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YEAR 3: THE IRONWILL PROJECT: MONEY, MUSCLES, MINDSET - FROM NOTHING TO SOMETHING, MY RELENTLESS JOURNEY

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MakingAComeback said:
this city was the STI capital of the UK for many years!
Thats hype! Gotta have sex to contract STI's so there are women somewhere lol

MakingAComeback said:
I am simply at a total loss as to how I am supposed to make this situation work for day time approach, I don't know what to do. I am moving to London in Oct. I will keep trying with OLD, and will keep going to clubs.
Well Idk if u can change your work hours, but approaching earlier then 730pm is what might make a difference.

Just gotta bide ur time and get the fuck out. Really think hard about where u wanna position yourself. Location/logistics are extremely important for having success with approach. High volume area that is also within range of places for insta dates. As well as close to home for a quick pull.
 
SamJ_ said:
MakingAComeback said:
Cold Approach: Was out for an hour, the earliest I could go was 730pm. It was hammering with rain and not a single girl was out.

Back tomorrow.

MAC

Yeah I've had that happen. Are there any college campuses/malls where you live?

Yes sir, there are malls! No college campuses tho. The malls also are very shit, as in, they're basically just a big ass Tesco LOL.

Toast said:
MakingAComeback said:
this city was the STI capital of the UK for many years!
Thats hype! Gotta have sex to contract STI's so there are women somewhere lol

MakingAComeback said:
I am simply at a total loss as to how I am supposed to make this situation work for day time approach, I don't know what to do. I am moving to London in Oct. I will keep trying with OLD, and will keep going to clubs.
Well Idk if u can change your work hours, but approaching earlier then 730pm is what might make a difference.

Just gotta bide ur time and get the fuck out. Really think hard about where u wanna position yourself. Location/logistics are extremely important for having success with approach. High volume area that is also within range of places for insta dates. As well as close to home for a quick pull.

Hahaha, true true, somebody has to be fucking for all those STIs to be here.

I will make it work man.

Had a big realisation today when I was in the gym, I kind of realised the negative thought process that runs sometimes, and I know I need to kill it. It really has become apparent.

Keep attacking,
MAC
 
Got there, got my camera out, and realised I left my memory card in my laptop. Absolutely fucking cucked. However, I shot it on my iPhone.

Bleh.

Off to London.

https://youtu.be/X-WRzfbc-jE

Keep working,
MAC
 
MakingAComeback said:
Got there, got my camera out, and realised I left my memory card in my laptop. Absolutely fucking cucked. However, I shot it on my iPhone.

Bleh.

Off to London.

https://youtu.be/X-WRzfbc-jE

Keep working,
MAC

Luckily iphones today are better than 70s motion picture film equipment! Which iphone is it?
 
Thebastard said:
MakingAComeback said:
Got there, got my camera out, and realised I left my memory card in my laptop. Absolutely fucking cucked. However, I shot it on my iPhone.

Bleh.

Off to London.

https://youtu.be/X-WRzfbc-jE

Keep working,
MAC

Luckily iphones today are better than 70s motion picture film equipment! Which iphone is it?

Tell me about it, just wish they would up their audio game while they were at it lol. Its the XR big man.

MAC
 
SUP GENTLEMEN!

In London, got in at like 4am last night, feeling good, still did my morning practices of sungazing and earthing, walking around a park in bare feet for 30 mins lol. It was early but also no one cared. I am meeting a guy at 12pm to do some approaches with him!

So, last night was solid. Met @TimmyTurner, who is a great dude, Londoner by roots Columbian by heart as I would go on to find. We met at around 830pm and got to work right away.

Venue #1

1. Talk to two girls at the bar, one is super nice, one is just very uncomfortable lol. I move on (2)
2. Same as above, talked to 2 chicks sat at a table, and we end up having a great time. We chat, and then Timmy and I take them on a speed date! We are with the girls for 5 mins, and then swap, and we quiz them, tell them about ourselves, it was very fun and they had a good time also. They had to leave but we all had fun. (4)
4. Approaches 4 more women, outside at bar, bantered back and forth and had a good laugh – they were bantering with me about my sales skills and it was great. Some guys were watching, we talked to them after, and they said some great stuff about my pitching skills LOL They said, mate we were watching your approach there and it was absolutely solid, but for you to develop your sales skills, you need to learn to listen. He dropped a pearl of wisdom, dude was cool. (8)

