But I didn't hate it. In fact, it's the most useful dating book I've read so far, and even though Neil Strauss' audience is largely guys, I think that women can learn a lot from Rules of the Game
Why don't people meet anyone? Because, unless they're tucked away in a hermitage, it's because people don't talk to people. Next time you're walking down a crowded city street, or in a coffee shop, or on a bus or train, look at how many people are talking to each other. Not many. We create force fields around ourselves with our books, our iPods, even game systems so that people won't talk to us.
Strauss sees it as his life mission to help guys break through that force field.
This is not Strauss' first foray into the dating world. He instructed guys-not-in-the-know on how to get women on VH1's The Pick Up Artist, and his previous book, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Even though I'm not sure I like the end goal of these books -- get laid as opposed to maybe meet a girlfriend -- the basics laid out therein can get you started toward either goal.
Rules of the Game
Most people who say self help books worked for them give the "it gave me a plan of action" reason as to why. That's the strength of Rules of the Game
I haven't read the second volume, but any guy who's going into this whole pick up thing with the "get laid" goal might want to. It shows how sleeping with beautiful women all the time is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be (something Strauss realizes while in the elevator with a meth-skinny, fake boob-buxom beauty and realized he wanted to nail the 60 year old woman who lived in his building -- I did read part of it).
So, in the end, I didn't hate it. I'm going to recommend it to someone, too. But as for Strauss' advice to get some jewelry for yourself? To that I give a big, fat thumbs down (sorry Neil).
Fun fact: Strauss is also co-author of Jenna' Jameson's How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
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