Intro:

I have 3 dance floor moves, and one of them is biting my lower lip.

Welcome to the Dating Transformation podcast. Here's your host, dating coach, Connell Barrett.

Connell Barrett:

Welcome back to the Dating Transformation Podcast. I am your host, dating coach, Connell Barrett. I'm here to help you learn to flirt, gain confidence, and get an amazing partner, A wonderful girlfriend. And do this all with authenticity. No sketchy pickup artist stuff. No toxic, weird, red pill stuff. It's about showing women the best true, real you. And if you struggle with confidence, If you don't know what to say, or if you just feel like the kind of the kinds of women you want to date and the kind of woman you want to have as a, as a relationship. If you feel like women like that are out of your league, then This is going to be a really short but powerful and important episode for you because I want to talk about Why authenticity, radical authenticity is the closest thing there is to a silver bullet, a magic bullet in the world of dating and attraction and finding finding love. Let me tell you a story. Here's a quick story from my past. So many, many years ago when I was struggling with dating, I had a lot of very common problems that men deal with. This was back in the late 2000s, late 00s, The late aughts. And I was struggling with self confidence. I could not approach women. I had a really bad approach to anxiety. I just felt like I'm not what women want. I'm not good enough. I'm too nice. I'm too introverted. I'm too nerdy. And that made it really tough for me. And so I started working with some coaches and I started taking a lot of action. And I want to give you the tale of 2 nights out, the wrong way to do it, the pickup way to do it, and the right way to do it, the authentic way, the authentic way to meet women. So here's the wrong way to do it. I hired a coach. I won't name his name. He's still out there. Wow. Messing up men's dating lives, although he has good intentions. But anyway, I hired this coach And he said, Connell, you're too nice. Just don't be a nice guy. Women want you to be a hole to them, At least at first women want it, women want to date a guy who kind of treats them like a dick. And at the time I did not like the way that sounded, but I thought, Hey, he's the coach. Maybe there's something to this. Maybe I'm just too nice. So I S I went out, I took his advice. His advice was to go out for a month and just be a total asshole. Be polarizing, say, say nagging things to, Be commanding an alpha. Oh, yeah. Be alpha, be an alpha male. One of his little catchphrases was the alpha male Gets all the tail. It's so laughably bad. Anyway, so I tried this, or at least I tried to try it. I went out for about 2 weeks. A few nights over the course of a couple weeks, and I tried to be a jerk, I tried to be alpha male, I tried to be commanding and and put on this mask, this toxic alpha male pickup artist mask. And I remember I would look at women, on the dance floor, and I'd say no dancing here. No dancing thinking that's that's what assholes do, and they looked at me like I was an alien. And I was, I cracked crass, sometimes inappropriate jokes. And I. I definitely got stronger reactions from women, but it wasn't good reactions. It was basically looking at me like I was some kind of a weirdo. And I also just felt like I was wearing somebody else's suit. And The moment when I decided to give this up, it was, it was when, I was actually on a double date with a friend. And I said a very terrible, awful, politically incorrect, and just highly insensitive joke about a woman's ethnicity. And, it was awful. And I won't repeat the joke because it was just so gross, but basically it killed my date's vibe. It killed the vibe of my friend and his date, And I just remember thinking, okay, I can't do this anymore. I can't be somebody I'm not. So then I went out, I took a couple weeks off, and then about 2 or 3 weeks later I went out again. And I said, you know what? When in doubt, when something's not working, just try something totally different. It's a piece of advice I got from, Tony Robbins seminar I went to, which is keep taking action, but make an adjustment, try something different. And so I went out 1 night and I said, you know what? I'm gonna actually, you know, you know, who's, you know, actually, you know, the advice I was taking, do you remember the Seinfeld episode called The Opposite Where George Costanza realizes that what he's been doing in life and his dating life is wrong, so the opposite must be right. I basically did thatI went out 1 night in New York city and I said, I'm going to do the opposite. Instead of trying to be a jerk or a playboy or, or sorry, a cocky, sarcastic alpha male, I'm just gonna walk up to women and be myself. I'm gonna be so genuine and real. I'm gonna walk up to people and women, the way I would if I was walking up to my very best friends, to my family members. I remember walking into this club, sorry, this bar and club. It's a 3 level bar club in New York City called Hotel Chantel. And I walked in there and I said, Tonight, I don't know what's gonna happen, but I'm gonna do the opposite. I'm gonna be so authentically genuine and Connell and me and Real. And no matter what happens, it's at least I get to be myself. At least I get to be myself.

