"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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RIP Alan Roger Currie - direct approach pioneer dies age 59

"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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RIP. What was the cause? 59 is mad young.
Nobody outside of his close family and friends knows for sure, but there's been a lot of speculation it was due to a heart attack. However given that he had a number of health issues, it could've been any of those or something related to or triggered by them.
 

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Nobody outside of his close family and friends knows for sure, but there's been a lot of speculation it was due to a heart attack. However given that he had a number of health issues, it could've been any of those or something related to or triggered by them.
Heart attack is certainly a probable cause for a diabetic 59 year old black male that admitted to years of horrific eating habits. Diabetes is a huge risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Diabetes and pre-diabetes / insulin resistance are usually found undiagnosed in heart attack victims that have otherwise normal cholesterol levels.
 

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Nobody outside of his close family and friends knows for sure, but there's been a lot of speculation it was due to a heart attack. However given that he had a number of health issues, it could've been any of those or something related to or triggered by them.
Imagine that. Just like Kevin Samuels.

A American Football star had a severe heart attack. The root beer float is pretty violent.

Rip ARC.

There's so many frauds. ARC is one of the few legit OGs in the space.
 

"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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