"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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Where in the world is Francisco d'Anconia?

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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The Bat

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I think he's busy writing his full name somewhere....

Just PM him. He's around and probably busy...
 

MikeYikes122

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He is around. I think he is just dealing with a lot of stuff in real life right now.

I'd PM him if you have something you want to ask him.
 

MaddXMan

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If I had over 10,000 posts I would cool it a little, too.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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"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.

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azanon

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Since I don't see the answer yet, and Francisco was always more the peacemaker, let me give it:

He went to another SS like forum that doesn't have a 10 post limit rule. And no, he didn't tell me that, but it doesn't exactly take a rocket science degree to come to that conclusion.
 

Sandow

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I don't think there's any material worth him posting anymore...

Have you seen those questions up there?? C'mon!
 

Mistic

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azanon said:
Since I don't see the answer yet, and Francisco was always more the peacemaker, let me give it:

He went to another SS like forum that doesn't have a 10 post limit rule. And no, he didn't tell me that, but it doesn't exactly take a rocket science degree to come to that conclusion.
Actually, he doesnt show up there much either. Only when some regulating needs to be done.
 
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