From my dad, i learned the importance of careful planning and being meticulous. The importance of being fiscally minimalistic, of being sceptical about things which sound too good to be true. The necessity of being realistic.
From my mom, i learned the pleasantness of femininity, the touch of deep love that a mother gives to her own child and the associated security which comes with it. I also learned how to make the most perfect scrambled eggs and the joy of reading - all the way from Dickens to Enid Blyton.
From my sister, i learned the advantages of having social intelligence. To chase your dreams and work hard for it. The advantages of always trying to reframe life in the most positive way possible.
From Mr V and Mr B, i learned the happiness and the potential sense of life satisfaction my current occupation brings with it. They were inspirational teachers.
From Russel, Dawkins, Dennet, Harris and Hitchens, the arguments against existance of god, and a framework for testing commonly held beliefs. From the first two, how evolution by natural selection works and the various complexities in design space.
From Pickles, Ratz and Don, i experienced what friendship meant and how it's different from mere aquaintance. Friendship is the only type of relationship that one chooses in his life, and thus deserves a special place in one's emotional universe - with the highest selectivity.
From M1, i experienced the sting of rejection for the first time in my life. Given the fact that it doesn't hurt me in this present moment, it's raw data - rejections don't matter in the long run.
From SA, i experienced the pleasure of looking into a woman's eyes and feel sexual tension. I also learned the standard model of human mating - men advance, women comply. If men don't advance, nothing happens.
From P, i experienced the futility of waiting for long before asking out. A man never gains additional attraction or respect in the eyes of a woman, if he waits.
From X, i experienced what sex is for the first time. I learned the pleasure of kissing a woman, pair bonding, intimate courtship, and masculine possessiveness for his women. I also learned the impermanence of attraction, signs of potential branch swinging and the feral nature of women. I experienced hypergamy for the first time.
From P, how to work out. What muscle hypertrophy is, and how to manage your nutrition to maximize it. The importance of looks in seduction.
From Mr M, i learned about the existence of plate spinning and how different a paradigm it is from mainstream monogamy. Existence of naturals and the impact of relationship with one's father in one's own masculinity.
From Mr A, how marriage is not cure for hypergamy.
From RM, i learned the ruthlessness of sexual market place. The worthlessness of virtue in the SMP, and need for plate spinning secrecy.
From mystery and strauss, i learned the existence of the universal blueprint of seduction - Attraction, comfort and seduction.
From Krauser and Torero, i learned the existence of the london daygame model. I learned the importance of minimalism in text game and the necessity for optimization of each stage of the universal blueprint using fractionation.
From Tyler durden (RSD) and Steve jabba, i learned about inner game, infield congruence, the uselessness of logic in conversations, selective authenticity and using reference experiences for weaving your own reality (this term was invented by John bodi).
From mark manson, the concept of neediness as an attraction killer and the existence of demographics.
From David dieda, the need for polarity and masculinity as freedom.
From illimitable man, the necessity for machiavellism in intersexual dynamics.
From The Private Man (Andrew), the existence of rationalization hamster.
From Roissy, an example of a strong frame and the fickleness of popular opinion.
From Rollo tomassi, i learned about hypergamy. How the female dual mating strategy gives rise to the male hierarchy. The existence of a feminine schedule of mating. The distribution of SMV of men and women according to age.The dynamics of frame control and the existance and neccesary aquisition of self-centered mental point of origin. The need for asserting masculinity unapologetically. The red pill lens.
Tip Shanksnes for their post.