"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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All the books by ALBERT ELLIS ! How ELLIS beat AA By giving himself one minute to talk to any woman in the BRONX BOTANICAL GARDENS

any book by FRED SKINNER and DAVID PRIMACK

INFLUENCE by CIALDINI



the books that most influenced me have been written by sociopsychologists
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Anti-Dumps posting (these are gold)

Fire in the Belly
Power of the Now
The body language bible
The Way of the Superior Man
 
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Reading a book called Influencer right now. While Cialdini's book is a rundown of influence tactics used in sales, this one has some pretty unique principles that can be used to solve self-improvement problems as well as social and organizational problems. It also says, the number one skill that determines whether or not a person will be successful in life, is his ability to delay gratification. Interesting

Covey's 7 Habits - I read this book when I'm in high school, reading it again now. Some classic principles here - up to you to determine how to implement though

I read a lot of sociopsychology and self-help books. The biggest problem is that in 95% of them, the ridiculously optimistic feel-good writing masks the fact the principles are either impractical, out of context, or flat out wrong
 
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