"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.
Working out and Music
- Thread starter Celadus
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"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.
I forget what the physical part in your ear is called. But the point is, loud music hurt your ears, period. Most people won't stop listening to loud music, because it isn't going to kill you. And working out does NOT make a difference, unless you are wearing some sort of headphones that lock onto your ears and they get stuck to your squat bar somehow and you drop the bar to the floor, pulling your ears from your head and leaving them on the floor.
Other than that, loud music doesn't do any worse when you're working out than when you aren't. But very loud music IS bad.
true|hockey
Don Juan
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Just not loud, it should be comfortable to hear.
ThePeterman
Don Juan
Just don't have it too loud.
"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.
DJBen
Master Don Juan
Headphones however loud you want, as long as you wont lose yourself in the music and come close to dropping a 195lbs barbell on your face when close-grip benching [guy at my old gym almost did that, fool
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