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Hi Ryan,
I've been into Direct game recently. I have gone through videos and books of people like Sasha(and you), David X and Alan Roger Currie. This has completely changed my mindset about things. It made me realise I'm a Man and need to act like one. I have started daygaming by myself(because I find it more efficient). I have two questions:
1) What do you do about bad days? One say I will hit on 10 girls but another day the AA will get a hold of me and I will only hit on 2.
2) I have a mental block when Im at Work. When I go out daygaming on the weekend Im in that mindset but once Im in Office attire, I cannot seem to bring myself to hit on women during lunches or after work.
Appreciate your effort Ryan!
Cheers,
Deeper
Hey mate,
Great to hear you've picked up some direct material and are starting to get out there and use it!
1) We all have bad days and good days. The short answer is - just accept that and do the best you can.
Long answer:
AA usually comes from a fear of being judged, criticised, ridiculed or rejected. The best way to stop this fear from rearing its ugly head is to take your ego out of it. If your ego is not tied to whether a girl likes you or whether other people see, then there is
no downside to doing it. If it goes well, then that's a plus. If you walk away without her number, then you're right back in the same position you were before you approached, so it's neutral. If I gave you the option to flip a coin and win $100 if it's heads, or win $0 if it's tails, then of course you'd opt to flip the coin! What do you have to lose? Exactly the same thing with doing an approach.
2) When you're at work you're often in a totally different mindset than on the weekend. You're in "logical" mode, sitting in front of a screen, not being social, upbeat, emotional and having fun. So of course there's a bit of a transition you need to go through before you can jump into set.
A couple of things to try - the first is, try and make it a rule to do an approach on the way into work in the morning, even if it's just to quickly give a girl a nice compliment. Having done the first one in the morning often puts a whole different feel to your day - you feel more able to accomplish things, happier, and more social in general.
The second is to fit a simple social interaction into the first bit of your lunchbreak to get you in the mood. For example, telling a joke to the person who serves you coffee, or inviting a work colleague to lunch with you. Just getting into the flow of having an upbeat conversation with someone can make it much easier to go over and approach the pretty girl you see.
Finally, you can set yourself a little incentive system - don't allow yourself to actually get your lunch until you've done one approach (however it goes) so the only way to quell those hunger pangs is to get out there and tell a girl how you feel!
P.S. you may find your results are actually better when you're wearing work clothes than casual ones!
