I Am The Best Pickup Artist In The World
January 25th, 2007 by 
Eric Disco
I am the best pickup artist in the world. Or so it feels that way. I’ve got some skills. I haven’t been rejected at least for the past 48 hours. It feels like I’m whole again.
I have a Day 2 lined up for tonight and there are other women in my life. I am doing pretty well.
I remember another time when I felt like this. It was before I got into pickup.
I’ve had a number of girlfriends. But I never really had true choice with women. I never really approached women I didn’t know. I had too much approach anxiety.
To me it “wasn’t worth it.” It never turned into anything productive anyway. And most of all, it shattered my image of myself as a guy who was successful with women. I didn’t want to admit that I lacked skills.
I thought I had high self-esteem. And I did in a way. I was very good at some things. Some things I’ve been doing for decades. It was nice to be good at things. I like to feel like I am good at things.
But I wasn’t good with women. I couldn’t walk up to a woman and talk to her. And if by chance I was talking to a woman I was attracted to, it was always a wing and a prayer. I decided I needed to learn. No matter what.
I am the best pickup artist in the world. Or at least it’s easy to feel like it when you haven’t done many approaches in the last 48 hours, when you haven’t challenged yourself or stepped out of your comfort zone.
Today I’m out on the streets to approach and suddenly everything is out of place. I feel awkward and stupid, like I want to go home and practice and learn more before talking to a girl. I’m more comfortable in front of my computer than I am here.
I go to approach a girl on the subway platform. All of a sudden there are too many people around. Or she’s not hot enough. Or the train is about to come. Or I didn’t dress right today. Or I’m tired. There are always excuses. They are numerous and attack my motivation like vultures.
The best pickup artist in the world.
“Kill yourself a little every day.” Now I understand why they say that.
I approach a girl and the words stumble from my lips. I am humbled once again by the streets of New York City.
For whatever reason, it feels like I’m back in kindergarten today. And it’s okay, I accept that that’s my fate for today. I will feel a bit awkward today. Even though I won’t feel like the best pickup artist in the world anymore, I will approach a girl.
And if I fail, that’s the way it goes. It is my only option. Because by taking action, I swear to you, it is the only way I will feel differently tomorrow.
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7 Comments »
March 29th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Funny that, how there will always be excuses: “I’m tired”, “Too many people”, “She’s not pretty enough”, “It’s raining”, “She’s too pretty”, etc…
I’m wondering whether it’s really worth practising in the field every day if it never gets much easier than standing next to a girl and having the bottom fall out of your stomach each time you want to introduce yourself… I guess it has to get a little easier, after a while.
April 4th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
I have stepped out of my comfort zone . I too am the best pickup artist now and I am loving it!!
November 13th, 2007 at 4:29 am
If you’ve got the right attitude, no technique at all is necessary, because you’ll do everything exactly right without even thinking about it. You can even break the rules and get away with it. The only time you ever need technique is when your attitude fails you – and even with perfect technique, all you’ve got at the end of the day is a clever mimicry of an alpha male, not the real thing.
That alpha attitude is in EVERY MAN – we were all born with it. It comes upon you all at once, in a split second. Nobody has to tell you when you’ve got “It” – you just KNOW it, balls to bones. The moment that you stand up and DARE to believe that you are the sexiest man in the world, no doubts or questions entertained, then you will have “It” – but not a single moment before that. The trick is KEEPING it, because it’s like a boxing match with the devil – one minute you’re reeling and staggering into your corner, the next you’ve just responded with a devastating uppercut. But a permanent knockout CAN be acheioved if you simply refuse to let up. And it will make all the difference in every area of your life, not only with women. Life will never be the same again.
April 14th, 2009 at 10:45 am
when ever i feel really scared i just go crash and burn method. where i ask the girl to do me a quick favor and reject me on purpose. surprisingly they laugh. and even if they do, its all part of the game. i reflect on how bad there rejection was only to find out that im still alive and its just all in my head
May 3rd, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Beautiful post.
June 8th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Excellent post! This is just what I needed.
January 24th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Superb post, this is motivating as well as entirely true. If I had a Dollar for every excuse I’ve ever made I’d be a damn rich man.