I'm gonna read your mind. Ready? I'll bet that you would love to confidently approach women. Get great matches on the dating apps, flirt with charm, and attract your dream girlfriend. Right? But fear keeps you from approaching. You're not sure how to flirt. You struggle on the apps. Undesirable women just don't seem into you. Well, I have great news. Dating coach, Connell Barrett, can help. He's guided thousands of men like you to more confidence and help them attract their dream girlfriends. So book a free strategy call today to see if Connell's coaching is right for you. On your call, Connell or a team member will give you personalized advice to help you have more confidence, more dates, and more fun. Oh, and you'll be dating women as your best self, a charming gentleman. That's because Connell does not teach creepy pickup artist tricks. He unlocks your most confident self so you can make authentic romantic connections. Your next steps? Book your free call today at dating transformation.comforward/contact and grab a time that works for you.

Then you'll be on your way to more confidence, better results, and attracting bright, beautiful women. Oh, so you know, soon Connell will stop taking on new clients. So book a call today while you still can. Go to dating transformation.com forward slash contact and transform your love life. Bye. The first 1 or 2 approaches I did felt surprisingly Solid. And dialed in. Nothing happened. I just had a couple of nice, quick, fun, short Conversations with groups of women. And I started to feel a little confidence built because I was treating people like a human, not like a target, not like I must approach a target, but also I was also treating them with the respect of showing them the real me. And I could see the way people were reacting differently than that fake persona. I and that started to feel good. So I began to feel like I had some momentum. By the way, I was out tonight, And I was totally by myself. I mean, I mean, I didn't have a wingman. I walked in solo, which was nerve wracking at first. So I start approaching and it feels solid and good. It feels very genuine. And then something, a really cool switch flipped after about 3 or 4 approaches. I started to feel like this different version of me still, I'm still me, but lit up, turned on, almost like a superhero version of me. So if you wanna reference from your life, how this might feel for you, think about an area of your life where You are absolutely in the zone. You feel incredible. You feel genuine. You feel present. You're out of your head. You're just into your real self and you feel awesome. Maybe that's work. Maybe it's playing a musical instrument, maybe hanging out with certain friends, But however you feel when you're feeling like 9 out of 10, 10 out of 10, that's how I started to feel. And So I started standing up taller, talking louder, but still being conal, still being myself. And I was cracking jokes. My pun started, my dad's jokes started to come out. I love a good dad joke. But also I'm kind of a cheeky smart ass when I get comfortable socially. So my, like, my cheeky, sarcastic side came out, but also it was but it was all wrapped around this Core, authentic, genuine, real core. And that's when amazing things started to happen that night. The 2 moments that stand out were when I approached a really pretty British woman And we were talking for about 5 minutes. And the more we talked, you know, I was just being myself, teaching her what my job was as a journalist at the time. And I was asking about her, but I was also teasing and joking. At one point I, I, I, oh, I I challenged her to see if she could do I said, can you do an American accent? And I tried to do her British So we played this fun little flirty game of trying to do each other's accents, and she did a terrible American accent. And I teased her about that because I'm a natural, authentic, smartass with people I know and like. I'm a genuine smartass, but in a good Good intentioned way, not a nagging way. Anyway, we were laughing and joking for 5 or 6 minutes, and then she just looked at me and said, alright, Connell. You have 10 seconds to kiss me. And she started counting down 10, 9, 8, 7, And then, hey, it wouldn't be gentlemanly to deny a woman a nice invitation like that. So I leaned in, and we're making out in this bar after 5 or 6 or 7 minutes of talking. And that was a big moment for me because I realized, wow, she saw and liked the real me who was giving her the gift of my authentic self. And I was also allowing her because I was being authentic. 