What does the following expression mean in this paragraph?
i'm translating a book about how to date with a women because of the request of a male customer (sorry because this topic can offend you), and i'm about to finish it. But I met a confusing paragraph as follows:
"Males link their confidence to so many different things. They will tell you that their special trick matters because it does for them, but it would not have to matter at all if they were not convinced that it did"
What does " it would not have to matter at all if they were not convinced that it did" mean in this paragraph?

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Hi, you can read different meanings into this sentence, so I might be right or wrong, but the author is saying something like 'Guys sometimes try too hard to prove something to themselves, they behave in a certain way because they think that's what impresses women, when really women are looking at something completely different about the guy'  So basically, my interpretation is that guys shouldn't try too hard to impress, because impressing people is not important, but being yourself is.

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Males are convinced that their trick matters; it is important. But, they wouldn't believe that, if they weren't convinced. Their own belief makes them give so much importance to the trick. 
I don't know if I help you :P

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