"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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naes420

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i am 17 ONLY, and want to pursue a career in medicine and become a doctor of internal medicine, i dont have any "positive" adult infulences in my life right now. be honest, as adults, how many of you have pursued dreams and failed...i just want to know, it sure as hell wont stop me from pursueing mine, but i always liek to know the statistics.
 

"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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Ridingthelightning

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I don't know anyone that truly pursued their dreams and didn't make it.
Go after it with complete and relentless pursuit and you'll make it. Especially in the medical field. The more effort you put into school the more it pays off. I'm technically premed and my brother is now a doctor, we both pursue whatever we want and more often than not we've gotten it.
 

aldaris

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Ridingthelightning said:
I don't know anyone that truly pursued their dreams and didn't make it.
Go after it with complete and relentless pursuit and you'll make it. Especially in the medical field. The more effort you put into school the more it pays off. I'm technically premed and my brother is now a doctor, we both pursue whatever we want and more often than not we've gotten it.
what about all the jocks who dreamed of making it to the pros? all the rockers who dreamed of playing in front of 50,000 screaming fans? many of those pursured their dreams with intense passion. most ended up with a life of broken dreams.

school is so that the elites can have mid-level management.
 

RecoveringAFC

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I'm loving my life and living my dream job. I work in IT and wouldn't change for anything except to maybe teach IT. Personally I love computers.

At your age the two smartest things you can do is:
1. Get excellent grades. Med School is tough to get in to. Get good grades
2. Make sure you surround yourself with as many positive people as possible

If you're around a lot of partying junkie type friends. Loose them. You need to be around other positive college/university bound friends. They'll help keep you focused.

Find ways to get an early foothold in your career. Talk to Doctors, volunteer, talk to people, network, anything. People will start to notice you. After a time, opportunities will start to present themselves. Grab them and don't be afraid of change.

Follow those simple tips and in no time you'll have your goals.

Last but not least, never give up. If you can't attack something head on, attack it from the side. Chip away at it. Just never give up. Visualize success.
 

RecoveringAFC

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Aldaris you said it:
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If you really want something bad enough and work hard enough you will succeed. You may not become super rich or famous but you can make it if you really want to.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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