The Tactical Guide to Women
How Men Can Manage Risk in Dating and Marriage
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Shawn Smith
About this listen
For men, love is a high-stakes gamble. The right woman can be the best part of a man's life, and the wrong one can lead to personal and financial ruin. In today's climate, no man should venture into romance without a reliable risk-management strategy.
The Tactical Guide to Women delivers a solid plan for allowing the right women into your life, and keeping the wrong ones at a safe distance. You'll discover how to:
- Identify good women of low drama and high character
- Reduce your vulnerability to women who seem perfect for you - but aren't
- Spot the early warning signs of emotional instability
You'll also learn:
- Critical techniques for seeing women clearly
- The most common mistakes that lead men into disastrous relationships
- How to reduce the odds of a good relationship going bad
Impeccably researched and backed by the author's decade of clinical experience, The Tactical Guide to Women provides men with desperately needed, rarely discussed strategies for finding sanity, joy, and companionship. This is not another book about getting laid. This book is about not getting screwed.
©2017 Shawn T. Smith (P)2017 Shawn T. SmithYou may also enjoy...
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-07-10
Warning, the book is as much about self assessment
Each listen reveals more truth for me and when I remember to do it, I turn the ideas around towards myself, as if I were her, evaluating me.
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- Trevor
- 2018-11-01
This Book is a MUST HAVE!!!
I read this book about 6 months ago and the purchased it on Audible in October.
That is when is really sunk in. For me it was the last step to recovery after I ended a very bad relationship two years ago.
I had no hope that there were any decent women out there. Sure I date but kept seeing the same thing in other women.
This book did two things for me.
1. It gave me a firm understanding of what to look for and notice the signs quickly.
2. It has enabled me to discover how I was being and when I was getting in my own way. That was an even bigger discovery.
Now I have new hope. There are women out there who have great qualities and I met have them. I am by no means falling back into the Blue Pill world. I am seeing things from a new perspective and it is very refreshing and sometimes comical.
This is a great read for men of all ages especially for the younger guys who are dealing with a lot more BS than us older guys ever did. Get it for you and for the men in your life that you care about. They will appreciate it.
Thanks Dr. Shawn
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- Joshua
- 2020-09-23
Very interesting
as a man who grew up in a with a single mother I never had anyone to show me how to be one, learnt a lot of things the hard way. I feel like if I had found this book earlier in my life I would have avoided a lot of bad relationship and improved my own. this book has a lot of good insight and knowledge one dating, marriage, and dirvorce.
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- William Coleman
- 2018-12-29
Great book! (Less MGTOW and more tradcon)
book was great however it felt like it was more focused towards a TradCon perspective vs an all out mgtow type piece of work.
still a really good read and highly recommend!
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- Alexandre Théroux
- 2021-04-09
A most read for all men
Lot of useful facts, clear and well written, but I was not convinced he managed to make the case that long term relationship with women worth the risk in today society.
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- Michael Ferguson
- 2018-12-28
Relationship fundamentals for men
Very insightful. This book can save you a lifetime of hurt. It is the perfect starting point to awakening yourself into the issues of inter gender relationships.
Thank you for the book Shawn.
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- Mohannad
- 2020-01-02
A real tactical guide
A must hear book for any man or even a woman starting a new relationship.
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- Dylan Longmoore
- 2021-02-03
Surprisingly Insightful
I was assigned this book and was not excited based on the title. 'Tactical Guide to Women' had me expecting sneaky and sleazy ways for guys to get with women. I was going to find an excuse to take a pass on the book, when I saw the ratings and reviews on audible. With audible's amazing return policy, I figured there was no harm in giving it a shot. I was beyond impressed with the author's mix of anecdotal evidence and research based observations. The book covered many of the areas needed for a man to make a relationship work. Give this book a try!
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- David L
- 2025-01-30
Great and insightful but falls short sometimes
the author shows a nuanced (mostly) non-political middle ground that is sensible and backed up by data. everyone will find some good insightful info in here. I think women could find this book helpful too. although he definitely. the book is a little dated in the culture wars of the 2010s flavour although still insightful
minor gripes:
the author occasionally inserts his own bias as fact sometimes, and the book should he read in the context of American culture. one thing i dont agree with is that having a deep sense of purpose (especially in career pursuits) is necessary to finding a good woman to settle down with. some of us have fantastic careers, get paid well, and then forget all about the job off the clock and feel neutral towards our jobs and thats fine.
sometimes the picture he paints of pre historic human culture that led to modern biology and behaviours is dubious, even though he speaks of this factually.
the author also suggest at one point not to let a woman bring any of her stuff over until youre practically engaged and to cite studies of why its a bad idea. lol, good luck with that. i get the sentiment, just do it in moderation
the big gap in this book though, is that there is little mentioned of how to find a woman who will stick it through the hard times. the author mentions that masculine strength is valued by most women, i agree, but i wish more thought was put into defining this strength. Also we cant always be strong. something will and always does come up (job loss, illness). this is so so important but feels glossed over. I know these woman exist but I dont know how to find them although I feel im more likely to find them and I feel like I understand more why I was falling into the common traps mentioned in the book
overall however the book is very valuable when the author sticks to the data but just be aware when his own bias comes through. everything else is pretty great. the stuff about screening potential partners which is most of the book is pure gold and can save you a lot of trouble. just do it!
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- Leslie
- 2022-03-01
Simple to understand and informative
Humor, facts and stories to relate to real life situations. Overall a really good book.
All the facts were cited and summarized from where the information was from. Time to time humor to draw your interest. And stories that seemed like it came out of a drama or movie so one can relate.
And thankfully narrater is not monotone.
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