"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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Philip Seymore Owen

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I was flipping the channels last night and landed on a movie called "Punch Drunk Love". I've seen this before, I don't even remember what it's about, Adam Sandler plays some oddball, I don't know, not the point. But it had Philip Seymore Hoffman in it, and it struck me that at this point in his life, he would have made a great choice to play Owen Cook (Tyler) from RSD, if they ever made a movie about him. Here are a few pics from the movie, look he's even wearing a PUA blazer!




 

"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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