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Neil Strauss is a 7-time New York Time Best Selling author, his books The Game, and the

rules of the game for which he went undercover in the Secret Society of Pickup Artists for

two years, made him an international celebrity and an accidental hero to men around the world,

and both books top the New York Times bestseller list and were number one on Amazon.

Now in his follow-up book that came out just now, it's called The Truth, an uncomfortable

book about relationships.

I sort of started to learn about, okay, what are the forces unknown, unconscious, hidden

forces operating on me that may be made this decision, largely having a depressed, controlling

mother and parents in a bad relationship.

If that sounds familiar at all, you know, a dad who, you know, a very weak dad who kind

of gave up everything for, it's so similar, it's insane.

I started to learn about that, but here's the crazy part.

So I learned all about the fears of mid-density I had, the fears of being controlled, the fears

of being smothered, the idea that I kind of have to take care of someone that I resent

them for a choice I made, right?

And here, but here's the crazy thing.

And then when I told you that story earlier about her and I broke up because I thought

Menagi wasn't natural, that happened after I learned everything about myself.

Like, I learned it all, and then I still did it.

And the thing is, the stuff is so strong that the knowledge is not enough.

It's like when somebody said, says, like, oh, I'm going to stop dating jerks or I'm

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