"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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LowPlainsDrifter

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All the talk on the business news stations is that oil and gas might get considerably lower.
Worldwide demand has to pick up at some point - people keep cranking out more people. Those people want to drive cars, use plastics, etc.
Fully replacing non-renewable fossil fuels with renewables is going to take a while... and I think that timeframe will stretch out even further - I think $150/barrel oil and $4.50 a gallon gas gave alternatives urgency that has greatly diminished.
I think oil and gas are due for at least one more big run-up. So how does one profit from that?
Dividend paying oil-company stocks? Energy ETFs?
 

"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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I've been thinking a lot about this myself. I think oil is going to come back with a vengeance once the economies recover. Oil is NOT going to stay at $40/barrel forever. I don't know much about investing in oil myself.
 
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According to the 60 minutes special last night on oil, barrels have to sell at 55 dollars to cover the cost of the country(Saudi Arabia). Eventually if the prices continue at what they are now, they will eventually spike back higher than they normally should be.
 
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Its getting cheap now. $55 to fill up my tank now and lasts for two weeks.
 
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