Com a esperança de conquistar o coração da mulher de seus sonhos, um homem decide entrar para uma aula de autoconfiança. Mas o que ele não sabe é que o professor do curso, o egomaníaco Dr. P, também está apaixonado pela linda Amanda e fará de tudo para conquistá-la.
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.
