Fuck all of these superficial, surface level responses.

Stop listening to "As a short guy this" "As a short guy that". It has nothing to do with your height, and everything to do with how you perceive your height to lower your status. Half of these people commenting on the 5'7 part aren't even trying to help you, they're re-affirming their superiority and talking down to you for their own personal ego enhancement. It's a couple of vertical inches, and if you've ever seen a swagged out short guy you don't even notice it or it can be viewed as an advantage. I'm 5'8. The idea that I have to compensate fucking anything because someone has half a subway sandwhich of a head more than me is as ridiculous as it sounds.

Obtaining the attention of the room isn't about the physical, it's about creating an aura and radiating from the inside out. You notice a correlation between the tall jacked guy and him getting the attention because he is permitted to behave in a confident manner by the environment, and it radiates out. You still can do that at any stature or amount of looks.

The only way I can ever help you connect with this is to tell you to watch "Zyzz" to know what I'm talking about with the underlying radiating charisma. He had a quote once that I've based my entire life around and that gives me the strength to do the shit that I do.

"I don’t workout for chicks, i workout to create an aura, when i walk into a room, introduce myself to someone, go for a job interview, i love looking dominant, in charge, and in control. I love walking past and having people point and talk about me, i love the fact that when i go somewhere with thousands of people, almost all of them will remember who i am when it is over, and i didn’t even have to say a word.”

Read a power of now and meditate. You will begin to understand why I get approached and recieve more attention than my model ex-girlfriends "As a short guy" at 15% bodyfat with chunky cheeks. I wouldn't even consider myself halfway there to where I aspire to be.