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.
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.
I thought that you could. It happens in all those movies.Forty0ztoFreedom said:You mean you don't just start groping them in public buses?
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.
I had a colleague from Brazil - and in commercials you could not directly mention or attack other companies or their products.AAAgent said:those japanese sure are creative. They make great cartoons, porn, technology, comedy shows, clothes, and anything else i can think of.
I learned in one of my law classes that in japan, business competition are not allowed to say they are better than any other competition. From this stems creativity since they have to find other unique ways to oust their competition.
In the U.S. you see commercials say things like "Coke has less sugar and calories then pepsi and is preferred by most athletes." This apparently would not be allowed in japan. Instead they'll probably say something like "Coke, does a body good." Then you see the parents replace the milk with coke and then do something ridiculously stupid/funny/creative.
True. I have a friend who just returned from China after 3 years of teaching English, and he told me how much of an outcast they treated him as. He seemed sooo much sharper. He had to get creative to deal with the cutthroatness of the Chinese people. He also said that anything you Buy in the marketplaces there falls apart within a week. When you see "Made in China" on something Probably at a Wal-Mart etc. it's not made by the Chinese, per se, it's made by American companies, equipment, etc, ON Chinese soil.Trader said:Try doing business in China VS US. In China you will get a headache, you have to be very cunning over there.