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I noticed you started to post.backbreaker said:
Ahh, just keep me in the loop, because I help him administer the forums. At the moment, we need members, and we need content. Badly.
"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.
Be on your best behavior.. I'm making a list
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Ahh, just keep me in the loop, because I help him administer the forums. At the moment, we need members, and we need content. Badly.
"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.
I swear Backbreaker, if you ever get bored, you should be a carnival worker...
"Step right up! Ladies and Gentlemen, let me show to you the BEST thing you will EVERY lay your eyes on! It's glorified, horrified, and whorified! Ladies, step away right now, Gentlemen, get as close up here as possible! I am about to turn on the light inside your brains, about to pull the wool off your eyes. Behold, the magic of *insert your site name here*"
*Crowd* "OOOOHHHHHHHH!"
I guess once a sales/businessman, always a sales/businessman.
"Step right up! Ladies and Gentlemen, let me show to you the BEST thing you will EVERY lay your eyes on! It's glorified, horrified, and whorified! Ladies, step away right now, Gentlemen, get as close up here as possible! I am about to turn on the light inside your brains, about to pull the wool off your eyes. Behold, the magic of *insert your site name here*"
*Crowd* "OOOOHHHHHHHH!"
I guess once a sales/businessman, always a sales/businessman.
backbreaker
Master Don Juan
lol, you should have seen me on the car lot
It's sad when you sale someone who came in looking for an RX-8 a mazda 3 without power windows... and make them LIKE it.. all because the manager needed to get rid of it and was going to pay you 300 extra on the spot
It's sad when you sale someone who came in looking for an RX-8 a mazda 3 without power windows... and make them LIKE it.. all because the manager needed to get rid of it and was going to pay you 300 extra on the spot
backbreaker
Master Don Juan
I actually used to do tent sales for a couple of months and I was the guy with the bull horn running up to customers acting a damn fool. it was too fun.
"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.
backbreaker
Master Don Juan
look at my pic in my previou post.. .and see if you want to call me a geek again
backbreaker said:
That is pretty low, but Mrstabaho is probably lower with 2.4 years registered and .02 posts a day. mine was pretty low before I became a mod now its sky rocketed. All the moving and closing threads. Anyways way off topic...
navyseal2101
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wiener. Can I join the club?