(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. ...]]>

(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 ...]]>

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

GDI- according to Urban dictionary (highly trusted source of information), GDI stands for god damn independent.

While this may sound a bit extreme, I believe this accurately describes my- and The 21 Convention’s- role in the world of dating and relationship advice.

Thus far, I have been able to host the event 3 consecutive years- without getting tangled up in (too much) drama and politics- of which, there is a shit ton floating around.

I’m not sure exactly how I managed to pull this off- although I could speculate- but never the less that’s the current state of affairs.

So, kudos to me for not getting dragged into the BS =).

All that said, ...]]>

GDI- according to Urban dictionary (highly trusted source of information), GDI stands for god damn independent.

While this may sound a bit extreme, I believe this accurately describes my- and The 21 Convention’s- role in the world of dating and relationship advice.

Thus far, I have been able to host the event 3 consecutive years- without getting tangled up in (too much) drama and politics- of which, there is a shit ton floating around.

I’m not sure exactly how I managed to pull this off- although I could speculate- but never the less that’s the current state of affairs.

So, kudos to me for not getting dragged into the BS =).

All that said, I’m in a unique position as founder and director of this event to comment on and announce upcoming conferences similar to my own (to varying degrees).

I also feel that in some small way, it’s kinda my job.

At least, it doesn’t seem anyone else is up to speed on all the conferences and events like The 21 Convention.

Let’s hop to.

First up, Pua Summit.

See their 2008 trailer here (internal video pop up link).

At first glance it appears Pua Summit is the event most similar to The 21 Convention, however I think most who have attended T21C would disagree.

This isn’t to say anything negative about the event, but I think the only thing the two events really have in common is a surface level structure and vaguely similar theme of dating and relationship advice (even that, is a bit of a stretch).

Our marketing efforts are for sure, completely unrelated. Can you imagine me having a banner like this for the convention? Hey, to each his own, but if that ever happens with T21C , someone please kick me in the balls.

As far as history between T21C and PUAS, there actually isn’t much. I only began speaking with the organizers about a year ago- while both our events kicked off in 2007.

Thus far, we have been totally cool with each other and not competitors at each others throat’s like many seem to believe. If anything, I believe their event provides a sharp contrast to T21C since it focuses exclusively on “pickup” and the PUA Community- which I think is cool, but not where I want The 21 Convention heading in the years to come (if that’s not apparent by now).

If anything I want the convention heading in the slightly more advanced direction that Nick Sparks has been touching on lately in our interview.

And of course, topics outside of dating advice and social skills- things like exercise, nutrition, vagabonding, entrepreneurship…hell sky’s the limit =).

All that said, the 2009 Pua Summit is right around the corner from September 26th-27^th in Hollywood, CA.

Like The 21 Convention, the sooner you buy tickets, the more you save.

Get them here (and then click “tickets”).

I recommend going if you weren’t able to make it to The 21 Convention (2009) for one reason or another (timing, travel costs, etc).

Guys I would be excited to hear speak from their lineup include Adam Lyons, Mehow, Hypnotica (aka “Rasputin” from the best selling book The Game), and Daniel Rose.

A few other T21C speakers should be in attendance as well including our only female speaker, Erika Awakening (who, is mad cool), and I want to say Dj Fuji, although I’m not 100% sure on that.

There is also a chance Peter Murphy and I will be in attendance, although again, I can’t say for sure yet. If we do decide to head out there, I’ll post about it here on TDL.

Next up, the Love Systems Super Conference from October 9th-11^th in Las Vegas, NV. Check out their video trailer here .

This is a company inclusive conference- meaning speakers at the event are primarily from Love Systems and their partners.

Now, I’ve been to a LS Super Conference in Vegas, and I had a great time (check out my name tag I found sitting around in my room).

My only issue with the conference is the cost. It has nearly a $1,000 dollar price tag- and nearly a $4,000 dollar cost for in field coaching during the event.

And that’s just the conference.

I could be wrong, but I believe if you bought every seminar they offered before, during, and after the event, you would be looking to spend over $10,000 dollars.

It’s difficult to comment further because I have had a great relationship with this company…but holy $#!+!

