I've been following Actualized.org since October 2014 when I was a 15-year-old boy. Currently, I am a 24-year-old engineering student from Scandinavia and after my (mandatory) military training I've been focusing on implementing Leo's advice in the following areas:
- Developing mastery in life and through that impacting the world (life purpose + masculinity)
- Focusing on business, sales and marketing (for financial independence and other survival reasons)
- Improving nutrition and focusing on health, especially avoiding wheat, dairy, soy, corn, sugar and other artificial chemicals (I actually spend extra money on pasture raised eggs, which is not easy for a university student)
- Money management: learning how to not waste my money, learning how to invest my money and basic money management skills.
- Developing a strong work ethic (I managed to do this quite well in my teens, right now I have to focus on how to work SMARTER).
The mastery process includes the teachings in the university and deliberate practice (my field of mastery is industrial engineering). I learn Business, sales, marketing and other self-help fields mainly through books.
So, what is the issue here? Well, it's improving my dating skills and becoming better with girls. According to Leo, it takes 5000 approaches to get good with women or in other words 3-5 years. On top of that, it's going to be far more challenging (emotionally) than I can ever imagine, as Leo mentioned in his How To Get Laid videos. Obviously, my priority number one is my life purpose and building skills as well as offering value to the world as a 24-year-old male, but as Leo mentioned, I need "concrete strategies" for getting girls as a man and if I ignore this aspect of my life, the pain only gets worse. I am not a so-called hardcore newbie who doesn't know how to socialize. I am naturally extroverted and socializing with guys and unattractive girls is effortless for me. However, my game is not good at all and therefore I am unable to attract beautiful women.
My biggest fear right now is TIME. As I mentioned before, getting good with girls takes 3-5 years AND at the same time Leo is telling me and young people in general that we should have a "laser focus" in the fields of business, sales and marketing. In addition, I must develop mastery in life which also takes at least 5-10 years. Doing pickup on Fri/Sat nights and using other days of the week for my studies and self-help isn’t going to be the solution here because Fri/Sat nights will heavily ruin my sleep cycle.
All in all, my question for you guys and Leo is that, HOW can I learn so many necessary things while the time is very limited? Leo started pickup at 26 but at that time he was financially independent and in a good position to learn game.
I'd be grateful for any kind of practical advice and sorry for my bad English.