Читать книгу The Rules of the Game - Neil Strauss - Страница 28

DAY

MISSION 1: Fine-tune Your Openers

Congratulations on delivering your first openers. Some of you may have found that conversations began with ease. Others, not so much. If you felt like you were bugging people, if someone asked whether you were taking a survey, or if you got funny looks, that doesn’t mean you did anything wrong. It just means you’re ready for your next mission.

Today you’re going to learn two key subtleties of opening. Once you add these pieces to your approach, you’ll notice a big difference in the effectiveness of the opener and the responses you get.

So turn to your Day 8 Briefing and read about the two keys before continuing to the next mission.

MISSION 2: Approach with Your New Tools

Approach three women—or groups that include women—with the opener you used yesterday.

This time, add both a root and a time constraint to each approach.

MISSION 3: Evaluate

When you return home, ask yourself if there was anything different about the responses you received from women you approached today, compared with those you approached yesterday. List three differences in the space below:

If you used an opener you made up, but it didn’t seem to spark a natural conversation, then in future missions try using one of the scripts provided in this book (such as the shady friend or five oceans openers), or examine and modify your opener.

If you’re not sure whether your opener is effective, post it on the Stylelife website message boards. There your fellow Challengers will evaluate and, if necessary, strengthen the material.