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Book · 2017 · Man-woman relationships

Models

Attract Women Through Honesty

by Mark Manson · Recommended by 3 people on 1 podcast

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So, Mark Manson, good friend of mine, his first book actually is from 2013. It's called Models. It's one of the best books for guys that want to learn how to be more attractive to women.
Chris Williamson · Modern Wisdom · Jun 2025 Listen at 42:49

What they say about it

Grouped from 22 mentions
  • Rereading the book“I'm currently rereading”
    3
  • Attracting women through honesty“how to attract women through honesty”
    3
  • Call it a favorite book“my favorite book”
    2
  • Recommends it to everyone“Everyone needs to go and read it”
    2

The best things said about it

6 of 22 · every mention
Recommended
The best still the best dating advice book for everyone should go and get it on Audible.
On the show Modern Wisdom · Jun 2025
Recommended
Any guys listening who want to kind of up their game especially as we're about to re-release ourselves back out of lockdown models by Mark Manson is like the the pickup artistry book for people that don't want to be CD pickup artists.
Jim Mullane Modern Wisdom · May 2020
Discussed
Vulnerability is one of the most important traits and it's being able to convey what you actually feel like authenticity.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · May 2024
Recommended
I think it'd be a really interesting read for girls as well to go through i think models by mark manson as well is really interesting for girls to see their own neat that neediness dynamic.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Jan 2022
Recommended
It was how to attract women through honesty.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Jul 2020
Discussed
I'm rereading Mark Manson's Models at the moment.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Feb 2020

Where and when it comes up

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How it comes up

Recommended means the speaker tells listeners to read it.

Why people recommend it

Models by Mark Manson is a modern dating advice book that focuses on self-development and honesty rather than manipulative pickup tactics. Chris Williamson strongly recommended it on Modern Wisdom, noting that it approaches an anniversary and that anyone looking for a great guide should read it. The host of Modern Wisdom also praised it as the best dating advice book available, encouraging listeners to find it on Audible. Chris Williamson brought up the title on multiple episodes, suggesting it for people wanting to meet others organically and recommending it for female readers to better understand neediness dynamics in relationships. Amanda Kuda also called it her favorite book on the platform, and Jim Mullane praised it as a pickup artistry book designed for people who do not want to be sleazy, emphasizing its focus on honesty and attraction. Contributors across these episodes highlighted how the text helps men improve confidence, self-expression, and communication by shifting the focus inward rather than relying on superficial techniques. The enduring praise underscores its unique position in the self-help and relationship advice genre as a practical guide centered on emotional maturity.

Every mention

22 counted mentions · 6 passing or ad reads below
Chris Williamson That's from Models. … It's going to be 15 years old this year. Unreal. Everyone needs to go and read it, du… 17
Recommended
“That's from Models. … It's going to be 15 years old this year. Unreal. Everyone needs to go and read it, dude. Anyone that needs a new book, go and read an old book.”
Discussed
“Mark Manson's models came out in what 2014? Have you ever read that book? Probably not. So Mark Manson before he did the subtle art, he wrote Models.”
Discussed
“So, Mark Manson, good friend of mine, his first book actually is from 2013. It's called Models. It's one of the best books for guys that want to learn how to be more attractive to women.”
Discussed
“what did Mark Manson say in in models that vulnerability is one of the most important traits and it's being able to convey what you actually feel like authenticity”
Discussed
“and this one about the definition of neediness actually comes from his first book models it's like from 2014”
Discussed
“I read models by Mark Manson which is probably 10 years old now so most people will know Mark for subtle art of not giving a really great book but he actually wrote a I guess you call it kind of like ethical pickup Artistry book toward the back end of the Neil Strauss hero in 20134”
Recommended
“Yes, read models by Mark Manson and he will tell you that the best place to go is to think about what is the sort of person that I'm wanting to meet.”
Recommended
“i think it'd be a really interesting read for girls as well to go through i think models by mark manson as well is really interesting for girls to see their own neat that neediness dynamic”
Discussed
“And anyone that's read Mark Manson's Models knows that's not a very powerful position to be in.”
Discussed
“and this is why your first book models is i've just completed yes everyone that's listening i've just finished the reading list today”
Recommended
“models by Mark Manson so it's the first month that he ever wrote and it was how to attract women through honesty which has depending on where you're coming from it looking at it it could be like a real Mincey kind of like fluffy title”
Discussed
“so reading mark Munson's models there's two red pills that are oh they're so large that I almost couldn't swallow them so the first one the first one was it was essentially that that you are the common denominator in all of your relationship failings”
Discussed
“I remember hearing about it a while ago I was reading Marc Manson's models which is a book about dating for men quite a while ago and in that he talks about what is the sort of woman that you want to date”
Discussed
“I'm rereading mark Munson's models at the moment which is like how to attract women through honesty essentially”
Discussed
“I'm currently rereading mark Manson's models and he talks he talks a lot about that right”
Recommended
“know me Montmartre Manson's book quote models which is fantastic so it comes under that bracket that is very different”
Discussed
“you've models by mark months and then it's got all the low-hanging fruit that is in there aisel for [ __ ] like this”
Jim Mullane but models by him how they were tracking him in through honesty he's amazing 2
Recommended
“but models by him how they were tracking him in through honesty he's amazing”
Recommended
“any guys listening who want to kind of up their game especially as we're about to re-release ourselves back out of lockdown models by Mark Manson is like the the pickup artistry book for people that don't want to be CD pickup artists”
Amanda Kuda my favorite book models by Mark Manson 1
Recommended
“my favorite book models by Mark Manson”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker2
Recommended
“People don't know that you wrote Models, dude. The best still the best dating advice book for everyone should go and get it on Audible and go back in 2014 that came out. 13 13 [ __ ] 12 years, dude. That's insane.”
Discussed
“I'm currently rereading mark Manson's models and he talks he talks a lot about that”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“oh yeah this is your first book right yep models attract women through honesty yep um at least that subtitle is like you know well we can get to this in a second”
Passing
“he wrote a book on relationships called models a while back”
Plugged
“and this is ultimately what you know I wrote a book uh it's called models attract women through honesty”
Plugged
“and so so my book models was very much written i wrote it specifically to kind of to be like the antidote to that”
Passing
“I loved Mark Ronson's models just a lot of not given a [__] couldn't give a [__] so I always wait to say that”
Plugged
“and I wrote my my dating book in 2011 models attract women through honesty and and that was kind of like my farewell project”

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