"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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Is it really bad?

styleman

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Is it really bad to have pauses of slilence in converations? The question is as simple as that really...
Does it give a bad impression?
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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Stinky Booky

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i would say depends if ur person to person or ova da phone. i was just on da phone with a girl i really like and we weren't talken and i was readen this and laughin and she hung up
but person to person i would say it wouldn't hurt to stop talken for a minute or so that is just me.
 

styleman

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Originally posted by Stinky Booky
i would say depends if ur person to person or ova da phone. i was just on da phone with a girl i really like and we weren't talken and i was readen this and laughin and she hung up
but person to person i would say it wouldn't hurt to stop talken for a minute or so that is just me.
yeah i meant person 2 person
 

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If you're a funny guy you can make them work to your advantage (Conan O'Brien, The Office, etc.) But I think over the phone they are never good.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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During a silent moment, I usually ask, "What's on your mind?" Great way to restart the conversation and effectively diverts the "blame" of the silent moment away from you.
 
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