For anyone that has a good deal of inner game, I implore you to take this message to heart. I went out this evening and decided to use a bunch of canned lines that I pulled from the forum and some of the books I've been reading. The trouble was, the canned lines felt very forced. I was concentrating more on the lines themselves and not her reactions or my environment. Needles to say, I crashed and burned. So, I opened another set, same problem. The key point that I realized was missing was transition and eventual hook. Since the focus was on the line, after the line ran its course, I hit a mental block. I tried a variety of openers and with all of the it felt forced and awkward. I prefer the art of just starting conversations by making an observation. Anyone who has a solid inner game should avoid canned lines and work on on-the-spot openers. It will be more comfortable than trying to remember a script, it will make transitions easier and more fluid and it will all you the freedom of leaving at any point instead of feeling trapped.

Bottom line: if you have the right mindset and have great inner game, don't use the canned material, forge your own path!

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