"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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How come my friends change their personalities when I change?

jt the azn

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Somehow, I feel that some of my friends are starting to like me less. Whenever I do something DJ, or something very alpha, they seem to hate that. I could read their reactions through their body language. Is this normal? By the way, it is the ones who used to be more alpha than me who are hating me more.

I try to fix the situation by acting aloof to it. I also do not question why they feel that way. I act as if I did not notice anything. I also don't try to change their minds. Instead, I try to change their mood around me. Is this the correct way to deal with alpha males who used to be more alpha than you are?
 

"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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KontrollerX

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Its the crabs in a barrel phenomenon my man.

They see you pulling yourself up and they just want to pull you back down with them because of their jealousy.

If they mean a lot to you have a talk with them and if things don't improve you are better off finding a new group of friends.
 

KarmaSutra

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KontrollerX said:
Its the crabs in a barrel phenomenon my man.

They see you pulling yourself up and they just want to pull you back down with them because of their jealousy.

If they mean a lot to you have a talk with them and if things don't improve you are better off finding a new group of friends.

Rep points for you Jack.

This brother is exactly right.
 
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