1st, I was allowing her to be her genuine self and she noticed that I liked her, I liked the real her and forgot her name. It's been a long time, but beautiful British woman, whoever you were. Sorry, I forgot your name, but, but we had this Really sexy, cool, middle of the bar make out. No. Probably 10 minutes. I guess it was about 10 minutes. We're about 10 minutes into the conversation. And she's the one who basically made the move, right? She said, Kiss me in 10 seconds, and I obliged. And so I got her phone number, we talked for a little while longer, I got her phone number, we made plans for a date, and then she and her friends had to go. About a half hour later, I went down to the lowest level at Hotel Chantelle, which is a dance floor. Really loud crowded dance floor and kind of a big cool basement cavern type of vibe. And then I was really in the zone, because, hey, you make out with a beautiful British woman, Oh, approaches are, are opening beautifully. People are enjoying my company. I probably got some blowouts, Some quote unquote rejections along the way. But to be honest, I don't even remember them anymore because I I just I just I have learned to remember the wins and the successes rather than worrying about the quote, unquote rejections. But I'm sure I got rejected and blown out a few times. But even those didn't hurt because I had good intentions. And I remember our down, so downstairs, the basement of hotel Chantelle, I went up to a woman on the dance floor and I never do dance floor approaches. That's so out of my comfort zone. I have, I have 3 dance floor moves. And one of them is biting my lower lip. I am not a great dancer. I have, I have 2 left feet for sure. And both of my left feet have bunions. Anyway, I'm on the dance floor and I see this really gorgeous girl dancing, grooving. And I walk up to her and I just tap her on the shoulder. She turns around And, I said, Hey, you really effing cute. I didn't say effing, but you know, you're really effing cute. Who are you? And her eyes lit up and she said, Hey, I'm Stacy. And then I take her by the hand, I spin her, I were dancing, and then 2 minutes later, she and I are making out on the dance floor. This was the first time in my life in my life I'd ever kissed 2 different women on the same day or, in this case, within about 45 minutes. And that's not why I got into this world. It's not like I needed to go out for ego gratification and make out with 2 women inside of an hour. But I wasn't gonna say no to it. And I remember kissing this girl and, you know, dancing on the dance floor, by the way, I'm sober. Well, I'm not sober. I probably had maybe 2 drinks, but I wasn't, like, I wasn't absolutely, you know, super buzzed. I was feeling good, but I wasn't drunk. Definitely not. So I made out with this dance floor girl on this dance floor, Stacy, I think was her name. And I just remember walking home that night. I was, like, walking home 5 feet off the I'm walking home on Houston Street. I'm, like, floating 5 feet off of Houston. Yeah. Floating 5 feet off of Houston Street because I remember having This major epiphany, and I realized, woah, that's what that's what gets results. That's what feels good. And that's what women want. Women want to meet that best authentic, real you. Because, and I really, and I was walking home that night thinking, why did this work so well? Why did this work so much better than that? Be an asshole. Be a jerk. Be toxic, experiment that I tried. And I remember thinking, well, It's because I was feeling incredible. I was feeling really confident. I already know you are listening. You already know who you are, you know who you are and hash and say, you know how to be you. You don't know how to be some weird fake person. Of what some people tell you women want. So why does authenticity work with women? Why is this the formula For dating success that you want to pour out of that bottle and take a drink, why does it work?

