I’m seven years late to the party, but that doesn’t make me feel insecure. I recently began watching Californication starring David Duchovny, the X-Files guy, as Hank. He’s a writer in L.A. who has written a successful novel that was turned into a shitty rom-com. Hank tries to win back his ex-long term partner with whom he has a teenage daughter and beds a multitude of random women as easily as you or I can scratch an itch.
Immediately, we begin begin to empathize with his situation (females can only sympathize): losing the love of his life and hopping on the hedonic treadmill of casual sex with the women who cross his path.
Despite his oneitis, Hank embodies many elements of alpha, such as his outcome independence and cocky funny attitude. For those of you trying to embody the characteristic elements that women find attractive, I’d recommend Californication as an entertaining and educational piece of artwork to show you the way. The show has pragmatic takeaway value if you watch it with an active mind that focuses on identifying the principles of Hank’s character that women find attractive. For example, notice how when he is on top of his game he generally initiates the farewell and exits the scene first.
It’s the little details like that which become more apparent after internalizing the many facets of charisma and social dynamics. I encourage those who who haven’t watched the series to do so. Hank just might inspire you to stop supplicating to the fairer sex and treat them as they should be treated; with amused mastery.
