So I've gone through this thread a bit over the past few days watching/reading some of the advice and videos. Brent Smith really piqued my interest because really I have been inadvertently using his approach for the last month or so. From what I can tell, it really does work, but I'm still trying to work out a few of my quirks that are impeding my progress.
I feel as if I need to give a bit of background information to establish where I am first. I'm a freshman at a relatively small university, around 3500 undergrads overall. I typically see the same girls almost every time I go out. I don't necessarily know all of them by any means, but I recognize them and there is a bit of a pattern to it. During winter break I realized I was coming off as really desperate in a lot of situations even if I was having some success. The type of girls I wanted to approach/have approach me weren't looking my way with any serious intent.
Since coming back for second semester, I have made it my goal to sort of stop trying to care about that, basically giving off an aura of not giving a fuck. THIS DEFINITELY WORKS. Girls have been looking my way a lot more. For me this is in the classroom, at the gym, at the cafeteria (bleh required meal plan), and when I go out. I never really knew what the term "eye fuck" meant, but I've definitely experienced it on a few separate occasions now. One key is when you make eye contact with a girl,do not to flinch or act like the eye contact never happened, just act like it didn't really mean much.
My main problem is that I'm not cashing in on these opportunities, or at least I haven't had a chance to yet. Since this is a daily thing for me, I feel like it's a bit of a work in progress that will prove more fruitful as I go on. Hopefully when I start approaching girls I'm interested in I'll be less desperate and more confident that whatever happens is going to happen, and I'm okay with any outcome. I'm not there yet, but maybe one day.