"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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Classical Music

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We got any classical music fans up in here? I don't just mean classical in the "classical" sense but also baroque, romantic, 20th century, opera, etc.. basically western art music. I'm the only person I've ever met who's ipod is > %50 classical.
 

"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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Wow! Pretty sweet if you ask me. I am open to all that great stuff. I live in a place now where you can hear live performances for almost nothing (as compared to the West). Would you consider the composers from the old Soviet Union to be Western art music?

BTW, I would recommend everyone to give Opera a chance.
 

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Does Metallicas S&M concert count?
 

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Absolutely.

I'm not as much of a connasseur as I'd like to be, but classical music is really something.
 

"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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I'm one. Big on Mozart and Chopin. And yes, if I owned an ipod, it would consist of probably around 65% classical music :)
 

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I'm a big fan of Philip Glass, I guess that would be modern classical.
 

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Adagio For Strings is my favorite classical song.
 

"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 am only somewhat familiar with classical music,a fan,but not aficionado. If anything, My favorite piece of classical music is the soundtrack to 2001: A Space Oddysey. Which is also one of my favorite films. I highly recomend both.
 

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Yah, I'm into a lot of classical stuff, too. I love the old Ludwig Van (esp. his intense 7th Symphony), Orff's Carmina Burana, Stravinsy's Rite of Spring, in particular.
 

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I like composers from the Romantic era the most, particularly piano music. Chopin, Debussy, etc. Very beautiful music.
 

Colin O'Brien

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meitenesrigas said:
Wow! Pretty sweet if you ask me. I am open to all that great stuff. I live in a place now where you can hear live performances for almost nothing (as compared to the West). Would you consider the composers from the old Soviet Union to be Western art music?

BTW, I would recommend everyone to give Opera a chance.

Oh hell yeah, Soviet music is awesome. Shostakovitch is probably my favorite composer, I love his 5th symphony so much, plus his first cello concerto is awesome too. Where I am now, performances are an expensive rarity, and I'm moving to New York City next year so they'll turn into just "expensive". I recommend everyone give classical music and opera a chance.
 
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