Full Circle indeed.
My first post ever in this forum back in 2006 was about the relationship between pick up artistry and personal development (a horse that has been beaten to death a gajillion times since):
Personal Development and Pickup Artists
I remember in days of yore when David DeAngelo just had his "Double Your Dating" PDF with the "cocky & funny" technique as the backbone of his method. When Mystery was unknown. When project hollywood was just a project...
Personal Development, Pickup, Seduction, watchamacallit... the way of life is to strive to become better in everything you can be. It's all the same. It comes together in the end. Enjoy.