For people just starting out the 3 second rule is handy, as you get better it is counter-productive IMO. Why rush in to conversation when you can run some nonverbal game or learn more about your target and her group before going in by looking at their body language. Plus it is one of those ideas that leads to the ploughing law of average type PUAs who bounce around all night because they feel they have to, I would rather call my shots chill with my buddies then move at the right moment.

Also AA is a strange concept, I used to have it but I think the sooner people realize that is half the fun of the pickup the better. Eventually it becomes excitement rather than anxiety. I can't remember which musician said it but they said something along the lines of, the day I stop getting butterflies in my stomach before I go on stage is the day I quit. That is how I feel about AA, it is something to be enjoyed.

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