"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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wow, am i upset.

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i usually have the biggest smile wherever i go, but tonite it got wiped off my face really quick. i got a second job, cause i seen a gibson guitar i wanted and it would take no time to get it with the money this company pays. so this place seemed awesome. but this is something i thought died in high school!

so i was learning how to do this and that, and all of a sudden this guy said "go help retard" i thought he was friends with that guy and he was just teasing him. and when i introduced myself, he started slurring his speech and he was genuinely handicapped. i was shocked that he got away with saying that in front of the formen. as i was helping him, this girl walked by and did some skanky rub down on herself and said to him are you gonna get some of this from your girlfriend tonite and she laughed and walked away. he then put his head down saddened. i felt really bad for him because nobody stood up for him. it was his lucky day, i was there.

i waited around to see who would take a crack at him and it was the same two who made fun of him before. i said hey leave the guy alone! how would you like it if i called you stupid. the girl started laughing and i said your no better slu-tty. she took offense and i said it doesn't feel good does it. it was more vulgur than that but it's censored.

conclusion- i went out for a smoke and everybody turned their back to me like some kind of prick. i take i'm not very liked there. but it felt good that the one person who nodded at me was the guy they were making fun off.

is this guitar really worth it?
 

"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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The guitar itself is worth it, maybe you'll be a rock star one day and I'll be standing in line to buy an album ... but the way I see it, the job is no way worth it.

They say you can judge a country by the women they have. Hm...
 

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Dude you did the right thing. The right thing isnt always the easiest, but I'm proud of you. That took balls. Way to go. :thumbs up:
 

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Ditto. You did the right thing.

I've always thought that sticking to your principles is more important than what those principles actually are.

And I've been in situations where I was sure that standing up for my principles would get me fired, only to get promoted instead.

For example, I started my career as a temp file clerk for a large insurance company. Every week the underwriting staff would bring in bagles and donuts for breakfast. Not being shy, I helped myself, since they were for everyone, only to be told "sorry, none of the food is for temps". I replied with "I'm sorry, I didn't realize I wasn't good enough to eat one of your bagels. Clearly you are a very important person, and it was presumtuous of me to assume you would share with a lowly temp", went home, and contacted the temp agency for a new assignment. One of the VPs heard about it, called me at home, and offered to hire me with a permanent position at the company and put me in a different department. He was my first real mentor, and my first real job started because somebody was an ******* and I called them on it. But I handled it in a way that the management liked.

is this guitar really worth it?
You ran into one of life's sh1t tests, and you passed with flying colors. Knowing that your not some spineless pvssy is at least equal to a guitar in my book.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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