So I stumbled upon this community recently and have been reading a couple of the threads and there's a ton of stuff in here that's incredibly useful to my everyday life when it comes to interactions with women. I've been single for about a year after the ending of a LTR with a couple flings in between but nothing significant - my confidence has been shot as a result of the ending of this relationship but things are starting to get back on track, and I've been living better than I've ever been.

Most days I feel absolutely great about myself - I'm in a killer professional program in school, I'm the CEO of a startup working with an incredibly passionate team and when it comes to speaking to the press or navigating through business-oriented waters, I feel fucking fantastic, even if I have no idea what I'm doing (I often times don't) because it serves as a great learning experience.

But when it comes to women, I feel as though my height puts me at a natural disadvantage in many respects. I'm very charismatic and above average attractive but I know that women often times immediately discount me because of my stature (5'5 ish). I've seen it happen almost immediately as well - tinder dates being taken aback by it, that kind of thing.

I'm trying to push myself out into the dating world, but as a shorter guy it feels like I have to walk against the current sometimes. What can I be doing better to improve? I'm tired of looking at this whole thing as a numbers game - hoping I hit something like a shotgun.