"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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What sport do you play in high school?

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whether sports helped get the chickies interested in you :rolleyes:
Tennis didn't get a lot of panties to drop. In high schools, it's a 2nd or 3rd tier. Football and basketball are the kings.

College tennis players don't do that well compared to other sports either. The elite pro tennis players can get some pusssy. Roger Federer didn't do well with a longer term girlfriend in terms of looks.
 
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

Read more...

Jesse Pinkman

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American Football, I played free safety but sat on the bench for all years except my senior year. Went to a high school in Atlanta that has produced NFL stars so that was one reason for it.

Played some Tennis as well but could not commit to it fully since I played football.
 

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What positions in each?

I wish I played more soccer growing up, the footwork you get from it is insane.
I wish I played soccer growing up, yes the footwork would have helped me out tremendously in basketball and boxing.

I think soccer might have been the original sport.

Anyways, with sports, with the playing time….A lot of it boils down to one being good at what you do but ALSO politics. In some cases the guy who is decent at his position and kisses the coaches butt, goes to team functions and outings is going to get more playing time than the quiet, great player who keeps to himself and don’t mingle with the team. That’s why it’s important to communicate with your coaches and teammates to know how you could play better as a team.

A great coach is someone who puts his ego aside and knows how to differentiate.
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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I wish I played soccer growing up, yes the footwork would have helped me out tremendously in basketball and boxing.

I think soccer might have been the original sport.

Anyways, with sports, with the playing time….A lot of it boils down to one being good at what you do but ALSO politics. In some cases the guy who is decent at his position and kisses the coaches butt, goes to team functions and outings is going to get more playing time than the quiet, great player who keeps to himself and don’t mingle with the team. That’s why it’s important to communicate with your coaches and teammates to know how you could play better as a team.

A great coach is someone who puts his ego aside and knows how to differentiate.
The footwork that soccer players have is unreal, it's no wonder dudes like Anderson Silva (former soccer player in Brazil) did so well in MMA.

Basically being the quarterback at any TX high school where skill means nothing but the network is everything. The position itself is so subjective because you can mask a bad QB with a good run game and a great defense.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Played Football aka soccer all my life. Most, if not all, countries outside the USA consider Football a religion. So you are born into it, grow up with it, and become one with it. I had the chance to play professionally until I got into a car accident.

I still play competitively 11v11 and 7v7 but obviously at an Intermediate/Advanced level, just not professionally which I think would have been pretty sweet.


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High school football, on the worst team my school had in 50 years. I was a pulling guard and had fun mowing unsuspecting peeps over. The only thing my team did well was cheap shots. We enjoyed decking punt returners who weren't paying attention.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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