by Dean Cortez, MackTactics
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Hey Dean,
I purchased your programs, Mack Tactics and the Bad Boy Blue Print, and both are fantastic. They are filled with extremely helpful conversation tactics and strategies. (I found the “Conversation Control” and “Negotiations” chapters to be especially helpful.)
To be very frank with you, I was basically an introvert, and after learning your material I have a new understanding of what Attraction is and how it works. I've started to broaden my social network, and I'm meeting more women.
I've learned many great strategies for how to meet single girls, but in this process of development I have a question for you. I am still unable to get the bigger picture of life. I am not getting the “feel” of being a Mack (or an “Alpha Man,” as you also say). Simply put, I understand how to talk to women now…but how can I feel like I can “back it up?”
I want strong Inner game because only that will lead to success in the long run. Please help me out with this.
Thanks for everything,
- Richard
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Dean Cortez replies:
Richard, you hit the nail on the head when you referred to this as a “process of development." It is a mission that never ends. There are no magic solutions that are going to transform you into a cocky, confident, smooth “ladies’ man” overnight.
The same way that when you decide to get in better physical shape, you’re not going to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime after three workout sessions in your basement.
The most important thing my Mack Tactics program does is give you a rock-solid FOUNDATION so that you can start meeting more women, pick up on girls, and start dating them with more style, originality, and confidence.
So your question, basically, is how can you start feeling more confident. I want to talk to you about this for a moment.
There are a lot of corny books full of dating advice, and they all basically say the same thing: “Be confident." "Women really dig confident guys.” Blah blah…
Duh! That’s completely OBVIOUS. But the big question is, how do you actually get more confident with women, and get rid of your shyness or anxiety?
It’s like telling a short guy, “Be taller. Then you will get more phone numbers, dates and positive interactions.”
Or telling a skinny guy, “Be a big, muscular hunk. That’s the secret.”
Uh, yeah, OK…but how the heck is that realistically possible?!
Here’s how it works. Confidence is created through success, and success is gained through skill.
It’s a three-step process:
- Learn the tactics and skills you need to talk to women.
- What happens as a result is, you start getting way more successful with girls.
- The more success you have with women, the more your confidence grows.
Your confidence level will shoot up as you keep getting more skilled with women. You begin to understand that walking up to hot women, or dating a few different simultaneously, is totally possible. If you want to go out and pick up girls in bars, it’s not a scary thing that causes anxiety. It’s actually a lot of fun!
But you’ve got to learn to walk before you run. I want you to build up your confidence in small increments. If you only measure “success” by how many beautiful women you sleep with, you’re going to keep feeling frustrated and disappointed in yourself.
So over the next week, I want you to make this a goal: you’re going to meet three new women and get their email addresses.
NOT their phone numbers. Just get her email address!
AND, you’re not going to try to “trap” girls into talking to your for 20 or 30 minutes.
YOU will be the one to end the conversation first!
See, the average guy thinks a conversation is a “success” if he can keep the girl talking for a long period of time. He’ll meet a girl at a bar and tell her his entire life story in the first half-hour! As long as she isn’t blowing him off, he thinks that he’s making progress.
Actually, she’s probably getting awfully bored of this guy, but she’s too polite to walk away…
I want you to take the opposite approach. I want you to go into the conversation knowing that you’re only going to spend 5 minutes talking to her. So then you're going to get her email, head off, and get in touch with her the following day.
Talk to girls using the techniques laid out in the M.A.C.K. Tactics book, and after chatting for 5 minutes or so, say to her, "It was great meeting you, I can tell we've got lots to talk about. Or, "I get the feeling that you and me have a lot of things in common.") "Hey, before I go, do you have an email address?”
Notice how I phrased it. The concept of phrasing -- being aware of how you choose your words and put them together -- can make the difference between failing and succeeding with women, and I explain this in detail in the M.A.C.K. Tactics book.)
I didn’t say, “Can I get your email address?”
I didn’t say, “Do you mind if I email you sometime?”
Instead, I said: “Do you have email?”
Of course she has email! Everyone does. She’ll say “yes,” and now you’re going to take our your little notebook and pen (a Mack always carries these items) and hand them to her. Say, “write it down for me.”
See, when you ask a girl for PERMISSION, this gives her the opportunity to say “no.”
If you ask her, “Can I get your phone number?”, she might think of the NEGATIVE possibilities. (Maybe this guy is going to call me all the time and annoy me…)
But when you simply say to her, “Do you have email?”, and give her the paper and pen, she probably won’t think twice about it. She writes down her email address for you, and then you'll head out and contact her tomorrow.
Are you with me?
Do this two or three times over the next week, and I guarantee you are going to feel a confidence boost like you haven’t felt in a LONG time.
If you go to bars or clubs, don’t take an “all or nothing” view: “I’ve got to hook up with a girl TONIGHT, or else this is a waste of time, and I suck.”
For now, I want you to enjoy a few short, fun conversations with women using your Mack Tactics… no pressure, no big expectations… and go home with some email addresses. You can translate them into dates.
And in the meantime, you are REPROGRAMMING yourself for success.
In the past, when you were talking to an attractive girl, you were probably thinking “where do I take it from here? What should I talk to her about next? How can I make sure women don't see me as boring?”
NOW you’re thinking, “I’m only going to give this girl five minutes of my time, and I’ll contact her on email tomorrow if I decide I want to take it further. I do this frequently, and it isn't any big deal.”
Start having lots of these “mini-conversations” in which YOU are the busy guy who needs to go. You want to leave her in a curious state of mind. I know you'll be thrilled with the results, and how this makes you feel.
Go Tactical!
Your Wingman,
Dean Cortez