Summary: Keep them wanting more.

Body: I was talking with one of my friends about women, and he asked me what guys mean when they say not to give girls too much attention. From this spawned "The Video Game Parable". I'm sure this can be spun a thousand different ways, but it's 2016 and a lot of us were beta gamer losers before, so I used video games.

Say you're looking to buy a video game, and you're down to 2 options.

Video game A tells you everything you need to know, and don't need to know. It tells you how the game will go. It tells you what you should do and shouldn't do. It even tells you the cheat codes so you won't have to dig for it. Though it may still sound fun, the actual thrill of the video game comes from playing it out yourself, not having it laid out for you.

Video Game B has a very well designed cover. A lot of time has been put into it. But it doesn't give away much else. There's a brief manual, but that's it. In order to find out the rest, you'll actually have to play it. You've heard it's a fun game, however. It catches the eye, and leaves you wanting more. The game developers don't care where you specifically buy it or not, because surely someone else will.

Which game would you rather buy? Chances are you and most people would buy Video Game B, because what you enjoy is the rush and the adventure of finding out what the game is about. You might even play it more than once, because each time you'll find something new you didn't know.

I hope you understand this metaphor. When you lay out everything and anything about you, there's no more thrill, no more excitement in the chase. But if you present that attractive exterior, and leave the rest for others to pursue, that's when you truly enter the game.