Trading, boxing, documentaries (particularly on the Universe or history), MMA (only become more of a passion lately as the skill level has elevated making fights clean, as opposed to the sloppy old guys like Tim Sylvia et al).
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
Your Passion
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"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
My family, my career, and my house in that order. I guess I'm a little older than most on this board though. It's all a real man has time for until retirement.
Once retirement hits and my daughter grows it will be busking around the US playing bluegrass and motorcycling.
Once retirement hits and my daughter grows it will be busking around the US playing bluegrass and motorcycling.
Konada
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At this stage I would have to say fencing is my passion. Though I know I will not probably be able to win competitions etc but heck, I still enjoy it. Some call it "Physical Chess" due to its requirement of mental and physical strength. Nothing gets me more pumped than to kick the other guy's ass on the piste. I think it really helped me to build my emotional strength (I used to let emotions take control of me rather easily) and harden me up against setbacks. I guess I can say fencing was where my life began to turn for the better. Right now school's a bother but I intend to get back into fencing after my finals, my blade is collecting rust in my room lol.
Modern physics is fun. A lot of weirdness that most of society has no idea that is going on.Gaucho said:
Question for trading/ buying securities. do you need a cert/ liscence to do it? do you just use a discount brokerage? Its looking like my field will permit me a lot of disposable income and I want to start a fund or sorts. If your more comfortable, PM me with wisdom you might have.
cheers
Mr.Positive
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Powerlifting is a passion of mine too, especially deadlifts. I wish my total was higher though. Also, sailing is passion, a big one.Jitterbug said:
"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.
Mr positive and Kanada, interesting to hear you guys say sailing and fencing. These are two things I have to try!synergy1 said:
Now to your Q synergy. I am an owner of a hedge fund in Australia. We require ASIC and NFA licensing to trade OPM (Other Peoples Money). And even then we are only licensed to trade institutional and high net worth money.
We trade through TT (Trading Technologies) for futures and we trade through the big IBs for spot FX liquidity through what is called a 'prime broker'.
If you are going to learn to trade, it will take years and years of full on study and you are probably best to use a platform (execution) called IB (Interactive Brokers). They are by far the cheapest as far as transaction costs. Don't bother using any other retail broker.
Right, I have some of the background at this point and have an overall idea of my strategy, so now comes the experience of giving it a run. The general plan for now is to invest my own money, than work on liscences to invest others as I go along. This way, I further develop it as I start to pitch the idea -assuming its even successful.
thanks again for the information!
thanks again for the information!
Cry For Love
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yeah reading is cool but the politics is pretty hard because theres so many options to choose from while remaining equal opportunity minded
Atom Smasher
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Working on my inventions and restoring vintage coin-op games (pre-video). Also resoring any kind of antique machine. There's a great deal of satisfaction in bringing a piece of history back to life and preserving it for future generations to enjoy.
"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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I don't know if it is a "passion", but I have completely committed myself to a spiritual path.
I cross reference my thoughts with science as much as possible, and then through proactive actions I strengthen my inner psyche with habitual contribution as much as possible.
For example, I try to sow as many seeds of contibution as I possibly can-even when I am in mood to. And my constant reward is staying out of the abyss.
peace
I cross reference my thoughts with science as much as possible, and then through proactive actions I strengthen my inner psyche with habitual contribution as much as possible.
For example, I try to sow as many seeds of contibution as I possibly can-even when I am in mood to. And my constant reward is staying out of the abyss.
peace
