In the course of trying to get better at dating, there will inevitably be times where someone in your life is going to give you what is possibly the most useless dating advice ever: “Just be yourself”. After all, presumably you want someone who wants you for you and not whatever dubious achievements you may…
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Leaving The Past Behind
So it’s come to this… (I’ve always wanted to say that) The dawn of a new year approaches, full of potential and possibility… and the chance to make a better future for ourselves. But having just gotten done telling you about the problems with making the wrong promises and resolutions for the new year, I…
The Worst Dating Advice In the World (and Why It Really Works)
There are a number of cliches when it comes to dating advice out there, each of them hollow and infuriating. But none of them are quite as mystifying as the perennial classic: “The best way to find a girlfriend is to not want one so badly.” “Don’t try so hard and it’ll happen.” “You’ll only find a…
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Short Cuts and Magic Bullets
I get a lot of marketing emails from various dating gurus. Call it a professional hazard; sometimes it’s because I get someone who wants me to “review” (i.e. plug) their product or service, sometimes it’s because bots harvested my email, sometimes it’s because I was interested in seeing what they had to say. Now while…
Keep Moving Forward
I’ve been thinking a lot about motivation lately. A lot of this has to do with the fact that in less than a week, I’m going to be running for my life in order to avoid being devoured by a swarm of flesh-eating zombies. Stick with me, I’ll be coming back to this. I bring…
Who Controls You?
I want you to think about control for a moment. Are you the sort of person who believes in fate and destiny? Or are you the sort of person who believes in consequences? Fate is an attractive thing to believe in; there’s a certain comfort to be found in believing that there is something that…