"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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The beliefs who made me who i am.. Uncovered

VIVAlasVEGASBaby

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Bump! Cheers Sammo :up:
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Great post, excellent reflection on things the masters know but very few can put it in words.

Interesting story.
 

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Hey you have written a great post there!

Very meaningful. I didn't regret clicking through the link.

:D
 

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Thanks for an inspiring post!

I'd recommend everyone to read Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now. It's all about how to change your current state of mind and be happy in the present, instead of focusing and/or worrying about the past and future events which we cannot control. It's by far the most mindblowing book I've read. DeAngelo also talks about it all the time, and I believe he also said that if there is only one book you'll read then make sure it's The Power of Now.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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amazing post, truely inspiring
 

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I'm not advertising if I say that, 3 years ago, this Thread changed my life. Pook told me what to do, and Sammo made me go out and actually do it!

I was in a huge downward spiral resulting from fear and lethargy. My life changed direction 180° when I took that one first step.
 
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