"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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Scholarship essay question....

mpimpin

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Hey guys I'm applying for a scholarship and one of the questions is
" As information technology conitnues to develop at an incredible rate what pracitical applications for business and technology do you foresee in our society?"

The thing is I'm not really sure what is being asked so I'm not sure how to answer this. How would you interpret this?
 

"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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Suggestion: Use technology to search for the viewpoints of a person who who has a major influence on technology. You should figure this out on your own since you would like to receive money for your insight on things like this.
 

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I wasn't trying to get an easy answer here. I just wrote 4 other essays for the same scholarship. I don't mind thinking on my own, but im drawing a blank as to what the question is actually asking. I should probably just take a break and look at it later with fresh eyes.
 
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