"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Picking an Idea for a Business

Desdinova

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Hey all. I've been thinking about starting my own business for a while. However, the trouble I'm having is that I have three ideas to work with! I need to choose only one that I can focus my time and energy on.

Is there any suggestions for how to choose the best idea?
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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RedPill

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What do you want out of starting a business?

You are at point A. You'd like to go to point B. What is point B? Which idea is the best vehicle to get you there?

Evaluate your choices based on the answers to these questions.
 

Chillisauce

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I'd do up a decision-making matrix in excel for starters. Put the three ideas down the left and criteria you think are important on the right. Assign a value 1-5 of importance, 1 being not important, 5 being crucial/very important. I'm not going to do this for you but a couple would be:

5 - feasability (has it been done before, likelihood you think it would have of success.)
2 - Estimated initial returns.
5 - estimated middleterm returns (after a year imo)
3 - estimated long term returns (2 years +),
3 - startup costs and asset requirements (do you have what you need to begin, will you need staff/management?, how much money will you need to borrow)
3 - your interest in the ideas field (obsession and a genuine interest in a business product/idea can go a long way.. one might look better on paper but if you find another one appeals more to you then you should pick it).
4 - do you have the neccessary skills/experience/contacts needed

You get the idea, pick criteria that you believe are important and assign an importance number (To figure out how important they are you might need to do some research on the success/failure of similar products)


now you fill out the table, say your first idea is 'turn the DJ Bible into a real publication' you assign a 1-5 on how well it achieves each criteria. For example, 4 for feasability, 4 for initial returns, 3 for middle returns, 2 for long term returns, 5 for startup costs if you had the rights to the material ;) and the money needed, 2 for interest if you dont really find DJ stuff interesting, and 1 if you have never written a book and dont have the neccessary contacts for the last criteria. Remember when assigning values to not be too optimistic. So now you total it up mulitplying the criteria importance value by the other number and come to a total of 20 + 8 + 15 + 6 + 15 + 6 + 4 = 53
Do it for the other 2 as well and the one with the highest score is your best bet.

I hope you find this useful, took longer than i expected to type up. You should also do some other things in conjunction with this to decide but without actually knowing what your ideas are i cant offer advice on that yet.
 

Chillisauce

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So Desdinova, did you get around to picking a business idea or did you get distracted by a short skirt?
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Stud

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i'm curious as to what the ideas are.
 
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