Did Neil Strauss and Britney Spears know each other? What was the relationship between them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neil Strauss and Britney Spears met when Strauss interviewed her. Strauss discovered that using his PUA techniques helped Spears get more comfortable, and helped Strauss be more confident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The techniques Style learned in the community were not just useful for picking up women\u2014the principles were about how to read people<\/a> and make them feel comfortable. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As a journalist, these skills vastly improved Neil\u2019s interviewing skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Neil Strauss and Britney Spears met when he was assigned to interview her. Spears was still riding the peak of her late 1990s-early 2000s fame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the beginning of Neil Strauss and Britney Spears’s conversation, Spears was giving few-word answers and hardly paying attention<\/a> to the questions. Again, Neil had to use his pickup skills to build rapport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n First, Neil had to engage her. He did some cold-reading, making fairly obvious observations that Spears took as uncannily perceptive. Then, he created a yes-ladder, a series of questions that all elicit a \u201cyes\u201d answer, designed to keep the other person\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, Neil performed a value-demonstrating routine, which was meant to make him stand out\u2014in this case, among other journalists. For his routine, Neil explained to Spears that people\u2019s eye movements revealed which parts of their brains were engaged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n