"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Quiksilver

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Anyone else here following this?

My two guys are Lleyton Hewitt and Rafa Nadal.

I don't watch womens tennis, its boring and I find it unprofessional. Sharapova's not hard to look at though ;)
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Rafa has one arm much bigger than the other and his bicep looks out of proportion. I think he's been using synthol.

MM
 

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i totally agree about the women's game. its poor quality tennis and boring as hell

i occasionally flip it on to catch ivanovic or sharapova but even that gets boring pretty quick
 

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Mad Manic, that's what tennis does to your arms. I played tennis pretty competitively up until last year, and my friends always comment on how my right bicep looks huge and my left only above average :)

It's not synthol, it's just a blood pump from using it. That and he's a world class athlete from an extremely athletic family with pretty good muscular genetics. His brother plays for the spanish national soccer club I believe. The tan might make it look bigger too...
 

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I'm Aussie and I'm following it. Go Lleyton! See Federer almost get beat by Tipovick? What a match. Good matches are exciting if you get into them.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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lordson

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man 95% of the women are so dmaned ugly

lie beofre Ivanovic is very pretty.

but i can't see that much under the cap
 

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Forget federers match (although it was rather good) , how about lleytons match against baghdatis?

I think he just got out classed by djokovich tonight though
 

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I had money on rod****, for good odds to make the semi's.... *sigh


I do like the cut of djokovich's jib though. His sharapova impression is hilarious
 

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Hewitt beat himself yesterday... He was serving what, like 45% for the match? You can't expect to beat a top 10 player with a garbage serve %.

He'll make a come back this year though, just you watch!

djokovich is a pretty smart player, he'll never be #1 though because of his gameplan. He basically rallies with his opponents until he finds a weakness and then makes the guy beat himself. He's very smart but he should be more aggressive, especially with his speed and good hands. It's funny because he always wins the big points when it matters, then he'll go on autopilot and let his opponent implode... Smart player, hopefully he'll develop his game a little more.

I still got money on nadal.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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what do you reckon of this Tsonga character? Does he have what it take to beat rafa and make the final?
 

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Quiksilver said:
Hewitt beat himself yesterday... He was serving what, like 45% for the match? You can't expect to beat a top 10 player with a garbage serve %.

He'll make a come back this year though, just you watch!

djokovich is a pretty smart player, he'll never be #1 though because of his gameplan. He basically rallies with his opponents until he finds a weakness and then makes the guy beat himself. He's very smart but he should be more aggressive, especially with his speed and good hands. It's funny because he always wins the big points when it matters, then he'll go on autopilot and let his opponent implode... Smart player, hopefully he'll develop his game a little more.

I still got money on nadal.

nadal is the self-confessed tennis player with no game plan. says he never has a game plan for a match, just goes out there and beats the guy
 

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Picking favorites seems like such a lame thing to do, but go ahead and give the trophies to Federer and Henin.
 

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Lol nadal :p I'm going for him now Lleytons out.

Picking favourites makes it more interesting and fun.

Did Henin beat Sharapova?
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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Nadal got his ass kicked!
 

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WTF is up with this Tennis craze?!? You all know that this is just a "Fad" or "Flavor of the month" kind of thing...just like how soccer was...even the people that never watched it before, all of a sudden their acting like they live for it...idiots.
 

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Tennis craze? It's the Australian open, I'm Australian, its televised, so I'm watching it and following it and enjoying it. Guess that makes me an idiot?

I do the same thing when the soccer world cup is on? What's wrong with that? Or taking an interest in events I never normally would when the olympics is on.
 

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Yes, I am more interested in tennis right now then i usually am. However, I'm a sports fanatic all the time!
 

"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.

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