You can put a group of men in a chat and call it a community. That doesn't tell you whether any of them will help you get better.
When I recorded The Wolfpack in 2019, I wanted to explain what made the Hustler Elite work as a group. We had the infield, the reviews and the Straight Line Seduction System. But we also had the people. I was very careful about who I let into that room.
If I am going to spend my Sundays with you, I need more than your willingness to sign up.
The beer test
I called it the beer test. Could I sit down with you on an ordinary weekday, have a beer and enjoy a conversation about something unrelated to game?
That sounds simple because it is. I wanted men I found interesting, men with something going on in their lives, and men I could learn something from as well as teach.
You didn't have to arrive as some established baller. A young guy might still be figuring out his work and his life. What mattered to me was whether he took responsibility, worked hard and did what we discussed.
Trust mattered too. Could I rely on him? Did he know how to behave around other people? A person who destroys the atmosphere costs the whole group something.
The standard was about the company we kept. Seduction could be the reason we met without becoming the only thing any of us had to talk about.
Bring something back from the street
I started the Hustler Elite to test whether I could transfer my skill to other men. That required practice I could examine. An enthusiastic conversation about what a student intended to do was not enough.
The group included men training in person and men sending their material remotely. We discussed what happened, identified the sticking points and returned to the core lessons.
There is a difference between reading an idea once and having somebody bring you back to it after watching you ignore it in an interaction. That can be uncomfortable. Good. Now you can work on the thing you actually did.
This is also why the work between meetings matters. A review has much more substance when you bring back experience instead of the same promises you brought last week.
Keep your feet on the ground
Learning game can make you emotionally volatile. You think you have finally understood it. Then you have a run of disappointing interactions and start questioning everything.
The group helped with both ends of that swing. When a guy was down, there were other men telling him to get up and continue the work. When he was flying after a good result, there were people reminding him to keep his feet on the ground.
Neither moment tells the entire story. A good evening doesn't mean your learning is finished. A difficult evening doesn't mean every useful thing you learned has disappeared.
Having people who know the work makes those conversations more useful. They can ask what happened instead of simply telling you what you want to hear.
The point of the pack
I was proud of the group's cohesion. We worked seriously, but we also enjoyed being around each other. The stories, the arguments and the shared experience were part of why the group mattered.
That is the part I want you to consider when choosing people to train with. Do they help you act? Can they give direct feedback? Do they want you to improve, and can you do the same for them?
The episode describes the Hustler Elite as it operated in 2019. For current coaching formats and availability, enquire about Hustler Elite.
A group earns its value through what its members actually do for each other. Choose men whose company you respect. Then be somebody worth having in their group.
