"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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My Dream Girl

"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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ChapStick

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I saw that... She should've said, "because those Americans that can't locate the U.S. on a world map are idiots... Like me!"

I hate stupid girls...
 

Michele l'Arcangelo

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she had 30 seconds. she practiced for different kinds of questions. she didn't know the true answer. if she doesnt know the answer, she has to make one up.

when you have to make up an answer in 30 seconds on something you don't know about... you'd get tongue tied, what'd you all expect?

i'm sure after the show she was beating herself up about her answer because she knew she messed up. if she was stupid, she'd be excited and thinking she did a great job.
 

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rofl

how about "Because the polls are flawed"

simple and concise
 

Michele l'Arcangelo

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Michele said:
she had 30 seconds. she practiced for different kinds of questions. she didn't know the true answer. if she doesnt know the answer, she has to make one up.

when you have to make up an answer in 30 seconds on something you don't know about... you'd get tongue tied, what'd you all expect?

i'm sure after the show she was beating herself up about her answer because she knew she messed up. if she was stupid, she'd be excited and thinking she did a great job.
Take her quiz. http://www.people.com/people/quiz/0,,20053640,00.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR8F0hkqokg
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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