Venue #2
5. Just approach a girl, go for a high five, shes unreceptive (9)
6. Smoking area, talk to a lady for a while, ask if she’s single, ask for her number, she was chatting and was nice, but she said sorry no. I was cool with it but def felt a bit weird because we were having a good convo. (10)
7. Talked to 2 girls sat at a table, Timmy talked to one I talked to the other. We had a decent chat, she was not really receptive, but I asked for her no and she gave it to me! I was happy after the low of 5 mins before. However, the chick was making out with a different dude every time we saw her on the dancefloor so I just deleted her no lol. (11)
8. Opened three girls, on the dance floor, unreceptive (12)
11. Just complimented a nice girl on her hat, she was cool, but I think she was gay she was with another lady and they were dancing quite intimate (13)
12. Approached a group of really pretty girls, saw a really gorgeous Indian girl, approached her: “Hey, how are you, nice to meet you I’m MAC”, she got MAD! “WE’RE HAVING A GIRLS NIGHT!”, I didn’t flinch at all, with age comes confidence, I just said “Oh OK, cool, enjoy!” and then she like instantly calmed down. She then said “You can’t talk to me, but you can talk to this beautiful lady” and pointed to her friend, who was looking quite nervous, but to be honest this Indian girl was so pretty I just wanted to talk to her. So, I tried introducing myself again, and this time she was a clear that she didn’t want to talk, so I wished her a good night and she said the same to me. (14)
13. Approached another, just for fun, she was nice. (15)
14. Approach 2 pretty girls from Glasgow, they’re nice, chatting, and I choose one to go for – we chat for a while, she tells me she is gay, and with her girlfriend, we chat more and I tell her have a great night. (16)
15. Approach some girls in the smoking area, chat briefly (17)
16. Approach another girl in the smoking area, then talk to some guys for a while (18)
17. High five a chick (17)
18. Smoking area, talked to 2 absolutely stunning women from Ireland, one tried to recruit me as a Project Manager, she is a recruiter and was interested in seeing if she could get me into Pharma or Tech as a PM. I laughed it off, but she did say from my presence and comms style it was very clear I am a PM LOL. They were awesome and also very stunning women. (18)
19. Approached a nice Indian girl, put my hand out for her to grab, she smiled and walked off (19)
20. Same thing again, ballsy approach, I made her shake my hand, her friend cock blocked lol (20)
21. Approached a few in the smoking area was fun (21)
22. Approached a girl from earlier, basically she was nice but then went to the bar. She was so gorgeous, she had the prettiest face, just the sort of structure of it lol. So, I asked for her number and she gave it to me. However she didn’t put her last name in, and it shows up as not being in WhatsApp - fake number I think lol. Still texted her because she was so pretty, but yeah won’t expect a response

VENUE #3

We leave at 2am. We went to a Reggeaton night, which was PACKED, 3 floors of madness, and, basically Timmy resurrected himself the second he heard the beats and just became a beacon of energy. I worked hard approaching all the night before and at this stage just got tired and leave at 330am.

I don’t actually like venues like this, where there are so many people, so close to each other, it’s like a rave – I hate approaching there as you can’t talk at all. I got tired and left at 330 like I said.

Got home at about 420/430am. Hit the pillow knowing I did my best and wow I socialised and talked to soooo many people and we had fun.

Now, just hanging out, will go do some daytime approaches and see how that goes…..

I woke up feeling a little negative, thinking, fuck man the ladies were not really feeling me in truth. I HAVE to lose my weight because right now, they are not attracted to me and I am not passing the looks threshold. Then, I caught myself, and am seriously focused on stopping any negativity. I said to myself, dude you worked your ass off and approached all night, you are not allowed to feel bad about yourself. Just keep grinding. The future WILL be amazing. I was laying in bed watching the ceiling fan, listening to some cool music thinking, my god wouldn’t it be soo good to have a nice lady laying in bed with me listening to this, with her head on my chest, I would love that. The truth is, that can happen for me, but as Andy tends to say to me, I WILL HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Keep hammering,
MAC
 
SUNDAY

Hit the streets with a great dude I met off a WhatsApp group, he hit me up, and I said I'd be down to approach today - so we met at 12pm, and the next 4 hours were really interesting, we approached some beautiful women, which are abundant in London to say the least, and just had a lot of great conversation about topics as diverse as morphic resonance, holotrophic breathwork, lots and lots of talk on approaching and just masculinity. We are both searching for deep rooted unshakeable confidence, and approach will be the crucible.

We are still learning, he's new too, but we're both dead ass serious - I did 6 approaches, think he did 8. I got 0 numbers, but I just enjoyed talking to these girls, no matter how brief it was. I found many of them very pretty. There were three approaches that gave me a surge of confidence, which was awesome, and the girls reacted in a pleasant and quite cute way when I told them they're attractive. The rejections are also where some good growth comes.

I will update my number tracker, and separate day and night approaches.

Keep hammering,
MAC
 
Rock solid man.

What is super positive is the super positive reactions you are getting. That in itself can be a high. And it is important to drive you forward. The small victories are what will stop you losing your footing and slipping down the mountain.

And it was good that those guys gave you some advice after seeing your approach. Listening more is never a bad thing. It can be tricky when you approach though because it is expected that you do most of the talking in order so that the interaction doesn't end prematurely. Some PUAs talk about this being the 'hook' in the conversation when the girl asks YOU a question - this indicates she is interested in knowing more about you and now that she is at least somewhat invested, you can move things forward by having her invest MORE - in other words having her talk about herself so you can listen and build a connection. Does that make sense?
 
Thebastard said:
Rock solid man.

