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220 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 13, 2014
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November 28, 2014
In this book David shares how and why his teenage years revolved about one thing: becoming a guy who is good with girls.
Why was this his goal? He started out as a shy and introverted boy. When his peers started dating girls, he felt left out. Searching for help he came across the pick-up community and became part of it. The next years were filled with self-help books, videos and seminars on the quest to become a man and become good with girls.
Lucky for him, he matured along the way and despite his immersion in the community, he became were critical of it. Lucky for us, he guides us through his journey and provides a very different view on the pick-up community.
When I read the Rite of Passage, I saw myself in David. I had similar experiences and reading about his experiences helped me understand my own better. And most important of all, this is an entertaining book with stories of the hilarious adventures he had in countries like Germany, Sweden, Japan, the U.S. and Australia.
Why was this his goal? He started out as a shy and introverted boy. When his peers started dating girls, he felt left out. Searching for help he came across the pick-up community and became part of it. The next years were filled with self-help books, videos and seminars on the quest to become a man and become good with girls.
Lucky for him, he matured along the way and despite his immersion in the community, he became were critical of it. Lucky for us, he guides us through his journey and provides a very different view on the pick-up community.
When I read the Rite of Passage, I saw myself in David. I had similar experiences and reading about his experiences helped me understand my own better. And most important of all, this is an entertaining book with stories of the hilarious adventures he had in countries like Germany, Sweden, Japan, the U.S. and Australia.
November 17, 2014
Being both a personal friend of David and a fellow survivor of the self-help craze that is called "Pick Up", I greatly enjoyed seeing how David descended into this community to come out scathed, but bettered. I could relate to his feelings of inner emptiness, of lack of purpose and self-esteem and his challenges along his way to accept himself.
His well-worded style of writing and openness about his personal feelings and thoughts made it an enjoyable read throughout and I would recommend it to anyone interested in personal development, traveling and the general wonders of life.
His well-worded style of writing and openness about his personal feelings and thoughts made it an enjoyable read throughout and I would recommend it to anyone interested in personal development, traveling and the general wonders of life.
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