Be a confident, interesting guy, talk to women, and don't be needy

That sums up what I've taken from this subreddit so far. There's a bit more to it, and more advanced stuff you can learn once you get the basics down. But I'm still working on the basics, and many of you are too.

Most guys need work on at least one of these. I need to work on number 3. Let's go over what each of these mean.

Confident: You trust that what you do is good. You have good defaults. You're prepared to change your mind, and you'll give proper consideration to big decisions. But for small, day-to-day affairs, you have a good way of doing things AND YOU KNOW IT.

Interesting guy: Find stuff you like, and do it. Satisfy your own interests, and you'll be interesting to others as a side-effect.

Don't aim to please others. You can never please everyone, but if you aim to please others you'll please almost no one.

Instead, just be passionate about what you do enjoy. Passion is infectious. We can't help but like people who are passionate, even if we're normally bored to tears by what we're passionate about.

Talk to women: Attraction really is a numbers game. Based on all of the other factors, you'll be attractive to X% of women.

A loser who talks to five attractive women every day will do better than an awesome guy who talks to one new woman a week.

You can talk to women everywhere, doesn't have to be at a club. Make conversation in cafes, on the street, at the grocery store, everywhere. You can practice by starting conversations with strangers to get the hang of it. Talk to everyone.

Don't be needy: Sure, you may want a girl. But never, ever need her. Especially not early on, when you haven't invested much in her.

I mean, you just met her. Why do you need her that badly? It strikes her as unusual, and it repels her. If you're so great, why aren't there other girls you can go after if she rejects you.

Don't treat her like something valuable that you have to have. That's the surest way of not getting her.

Conclusion

These are all simple concepts. But they're very, very important. Ask yourself where you're weakest, and work on improving it.

There's no sense in asking how to send optimized text messages if you're not approaching women, or if you're so unconfident that you can't attract them when you see them in person.