"The Kiss of Death Mistake"
You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Fountainhead
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"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Francisco d'Anconia
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LovelyLady
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Did you hear they are making a movie out of it?
Guess who is playing Dagny? ANGELINA JOLIE
Francisco d'Anconia
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I know! She said that Dagny was the literary character that she could most relate to. They're also talking to Russell Crowe to play the part of Hank Rearden and may even work in a bit part for Patricia Neal!LovelyLady said:
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Francisco d'Anconia
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So what are you waiting for man?!! It's withing arms reach! Jump to it! :woo:reset said:
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The movie didn't do the book any justice but Atlas, that's going to be another thing altogether. Originally it was going to be a trilogy with each movie being three hours in length!reset said:
It's been squeezed into a single two and a half hour movie (rats).LovelyLady
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Patricia Neal in Atlas - there is a nice synchronicity to that.
I think Hilary Swank would play a better Dagny than Jolie.
Crowe would be good casting.
"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.
Francisco d'Anconia
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IMO, she has not had to play a multi-dimensional character since Girl Interrupted. She can do sexy - but can she pull off the depth of the character beyond the surface beauty? Swank could.
Also, Dagny was not found attractive by EVERY man - many characters found her sexually cold/undesirable. But I do understand the need for the film - for the viewers, en masse - to find her physically appealing.
I hope the film/Jolie's performance captures the more important characteristics of Dagny's - the underlying qualities that drove those particular men -and Galt specifically- to want to her.
I think Jolie's outer beauty could be a distraction - even a disservice - to that aspect of Rand's creation. It will be interesting to see!
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Jolie will be played down aesthetically. They're going make her one of those closet beauties who could be very attractive if she took a little time to make herself up. Her (lack of) acting ability will lend itself to Dagny's "cut to the chase" nature. The script will need to carry her with her interactions with Hank before she finds the gulch and with John after. The thing that I'm afraid of is a eerie feeling I have of them casting Antonio Banderas in a role. :nervous:LovelyLady said:
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Oh, I see. It could work, then.Francisco d'Anconia said:
Francisco d'Anconia said:
:crackup:"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.
Francisco d'Anconia
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"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.