9/16/2023 0 Comments Iceberg slim pimp pdfHe then said something along the lines of: “Now that you’re my woman, you don’t have to fear anything, worry about anything, there is not one problem I can’t solve and there is not one question I can’t answer. There was a part in the book where he seduced a girl by telling her he was impressed by how lucky she was for crossing paths with him, but also how smart of her to see a winning lottery ticket and taking it. One thing that really impressed me from Iceberg Slim was his almost delusional self-confidence in that he was gonna be a winner in life. (Almost) delusional self-confidence is attractive Remember: a smirk denotes confidence, calmness and enjoyment, while a grin denotes a lack of control over one’s emotions, positive or negative (both boys in first dates and serial killers grin, for different reasons of course). No need to look serious, just in control. So at least around girls, who are more prone to follow “what feels right” drop that stupid grin. Yes, we created language, math, the arts, built space rockets… we’re still animals, social ones, subject to instincts and the dynamics of the social ladder. This assumption is rushed and dumb, I’m 100% with you, but let’s not forget that at the end of the day we as a species are animals. Nothing wrong with being happy and content with your current situation in life, but when there’s a power dynamic in play, smiling comes across as weakness since it denotes a desire to compromise in favor of peace, which most people assume it’s what the person who knows he would lose would do. One of the mistakes Beck kept doing (and Sweet kept scolding him for) was that he was smiling from ear to ear all the time. On the other hand, most people who have success in independent/risky endeavors feel quite lonely, since by definition they don’t relate well to others who took the safe path, so someone who wants to attempt the same journey they took years ago, is someone who could become a great friend, someone to talk to who actually understands. The mentor-apprentice relationship is one of mutual appreciation where there’s no reason to cross each other: why would the apprentice cross a person who was kind enough to help him succeed? no reason. The only person he could be open and honest with was with Sweet, on the one hand because he “understood” Beck’s concerns and struggles since he had already lived through the same situation and on the other hand because Sweet had no incentive to cross Beck, who was just a dumb kid eager to learn who actually applied the advice he was given and was grateful with Sweet for sharing his wisdom. Of course, Beck didn’t sat around doing nothing in the mean time, he started figuring things out on his own, to the point he already had one whore working for him by the time he met his mentor “Sweet” who would later give Beck the nickname “Iceberg Slim”.īeck describes other pimps as treacherous, just waiting for a chance to steal other pimps’ whores, and whores as always watching out for even the slightest hint of weakness in their pimp. Sometimes a mentor is the only real friend you haveīack when Beck was 18 and just starting out, his first priority was to find a mentor, someone who could teach him how to be a pimp. In this post I’ll write the lessons I learned while reading his book. It’s not an exaggeration to say that his livelihood depended on him exploiting his social skills: He was a great seducer of women, he managed to break in as a pimp by befriending the correct people, who introduced him to his mentor Sweet (Albert “Baby” Bell), and even quickly befriended people in prison to help him escape. Iceberg Slim was a master in understanding human nature. Here’s a (link) if you’d like to read it. This book is quite dark but incredibly entertaining and well written. OL16643781W Page_number_confidence 94.06 Pages 322 Ppi 300 Republisher_date 20200129154745 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 852 Scandate 20200122121039 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781451617139 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 3.“Pimp: the story of my life” by Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck 1918 – 1992) is book that describes the rise and fall of Robert Beck a.k.a Iceberg Slim as a pimp in the United States. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:03:31 Boxid IA1765903 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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