by Aseem Gupta | Mar 6, 2022 | Book Summaries and Analysis
David DeAngelo’s On Being a Man occupies an unusual place in the history of modern dating advice. It originated as a 2004 live seminar and was subsequently issued as a seven-disc audio program, but its ambitions extend far beyond teaching men how to approach women or...
by Aseem Gupta | Feb 21, 2022 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Robert Glover’s Dating Essentials for Men: The Only Dating Guide You Will Ever Need looks at first like a conventional dating manual for heterosexual men: meet more women, become more confident, flirt better, go on more dates, and eventually find a compatible partner....
by Aseem Gupta | Feb 8, 2022 | Book Summaries and Analysis
The title No More Mr. Nice Guy! can make Robert A. Glover’s argument sound simpler and harsher than it really is. Glover is not telling men to stop being kind, generous, considerate, or emotionally available. His target is a particular way of being “nice” in which...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 26, 2022 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Martin Prescott’s Quit Porn and Get Rich: The Unspoken Rule of Successful People has a title that sounds as though it promises a wonderfully simple wealth formula: stop watching pornography and money will follow. The book itself makes a more complicated argument....
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 13, 2022 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Dan Bacon’s The Flow: The Easiest Way to Get Laid or Get a Girlfriend promises to turn dating from something uncertain and dependent on luck into a repeatable process. First released in 2005 as one of the foundational products of The Modern Man, the book belongs to...
by Aseem Gupta | Dec 31, 2021 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Kitty Flanagan’s More Rules for Life: A Special Volume for Enthusiasts begins with a premise that should, in theory, have been impossible. Her previous book had already offered hundreds of instructions for behaving correctly, yet ordinary life kept producing new...
