Generational Perspectives on Risk and Opportunity

Genghis Khan's bold approach highlights that taking action is crucial in today's research-driven world.

### The Evolution of Dating and Wealth Across Generations
* 👑 Genghis Khan's legacy of conquest and pillaging is humorously contrasted with **modern attitudes toward ambition and success**.
* 📚 Research is now easier than ever, with tools like Google and Wikipedia, but many fail to take **decisive action** despite having information at their fingertips.
* 🍻 The speaker reminisces about socializing in bars, comparing past behaviors of pursuing women to current inaction, emphasizing the importance of **"pulling the trigger."**
* 💡 Reflecting on his upbringing, he acknowledges the **wealth created by his generation**, despite criticisms of their impact on the world.
* 💰 He expresses jealousy towards young entrepreneurs who can **amass fortunes in a short time**, questioning why this is seen as problematic compared to his generation's successes.
* 🎉 The speaker shares a personal anecdote about a friend who viewed life as a "**numbers game**," illustrating the **boldness of past dating strategies**.
* 📻 In today's world, he notes that resources like podcasts teach **social skills**, contrasting them with the more **direct approaches** of earlier times.

[Music] Kids today research because research is easy. Google, you know. I'm not saying Wikipedia is the end-all and be-all, but it's an easy place to get a summary of generally what it's all about. But you spend all your time researching, and nobody pulls the trigger, okay? You know, it's like going into a pub, and you see, you know, six or seven good-looking women, young girls, and you just sit there at a table with your mates saying, Oh, if I had her, if I did this, and you sit there with a [__] table all night. They get up and leave, you know? I mean, you got to pull the [__] trigger, you know? In my day, or at least threaten, okay? In my day, we used to go to a place called Jack's office, three of us, right out of the military from the Vietnam War, and the guy that left last had to pay the bar bill of the other two left laughs. Now, this is pre-AIDS, pre-all that [__] okay.

and the I was never last Dave, Dick, and myself and Dan. And so, the aim was to pick up women. Yeah, I mean this, you know, uh, one of the greatest salesmen that I ever knew. He was also in my party, said it: Life is a numbers game, Dan, and any approved it to me. We went in his limousine down on Fifth Madison in '56, and we parked his limousine. I'm drinking champagne in the backseat, and this is in the '70s, late '70s. And he said, I'm gonna ask a woman, all the women to walk by if they would come to my penthouse and [__] me. Okay, you guys sat upon, kicked, scratched, and the 17th woman looked at her watch and said, Your place or mine? Amazing. It's a numbers game. Now, you can't eat me nowadays, podcasts, and I've been on you already, charm, nice, nice guys. Okay, but they teach you how to, you know, chat up [__]. I mean, this book [__] game on what the world has gone to.

shape. I mean, it's unbelievable. My two sons, you know what I, you know, in I wouldn't know a condom if I saw one. And my son said, Dad, Dad, that's politically very incorrect. I have a 31-year-old, 32-year-old son, and a 33-year-old son. But I was raised in a generation that, you know, it was pretty [__] great, actually, looking back in the fact, and we created a lot of wealth. Of course, a lot of people say my generation [__] up the world. Well, you can see that about any generation. You said, Okay, you know, I think it's [__] up when a young kid can go out and make fifteen billion dollars after 18 months. I'm jealous, but, you know, after 18 months because he sounds, he serves at the Zuckerberg, or he sells it to whoever. I think that's great. So why, why is that any less [__] up the world in my generation? Yep. Oh, let's look back, and let's look a

[ __ ] Genghis Khan. He went across the breaking and pillaging millions. Million god bless him. Allah be with me. You know I'm really an 8th 9th-century manager living in a 21st century. I love that. Okay, you know you [ __ ] I want to chop your hand off. You know you steal from me. I chop your [ __ ] hand off. You know, but you can't do that anymore.

RealTalk on Getting Women Ft  Dan Pena

Scott Hurst

The Art of Picking Up Women: A Numbers Game

The speaker reflects on his past experiences with friends, including a successful salesman, who believed that life is a numbers game.

The salesman demonstrated this by asking women passing by to come to his penthouse, with one eventually agreeing.

The speaker notes that modern approaches to dating, like podcasts and charm, have changed the game.

The speaker reflects on the differences between their generation and their sons' generation, expressing disbelief at the rapid wealth accumulation of young people today.

They acknowledge the criticism their generation faces for "ruining" the world but argue that every generation has its flaws.

The speaker expresses jealousy towards young individuals making billions in a short time, questioning why their generation's impact is viewed differently.

Genghis Khan's ruthless management style involved breaking and pillaging, reflecting a different era's approach to power.

The speaker contrasts this with today's easy access to research, emphasizing the importance of taking action rather than just planning.

They reminisce about their own past, highlighting the need to make bold moves and take responsibility in social situations.