"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.

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Drinking Coffee before a workout good or bad??

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I found that drinking coffee gives me a cheap boast before I go to the gym so I don't get tired while I workout. I wanted to know whether its ok to drink coffee for a boast and whether it has any drawbacks??
 

"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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The caffiene is a plus, I know that. As for the other crap in coffee, I'm not exactly sure. I'd prefer to take a caffeine pill about an hour or so before my workout.
 
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My nutritionist professor said theirs no such thing as a caffine crash like sugar. The caffine wears of very slowly. All the caffine does is free up fatty acids in the body so they can be used for energy.

You must no consume so much caffine that your body won't return to its normal mode. Some people drink a lot of caffine, but it doesn't wear off by the time they consume more caffine (the next day), so they keep adding more stimulants to their body, and too much will do bad things for the body. It we put a lot of stress on the central nervoius system.

How much is too much? I forgot exactly, I think over 2 cups but im not sure.
 
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the other factor is that caffeine dehydrates, especially in the form of coffee, since it's so relatively concentrated. you'll have to make up for it by drinking even more water.
 
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Is it the caffiene itself that dehydrates, or the stuff IN the coffee?

I remember reading something recently saying that many of the drinks that possess caffiene dehydrate you not due to the caff content, but rather the other ingredients...
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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hmm, I don't drink a lot of coffee, but i'm addicted to several diet sodas, all caffeinated and on the balance, they tend to dehydrate rather than hydrate.
 
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