Ghost

Congrats. Is there a minimum investment?

Even if the book is pure fiction, it does have some concepts that can be applied. Speaking from experience.

I don't think the concepts are outdated. women may know about them. but they still are at a loss to combat them. that's because the concepts are rooted in evolutionary biology --- Selfish Gene stuff. you can boil it down to this: attraction is NOT a choice. that's why women, as much as they know it's wrong for them, are attracted to narcissists and jerks, and not to nice guys. it's why men are attracted to floozy gold diggers with expensive boobs, and not the girl next door with coke bottle glasses (who just might be smart AND hot). it's biology. Ever wonder why sociopaths can get girls without even trying? because they just don't give a schit about rejection. works in sales too. Yeah it does appear woman go for jerks and narcissists, but what these guys have in abundance is confidence. You take a guy who is confident on a date or one who is awkward and doesn’t know what to say, who do you think women will be attracted to? I do not agree with the floozy gold diggers with big boobs, the guys that are attracted to that are just idiots.

So like the author did you spend "two years bedding some fine chiquitas and studying with some of the North America's most suave gents"? A true gentleman doesn’t tell, but I am not a gentleman so yeah I had my share. Not so attractive at the start, but got better as time went on ;-) But I was looking for a partner, but I can’t deny the side benefits were nice.

Personally, I have found it amusing and informative. Also in the end the author finds true love and acknowledges how much more fulfilling a life with the person you truly love is than a life of continual dating without a true and deep emotional commitment. The only thing I hope is the same might be true for Ghost: now he is happily married, I hope that these are the days! ;) Gio Gio, You are correct I am happily married with kids. The Game gave me the knowledge and confidence of what to do, say and prepare on a date. That is what is important on a date, confidence. And how do you get confidence, practice. Let’s face it the first 3 dates for a guy is basically a performance. Only after you get past the part where she doesn't think you are a psycho do you finally get to know the person. I don’t believe that my wife would have given me a second date if I didn't have the confidence from all the other ones. I would have likely been awkward on the first date and would have missed out all the memories I have from getting to date number 2

In discussion with friends about the Game some have very strong feelings as you likely do. It is like alcohol, some % of the population will abuse the knowledge. But simply ignoring the information that is out there is much like pretending the concepts of value investing do not exist. I.e. ignore it at your own peril. The information in the book needs to be taken in context; I view it for the introverted. If an individual is terrible at dating or simply doesn’t date this book can help.

[amazonsearch]The Game - Neil Strauss[/amazonsearch] The book has absolutely nothing to do with investing, and the book is 10 years old. It is a book about landing a date and getting woman. The techniques in this book are outdated, and many single women today know all about the book. But the overall concepts I believe are still useful. It helped me go in my late 20’s from 0 dates in 1.5 years, to 3 dates a week each with a different woman. Oh those were the days.

Thanks premfan for the response. So by your replies you wouldn't bother with local organizations? I have to disagree with the formula for dating women. Shotgun approach worked better, (date as many as possible) then filter (based on attractiveness). Plus its more fun. And speaking of dating, see my book recommendation (give me 5 to post)

Reread this book recently. Great book. Fantastic weapon against high pressure sales tactics.

Thanks for the pdf link, good read

Suppose you had a long term goal of buying a business in the next 5 years. Which social networks in your local community would you want to participate in to have an informational advantage for when a business might come up for sale? For example the local chamber of commerce.

Interesting thread. The thing with being a franchisee, is you have to plan to own several. Friends of the family have done extremely well owning many Deny's Franchise.

Great Game.

Parsad, So did you fund your living expenses from your own personal savings?

DTEJD1997 move on to the next fish. Money/Finances is the number 2 reason for divorce, so yes earning power and debt make a big difference.

I didn't take that post very seriously.

Has anybody figured out this riddle yet?

many thanks.

Hi everyone, I was reading an article on Mohnish Pabrai on Guru Focus, dated June 26 2013. Any ideas how did the author find out what Mohnish bought on June 21. Many thanks for any ideas. The article in question http://www.gurufocus.com/news/222451/mohnish-pabrais-increase-in-zinc-producing-horsehead-holdings-

http://www.scribd.com/doc/136743047/2013-Fairfax-Annual-Meeting-Notes

Savjveev, fantastic board, keep up the great work

Thanks twacowfca for the response to my question. Is there any resource I can read to learn how the models are constructed? Rumour has it WB insured Mike Tyson for a two year life insurance policy. Any idea how they would have modeled this, think they simply used actuary mortality tables? Source http://www.buffettfaq.com/

picked up some shares below 345, less than what Brian paid (348) Nice xmas gift.

Greetings everyone. Love the concept of this thread and I would love to learn more about insurance. Would anyone be able to explain or point me to a resource on how insurers model and price super cat insurance?

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