"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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30 Days to Being A Better Man : Art of Manliness

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Iceberg

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I just discovered this site last week when I was looking for tips on straight-razor shaving. It's pretty cool.
 

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They call it 30 days, but I see it as 30 habits and goals to do, and so I've given myself a whole year to achieve them. I've got 9 so far, and 2 to be completed very soon this week.
 

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The backbone of that site is actually Benjamin Franklin's 13 Virtues,something I have strived for ever since I read his autobiography

  1. [FONT=&quot]"TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."[/FONT]
  2. [FONT=&quot]"SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation."[/FONT]
  3. [FONT=&quot]"ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time."[/FONT]
  4. [FONT=&quot]"RESOLUTION. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve."[/FONT]
  5. [FONT=&quot]"FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing."[/FONT]
  6. [FONT=&quot]"INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions."[/FONT]
  7. [FONT=&quot]"SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly."[/FONT]
  8. [FONT=&quot]"JUSTICE. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty."[/FONT]
  9. [FONT=&quot]"MODERATION. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve."[/FONT]
  10. [FONT=&quot]"CLEANLINESS. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation."[/FONT]
  11. [FONT=&quot]"TRANQUILLITY. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable."[/FONT]
  12. [FONT=&quot]"CHASTITY. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation."[/FONT]
  13. [FONT=&quot]"HUMILITY. Imitate [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Jesus[/FONT][FONT=&quot] and [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Socrates[/FONT][FONT=&quot]."[/FONT]
 
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