Showing posts with label approach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label approach. Show all posts

Sunday, November 11, 2012

How to approach a stranger - it's so simple, finally...

Approach anxiety, they call it. And we've all experienced it, if you let me generalize on that one.

Yep. You see her, you "like" her on deep within yourself and know you'd Love to talk to her. But what to do? Or you see him. Yes! As interesting as it is, this can happen quite as often to women; not just to men.

And it gets strange. And weird, and confusing. And you sit and think and well... do not know what to do. Some of us have read some books, forums, posts or even attended seminars. Some of us have heard of the "three second rule", where you are supposed to approach that person right away.

There is even a great book about it, just for the ones like us.

Fine! But well... Still. It's not as easy as it sounds. When you read about it in a forum or a blog; it's like "Yeah, I can do that. But of course" - and then, again, because your mindset changes in that situation where you want to make an approach; you are thinking differently - and finding yourself unable to act on many occasions.

So what to do? Aha!

Think about the end of your life.




Sounds weird? Fine. But still, bear with me here. Try it right now, even though there isn't probably a hot person around you that you want to meet at this very moment. Think about how life is not endless. Think about the darkness, about the complete silence, there is no past, no future, one day, when the end comes. Really. Imagine it.

I don't want to psyche you out, you know. Just imagine it in full - take about a minute for that.

...

Ready? Now think that even that day will come, today you are alive! How great it feels? It's like getting back the gift of being alive, right? Now... do you feel that rush? If that special he, or she, was there in sight, would've you been able to approach it right away?

That's it. Next time, when you want to meet a stranger, think about the end for a bit. Not more than a minute, hey! We don't want you sitting there forever : ) Just imagine it... and than from that mindset; from that point of view - think - so what? I can approach or not now; and whatever I do - one day it will all be over; so what does it matter what I do today?

And just go.

Because we live once. And are alive. Today.