"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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Going to Las Vegas ...

splinterkb

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Blackjack Switch is kinda crazy. You have to play 2 hands at the same time. Say you get a Ace (Bottom) and a 3 (top) for one hand, and a King (top) and a 7 (bottom). In Blackjack Switch, you have the option of switching your top cards in your hands. You could turn a soft 14 and a 17 into a blackjack and a double down. The rules are changed a tad for the odds since that makes you win more. Everyone pushes if the dealer hits 22, and blackjacks are even money. Even with those 2 rule exceptions though, it seemed a hell of a lot easier to win more.

You can only find it in smaller places though.. not really any of the giant casinos.
 

"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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Get a 3 and a half foot tall margarita mix, get wasted on the strip, and go to a massage parlor!
 
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