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How Social Media Clout BACKFIRED in My Dating Life

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How Social Media Clout BACKFIRED in My Dating Life

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For those of you thinking that you need

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to have a big Instagram account and to

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have a lot of status online to date the

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hottest girls, you'd actually be

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mistaken. What I've learned is that

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since I actually became successful and

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had a big Instagram account, my dating

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life was much more challenging because

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you're judged immediately. And actually,

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a lot of women get overwhelmed. And I'm

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noticing there's a bit of a turn at the

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moment where some women will actually

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find if you don't have Instagram,

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they're more attracted to you because

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you're more mysterious and you're going

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against the grain. Whereas if you do

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have a big Instagram page and you're

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posting like a bit of a clown,

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then she's like, "Oh, you're just like

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all the other dudes trying to show off,

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trying to be the big man." It actually

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works against you. So, it's been super

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interesting. I found love before I found

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success. And the love I found before

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success was way more meaningful and deep

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than the relationships that I found post

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success. The relationships I found post

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success weren't really as deep because

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they realized I had money and freedom

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and then they would see my Instagram

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account or they'd see that I've got a

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YouTube page and I'm putting myself out

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there and actually the girls would get a

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bit overwhelmed. They're like, "Oh, I

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don't really want to be with someone

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who's like traveling all over the world

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and going to the coolest parties. That's

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not really really what I'm looking for.

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Most of these girls are actually looking

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for like a good, honest guy who works

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hard, who look after them, who stays

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lowkey." So, there's a there's a shift

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in and what an attractive man actually

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looks like these days. And it isn't

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necessarily high social status. Social

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status definitely does attract a lot of

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type of women, but I'm finding that it's

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attracting the wrong type of women. It's

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the women that also want to grow their

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social media pages. Women that also want

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to be flown around and taken to nice

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places. They're the ones that attach to

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you once they see that you've got a nice

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Instagram page. Now, actually, I've

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considered opening another Instagram

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account and keeping it super low-key and

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having like 9 10 professional nice

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pictures of me with close friends, a few

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hundred followers, and giving that to

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the highquality women that I meet.

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Because honestly, when I share my

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Instagram with highquality women, right?

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When I say highquality women, I'm

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talking about girls who are not

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attention-seeking, who don't have big

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Instagram pages, they're beautiful, but

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they're low-key, right? Those are the

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high quality women I'm talking about,

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especially meeting loads of them in

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Bucharest, Romania, when they see my big

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Instagram page, they would get

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overwhelmed and they'd be like, "Oh,

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this is a bit much." Like, ah, like,

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where's this guy going to be tomorrow?

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And this guy gets invited to the coolest

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parties and this guy's like flying

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around everywhere. And like, I don't

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really want that. I just want like a

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low-key dude. And this guy's also quite

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overwhelming in the sense that he really

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puts his opinions out there to the world

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and he's he's masculine and he's

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opinionated and he's disagreeable. They

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don't really like that. They kind of

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just want you to be this guy walking

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around in a suit over here. I'm actually

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in Riyad. I'm in the uh King Abdullah

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Financial Center today. I came here for

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a meeting. I've come here to raise

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capital for my for my new investment

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fund as I've spoken about on numerous

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occasions. I'm in the Middle East for

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the next 3 months raising a series A

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round for my business which I'll talk

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about in videos to come. I basically

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built a quant algo trading platform.

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It's like military grade pattern

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intelligence that I can put on any

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chart. I've just chosen to do it on

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crypto because it's more volatile and

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there's there's more to be taken from

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the market. You're not up against the

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big institutions. You're up against more

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retail investors. So, it's easier to

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take the win. So I've actually done

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about 15% return in the last 30 days. So

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that's my real focus in the next 3

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months, this whole year actually. That's

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my sole focus. So less partying like a

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Dumbo in Miami and more professionalism,

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more capital raising, more dressing

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well, and more hanging out in these

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sorts of spots. So, back to the matter

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at hand. Most of these women are just

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looking for a nice, well-dressed guy

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who's got a decent job or a business,

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who is pretty low-key, who's not putting

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himself out there all the time, who's

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not overly opinionated, who's not overly

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disagreeable all the time because she

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doesn't want to have to, you know, climb

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a mountain every single time she's

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having a conversation, right? I'm a

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difficult guy to deal with and a

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difficult guy to live with because I

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like things very particular, right? I'm

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very disagreeable. like, you know, I I

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think I know everything and so it's hard

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to tell me otherwise. And she's probably

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going to be looking for a guy who's

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occasionally going to say, "Okay, babe,

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I'll let you have this one." Whether

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I'll be like, "Nah, you're not having

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this one." Like, this it's my world. I'm

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the master of my own universe. I run

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this You're just here for the

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ride. That isn't necessarily always a

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good thing, especially if you have a big

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personality and a big personality

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online, which I'm not saying I've got a

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massive like online presence, right?

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I've got like 70,000 followers on

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Instagram and relatively small YouTube

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channel, which is less than 10K subs,

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but you know, I've got a great like I've

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got a great community on my YouTube. I

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don't think it's necessarily about

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having millions of people on YouTube. I

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think it's about having an engaged

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community. And and so women still get

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overwhelmed when they see my YouTube

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page and my Instagram and they're like,

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"Oh, you're so opinionated about this

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stuff." So if you don't have a big IG

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page, fear not. You're probably in the

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percentage of guys who are probably

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going to do better with good quality

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women. I'm almost thinking about

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creating a new Instagram page and giving

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out to the highquality girls that I

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meet. Now, to the girls that I meet in

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Dubai and the girls that I meet in Miami

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and they see my current Instagram, yes,

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they're interested because they're like,

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"Okay, this guy fits in a certain branch

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of social status, I can keep hanging

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around with him." But when you meet

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highquality girls, whether it be, I

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don't know, in Riad, in in Bucharest,

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mainly in Eastern Europe these days,

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those are the highest quality women I

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have met are still in Eastern Europe.

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When you meet those girls and they don't

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have a big IG page, when they see your

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IG page, they're like, "Uh, nah, this is

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like too much, you I don't want to have

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to deal with this So,

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my having a certain level of social

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status actually damaged my dating life.

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I had better, more meaningful

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relationships before I made any of this

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money before I had a big big Instagram

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page. They were more meaningful. They

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were more real. And they weren't

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attached to any sign of status. It was

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attached to me, my ambition, my looks,

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my charisma, my confidence. That's why

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those women fell in love with me.

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Now, if I meet a woman and she just so

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happens to like me, I'm thinking, does

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she like me for who I am or does she

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like me for what I am?

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And there lies the

Interactive Summary

The speaker challenges the notion that a high social status or a large Instagram following is necessary to date high-quality women, arguing that it can actually be a disadvantage. He reflects on how his relationships were more meaningful before his success and how many high-quality women are overwhelmed by flashy online personas. While currently in Riyadh raising capital for a new trading platform, he discusses his plan to maintain a more low-key presence to attract authentic partners who value his character over his wealth and status.

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