| Juggler's stuff can kick your game to a whole new level, or it can completely kill it, depending entirely on your delivery. It's pretty advanced stuff, but if it's handled properly, and you're in a good frame for it, it is easilly the best method presently in print.
Juggler's stuff builds rapport so quickly it's frightening. It assumes attraction, which takes the pressure of performance off, and has you talking to new sets as though they were already good friends. One of his instructors, from what I've heard, walks up and hugs people as part of his approach. ^_^
And the SOI is easilly the most powerful weapon in my arsenal right now. Relate/Reward cycles are incredibly powerful, as well, and the SOI keys into that.
Where Juggler Method fails is in newb delivery. You can't just walk up and say "Hey, I love that shirt you're wearing. I think it's really sexy." Well, you can if you're in the right frame, but under normal circumstances, you shouldn't. SOIs have to be earned, and earning them requires the previous establishment of a relate/reward cycle. "That's really sexy," can have a girl making out with you in minutes, but it's part of an escalating cycle that requires decent groundwork, and the groundwork can be tricky to newcomers.
If you're interested in testing your boundries, buy his book and give it a shot. An added bonus is that it never works with canned material; it simply gives structure to a normal conversation. It comes off slick and natural, and that's always a plus in this game.
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