it wasn't the affirmations...it was your change in perspective. You choosing to actively pursue a social life independent of women is what ultimately helped you achieve the success you have today.
That.
I'm hesitant to bring up Cory again, but I have some thoughts on which I think are relevant to the thread.
Some things Cory says often:
Becoming great with women isn't about women, it's about becoming a great man
Always look and dress your best - i.e. front
Go out to have fun, have a great social life, don't go out to get women - see Kidd quote above
Be comfortable with yourself and who you are etc.
If you look at the testimonials page on Cory's website you can see a before and after pics of that guy from the vid that was linked. Before his image was completely different, and he said he just sat in playing video games all the time. Affirmations helped him change his mindset, but that doesn't make them necessary or magic.
Cory has said he was great with women from an early age, he just decided he was gonna go for it before he had too much society bullshit in his mind, so he started getting girls before it became a big deal. He didn't start doing affirmations until years later, at which point he was already successful. In which case he wasn't so much affirming, as
re-affirming. Sounds similar to something someone on here has said
And maybe the biggest thing - Cory says 'there are already women out there that want you, you just don't believe it'. So guys start doing affirmations, and expect them to work, so they go out looking for women that like them, and expect it, so they're tuned into it, and they notice it. But it wasn't the affirmations that did the work, it was tuning their perception in to noticing it, combined with getting their shit together in other areas (i.e. front, image etc. sense of deserving etc.). So they work for some guys, but it isn't that affirmations magically made them attractive. And for all the guys who have success with affirmations, there are just as many who fail with them. That's why confirmation is great, because it leads to the same result, but without all the struggle and effort. You accept them because they are true.
For me it's 2 paths to the same place, only one is much smoother than the other.