But he was more organized as a businessman than the other gurus (for example, DeAngelo scripted his entire seminar), and he was a skilled marketer. He was a regular guy who was sharing what he’d learned through experience. He wasn’t particularly charismatic or emphatic.He went on to build a business by the same name.ĭeAngelo was unique among the gurus in several ways:

It was so well-received, that Cliff-who operated Cliff’s List-convinced DeAngelo to turn the 15-page guide into an e-book, which DeAngelo titled Double Your Dating. David DeAngelo: Cocky Funnyĭavid DeAngelo the PUA had entered the seduction community as a student of Jeffries, but he broke out on his own after Jeffries allegedly hypnotized and seduced DeAngelo’s girlfriend.ĭeAngelo developed and promoted a strategy called cocky funny, which was a hybrid of arrogance and humor.ĭeAngelo wrote a manifesto on cocky funny and distributed it through an online seduction newsletter called Cliff’s List. Who is David DeAngelo, and what was his role in The Game? How did he know Neil Strauss?ĭavid DeAngelo was a PUA who called his strategy “cocky funny.” David DeAngelo was one of the PUA gurus Neil Strauss met early in his journey into the PUA community, and he incorporated the cocky funny strategy into his own methods. Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. Shortform has the world's best summaries of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform summary of 'The Game' by Neil Strauss.

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