"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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Excercises/Stretchers to straighten your back

Kas

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Im 17, years of slouching on my chair at school has left me with a bit of a curve in my back.

Any excercises or stretches I can do ?
 

"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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Skilla_Staz

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You can start by standing up straight.
 

grr

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Do squats (preferrable) or deadlift. They'll make your core hard as a rock. Right now its jelly and that's what's killing your posture, you're like a pair of top-heavy nuknchucks instead of a solid cylinder.
 

wayword

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Go to a chiropractor
Lay on your back on a ball
Hang from a bar, with your hands or upside-down with gravity-boots
Wherever your spine is bulging out, workout the muscles on the bulging side

Straightening your posture takes time because it involves both physically changing your body as well as mental bad habits. So, it's not something that will happen overnight - so you have to give it a lot of time. Taken me years, to be honest, and I'm still not where I wanna be (although somewhat close). But the pay-off is good and worth it. Nothing spells a loser like a slouch.
 
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