"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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De La Soul

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I say never be complete. I say stop being perfect. I say let's evolve. Let the chips fall where they may. - Tyler Durden

Many of you, reading this now, are searching for completeness, or perfection. Looking for that foolproof plan to get you laid, to get you a girlfriend, or to become Mr. Popular. If any of these are you, you need to wake up and realise that there are no foolproof plans. Nothing can guarantee you of a girlfriend, of getting laid, or of becoming popular. Nothing. Agreed?

So why the obsession with completeness, with finding fail-safe methods?? Lesson number one, is that there is no such thing as perfection, and that only you can bring happiness into your life.

I dont want to die without any scars. - Tyler Durden

The most common way of getting rejected, is the self-rejection. This has already happened to you. It probably happens to you at least five times every day. You see a girl whom you would like to f*ck, it could be at a party, on the street, at a bar, or in a restaurant. And what do you do about it? Sweet f*ck all. Every guy does this.
What's the point of rejecting yourself? It's no fun at all.

I'm not saying approach every hot woman you see, just don't die without any scars. They're some of the things that make life worth living. If you've just come back from a bar/club without scoring (getting a number, getting a kiss, getting laid, or getting some scars) I can tell you why. You've rejected yourself. Let other people inflict your wounds and give you their loving, instead of banging your head against a wall and giving your right hand a work-out.

Stop trying to be perfect! I don't want to die without any scars - do you?
 

"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.

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good post de la soul, i think thats the main reason everyone comes to this site , fear of rejection, my motto really is simply "u live u learn" when i go out. sure u get get rejected from time to time, but hey thats life. back in my afc days, my main problem was , when i went out 4 a nite, i had the soul idea of 1 woman in my head. I would never enjoy my night as i was to concerned on making an impression on ms x. Problem was i didnt make an attemt at her WHY, fear of rejection neway you have hear all that b4...


damn i dont want scars ethier!


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"people like you are a dime a dozen, people like me only come around once in a lifetime."
 

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BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMP!!!
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Isn't it interesting how now, 8 years later, people still repeat the same tips over and over again.

It just shows us that there is nothing more to read, nothing more to know. If you have the same feeling, it's time to stop reading and to start fighting!
 

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deserves the bumps.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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