide to Flirting (available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736798405) and anywhere else you find your fav...

What does it mean exactly when someone says they are “living their best life”?  Best life?  If that is such a thing, how do you go from where you are today to this best life? Background: Book's website: Gentlemen's Guide to Flirting (available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736798405) and anywhere else you find your favorite books.   Consider the book your complete textbook. The content on this channel and the podcast is ...

Today we are going continue the deep dive we began in the last episode into the ethics of flirting, meeting great women,  and dating.  We are going to look into how to think about several aspects and problem areas that you are likely to encounter as you progress through your journey through the wonderful, fun and rewarding world of flirting, dating, and relationships. Background: Book's website: Gentlemen's Guide to Flirting (avai...

Today we are going to look into the subject of the ethics of flirting and dating.  What sort of things are good or not so good when it comes to meeting women: your intentions, how you act, the decisions you have to make along the way, your treatment of women, and generally how you think about the whole subject.  We’ll do this by talking about some specific, real-world examples of issues you are likely to encounter as you navigate t...

In meeting women, how can you be bold, yet respectful, non-threatening, cool, and fun— all at the same time? In this episode, we will take another look back at flirting history during a specific timeframe the late 1800s through around 1930 when flirting or acquaintance cards were in use. I think there are things we can learn from that very different time - both good and bad - toward our goal.

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For the past few weeks I, your exalted leader, alongside some other leading scholars and top scientists in the flirting world have been in the GGTF Research laboratory creating the definitive guide to the history of flirting. Many snacks were consumed in this pursuit, several naps were taken, and - I sadly report - some lives were lost. But I am here to report that we are done, and are presenting our findings in this: Episode 009 ...

I very intentionally don’t normally discuss topical or news items in this podcast, but in rare cases when I feel I have insights from a particular event that might be useful for you, I’ll speak up.  Today is one of those days.  As of when I am recording this, February 5th, 2022, popular podcaster and celebrity Joe Rogan got into a great deal of trouble, rightfully, over comments that he made in the past.  I have a few thoughts I wa...

We are two years in to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s time for another morale boost.   In my own life, I continue to see people cracking under this continued stress and pressure.  Cracking under pressure, that isn’t us.   Yielding or compromising on our standards and principles, that isn’t us.  We find a way to thrive in all conditions.  But, again, it doesn’t hurt for us to huddle up from time to time to remind ourselves of that....

You may encounter what can be called mean women in your life.   I am using the term “mean” to refer to women, or anyone, who generally rejects or is hostile toward men or all people for no apparent reason and without provocation.  I want you to have the tools to effectively deal with that situation should it arise. Background: Book's website: Gentlemen's Guide to Flirting (available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/173679840...