"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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"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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Booblepook
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My friend's company is taking a dive too, a lot of cuts, my friend is barely hanging on to his job..
It's hard to say about the next two years, but I can guess.. Our economy will continue to take a dive, past presedential election, it will still be diving.. Then it is up to the next president to make it better..
I hope democrats win.. It was so much better during Bill Clinton, we had like the best economy ever! I want Bill Clinton back in the oval office.
"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.
but a good summaryJLR said:
its really no more complex than the individual who has 10 credit cards maxed out and who try to carry the debt by paying interest until the day they die.
bernanke's solution is to simply add an 11th credit card.
i do believe we will see a rebound towards the end of 2008. i think if the democrates win, while it won't change the numbers, it will give people hope (and that's half the battle, counteracting the fear of a recession/stagflation/depression).
Booblepook said:
actually it was with ronald reagan.
you see, if companies get to pay higher taxes they wont invest in america, which wont produce more jobs.
if they make more welfare programs, that means you'll have to pay more taxes whether you like it or not which will make you to live worse.
a bigger government equals more power to them to run your lives.
dont believe that the government have the solution to our problems. thats demagogy.
come on people! i thought americans were smarter than that!.
read some Milton friedman, Hayek, Von misses, and see their ideas implemented in countries like: Ireland, Estonia, Chile, Hong Kong etc.
Bonhomme
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Something really ain't right, at least here in the States. C is the best answer.
Bonhomme
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Do not take this to imply I support more government interference in people's lives. More like different. Fact is, a great deal of that government influence has served to hold back individual enterprise in favor of the gigantic corporate monopolies whose interests those who give lip service to "free enterprise" really represent.
Consider the fact that a small business owner who makes $10,000 per year (poverty level) is taxed at a higher rate than many billionaires, thanks to the ultra-regressive "self-employment tax."
“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
SmoothTalker
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I know part of the reason people struggle more with money now is that we do by more useless stuff than back then, ie one car and one tv were the norm.
But even still, we are more educated, more skilled, have more supposedly helpful and productivity boosting technology, and yet I think there's an undeniable sense that we continuously have to work harder and benefit less.
Bonhomme
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I think the multiplication of artificial "needs" has impoverished us as far as our real needs go.
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It's only the type of people who spend 60% of their income on a fancy car and the rest on a house they knew they couldn't afford when they bought it.
Those of us with a little patience, no sense of entitlement, that want to learn how and implement success, and are willing to make a little sacrifice will prosper regardless.
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No one can deny that.
Gas was $.88 a gallon and I didn't have hypocritical Republicans telling me that watching porn will stunt my growth while they're out tapping thier toes in mens bathrooms. And Clinton smoked pvssy dipped cigars, which is something I can relate to and appreciate
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Well, we can't keep printing money or borrowing it from China. OR paying for the war for that matter. Being the world police officer isn't going to help us with our domestic issues.j-flex said:
On the liberal side. We can't afford to pay for universal health care either.
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
Señor Fingers
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• Make sure that the middle class is well paid and spending money. (Tax cuts for us and tax hikes for the wealthy)
• Put heavier tariffs on foreign goods so our products can compete
• Keep more businesses private so that their owners control things and not the shareholders
• Regulate interest rates so we dont see this massive inflation for mortgages and loans.
• Get rid of politicians who serve rich lobbyists more than the american people
• Conserve energy and find new ways to create it (future economic boom, mark my words)
By far the biggest contributing factor to the current rut is the increasing wealth of the filthy rich at the expense of your average joe. The lines between lower and middle class is starting to get fuzzy because you can only squeeze so much juice out of a lemon. I'd REALLY like to see the rich get the type of tax hikes us poor suckers have had to deal with for decades. Cut us a break ya bastids! :cuss:
totally agree.Cr1msonKing said:
señor fingers, you should look more deeply at what you say, because it has long time consequences.
study some economics like i said before.
Government shouldnt tax low income and neither high income people.
you see, the "big corps" are the ones who pay better wages and have better working conditions, if the government tax them, they would move to a country where they have more incentives and lots of americans would lose their jobs.
If you put heavier tariffs, you only make certain sectors to become inefficient because they dont have to compete, and american people will be losing because now they would have to pay MORE for the products they WANT to consume. for example, if you want a lb of bananas now that were 1 buck, now you'll have to pay 2 bucks or more, no big deal huh, but now imagine you want a toyota, it will be very expensive.
I agree about getting rid of politicians lol, but you gotta understand that they are not saints nor aliens, they are simple humans, and they serve their own purpose while they were suppossed to serve for the people. this is the Invisible Hand of corruption.
Companies and "rich people" do not exploit the workers, thats a fallacy, nobody has a weapon on your head making you work for them, you are FREE TO CHOOSE.
People have to understand that THE ROAD TO HELL is paved with good intentions.
ready123
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Señor Fingers
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I still stand by my other points though, and firmly disagree with the stance that rich companies don't exploit workers. To me thats a no-brainer, but it's really a subjective argument and one we probably wont resolve so I will just move on to something more interesting you said:
Are you saying that we shouldn't be taxed at all? I'd love for you to expand on this a bit.
"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.