| i don't completely agree them. you should just try being yourself and think less about the game and picking them up. i mean you should DHV, neg, etc... but you should feel comfortable doing everything. you shouldn't be afraid of the people you talk to and just let things flow you know. try to make things automatic and everything will be SOOOO much easier... not to mention it's less stress and more fun.
you do need to be the center of attention sometimes, but you can also fly under the radar and just be very impressive and attractive to everyone. awkward silences are bad unless you are in that comfort zone where they don't really care about it. i usually build comfort/rapport with body language, eye contact and generally just talking to them about whatever. no negs or DHVs for a while, i fluff.... talk about how they felt about certain stuff... how i feel about stuff.... where we work, how we view relationships, or hobbies or whatever. wherever the conversation naturally goes/flows to.
what works well if you're having trouble during silences is to act alpha as if you have better things to do. here are some things you can do
1. pretend like you just got a text maybe while you think/make up some story if you want.
2. look around the room and pretend you see someone you know and talk about how that happens sometimes (do you ever see people you think you know, and they end up looking way off? or hey, he looks like *insert celebrity name*).
3. say a random joke, play a game, run a routine (cube, strawberry field, or something you made up)
4. talk about something interesting that happened to you that day, or the day before... sometimes we forget about these things.
5. talk about a tv show, movie, song, etc... that you feel passionate about, or enjoy.
it doesn't really matter as long as you can keep the conversation going. sometimes we just have trouble with topics to talk about because we think too much and everything becomes a blur.
try to pay attention and be alert. notice what your wing does to bring the conversation back and do something similar. or maybe you need practice on extending conversations in general. ask questions that might get them to talk more, if not maybe you can talk about similar experiences. look around the room maybe for a random topic because looking at it reminded you of something. etc...
hopefully that helps. but like i said i've found that inner game is key to everything. eventually you understand the theory so much and you have so much experience that inner game is the only thing that matters and it'll make you 10x better than you use to be.. _________________ by Casual (Age 20, Upcoming PUA)
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