Has anyone read Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and how relevant would you say it is to dating? I am finding I am implementing a few of his tactics when interacting with women on social media. This is not to be an a$$hole, but to create mystery and healthy unpredictability. Thanks!

In today’s world, a lot of men are chasing the wrong metric. They want to be called “high value,” but value by itself is abstract. It’s internal. It’s what you are on paper or in isolation. Demand, on the other hand, is external. It’s what happens when the market actually responds to you. A man can be high value and still largely ignored if he places himself in the wrong environment or never becomes visible. The world does not reward potential it responds to presence. A high-value man focuses on self-improvement alone: skills, income, discipline, physique. A high-demand man understands something deeper that value only matters when it is expressed in a market that can recognize it. Demand is created when scarcity, visibility, and selection pressure intersect. That’s why some men keep improving themselves endlessly yet feel invisible, while others with similar traits seem effortlessly chosen. The difference is not worth its placement. This is the critical distinction most men miss. You don’t just want to be valuable; you want to be wanted. Wanted means your time is scarce, your presence is felt, and your absence is noticed. Wanted means opportunities, invitations, and attraction come toward you instead of being chased. That doesn’t happen through isolation or theory it happens through consistent exposure in the right arenas, where comparison and choice actually exist. In this life, all that we are and all that we are not is shaped by the prices we’re willing to pay. Becoming high value has a cost. Becoming high demand has an additional one: putting yourself where you can be evaluated, seen, and selected. Physique, finances, business, social circles, relationships none of it is free. Even awareness has a cost: attention, humility, and time. Keep striving, gentlemen. Not for the label, but for the position. Imperfect progress beats perfect stagnation every time.

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This video describes something I do in business that every time I ignored this I got burnt… Manufacturing opportunities for someone to screw you over. I give half the sauce for designs to a manufacturer and if they don’t steal my designs after 6 months I choose them. If they steal them they don’t have the real value of the full complete designs and no one to sell it to (china doesn’t respect patent laws but some companies respect people they see value in being able to move product)… But what are ways you can do this with women? What are your thots on this?

I've had this book recommended to me several times and finally grabbed it on Audible. This is a must listen. I think I'm 30 minutes into in and it might become the most valuable book that I have ever read/listened to