What is super positive is the super positive reactions you are getting. That in itself can be a high. And it is important to drive you forward. The small victories are what will stop you losing your footing and slipping down the mountain.

And it was good that those guys gave you some advice after seeing your approach. Listening more is never a bad thing. It can be tricky when you approach though because it is expected that you do most of the talking in order so that the interaction doesn't end prematurely. Some PUAs talk about this being the 'hook' in the conversation when the girl asks YOU a question - this indicates she is interested in knowing more about you and now that she is at least somewhat invested, you can move things forward by having her invest MORE - in other words having her talk about herself so you can listen and build a connection. Does that make sense?

Great points as always bro, and I understand what you mean here, it's actually a fantastic point, and now you mention it, there were times where girls were asking me further questions - well, the girl who was a recruiter, I guess she wanted to 'place' me as her job is to get experienced project managers into pharma and big tech, lol, so yeah let's scratch that one, but the general principle is something I can grasp.

SO I got back home from London, now to get my head back to the grind.

Keep hammering,
MAC
 
So you gonna follow up on the possible PM job? Not in line with the career path you are currently plotting, based on what you've written. But I'd say, why turn down an opportunity handed to you on a silver platter?
 
Nope. I have worked as a PM for a while, and need to get out. I have turned down another job this month. You won't get wealthy working a job like this. You need multiple streams of income, something doing long and stressful PM hours doesn't tend to be conducive with. ;-)

Big picture long term thinking can require uncomfortable short term sacrifices.

MAC
 
TUE 24/08/21

ACTION POINTS

-Gym (DONE)
-Core (DONE)
-Cold Approach
-Cold Thermogenesis
-Digital Marketing (3hrs)
-Consult Call
-Video Work
-Reading

Note: I will be doing the weekly private coaching call for the first time in 2 months. Frankly, I need to check-in and get some perspective. I am sometimes a bit freaked out by my situation. I have been sending 300 messages on Hinge a day, swiping 100 profiles on Tinder and Bumble, running boosts daily, and of course cold approaching. Literally nothing has happened. I know it's going to be like this for the first year, but I have a pretty unsteady foundation and it can be hard to stay positive in relation to forming bonds with women, as this has been elusive in an almost hilarious way for 3 decades now. I will ask Andy a few questions, because I need to figure out how to make even just a fraction of progress.

Keep hammering,
MAC
 
At least you recognise its normal during the first year. This is the 'don't give up' no matter how shitty it gets phase. Keep making that 0.1% improvement daily and it will accumulate and pay dividends. Just don't give up for any reason.
 
It did help to realise that. I kind of now understand, I may not get any girls in my life for another year :-( But after that, things may get better.

Cold Approach (DONE: Out for 30 mins, that's all I had - 1 approach, she ignored)

MAC
 
TUE 24/08/21

ACTION POINTS

-Gym (DONE)
-Core (DONE)
-Cold Approach (DONE)
-Cold Thermogenesis (DONE)
-Digital Marketing (3hrs) (FAILED)
-Consult Call (DONE)
-Video Work (FAILED)
-Reading (FAILED)

Day was OK, had more work to do than expected, so other tasks were failed today! Had a great consult call with a brilliant guy, and man, I am now going to bed and getting some sleep. I am going to keep working on my head, and really am going to have to get deep into some very positive, maybe quite cringey shit, because I just need to wire my brain to be more positive. I can't keep feeling defeated when I don't achieve the feelings and connection I crave in life. I just need to get my mind right. I will do the work to be better.

I have a plan. It will begin tomorrow. The headgame will be won.

Keep hammering,
MAC
 
Thanks man.

WED 25/08/21

ACTION POINTS

-Core (DONE)
-Digital Marketing (3hrs)
-Cold Approach
-Cold Thermogenesis
-Therapy Session
-Video Work
-Read

Lets goooo!

Note: I have done several hours of headwork today, listening to some audiobooks, will rewire the habit of going into some mind files and feeling bad about them. They were learning experiences so I don't have to live that my whole life.

Will check in before bed.

Keep hammering,
MAC
 
Cold approach: Out for an hour, saw 1 girl, small Asian girl who was crossing the road, it was a difficult one, she was heading the other way. Then, at the end of the session, saw a group of 3, thought fuck it let's have a go, but I got thrown off when one of them appeared to have facial lessions, I think these 3 women may have had drug problems - perhaps they were attending a group or something. Bless them, nothing but respect for other humans in this world, but I didn't approach....

WIll be out again Thurs and Fri, incl. Friday night, Saturday night also, and Sunday will get the train to London and do some work there.

MAC
 
Duuuuuude,

Yesterday I read your entire log. My man you are a certified BEAST! Be proud Mac be PROUD!
The work ethic you have is just INSANE.

And having been through all that shit, and still have this outlook on life. My friend, I applaud you!
Good sir, you have nothing but my utmost RESPECT!

Keep on keeping on my friend. Once the ball gets rolling for you, you will be an UNSTOPPABLE force of nature. Mind my words.
I want to be on the first row to see it happen.
Better start making some popcorn then ;)

Love,

Jeroen
 
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