To all the men who refuse to remain shy and insecure, may this book transform your life into the confident, charismatic, and attractive man youve always wanted to be.
Preface
I have a memory from when I was five years old. I was at my grandmas house and there was a candy jar filled with colorful, delicious M&Ms. To a kid, thats gold. All I wanted to do was eat those suckers up. I stared at them, craving them. They were only two feet away from me. But I was too nervous to grab any. I guess I was afraid my parents would tell me no or I would get yelled at. This was my very first experience of the fear of rejection.
I still have a hard time believing that, as a child, I didnt have the courage to just get some candy. What was the worst that could have happened? My mom says no and then we move on to dinner? Why was I so afraid?
This pattern of shyness continued throughout my childhood, all the way through college and beyond. And it mostly showed up with women and dating. In sixth grade, I had a girlfriend (a term Im using very loosely) named Sara. We were two kids who wrote notes to each other and said we liked each other. After I knew she liked me, Id ignore her in the hallways and wouldnt speak to her. I was too afraid of what people would think of me. Just a few weeks later, she wrote me a note telling me she thought I didnt like her, and she ended up dumping me. I dont blame her; I barely spoke a word to her because I was too shy.
When I got to high school, I completely blew it again. Somehow, I managed to land one of the cool girls. We were in enough classes together and she thought I was funny. We said we liked each other (this time over AOL Instant Messenger), and then pronounced ourselves a couple.
Just two weeks later, we were sitting in her car and she was waiting for me to give her a kiss. It felt like the M&Ms situation all over again. I really wanted to do it, but I was scared. So I gave her a hug, got out of her car, walked upstairs to my room, and got angry with myself. What was wrong with me? Why couldnt I just go for it? A few days later, she ended up telling me she just wanted to be friends. And that was probably because thats exactly how I was acting toward heras a friend.
I could sit here and write a dozen more stories about how I was too afraid or got rejected, but I think you get the point. My shyness got the best of me for many years, and it didnt allow me to be me. College was the same. I got friend-zoned by many girls. It was embarrassing, to say the least.
After multiple failed attempts with women in college and in my early twenties (and after alcohol-induced attempts with women whom I settled for), I decided to get this part of my life handled. I was determined to do anything I could to meet and attract the women of my choice.
In 2006, I was living in Los Angeles, California, and a buddy of mine was visiting. He told me about a well-known bestseller called The Game by Neil Strauss, aka Style, who founded an underground group of pick-up artists. He recounts his personal transformation from dork to ladies man. When I first read The Game, I didnt even really know what a pick-up artist was. But I was enchanted with the idea of being able to learn how to meet women.
This book was Pandoras box. It opened up the world of learning how to meet women. Growing up, I never thought it was possible to learn that. I thought it was something you either had or didnt. My map of the world said that attractive guys got attractive, quality girls and everyone else got the rest. So I dug deeper.
I started reading every book in sight on dating, attraction, and evolutionary biology. I started learning the skills I might need to attract women. You might be at this point now in your journey. I even joined a group that helped its members become better and more attractive men. With all this new knowledge, I needed to put it to use. I was so eager and dedicated to meeting the type of woman I was really attracted to that I decided to go out three or four times per week and apply all the material Id learned. At the same time, I was scared shitless. I had to face the fear that had been building up inside of me for years.
It was one of the most interesting times of my life. Over the course of about two years, I met hundreds of women at bars, at clubs, on sidewalks, in grocery stores, at parties, and more. I slept with some. I dated some. I even got into relationships with some. And a lot of these girls were the kind Id never thought I had a chance with. The crazy thing about this time in my life, when I did mass approaching, was that it created a new me. I felt more confident in myself. It translated to something bigger than meeting women. I was more outgoing in social situations, less shy with strangers, more assertive at my current job, and less afraid to just be me. I felt like Id upgraded to Tripp, version 2.0.
So what was the biggest determining factor of this newfound success? I learned the type of information I needed to get results and then I implemented that information. Simple? Yes. Easy? No. You can learn the proper way to skydive, but once youre in the plane, its not going to be so easy to jump, right? So whats the missing piece here? Whats the one thing that really pushes you to implement and work hard? Its a burning desire to finally be incredible with women and to go after what you want.
Maybe its the drive to defeat your shyness once and for all.
It could be the fact that youre 22 years old and dont want to have any regrets in your life.
Or it could be that youre 55 and you realize its time to get what you deserve.
Maybe you see everyone else with your ideal type of woman and youre ready to go after what you want.
For me? I refused to settle for anything less than awesome in my life. I want to call this drive. Drive is the motivating factor that keeps you going and refuses to give up. And if you want the best results, then youre going to have to dig down deep and find this drive. Its the fuel to the fire of your journey.
Heres a formula to make it easy for you:
Information + Implementation + Drive = Success
Magnetic contains all the information you need to execute this formula. Youre going to learn the right information from over 10 years of my experience, success, and mistakes. Youre going to learn, step-by-step, how to implement this information so youre not lost in the dark. And Im going to inspire you to do it.
The strategies, techniques, and instructions in this book can change your life. And thats the main reason why I wrote it. After going through hundreds of rejections and hundreds of successes and finally cracking the code into a simple system to meet and attract quality women, there was no way I could keep this to myself. I wanted all the men like me to learn this, too. And thats why I wrote this book. For you.
Its my mission to help men fix their issues with shyness, dating, and relationships. My job is to help men not only attract women, but also become magnetic. In other words, my job is to show men how to be the guy who naturally attracts women.
Now, how do you know the information in this book is going to get you the women you desire? Honestly, youll never know until you put the information to use. Thats the most powerful proof there is. But to give you some encouragement, Ill let you know the tips and techniques in this book have been tested time and time again. Millions of men around the world have listened to my advice on the Tripp Advice YouTube channel and the How to Talk to Girls podcast, and every single day I get emails and messages along these lines:
- I got the girl I thought was out of my league.
- I had an amazing sexual experience with an attractive woman.
- I landed the girlfriend of my dreams.