"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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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'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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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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