"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
Any lawyers here?
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"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
First you need to get your undergrad degree. Then you take a graduate exam designed for students interested in going to law school called the LSAT's. I believe once you start school they teach you general studies first then you can choose your specialization. If you have a criminal record, i don't think you can become a lawyer.
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Bible_Belt
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If you cant get into a top 50-100 law school, dont even bother.
I think you mean top 20, and if so I agree. Otherwise, unless you're in the top ten percent of your class, then you will barely make enough money to service the debt. Everyone thinks they will do well, but keep in mind that your grade is your rank against your classmates, and law students are the study skills all-stars. Most of them have never done anything in life except study. But if you win the grades contest by working yourself to death, you will demonstrate to big law firms that you have what it takes.
"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.
Centaurion
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Don't study law unless you love it, and you love to study. Law is a b!tch.