"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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Wintrop

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I'm going traveling for a few months in Australia. Any advice from anyone who has done some traveling. I'm going to mostly be in hostels just wondering how that is going to work.
 

"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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meitenesrigas

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Australia is a wealthy country with not so hot girls. A terrible combination. Staying in a hostel is the last thing you want to do. Backpackers are the single most annoying thing on this planet.
 

duke007

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first big overseas trip? awesome

which city are you visiting?
There are quite a few decent backpacker joints (and tourist pubs) around melbourne. My tip - check out a busy Internet cafe (in backpacker part of town). Desperately needing an email for a meeting one day, I went in and the place was filled with hot tourists. Spoke to an English woman and some cute Germans with poor English.
you'll do well i'm sure
 
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