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Be willing to go through the pain period. This game is NOT an easy one. You'll be forced to confront nearly every single thing that defines you - every emotion, every action, every belief. You'll sometimes be apprehensive about approaching/meeting a particular woman, trying a new technique, or changing a behavior. What separates an amateur from a champion is the willingness to ush through that fear and do it anyway. Here's what Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his iron-pumping days, had to say about it: "If you can go through the pain period, you make it to be a champion. If you can't go through it, forget it. And that's what most people lack: having the guts - the guts to go in and just say... "I don't care what happens."
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Don't look to friends or family approval. Not all your friends and family will understand the journey you're about to take. They may tell you that they don't like how you're changing. They may make fun of you for wanting to improve. That's okay. It happened to me. It also happened to Oprah: When she lost weight, she lost friends. This surprised her at first, until she learned that her largeness had given them an excuse to feel better about their own bodies. So, when you start attracting women and ADVENTURE, your friends may not welcom it - you've become a THREAT to their limitating beliefs and complacency about their own shortcomings. Let it be their problem, NOT yours.
-- From the book, "Rules of the Game (The Stylelife Challenge)" by Neil Strauss