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.
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.
We share the same problem, could someone please offer some advice?Originally posted by The Comeback Kid
With Senior Prom coming up in 4 1/2 months, this may be a good time to post my main problem:
My main problem is taking flirting to the next level and developing things from there. For example, I talk to girls comfortably and I'm not real nervous. Once that intial flirting ends, I'm in trouble.
I have absolutely no problem talking to girls - I feel confident and girls have told me I am more "mature" (like how I carry myself, personality) than other guys. I am witty and can get girls to laugh as well (a lot of the time with wit). Unfortuately, I am not really good when it comes to kino and things like that. I've never gone on a date (I've asked out several girls during high school, but all said no, even though most of them showed some pretty good signs) never kissed a girl and never had s*x.
So, in short, my main problem is initiating kino constantly and getting girls to think of me in a more "dating" mind. I feel I am a good guy and am well-liked at school with both guys and girls (hot girls talk to me, but it seems it's not really with any dating intent), but I need to start sweeping girls off their feet...and I haven't been able to do it so far.
A smaller problem I have is I do get nervous when I'm instantly put on the spot, and I'm not prepared (I try to always be prerared for anything, but sometimes, I'm caught off-guard). Two weeks ago, some kid I get along with (but don't hang with outside of school) invited me to a party and said he had a girl there just for me from another school (I knew this wasn't exactly true, but he did invite me to the party). For some reason, I didn't feel comfortable with the whole situation - I was being put on the spot and I don't like having everyone watch every single move I take. So I guess this "being put on the spot" is my other problem.
Ahh, no one replied to my post. But that makes sense, I didn't really outline a plan.Originally posted by 08aisaac
I think maybe you should be elected president.
My biggest problem is I can't seem to hang out with guys. I'm poor, and have no car. I'm working on getting a job.
But I seem to hang out with chicks easily, I enjoy the company of platonic(sp) friends.
But like, I can't seem to go and hang out with the guys. I just moved to a new school this year, and I don't know how to hang out with a guy because I don't really have anything to do.
So how should I go about this?
Maybe I should call you some time. This is a great idea.
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.
You need to call me.Originally posted by Viper
I clean myself up, have good posture, good body language, but I just can't seem to build any interest with the ladies, I hardly ever get past asking "How's it going?", because I can't think of anything to say. Should I just straight out ask the chick what her interests are or start talking about mine?
I really want to call you man, believe me, Winter Formal coming up and I'm definitely looking to get a date, but I don't know, first of all, my parents are real noisy, so if I'm on the phone with somebody, they'll be asking me, "Who are you on the phone with?" or if they pick it up, they might think it's a prank caller or something. This is why I wish I had a cell phone, but if you got AIM, we can definitely talk, I have a microphone to, so you'll be able to hear me.Originally posted by AC/DC
You need to call me.
I will respond to everyone tonight after I get off work 10PM West Coast.
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.
That's cool. I just noticed that you said you're skinny. How tall are you? Because I'm about 135 pounds, and 6', I use it to my advantage.Originally posted by Dude2Stud
Probs:
1- Skinny guy
2- After saying "hi" a girl I am into, keeping a conversation flowing is hard because I want to make it interesting and I hate those horrible silences that make me ask stupid questions. The worse part is they notice it lol. (Viper style prob).
3- Not that of a funny guy (it is even hard for me to laugh about things because I don't consider them funny).
4- I'm a quiet guy.
5- Maybe I'm too nice. For example, I was in a bar w/my friends, some girl in our crowd asks for a ride because their parents are going to kill her if she's late. So I can't be like "NO I won't give you ride". The ****er doesn't even say Hi at school, very rarely.
What am I doing?
1- Attending to gym.
2- Listen what other people talk about too see their interests, investigate and experience them for then having a better rapport with them.
3- Again, listening what other people say that make them laugh.
4- In class it's something you can't help. It is even annoying when the teacher is talking and you hear people mumbling.
5- Maybe that was a special case, in which you must be a gentleman.
Let it die. That's fine.Originally posted by itishe
I'm seeing vast improvements in my game already. Girls that havn't talked to me in a while, are starting to get friendly once again. I'm calming down more, and busting their chops a bit more instead of being such a puss.
One quick question, sometimes I feel I gotta keep a convo going when it dies in person or online. Sometimes best to just let it die or does it make you look like a social idiot?
You're not being physical enough. The problem lies in that you fail to create intimacy. You need to get physical. You don't need "new places", you need to work with what you have if you don't drive.Originally posted by Microphone Fiend
my problem is escalating past flirting even when signals are there, and finding new places to meet girls....oh and my club game is terrible
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.
I'm around 114 Lbs 5'7 Believe it or not. Sure I would like that copy of the book. Any e-mail or way you can send it to me?Originally posted by 08aisaac
That's cool. I just noticed that you said you're skinny. How tall are you? Because I'm about 135 pounds, and 6', I use it to my advantage.
As for everything else, it just takes practice. If you're a bad conversationalist, work on talking to people. Talk to everyone. PM me and I can give you my copy of "How to win friends and influence people." Basically it can totally change how you interact with people.
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.