The Game

I've just finished reading The Game by Neil Strauss. 
It was indeed an intriguing read. I've had male friends who wanted to read the book and countered by female who expressed their distaste for it. This, was reason enough for me to be curious about what kind of book would it be, the kind of message it was trying to bring across. 
Well, the moment I started reading it, it had my eyes glued to my Tablet for the past 2 days, every moment I took my Tablet out, was to open my e-book app and continue reading. 
I had to say, the scornful looks from my lady friends were uncalled for. It was a book of self-discovery. 
And I'm not talking about the Pick-up Artists skill-set, of course. 
But when one lived in their own perceived reality, where every single step were rehearsed and pre-planned, one will start to lose themselves, and their spontaneity. We are who we are because of our emotions and our reactions, if every single chain of thoughts and actions are a replica of someone else, I supposed, the authenticity in human interactions would have been lost, isn't it?

I've known a specific individual, he modelled himself upon a mentor so much that he had not only mastered his chain of thoughts, he even copied the mannerisms, I was in the same shoes, I wanted to do the same, because the mentor was massively successful, However, when I got to know the mentor better, I realised, the reasons for his being successful was due to his creativity, his dynamic characteristics and his spontaneity to go out try something new all the time, I guess these are the traits of an entrepreneur, and the topics and interests of him always change. And sad to say, the said individual, only managed to copy a small part of all these, the assertive and competitive nature, and democratic anarchy.