(by Hshudo)

A week or so ago, Ant-man (my personal pet name for our grand high master Anthony “Dream” Johnson, who makes wild flowers grow in the winter, long my he reign) contacted me. He told me that Braddock was releasing a book. He also wanted me to review it. Of course, fearing Anthony’s near god-like wrath and indestructible armor of body hair, I agreed.

Now to begin, everything I know about Braddock. He works for Love Systems. The company is now under the guidance of Savoy , but was formerly The Mystery Method. My only previous experience with Braddock was watching the speech he gave in 2008 here on the website.

Linkage: Braddock 2008

For anyone about to enter college the speech is incredibly valuable. However, that is my entire experience with the man. In reality though, the book appears to be written by many different Love Systems contributors. Mr. M probably contributed as much to the book as Braddock. Though I have no way of knowing, he basically says so in a thanks to him in the introduction. DaHunter, Daxx, and Savoy, as well as others, make several contributions. These are usually in the form of examples, but Braddock appears to have consulted them on some of the concepts.

The book contains a wealth of information on Phone and Text Game. There is a great deal of information in this book that will be usable for almost any skill level. It is well written and flows in a comfortable way. The format and layout are nice, and the summary options at the end of chapters help re-enforce the ideas were already elaborated upon.

With out having this book, it will take a great deal of time to find this information. It certainly exists else where in the community, but Braddock has done a superb job distilling it. If this is a part of your game that give your trouble, than this book will give you a ton of answers.

There are two major cons that I can find throughout the book. However even these don’t add up to much. First, there is a lot more to be gained from the book if you have first read Magic Bullets. I have never gotten around to that, because I really just don’t care. The book contains a lot of jargon that seems to have been introduced in Magic Bullets.

Now this does not mean the book is unreadable, just that there is more available if you have read both. You will still be able to understand the topics easily, just some of the references or the Emotional Progression Model may be a little foreign.

Still if you have problems in this specific area the book will help. The other major problem I have with this book, is a lack of innovation. There is a ton of information in this book. It is all concrete and reliable. I would agree with 90% of is with absolutely no problem. (I only leave 10% just in case I missed something). However, it really lacks any amazing jumps forward or brilliant new insights.

Not that that matters to much. Much of the information in here is going to be new to the people who read it. It will also put that information in a much more easily understood format.

I’m going to abuse a familiar concept know, that I prefer when I see reviews.

Pro.
Well written, straight forward, lot of good reliable information. Well presented and certainly helpful. Contains almost every thing a person could want or need to know about Phone and Text Game.

Cons
Nothing extremely innovative. A few referrals back to Magic Bullets makes it difficult for readers not familiar with Love Systems.

I’m giving the book 4 out of 5 stars. All in all, this book does exactly what it leads you to believe.

Here are some highlight concepts that the book talked about.

• Call Back Humor
• Sexualization
• Short Medium and Long Fuses
• Investment Level
• Baiting
• Stopping Flakes
• Meet Up Strategies.
• More Stuff

So there you have it gentle men. The book has my endorsement, and I look forward to running into one of the Love Systems instructors at a future convention.

Find out more or pickup a copy below

Linkage: The Ultimate Guide to Text and Phone Game

-Hshudo/Dodger

Let’s see if you can identify yourself with this situation: You get a phone number from a girl but she will not respond to your text messages or phone calls. Sounds familiar?

What you have is a flaky phone number. Most of the time flaky numbers are a symptom of something you did wrong when you first met the girl.

What most guys do wrong is as soon they see the girl is a little bit interested they will ask for the phone number. In other words, as soon the girl is a little bit attracted the guy will see that as a green light to get her phone number.

What is the mistake? You are asking too early for the phone number.

Remember that women live in the emotional moment. This means she may have genuinely wanted to give you her number at that moment and gone out with you, but one or two days later she is not feeling the exact same way she did when you first met.

So when is the right time to ask for her phone number?

The short answer is: once she has invested herself in you.

Invested? What does that mean? Let me first explain what investment is in the dating context.

Investment is essential to reducing flaky phone numbers and thus getting girls to respond to your calls. As humans we value things we work for. That is the basic idea behind investment. The more she will invest in us, the more “valuable” we are to her. Let me give you an example.

Do you remember when you received money for your birthday? That was easy money because you didn’t do anything to get it. That money was also easily spent. Few years later, you got your first job where you had to work hard for your money. Did you spend that money just as easy? No because you understood the value of money once you had to work for it.

The same idea applies to dating. If women do not work for your attention and interest, they will not value you as much. We want women to work for you and invest themselves into you. That in return will make women more attracted to you and someone who she wants to see again.

Getting woman attracted is not good enough. Attraction is just a fleeting feeling. She might have been attracted to you at the moment you got her phone number, but that attraction might be gone the next day.

When you get investment from the girl you solidify that attraction a little bit more. Within Love Systems we call that Qualification and that is worth explaining in another article. Let me give you five actionable items you can use today that will help you reduce flaky phone numbers:

-Build an emotional connection first before asking for the phone number
-Move her around the venue multiple times
-Bounce to a different venue if you can
-Getting her to save your (nick) name and phone number in her phone
-Hint at meeting up in the future and if she is agrees, then ask for the phone number.

Here is a simple exercise you can do. Go out for a few weeks and don’t ask for numbers unless SHE hints at meeting up with you. Push the levels of attraction and emotional connection to a point where she is almost coming on to you. This is hard to do and not something you can do every time but it’s a good exercise. It will help you see the window of when you should ask for the number.

This is really the tip of the iceberg of what you can do to turn more phone numbers into dates. In my book The Ultimate Guide on Text and Phone Game I have many more tips and techniques on even turning flaky phone numbers into dates. It will be released January 21st, 2010 and you can find more information on it by clicking here.

-Braddock

Check out Braddock’s 2008 convention footage here, and his blog at BraddocksBlog.com

You can also listen to a 90 minute free conference call /w Braddock, Savoy, and other Love Systems instructors below about Braddock’s upcoming book

Nick “Braddock” is the lead instructor for Love Systems, and can be seen on the Tyra Banks Show.

In This Video, Nick Speaks On:

• How To Become The Guy Who Know’s Everybody
• Being a PUA vs. Being a Cool Guy
• DHV Stories vs. Actually Demonstrating High Values
• The Hotness Waterfall for Getting Every Girl on Campus
• How to Generate Buzz that Creates Huge Attraction Before You Ever Meet a Girl
• How to Wing in College

You can visit Braddock at BraddocksBlog.com

Other Posts Featuring Nick:

• An Article by Nick on Phone Numbers and Investment
• A Review of The Ultimate Guide to Text and Phone Game, a Product by Braddock

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