Rapport Done Right

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This comes from our "The Good Life" program

Temperature Check Questions

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How do you use a temperature check question? Continue reading

Tiny Text Suggestion

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I'm having fun with these :)  Someone wrote in yesterday with this one: Her: "I am excited about new major - in radio n tv....blah.. blah.." Yours Truly: "That's great, Barbara.... Do they have any majors in dishwashers and microwave?:)" That's a hard neg... esp when she's opening up.  I'd soften up the tease and

Text Messaging Tips

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Sadly, I don't usually get a chance to respond to all the questions we get sent... we're working to make our video blogs a once a day thing, and in the meantime, we all appreciate your patience when you send a question in and don't hear from us right away. But every now and then

An introduction and my top 3 tips of the week...

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I just wanted to introduce myself.  I am the new female coach for The Social Man.  I am very excited to be a part of TSM.  Feel free to email me at jody@thesocialman.com or find me on Facebook as Jody Ann. Now, on to bigger and better things... As my first blog on here, I

Getting Her to Ask For Your Number

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I was talking to my friend Travis the other day, and we were talking about the process by which you get a girl to ask for *your* number. It's a fun turn of the screw… as men, it's within our gender role to ask for the number, and for as long as I've been at this, I'd say that I'm the one taking the number 80% of the time. In the long run it doesn't make a difference - you still have to follow up well - but pulling it off means you're making great progress in your game... Continue reading

How to Use Cocky Funny Correctly

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We've all heard about the ubiquitous 80/20 principle first developed by Vilfredo Pareto in the context of the distribution of income and wealth. My experience and observations have shown that the 80/20 rule applies to push-pull and cocky-funny as well. After closely observing naturals who are masters at crazily rapid escalations and seductions, and after

Interview with Rich la Ruina

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Rich is a UK-based instructor who leads PUATraining.  We've hung out a few times - very cool, down to earth guy - and one of my best friends is also one of his best friends.  Every time my friend comes back from the UK, he's telling me new things that Rich is doing, and I

What is UP, yo?

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Man, all sorts of things are up, except for our site. I did some work on the backend last week without our developers' blessing, and totally screwed up our template system.  It doesn't help that our developer had a big, big bad thing happen in his personal life (miss you, and God Bless, J)... so

Some Takeaways from the Convention

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Last weekend, Nick and I sojourned down to Orlando to speak at the  "21 Convention," an incredibly well-organized get-together in the  city that Disney built.  Besides a fun trip to Disney world with our friends Francis and David, we met some cool people, and hopefully inspired and educated a few more. I personally had some