Some people doubt that the author of G Manifesto is the real deal, because he does impossible things like put on a tie. Me, I’m a believer.
But what’s the broke and (hopefully) young international playboy to do? Can a college student borrow from the G’s philosophy, and make it his own? Yes he can. It’s 100% possible to run G Manifesto Game On A Neil Skywalker Budget. All you have to do is follow these three steps:
1. Be The Best Dressed Man In Whatever Room You’re In
James Bond wears $10,000 suits that have been tailored for him by the best that Savile Row has to offer. A sophomore whose dad is a plumber doesn’t have that kind of cash to play with.
But here’s the thing: if you can’t afford a high-quality suit, you’re probably not hanging out with people who can recognize one.
If you’re just a broke kid, grab something off the rack for a few hundred bucks and look better than all your buddies in their jeans and button-ups. Once you have a career and start making a bit of money, you can upgrade to some decent retail brands. A nice collection of well-tailored Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, and Zara joints, combined with some stylish shirts, ties, squares and other accessories, will put you a cut above the majority of your peers.
Once you’ve been working a few years, you can get good-quality bespoke work done in HK and Bangkok for under $1000/suit.
By the time you hit your mid-thirties, hopefully you’re making enough that a few suits costing in the mid-four figures, and a lineup of shirts and accesories to match, is completely realistic. But until then, just go with whatever you can afford, and you’ll still reap 95% of the benefits of actually dressing like an extra from Ocean’s 11.
2. Choose Your Venues
There are two questions you need to ask yourself before you plan your night. The first is: Would James Bond dig this place?
More generally, take a minute to visualize the sort of man you want to be. Now start going to venues that are congruent with that man. 90% of people go to the same dingy college bars that appeal to the fat middle of America’s bell curve of class. On a long enough time scale, every man is the company he keeps.
Question number two: Is this the sort of place a hot girl would like?
Girls like places with expensive drinks and steep cover, because they fill the venue with guys with money. Would it be cool if girls were smart enough to see the appeal of dollar drink night with an awesome Dropkick Murphy’s cover band? Yes, yes it would. But they are not. If The Hunt is your priority, spend your nights in the kind of high-end places favoured by women looking for high-quality men. Spending twenty bucks at the start of the night to triple your chances of a solid lay is money well spent.
3. Act The Part
When uncertainty strikes, ask yourself: how would John Dillinger handle this situation? What would Frank Sinatra say to that pretty girl over there? How would George Clooney talk his way to the front of this line? Take your answer and run with it. The biggest obstacle between who you are right now, and the man you want to be, is your inability to give yourself permission to be the alpha male. Role-playing in the skin of your role models is an effective means of by-passing whatever beta tendencies you have.
Suiting up and rolling to higher end venues is not just practically advantageous, it makes this sort of role-playing easier to pull off. Why? Because your style and environment will be congruent with the attitude you’re shooting for. Dress up and play-act as the man you aspire to be, and soon enough you’ll trick your brain into giving you permission to access a more confident, more attractive version of yourself.
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I thought this would get 100 comments easy.
It is shitty writing to be honest.
You still trolling here, pansy?
The most useful threads on ur blog have the least comments. It’s weird.
Hah. I thought so too. Maybe the majority of RoK readers don’t get the Neil/G reference? That’s a good sign for the site’s reach. Or maybe as Rakishness says, the post is just so awesome it is impervious to criticism.
when I email my 20 friends my posts, nobody has heard of “mansophere”…This would get 7 pages of comments on the forum
Maybe it’s due to the migration to Discus comments and not everyone has signed up yet or wants to?
You can post without an account. You just need to put in an email.
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Is it just me or is mid 4 figures a lot for a suit..
I thought this place was about minimalism in life or something
Minimalism is about not buying the newest 48″ OLED super-duper Internet-connected toaster wine-opener combo.
But two or three good suits: a) don’t take up much space b) contribute out-proportionately to pick-up quality of life and c) won’t have to be thrown out in two years.
