"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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job opening, should i tell the dude?

ScrewIt

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Arrgh, confused.

normally i dont help someone unless i like them or they've helped me in the past.

last semester i had this classmate i was alright with. then far into the break (january) he emailed me asking if there were any openings at where i work. im a graphic designer here and he wants to get into the field, the dude told me in his email he was sick of his job at best buy. i asked my boss and he said there were no openings, so i told him. i also mentioned unpaid internships were available.

That was the last email i sent the guy. and that was the last i heard from him.

now today my boss says there's an opening and told me to check with the guy. Should i bother with him? or possibly try one of my female acquantances.

the thing with the guy was that the only reason he'd talk to me was if he needed something. and disapointingly people like this aggravate me.

should i not tell him at all? or tell one of my female acquantances (who also once inquired about job openings)?
 

"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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Skel

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help him out. He owes you one, tell him that :p
 

ScrewIt

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hmm alright. or did you guys mistype and meant to say " tell her."
;)
 
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