I've been attracting WAY more women than I did before I took up PUA. I can almost count on getting approached by one or more women most times I go out now. This can mean anything from a woman throwing herself at me to just making some idle chatter (or throwing me obvious IOIs like constant eye contact or something). The point is that opportunities have been all over the place lately. This is because I've worked hard on fixing my outer game (body language, clothes, grooming and killing myself in the gym) and now when I go out I focus on having fun over just wanting meet women (which ironically seems to work to create attraction).

My inner game remains extremely shakey- even though I'm getting women in the door I am mostly not getting anywhere with them. I think my lack of confidence still shows. My confidence has definitely grown with more women showing interest but my verbal game still sucks and I'm still really nervous about initiating kino. I still also don't feel comfortable approaching.

So after reading tons of material on inner game/kino/etc. what should be done to get past hangups if it still feels impossible? Are there some REALLY baby step kinds of things that can be done to push in the right direction? Even the newbie challenge feels over my head.

Heres a VERY baby step; say hi to a woman and shake her hands saying "im bp029 (your name)" kino initiated, you just held her hand.
Kino step #2 - make a comment that deserves a high five "OMG My sister just bought those shoes *point at her shoes* NICE!" (hold up hand to high five) kino and attraction test all at once.
For either of those if they seem a little easy as baby steps try making them higher level kino; hold her hand and let her pull away, when shaking hands make sure she's the one who brings her hand back first; when high fiving keep your hand right where yours meets hers and see if she keeps hers there for a second or 2.
This is such low key kino it almost isn't, but thats what makes it great you will NEVER get in trouble for it and can do it to ANY woman.
As for AA I suggest a wingman as the best option, but there are others.

Also don't be picky, just because the girl across the bar is a 5/10 doesn't mean shes not a woman and wouln't help you get past your AA or kino - also just because you approach her doesn't mean you'll get in a LTR you can't break out of (plus its really great on confidence since she'll probly start chasing you instead of the other way around)

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Thanks man! I'll try this out tomorrow when I go out. At the very least if I get approached I will def go to shake their hand and attempt to move up from there. I am not overly picky. In fact a lot of women I find attractive most would probably label hb5s.