"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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I went to the Santa Anita Derby today. I normally do not make triple crown preditions a month early, but California Chrome is the best (american) 3YO horse i think i have ever seen. He's a freak of nature and i don't see how he loses the derby and could very well take the triple crown


what excites me about California chrome unlike other horses, he has not been babied. he wasn't expected to be good so they ran the **** out of him as a 2YO and he turned out to be pretty freaking good. he has the foundation to run 3 times in 5 weeks and he hasn't been asked to run once all year long and he's blowing horses, good ones, out.


there is another horse,Bayern who should run in the Arkansas derby next week and if he does what i think he will do, he will be the best shot to beat CC.. but CC has gears like i have not seen out of an american horse. he gallops faster than other horses run.


right now i like

1. California Chrome
2. Bayern
3. Tapiture
4. Untappable (filly)
5. Strong Mandate
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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California Chrome is gonna win this race. Pretty Easily at that.
 

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I meant to post a thread before the Kentucky Derby to get your take, but it slipped my mind. I put my money on CC to win too. Especially after I studied the field and saw how many horses had scratched or decided not to race in the KD. I did want to see Uncle Sigh do well, and he did for awhile but ended up 14th. He's owned by a guy from my hometown so I had to pull for him. I also thought Medal Count would do better then he did. I think I'll bet CC to win the Preakness and then wait and see for the Belmont.
 

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California Chrome is gonna win the preakness today, but Bayern is going to make him fight for it and it's gonna be a lot closer than a 2/5 should win a race by. Bayern is legit.

Social Inclusion will get hype but he's garbage and will fold like a lawn chair in the stretch
 

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WE'RE GOING TO THE BELMONT

I'm actually gonna go see this live, beucase he's gonna win the triple crown. New york New York!
 

"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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