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I will write more about this soon in another post, but now I want to cover the 2nd season premiere of VH1’s The Pick Up Artist.
Last time there was a gathering at Neil’s house this big, it was for the season one finale / birthday party for Mystery. Now a year later we are all back for the first episode. Nine lucky men are getting the chance of a life to get personally coached by two of the foremost experts on the art of seduction, Mystery and Matador. JDog isn’t back this season, in his place helping give a woman’s perspective is Tara also from season 1.
“Meeting Mystery was almost like love at first sight…this guy is smoking balls tonight!”-Brian from Season 2
After introductions the show quickly segues into everyone at a local Scottsdale hotspot and we get to see first hand how guys with out training try to approach women. For me, this is some of the most valuable footage of the show. For some these openers may work, if you convey tons of instant value, but for most of us asking a girl what she is drinking or talking about how hot the city is doesn’t work. You also get to see some common mistakes guys make instantly.
“Can I ask you a question?” Don’t ask this, she can respond with a “no,” then where do you go?
“Hi, my name is ….” or “I’m Todd by the way” Don’t offer your name is she doesn’t ask. If she doesn’t ask, she doesn’t care. If you ask for her’s, and then she asks what your name is, that is an “IOI” Indicator of Interest, and is a good sign. Along the same path don’t volunteer information about yourself like what you do for work, or what kind of car you drive. That is bragging and try hard, and then you instantly lose what value any of those things have.
Later in the show when it’s time to get the makeovers, you can see how hard it is for guys to shop when they are clueless. Wandering around aimlessly, just grabbing things hoping they will look cool, but that can be hard to do when you don’t even know what cool is! What you should be doing is just asking for help, from the staff, girls you know, girls you meet in the store, someone. Then slowly keep adding new cool things to your wardrobe so it is always evolving and improving. Try things that are out of your comfort zone and see how they work, my rule is if females give you positive feedback you are on to something.
Kevin mentions that his mom has been cutting his hair for all of his life. This is really BAD! Unless mom works at Vidal Sassoon, leave the haircutting to a pro. Hair along with the rest of your body is one thing that doesn’t change night to night like your shirt or shoes. So skip the pizza one night and spend the extra money on getting a good haircut, you can always go back to your old barber after and see if they can recreate it on the cheap.
After the make overs you can see the huge impact it has, and you can see the confidence building up inside of them. To jump start your game, this is one of the best things you can do. When you feel like a new man, you can begin to act like one.
Alex gets the boot, Mystery says for not stepping up to the plate enough. It’s one thing to say you want to change and another to do everything in your power to accomplish that goal. Luckily at the after party Joe D. said he would help out his fellow big man as much as he could on the house!
Looks like they kicked this season up a notch, and after speaking to Matador the amount of training they received this season dwarfs what season 1 guys got.
I actually had to watch the episode again to break things down, Neil’s house was so packed that even on his big screen and kickass sound system I had trouble hearing everything.



Evolve watching the show

Kevin Feng and I

Topher and I hanging with Brian, Kevin, and Greg

Season 1 and 2 alum together


Joe D doing his thing

Mystery (he looks taller on TV)

Greg demo’ing what he learned on the show.

Too much testosterone for one picture

Mystery and Sin (from The Game)
