"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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Quiksilver

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Personally I can't get enough of this stuff.

This is for those that see there is more to life than chasing pvssy, and are interested in a variety of subjects.

Very fascinating stuff, most of the subjects are worldly and interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

Again, this is for those that have curiosity built into your personality.

Enjoy.
 

"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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I love ted talks. One of the better things about the internet is the abundance of information and knowledge for those that seek.
 

Darles Chickens

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Yeah there's some really good and inspirational talks on there.

I found this one by someone who i've never heard (maybe it's Pook) and thought that it echos some of the messages that are put across on the board.

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_success.html

Some good stuff in this one too about endangered cultures. In the guys biog it states he's a "National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence". Pretty cool job.

http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.html

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"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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It's a shame, really, TED talks don't get more coverage here more often. My favorite TED talks have been Michael Shermer (professional skeptic), Brian Cox (astronomer), Richard Dawkins (does he really need an introduction?), and Barry Schwartz (paradox of choice).
I found this one by someone who i've never heard (maybe it's Pook) and thought that it echos some of the messages that are put across on the board.

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_success.html
Pook's real name was Samuel. Amusingly, there was an historical Samuel Pook:
Samuel Moore Pook (1804 – 1878) was a Boston-based American naval architect and father of Samuel Hartt Pook, the noted clipper ship naval architect. In 1861, at the outbreak of the American Civil War, he designed the City class ironclads for James B. Eads. The City class ironclads, also known as "Pook Turtles" due to their distinctive shape, were the backbone of the naval flotilla deployed by the United States Navy on the Mississippi River System during the American Civil War.
No wonder why Pook was so mysterious--he was an ethereal ghost! ;)
 
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