If you’re making mid 6 figures or higher, a few grand on a nice suit doesn’t seem so crazy. But that’s just where we’d like to be in our thirties.
PREACH! mad knowledge in there.
The last line is gold,
“soon enough you’ll trick your brain into giving you permission to access a more confident, more attractive version of yourself.”
This is why a lot of guys get more girls while traveling than on home turf.
Abroad they think they’re the shit, they go to the high-end clubs and think it’s cheap, they think they’re more fashionable than the locals, etc.
you don’t go to the neighborhood bar in russia to drink with “the guys”, you go to the club with models, why not at home? mental block and logistics, that’s why you need to get that shit in order ASAP.
In short, better ratios, better quality, and better confidence = WIN
but, forget about buying a suit in Bangkok or HK, unless you want to look like a fucking Dork. Get it done in the US or UK/Europe. No one in the world says HKers or Thais Look FLY in suits.
Thanks. Check out Tyler Durden’s Blueprint DVD for more insight on confidence, and giving yourself permission to access better versions of yourself.
Some food for thought. However, in my experience high-end places are not usually overflowing with young hotties. High-end bars cater for people with money, and so they pitch at the 40 plus crowd. The vibe is chic but sedate and it’s more like cougar central. Even rich chicks slum it when they wanna kick back.
“More generally, take a minute to visualize the sort of man you want to
be. Now start going to venues that are congruent with that man. 90% of
people go to the same dingy college bars that appeal to the fat middle
of America’s bell curve of class. On a long enough time scale, every man
is the company he keeps.”
Great advice. I have friends who dress like slobs and tell me they want to bang the blonde haired blue eyed “LA” type of girl. I know a guy who’s really into hipster girls (don’t ask me why), but he won’t put in the effort to go to hipster shows or hipster coffee shops. I’m guilty of this too, but just knowing what kind of girl you want, where those girls hangout and what kind of guy they usually get with is half the battle.
I think wearing a suit is a bit much if you’re a broke student, people will see that you’re TRYING to pull something off you’d have to work harder to change their idea of you. Button shirt is fine though.
“Girls like places with expensive drinks and steep cover, because they fill the venue with guys with money. ” Not sure if this advice is solid, these places also bring the most shallow gold diggers, who are deeply unhappy with themselves, have spent hours in the gym only so that they can seek validation by some rich old dude. Also, once you pick a broad from a place like this she will expect the provider frame where you support her/this lifestyle. I would definitely go to high end places for a bang but not look for a gf.
I am in my mid 30s, I still wear off the rack suits from Macys. Girls cant really tell if it is a 250$ suit or $2500. As long as it fits and you have stylish shoes you are good to go
Now if you really want to pull some sluts you do the opposite. Run Skywalker game on a Gmanifesto budget.
Holy christ, you people have a major James Bond fanboy obsession.
I thought this piece was about how to kill it on a budget… but all your advice is “buy the most expensive suit you can afford and go to high end places with exorbitant covers and expensive drinks.” It’s not bad advice, just doesn’t at all fit with the title of the post…
And it IS bad advice for younger dudes. Guys in their 20s on a budget in cheap suits shouldn’t go to upscale martini bars where they cant compete with the guys in their 30s/40s wearing a 10k outfit who have no problem dropping another grand at the bar. Doesn’t this completely go against point #1: “Be the best dressed man in whatever room you’re in?” Not to mention any girl you meet there is going to expect you to keep balling and buying shit for them since A) that’s how you’re presenting yourself and B) that’s why they go to those venues in the first place.
Go to a popular dive bar (not college bar) in a well fitting jacket, well fitting jeans and nice shoes and then you will be the biggest baller in a room on a realistic budget. MUCH cheaper, plenty of hotties (if you live in an urban area, at least), and girls who won’t expect you to take them home in a Lexus. Don’t overextend yourself.