"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 would you have reacted to this situation?

SayWhat

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I work spare time as a waiter to earn some extra money. Today this happened.

I ordered a meal, but it was the wrong one (they looked the same but the customer wanted the one he wanted instead, which is of course perfectly normal and was completely my mistake).

The chef (who is 7 years younger as me, is the sous-chef but was the main chef today) told me "saywhat, next time do it right, I don't have time for this.

I agree it was busy at that time in the kitchen, not that busy, but ok...

What I answered was "yeah okay but the two meals look the same in the register" (which they do). Basically a beta answer.

Afterwards you think of the right 'alpha' answer, like 'every men makes mistakes', or just laughing it off and saying "dude seriously?".

What would you have answered?
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

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.

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Willard

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It's just work, the chef already forgot about it, and you will probably never make the same mistake again. Your answer was fine, I might have said OK, no problem. I was in the industry for a long time, it is no big deal.
 
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