Posted by SeattleWilly
In the first article in this series, we discussed the concept of reprocity: What The Pick Up Artists Don't Know - Power of Persuasion - Part 1
In this second article of the "What the Pick Up Artists Don't Know - Power of Persuasion", I'm going to explain a psychological principle pick up artists often use to their benefit. They often use tactics related to this concept (in fact, The Mystery Method encourages this very concept), but they have no idea how or why it works. They explain it in their own way, and they are correct to some point. But once you understand the fundamental psychological principle behind this concept, you will be much better at using this tactic in your efforts to attract and pick up girls. This concept is called "the need for consistency" and sometimes I call it "even if I'm wrong, I can't be wrong".
You can witness this principle in action at any poker table in any casino in the world. From time to time you will witness what is called a "bad beat"--somebody has a really good hand of cards, but ends up losing to an even better hand of cards. For example a full house with 3 aces and 2 kings is a great poker hand. It is a monster hand. But up against any four of a kind, it is worthless. The person loses their money to an even greater monster hand and they are stunned. The person then goes on for the rest of the evening to lose game after game, and can't seem to catch a run of good cards.
The truth is this person actually experiencing "bad luck" or anything of the sort. What they are experiencing is the inability to be consistent or "right" based upon an earlier decision. What they end up doing is betting on hands that are of little value (which is usually what you are dealt most often in numerous hands of poker). They do this because they often think they were originally right when they lost to the "bad beat", so now they must "prove" they were right by repeating the pattern over and over demonstrating consistency. This need for consistency is a fundamental of every human being, and is difficult to go against. Professional poker players will say that it is always best to leave the table and quit for a while after losing to a "bad beat". This allows the brain to reset itself and prevents the individual from repeating this pattern of failure (consistency).
This need for consistency is a fundamental of every human being, and is difficult to go against. Professional poker players will say that it is always best to leave the table and quit for a while after losing to a "bad beat".
So what does this have to do with picking up women? Have you ever heard of using a "lock-in" prop? Mystery wrote about this in his original book and teaches this very concept. I doubt he knows all the psychology of why it works, but it does work. A lock-in prop is something that you leave with a girl that you have approached so that you give the illusion of "entrusting" her with something personal of yours that gives you a "lock" on her and gives you a good reason come back to her later in the evening. Often times he will leave a hat or perhaps some cheap piece of jewelry or a watch with the girl, telling her "hold on to this for me for a moment, I'll be back". Then, he would proceed to open other sets and later come back to her and use that prop to re-open the set again (I believe there is actually a DVD that demonstrates exactly how to do this).
Although it sounds like a different behavior, this is the exact same principle of consistency operating here. When the girl accepts the lock-in prop (its such a small favor, who could resist?), she subconsciously tells herself its the right thing to do. Most every girl will hang on to that cheap, lock-in prop all night long (even to the point of inconvenience) just because they are compelled to believe they were right to do it in the first place. This again is the principle of consistency at work. This is not the only principle at work here (trust is part of another principle we'll discuss in a later article), but the basic concept of consistency is at work.
You don't have to fully understand the principle to use lock-in props (or other tactics that I teach that use this principle). The point is that understanding the principle allows you the ability to improvise in scenarios and create that need for consistency in your targets (women).
Stay tuned for part 3 of the "Power of Persuasion" series.
Peace,
Seattle Willy
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