Ok, so what I hear is this:
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I would have just been Direct, it might have worked, but it just feels cheesy and out of character for me...
FEELS out of character to me..
You know, as I can tell you are an introverted person. I am an introverted person as well. And for us introverted guys, it is hard to SPEAK to somebody we dont know.
As I can read from your post, you really WANT to get this part of your life handled.
No problem. Its easy. All you got to do, is STEP OUTSIDE OF YOUR CHARACTER or your COMFORT ZONE for a minute, and you are on your way.
You see, us guys, we are so attached to our identity of who we think we are, that we make up how we should act, talk, behave, walk, dress, look and even how we should sit when we eat our burger.
Wrong.
When you are attached to your "way" of doing things, you will lock yourself in the box.
And guess what, if you keep behaving the same way as before, you are going to get the same things as you got before.
Sounds simple ha ?
If you want to really get this part of your life handled, you NEED to STEP OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE.
There is no other way.
When you step outside of your comfort zone, you always win. After you do it, you get this sense of "Im proud of myself".
If you dont step outside of your comfort zone, you are going to stay in your box. And guess what, that box is a very dry dry place..
If you are looking for an advice for every situation, than youre not asking the right question. The answers that you need are IN YOU, all you need to do is to step outuside of your comfy place, and do the things that make you uncomfortable.
Take baby steps, start talking to people more. Strike a conversation while you are waiting in line at a coffe shop or whatever. Do the things that DONT FEEL LIKE YOU.
When you do that, this is when you are going to evolve and you will start becoming a person. A peoples person.
Let me draw a graph for you.
INTROVERTED <---------------------> EXTRAVERTED
You are introverted. You need to do the things, that an extraverted person would do. Even if that doesnt feel like you.
That is why I recommend find a friend, who is very extraverted.
You will start to do the things that he does. You will start to behave like him, you will see how to talk to people.
And finally, Im going to give you an insider secret. After you do all that, after you step outside of your comfort zone so many time, after you get rejected in the ugliest way possible, you will come back to being the same mysterious, serious guy BUT you will have the skills to ACT in the situation, when you want to. In other words, you will not be affraid of talking to people.
So your exercise is this:
Think of three things that make you uncomfortable. Like talking to that hot chick on the street, or talking to that chick across the table.
Got them?
Now, make an exact plan of how you are going to approach. Maybe just go and say.. hey, I just thought you were really beautiful. Have a nice day.. with total composure
After you have the plan, go out and do the exact thing that you wrote down.
I am not kidding, you will make HUGE improvements as a person.
Do this, step outside of your comfy comfy zone, it is time to be a MAN.
When youre done, report your experience. If you have any questions, ask.
Talk to you then.
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