That said, if you have the cash to blow, and this area of your life is that important to you, I’m hard pressed to say you could spend that amount of money better elsewhere (again, assuming you were going to invest that much into it).

I’ve been to this event, it’s great, and I definitely learned a few things from Savoy- President and CEO of Love Systems regarding event planning and hosting. I know how difficult it is first hand, and kudos to him for hosting his conference bi-annually.

The instructors I saw speak were for the most part, excellent. Guys like Braddock, Sheriff, Cajun, Tenmagnet, and The Don- all awesome dudes I’ve met first hand.

Braddock of course spoke at The 21 Convention 2008 so I’m a bit biased, but every time I’ve spoken with the dude he has been nothing a stand up guy. Sheriff is another speaker I remember very well- a speaker I hope to have at The 21 Convention in Sweden next summer if we end up doing it…which, is looking good to say the least =).

Braddock was also the same guy seen on The Tyra Banks show a few months back. Dude is rocking it!

Ok enough talk, if you’re interested in attending for one reason or another (such as, you missed T21C 2009), you can find tickets and more information here. The price may be high, but it’s a solid event and I guarantee you will learn a ton.

As much as I would love to attend the event myself, that chance is slim. But, if it does come up, I will post about it here on TDL.

Btw, it just came to my attention that Future will be at the Super Conference (or, at least post event available for a seminar). This guy is a legend I unfortunately never had the chance to meet, but if he is there, he’d be the first person I introduce myself to.

The RSD World Summit from September 28th-October 4^th.

In the early summer of 2009 I had the chance to meet Nick Kho (“Papa” from the best selling book The Game) in Orlando. He was in town by random chance and a few mutual friends suggested we grab lunch.

Overall, a good dude. Nothing like the scheming psychopath Neil Strauss portrayed in The Game.

We got to speak about quite a few things, including Real Social Dynamics being present at The 21 Convention 2009. For those of you who attended, you know very well that that did turn out well.

Papa and I made an agreement- RSD has an instructor present, the only catch being we can’t film it due to legal issues.

It worked out really well, a bonus for live attendees not caught on camera, and RSD got their name out there that much more (as I’m sure a multi-million dollar company was just dying for press at my convention right? ha).

But regardless, RSD Instructor Nathan came out and did a great job. Now we just need that lunatic Tyler out here in 2010 =).

Regarding the summit, I was curious about it so I asked Nick a few questions one on one. From what I understand, they are bringing every single RSD employee to the event- on top of regular attendees.

How many people does RSD employ? From what Nick told me, well over 200.

Now, if that’s not enough people, also consider RSD has been around collecting e-mail addresses for who knows how many years. My guess would put their list at near, or over 100,000. Hell, as of writing this, their forum (at this very moment) has just under 5,000 people reading it.

5,000!

WTF

That’s nuts.

Considering this, and the fact that the event is a frikin week long…damn.

If I were the guy organizing that event, I would KMAG (kiss my ass goodbye). Seriously…that’s pure mayhem- in a mildly good way.

As for the price tag, it’s not cheap, but considering the fact that it’s a week long, it seems reasonable. Again, if you missed T21C 2009- or feel like attending another conference for the hell of it- this is DEFINTELY one you’ll want to check out.

Find out more at RealSocialDynamics.com or visit the summit page directly here.

Finally…The Social Man conference. This one I actually know little about- or if it’s even happening 100%, but I can tell you right now that if it does happen, I would recommend it above the rest.

I’ve only had the chance to hang out with Christian Hudson and Nick Sparks a short amount of time, but everything about them says MY HEAD IS SCREWED ON STRAIGHT- which is seemingly a harder and harder to find trait in the world.

As I’ve said before, these guys “get it”, and if they host a conference, you bet your ass I’ll be at it.

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Hope everyone is enjoying the footage, cheers

-Dream

Braddock is the lead instructor for Love Systems, and can be seen on the Tyra Banks Show here.  If you are interested in personal coaching from Braddock click here.

In this speech Braddock covers college game, and how to become the king of your college campus- including the who, what, how, when, and why specifics of the entire process.

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