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1) Inner game won't help you. Need to create a behavior that makes you approach more. Do that by approaching more again and again and again.
2) Things to talk about: Activities, hobbies, interests for starters. Shouldn't focus on that much in first part of interaction. Instead, BREAK RAPPORT (See categories of breaks in rapport here:
Also, saying "Why's that?" "How so?" and "Tell me More" will do wonders for the depth of the conversation once things are moving conversationally.
Inner 'game' is everything. If you work on yourself, and are grounded TO yourself, approaching is nothing. Rejection is nothing. Why? You're not outcome dependent. You don't need external validation to feel that you're of any worth, you just know you are - you derive that energy from within yourself.