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You can find Dating Sucks, but you don't on Amazon or wherever books are sold In paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. Get Dating Sucks, but You Don't Today. To transform your confidence and find your dream girl. I think there's 3 reasons. Number 1 is when you are radically authentic, you go out and take action and show women your real best self. Then that makes you your most confident because you know how to be you already. So you're projecting The most confident version of yourself and every woman is attracted to confidence. Every single woman, I believe. There are very few universals in this world in terms of what every woman does or doesn't want, but I don't know a woman who doesn't want a confident man. So number 1 is you're giving her confidence, a projection of your confidence. Number 2, because your, how do I put this? Because you're being authentic, which is really just a synonym for you're being truthful. You're giving her a truthful, honest, real version of yourself. Authenticity. Let's a woman know, wow, this guy's being real with me. He's not playing a game. He's not agenda driven and he's not being fake. He's, He's being authentic and that creates trust and a woman needs to feel trust in order for her to want to date you, to kiss you, to hook up with you, to To go on a date with you, to basically open up, she has to risk she she has to take a little bit of a romantic risk. And if a woman doesn't feel trust with a guy, then you're not going to get very far with her. So the, and that's the second thing. The second reason why radical authenticity works. And the third reason why radical authenticity works is that it opens you both up to emotional connection. You can't be authentic without being at least somewhat vulnerable, real yourself. There's a certain vulnerability in that. And when a woman sees you going first, being vulnerable and real, that gives her the green light to also do the same. It's almost like you're getting emotionally naked. 1st, she gets emotionally naked because she sees you go first and now you've got 2 people being emotionally naked. And once you're both emotionally naked, Hey, pretty soon you might both be actually naked, which is a nice bonus. And then so those are the 3 reasons why Radical Authenticity works, And then there's one other massive, super, incredible bonus to being authentic, which is that this is a way to date with integrity. Authenticity, showing women your real self and also getting to know her real self, which is one of the things I help men with. I coach them not just in being authentic, but in helping to make her feel that she can be her real best authentic self. That by dating through the lens of authenticity and truth and good intentions for women, it's a very high integrity way to date. It's very high integrity. You know, when I went out for that 2 weeks to be a quote asshole jerk, that was low integrity. Why was it low integrity? I was being fake. I had an agenda. I was being fake and artificial in order to get a result with Girls. That is such a low integrity way to go about this, and It doesn't work. At least it doesn't work consistently, and life's too short to go through your dating life from a place of lack of integrity. So please drop any kind of alpha male mask or pickup artist mask or agenda driven approach to dating. I advise you to implore you, ask you to Be authentic, be genuine, be real, show women that true, best, real self it's it's, It feels good to her. It feels good for you. It's a way to date from a place of generosity and giving, I mean, think about it. What's more valuable for you to offer a woman on a date or an approach or a conversation. What's more valuable than the real you? That best, most genuine, real you, your personality, your sense of humor, your opinions, Your life history, taking authentic actions from a good intentioned, empathetic place with women. Yeah. Dating with Authenticity, it's the shit. It's the secret formula, not just because it works and Gets quote unquote results, which it does, but also because it lets you date from a place of authenticity. I'm sorry, of generosity, Empathy and. And right now we're just talking about dating. Bottom line is when you're really approaching your dating life this way. You're going to start to make a shift and approach your whole life this way, because I believe that you should approach life The same way you approach women in dating, which is with empathy, with integrity, with good intentions, and obviously authenticity and realness. You want to go out and pursue passions in your life that are authentic to you. You want a job that is authentic to you. You want to be authentic and real with your friends, with your family. You want to just give the world the most valuable gift. You have to give the gift of your authentic self And it feels great, and it also happens to be what works with women. Once you dial in the how to part and kind of understand how to apply this formula. So anyway, that was a big moment for me. I can't wait for you to have your moment of dating through authenticity. Maybe it'll be a first date. Maybe it's an approach you'll make, maybe it's a text you send. Hey, everybody's got a different time frame here. And by the way, if you ever want to, talk to me about coaching and how to basically become radically authentic and create a roadmap for you to date with authenticity, become great at flirting, always knowing what to say because a radically authentic man always knows what to say to women and then getting a great girlfriend, you can book a free call with me and we can talk about it. You can go to dating transformation.com to do that. All right. Thank you for listening until next time. And remember your dream girlfriend. She's already out there And she already likes you. She just has to meet the real authentic you. Till next

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