Work

Only after doing 500+ daygame sets, did I realize how badly I was weaseling in business. If I was as motivated in cold calling prospects as cold approaching students, I’d be set for life. In addition, after reading both Nick Krauser’s and John Bodi’s memoirs, did I realize how Gamma I was1 at work: God complex: everyone in this office is a retard except me. I work better alone (because I don’t want to face the reality that some colleagues are smarter and/or more skilled than me)....

How is this relevant to daygame? Because “safe,” meaningless, unrewarding work that only benefits the business owner fucks up my vibe. I’ve always worked in software and, more specifically, data. A fertile breeding ground for hopeless betas and scheming gammas. I always despised my colleagues working in IT: usually some scrawny Indian dude or an obese white dude that avoids eye contact as if it were a shower with soap....

I’ve always had an obsessive personality. Whether it was study, games or work, I always sacrificed all other parts of my life to excel at the object of my obsession at the time. Without a doubt, daygame is my current obsession: it’s by a far the activity I’ve spent the most time on this year, and have read the most about. Although the impact on my personal life was modest, the impact on my work has been substantial....