Comments on: MarkW on How Travelling Helps You With Girls

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:16:20 +0000

Hey Man:

Great Post. You are fucking right, travelling is amazing. I spent 7 months in Israel and the neighbouring areas when I was 18, and it changed my life forever. I became so independant, and had such amazing times. Your post made me remind the good times, you know I think we sometimes get stuck in the normal life too much, even if it is combined with small hollidays.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:18:39 +0000

I definitely advocate travelling. I currently live in a Caribbean island called Antigua & Barbuda-English speaking. At times,game can really get stifling when one is coming from a big city with the big-city attitude(I lived in NYC). Point is,since it’s a 2-island nation,I literally travel to the neighboring island every 2 weeks and tour the Caribbean. Being away from home and friend circle really free you up.

By: MarkW

MarkW — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:28:20 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys. I’m going to write part 2 in about 5-6 weeks time when I get back from my latest trip.

By: Soul

Soul — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:57:03 +0000

P.S. when’s the e-book out?

hopefully by the end of the year!

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:12:01 +0000

Great article man. I completely agree.

I recently got back from the USA (I think it’s slightly more socially acceptable to have conversations with strangers over there) and my confidence and attitude to talking to people now has totally changed in 17 days. I live in Yorkshire, England and most people are pretty shut down and in their shells.

I don’t know what it is about travelling that allows you to be more free when talking to people. But like Mark says, talking to people while travelling transfers back home when talking to women.

And the last part about the city clouding people’s social realities is spot on and a big cause of approach anxiety. Go travelling and condition yourself that it’s good to talk to strangers.

Keep up the good work Soul,

Matt

P.S. when’s the e-book out?

By: Anders

Anders — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:19:11 +0000

“One thing I specifically remember telling her is that travelling had restored my faith in humanity. I realised that there are a lot of good people out there, not everyone is out to get you and when you’re in trouble most people will bend over backwards to help you.”

This is something that really resonates with me. I often have the opposite attitude, that people are out to get me, which makes it difficult to make friends and meet new people.