>>>MY COMMENTS:

I have always found situations like yours fascinating.

It seems to me that a lot of times, we know exactly what
to do to get the results we want... but for whatever reason
we just don't do it.

Here are some common reasons for this:

1) We get bored. Boredom is one of the most common causes
of failure in my experience. Here's how it works: You start
doing something, get great success, but start to think that
you need to do something new because YOU'RE getting bored
with it... not because others are.

2) A negative emotional experience. When a negative
experience is coupled with a strong emotion, it creates a
deep IMPRINT. In your case, you were accused of being
"egotistical". I'm assuming that for whatever reason this
caused you to feel BAD, which led to you deciding that you
needed to behave differently.

3) By trying to make small improvements we lose the original
formula that created success... or we just plain evolve to
a different strategy that turns out to not be as successful.
I've done this many times in my life. By trying to make
something better I actually make it worse.

4) Just plain forgetting. Let's say that you are single, and
you're going out a lot, meeting a lot of women, and really
having a lot of success. Then let's say you meet a really
nice woman and have a relationship for two years... but then
break up. It's easy to forget all of the little nuances that
made you successful in the past... and to just "start over"
from scratch.

5) Feeling like we need to be original and unique in every
situation. I've watched many, many situations where a guy
will see a woman that he'd like to meet, but he doesn't know
what to say to her to start a conversation because he feels
like he needs to come up with something catchy and original.

Of course, there are more reasons than this, but these
are some of the most common ones I see.

So what's the answer? What can you do to avoid losing
the great game that you've created?

Here are a few techniques that I and some of my friends
use:

1) Keep a journal. I know, I know... you don't want to
look like a homeless poet or some out-of-work screenwriter
sitting in a cafe with nothing better to do than write to
yourself...

But keeping a journal of your best ideas and how they've
worked is a GREAT idea. You don't have to get fancy, and you
don't need to take a lot of time with this.