One of my favorite parts of a good book is the recommended reading series at the end. No man is an island and I like to trace the evolution of peoples ideas. When I read a good book or series and find value in it I know that the author didn’t come up with everything from simple trial and error but was smart and researched good resources to aid in his development and speed up his growth. Reading is fundamental to everything in life.
If there is one gurantee of success it is those who read a lot. Reading has brought me places that no amount of anything else ever good. Knowledge and power and reading gives you the knowledge of those who have lived entire lives of trial and error. To not make use of the vast resources around you is just foolish to not learn from the mistakes of others is also foolish. You have to read. So here I have provided some books that have helped me become the good bad boy that women crave and can do the same for you.
How To Be The Jerk Women Love by FJ Shark
I first heard about this book from reading a post by Chateau Heartiste. When I first looked at it I thought it looked a little old and outdated. Like a cheesy eighties pick up book but I was wrong How To Be The Jerk Women Love pleasantly surprised me and had lots of good content. Can’t say it’s a perfect book as there are some concepts I disagree with but overall definitely worth a read.
The biggest concept that I took away from the book was the relative value of women and how they perceive themselves and this golden quote “treat the premiums like discounts and the discounts like premiums” meaning treat hot girls like plain ones and plain ones like hot ones. That is the way to make an impact. FJ also covers not being the pursuer but rather being pursued. How to get women addicted to the emotions you make them feel and keep them addicted. As well as the importance of making yourself a challenge in addition to much more. A required reading for all future good bad boys.
The Way Of Men by Jack Donovan
Remember how being a good bad boy really comes down to being a man? Well this book is the owner’s manual for masculinity. I know that sounds a little cheesy but this book is the best book I have ever read on being a man. Jack manages to do what few other authors fail to do and divorce masculinity from his own personal feelings. Unlike many who wrote that being a man has to do with caring for other or protecting women or some other such nonsense. Jack rightly points out that being a man has nothing to do with morality.
Jack points of the difference between being a good man (as in “moral”) and being good at being a man (meaning masculine). Genghis Khan was good at being a man, Gandhi was a good man. That’s the difference. Jack talks about the four tactical virtues. Virtues that all men must learn and own to fully develop their masculinity. Again the greatest part of this book is the divorce of masculinity from any other ideology. This is manhood plain and simple.
Championship Fighting by Jack Dempsey
Part of being a good bad boy is knowing how to handle yourself. Not just looking like a tool who could get his shit kicked in by a fourth grader. Remember your inner is always shining through. People can tell if you are a try hard trying to look tough or a man capable of dealing with whatever comes his way. Knowing how to fight allows you to be much more comfortable in the world around you. A key trait of being a good bad boy. You must know how to fight.
Dempsey’s book can take you from being a bitch (read the average Western male) to being a pretty decent scrapper in a few month’s time. You won’t be knocking out Tyson but you’ll be able to defeat the majority of untrained men your own size and with time those bigger than you. Be comfortable in the world by learning how to knock the shit out of anyone who might try to take that comfort. Being able to fight is an essential part of becoming a good bad boy.
The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco
Let’s face it being a wage slave can be one of the most emasculating and frustrating things for a man. Busting your ass everyday to be given a “talking to” by a sadistic boss is no way to go through life or to have any balls. Look at most guys they are castrated. They are not men. And their jobs play a large part in this castration. In The Millionaire Fastlane MJ shows you a path to get out of wage slavery and become the entrepreneur who is his own boss and sets his own schedule. The road is not easy but it is worth it.
You need to at least have the entrepreneurial road open. This will give you the confidence to not let your work stress you out and take away all of your life and freedom. You are not powerless in any area of your life. This book shows you how to take power back in the area of your job and making money. This translates into other areas of your life. The guy who is berated by his boss everyday will never develop fully nor will the guy still living in his mom’s basement. Though money in and of itself doesn’t matter so much, the freedom it provides you does.
The Primer by Charles Sledge
This is my book and if you haven’t read it you need to get yourself a copy now. The books above will provide you a solid strong theoretical framework from which to develop into a good bad boy. However as great as they are there are lacking in practical tips and habits to adopt to take your growth to new heights. The Primer fills this gap. The Primer has a different habit to develop for each day and is a life plan to get you the most out of life through developing your masculinity.
The Primer covers everything from making money to getting girls to fighting to expanding your mind to being a man in a world of pussies. It is a practical down to earth guide for you to follow day by day and day by day grow stronger from. The habits formed from The Primer will change the course of your life and provide you with what you need to develop your masculinity to new heights. The Primer is just that a primer on masculinity and being a man. It is the advice your father was supposed to give you, it is the kick in the pants your brother was supposed to give you, and so much more. Grab yourself a copy and become a man that the world fears, women worship, and other men envy.
Summary
Combine what you learn in these books with what you have learned from the series and it will be all but impossible for you to understand what it is you need to do to become a good bad boy. Self-development is one of the most fun and exciting things that there is. You can literally create or recreate yourself. With enough hard work and determination you can be someone who you never thought you could be. The how to be a good bad boy series was created to do this. So you could embrace your masculinity and become the bad boy which really just means good man.
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-Charles Sledge
