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was thinking of something a little bit more structured that requires less effort.
For example:
1st week:
try to make eye contact with everybody you come across and when they give you eye contact back just nod.
At the end of each day report what happened, discoveries, excuses why we chicken out, what could be improved, and give feedback to each other.
2nd week:
The nodding should come completely natural without thinking about it but now instead of nodding we add a "HI".
Again report what happened and see how it can be improved, and if we chicken out find out why and come up with solutions for that.
3rd week:
The same but now adding, "Hi, how are you ?" , or "Hey what's up?"
Again report findings and ways to improve.
4th week:
Same thing but now adding, a comment or a question.
Report, give feedback about the comments we said or the questions we asked.
5th week:
Do exactly the same as what we have been doing but after everything in case the person is a woman we will add 1 compliment or flirty comment.
Again report everything and give each others some feedback.
6th week:
The same but adding asking for the phone number or any type of contact.
And of course report and give feedback about what we have done.
It can be done Monday to Friday's it should not take much of our time or change our daily routines. On weekends or in the night we can return to our normal game strategy and really try to pick up some girls. My objective with this is not to pick up many girls during this exercises but rather to become masters of chit chatting to strangers so that when we see someone that we really like it will seem more natural to us to start talking to them than to avoid the conversation.
I know everybody can try this experiment or something similar on their own, I'm sure it will require from time to time to push ourselves into uncomfortable situations and some other difficulties that can quickly persuade us to stop and continue with our old habits. My guess is that reporting it to someone else will keep us motivated to push ourselves through these obstacles that we might face.
Of course everything about a program like this is completely open to discussion.
So who would like to participate in something like this?
There's nothing wrong with breaking it down into progressive sections, but the way it is planned out above just takes way too long. Instead of week 1, week 2, it should be day 1, day 2, etc.
And don't over-think it, which you seem to be doing. Conversation and interpersonal communication should be fluid, and there are many times when you need to be able to trash your plans and preconceived notions and recalibrate or just go with the flow.
It's simple. If you want to be natural, TALK TO EVERYONE, and at every opportunity. If you only target HBs you are placing them on a pedestal, and your speech will be robotic, a cold routine that isn't really you. Plus, nobody can come up with enough openers and conversation topics for every girl and every situation. But if you talk to everybody, the opening and the conversation itself becomes routine, but "routine" as in automatic and without forethought, not something you memorized. Trust me, I know.
Do this: instead of the week 1, week 2 plan, just go out and talk to everyone each day. Put yourself in places and positions to talk to people. If you make a serious daily effort in three weeks you'll be so far beyond what you have planned for six weeks it won't be funny.