Did Mark Manson distance himself from seduction?

WIA20XX · 2019-06-13T18:02:26+00:00

Austin rich kid that did too many drugs, fails at mystery method, loses best friend. Moves to Thailand, has all sorts of success as a Westerner in Southeast Asia. Writes models based on that experience. He launches "post masculine".

Hooks up with Dan and Dave of The Tropical MBA and pivots his "brand" away from dating. Like RSD now, he realizes the self development market is way bigger than pickup. At some point be strikes gold with the Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. (Which you can find in airports all over the globe next to 48 Laws) He leaves the hedonism of Southeast Asia at some point, and the pickup phase is over.

He hasn't disavowed his pickup days, but he no longer pushes it.

His version is here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/seduction/comments/12rn3g/i_am_mark_manson_former_pua_coach_self/

warm_theory · 2019-06-13T19:53:21+00:00

There's only so much you can talk about in pick-up. There's theory, there's technique and everything is basically out there by now, recycled a thousand times. It's a dead and oversaturated market, that's why coaches/companies shift their business elsewhere.

Tangomajor · 2019-06-14T02:15:23+00:00

Did Mark Manson distance himself from seduction?

Yes he did. In a podcast interview with Jordan Harbinger, he specifically said that although the ideas might have been cool, he didn't like the pickup community and spirit in general. He says that Models was his sort of "Goodbye" to the pickup world that (paraphrased) tells us how to do all the stuff PUAs want to do but in a less scummy, more honest way.

His second book (which I haven't read) ...

It's exactly what the title says. Don't give a fuck about things that don't matter - and you do this by ONLY giving a fuck about what matters the most to you.

His third book

It's in the title. Everyone knows life can be shitty and global warming is happening and the world is going to end and blah, blah blah. There's still hope. His third book is a book about hope.

CharmingPsychopathX · 2019-06-14T09:56:18+00:00

So Models is one of the most recommended books here (rightly so imo).

And in my opinion, it's a really bad book, which is popular due to unfortunate reasons - because the level of PU community is (and always was) bad.

imageall · 2019-06-13T17:29:12+00:00

I haven't read any of his books, but how much can he really write about the subject after authoring the Bible on the topic? Humans don't change that much, what's new this year about seduction that last year's edition didn't cover?

PuroPincheGains · 2019-06-14T02:08:15+00:00

He's been successful with two books. There's not much more to say.

Title	Did Mark Manson distance himself from seduction?
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Date	June 13, 2019 5:04 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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