Standing at the magazine
rack thumbing through Cosmo, she has the most beautiful face you've
ever seen. Her hair is silky brown. Her skin looks
so radiant and so incredibly soft. You would be on top of the world if
you could pick this girl up.
You feel the fear deep in your gut.
You know that even if you
got your balls in gear and went for it, you wouldn't know what to say. You feel
so nervous and fumbled that you would reject yourself if you were her. So you
shy away from even approaching her in the first place.
Does this situation sound familiar? If so, keep reading.
The first thing for you to realize is that all guys get anxiety about
approaching women. I know I certainly do.
But what separates you (and me) from the rest of the guys is...
What You Do About Your Fear.
Most guys let fear paralyze them... not just about chicks, but about other
things in their life like their career... which is why, unfortunately, most
guys will never find the success that they want.
First, look at where your fear comes from. The problem is inside of you. It's
not with the chicks.
If you're thinking about rejection, then that means you're making your
approaches with a certain result in mind (I'm just guessing, but I think if
you're like most guys, your goal is getting chicks attracted to you so that you
can get laid).
Try this instead... approach without having any expectations. No goals.
Let me tell you about a problem I used to have. I'm inclined to be an shy
person, as I discuss in my book, "How to Become an Alpha Male."
So to overcome my introversion, I would force myself to chat up everybody, no
matter who they were... hot girls, ugly girls, fat girls, old people, men,
children, people walking dogs, etc.
I would talk about neutral topics with them, nothing to do with picking up
chicks.
The net result from all of that was I became really good at approaching people.
After that, however, I made a mistake. I said to myself, "Since I'm so
good at approaching people and have become an outgoing person, why am I wasting
time talking to anyone other than hot chicks?"
So then I limited the people I talked to... and my anxiety about talking to
random women swept over me once again. It was as if I'd never had all that
practice talking up strangers in the first place.
At that point I discovered it was because I was outcome-dependent. Because I
had thoughts like "I'm going to try to lay this chick" in my mind...
before I'd even opened my mouth to say "hi"... and so I would crash
and burn. It sucked.
Here's something I want you to try. Whenever you go out, talk to three people,
but do it just for practice. Don't do it for real.
Because it's just for practice, don't limit yourself to just talking to hot women.
In general, I've found that elderly people (both males and females) and fat
women are easy to converse with.
If it helps, set up a time limit for your practice interactions, like that
you'll talk to the person for 30 seconds and then you'll get out of the
conversation. (Say something like, "Well, I'm on my way to meeting a
friend. Good chatting with you." And then walk away without making a big
deal of it.)
Once you've done your practices and feel warmed up, then you can chat up hot
chicks. Again though, do it without having any sort of sex-related outcome in
mind. For example, if a chick passes by you in a hallway, just say, "Hey,
I need a quick female opinion on something." (Then ask about something
that you genuinely want a female opinion on.)
Remember though: have no outcome in mind. So it doesn't matter if the chick
responds impolitely.
In fact, when you reach a point that you've chatted up lots of women, you'll
find that eventually rude responses on their part mean nothing. You'll have an
attitude of "ha, how original... I've had tons of women give me that exact
same 'clever' rude comment."
I've been rejected hideously, time and time again. One chick screamed "Go
away!" at me before I could even get out my initial sentence.
Another time I thought it was amusing when I approached a group of two girls,
just for practice, and right after I said "hey," they both turned
their backs on me in unison, as if they were synchronized dancers!
Now I just look back on all of that and laugh.
My point is that the more you approach, the more you'll reach a level where you
become aware that most people act in the same, predictable ways. It'll bore you
rather than cause you anxiety.
Think of it as trying to build a house. You put down one brick at a time and
cement it. Brick, cement. Brick, cement. It'll take a long time, but
eventually, the walls will be up (which means you've finished the hard part).
To get a bit more psychological, there's really no such thing as "being
nervous." You don't "get nervous," like it's some kind of flu
virus that invades your body.
All feelings of anxiety come from within. You have a certain series of thought
processes that you go through. You say things to yourself. (When you think
thoughts like, "I would reject myself," it sets you up for failure!)
You picture the chicks rejecting you. You feel uneasy in your body. And so on.
So what you can do to break this is to identify it for what it is.
Notice your pessimistic thoughts and change them. Instead of thinking, "Oh
my God, this chick is going to act like a bitch to me because I fumble my
words"... think, "It's awesome that I'm making this approach, because
if this chick rejects me, that means I've gotten her out of the way and I'm one
step closer to finding my dream girl."
Notice where you feel tense in your body, and then let your muscles relax in
those areas. For me, I feel tense in my jaw and face when I'm nervous. So when
I relax my jaw and facial muscles, it alleviates a lot of my tension.
I'll wrap it up for you by concluding with this advice:
1) Be social for the sake of being social. Nothing else.
2) Remember that the only way to get over your fear is by doing the thing you
fear. The more you do it, the easier it gets, because your attitude about the
experiences will become, "Been there, done that, it's no big deal."
3) Recognize your bad thoughts and force yourself to replace them with good
ones.
4) Ease the physical tension you have in your body when you feel nervous.
