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		<title>Improve your self confidence in 15 minutes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to be frighteningly under confident in social situations. And although people who know me now would never believe I used to doubt myself so much I literally had to  learn confidence until it became a natural part of me. I can tell you relaxed optimistic confidence is just, well so much more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to be frighteningly under confident in social situations. And although people who know me now would never believe I used to doubt myself so much I literally had to  learn confidence until it became a natural part of me. I can tell you relaxed optimistic confidence is just, well so much more fun.</p>
<p><b>Here I&#8217;ll tell you about the things that made the most difference to my confidence levels&#8230;</b><span id="more-126"></span></p>
<p>Some people have naturally high levels of confidence but everybody can learn to be more confident</p>
<p>Firstly, it&#8217;s important to get a clear idea of what self confidence really means, otherwise you won&#8217;t know when you&#8217;ve got it! So, self confidence means:</p>
<p><b>1) Being calm.</b> For every situation in life you need to run on the appropriate level of emotion. Too much emotional &#8216;leakage&#8217; into a experience can spoil the experience. You make great strides towards confidence when you begin to relax in a greater range of situations.</p>
<p><b>2) Being cool.</b> The second part of self confidence is about being able to relax with uncertainty. To be &#8216;cool&#8217; in a situation really means relaxing with not knowing how things will pan out. If you truly tolerate uncertainty, you can do pretty much anything. </p>
<p><b>3) Not being too concerned with what others think of you.</b> You know when you imagine what some place is going to be like before you go there but when you get there it is totally different to your imagination? That&#8217;s how reliable your imagination is! Stop trusting your imagination so much. I&#8217;ve long since stopped bothering to imagine what others think of me because so often I&#8217;ve turned out to be wrong.</p>
<p><b>4) Being specific - where do you want confidence?</b> &#8216;Confidence&#8217; is meaningless until you tie it to something specific. You are already confident that you can read these words or can switch a light on and off. So you don&#8217;t need more confidence everywhere. To get what you want in life you have to establish exactly what you do want. Where do you want confidence in your life? Think about the specific situations now and write them down. You beginning to steer your brain towards confidence. </p>
<p><b>5) Understanding that what you expect is what you get.</b> Your brain is an organ that needs clear goals to work towards. When a task has been set in your brain it will do everything it can do to bring about the completion of that task. If you&#8217;ve tried to recall someone&#8217;s name but can&#8217;t, hours later you&#8217;ll often find their name pops into your head.</p>
<p>The &#8216;trying to recall&#8217; experience set the task or blueprint for your brain&#8217;s future subconscious behaviour which eventually produced the name for you - when you weren&#8217;t thinking about it consciously. You can use this natural mechanism to start feeling more confident. But, to ensure you set the right task for your subconscious mind, the next point is vital.</p>
<p><b>6) Don&#8217;t task your mind with negatives.</b> Instead of: &#8216;I don&#8217;t want to screw up&#8217; (which sets the task of &#8217;screwing up&#8217; for your brain), set the blueprint for what you do want! Your brain doesn&#8217;t work towards what to do by being told what not to do. And nature has given you a wonderful natural tool to set the right task blueprints with.</p>
<p><b>7) Use nature&#8217;s goal-setter:</b> Now you understand how vital it is to set the right task for you brain, you need to know how to do this reliably. Good hypnosis will strongly &#8216;program&#8217; the right blueprint in your mind  through the use of your imagination. If you powerfully imagine feeling confident and relaxed while in a relaxed hypnotic state  it will be hard for your unconscious mind to do anything else. The blueprint for relaxation has been set firmly into your subconscious mind. </p>
<p><b>3 simple strategies to get you feeling confident quickly:</b></p>
<p><b>1)</b> Think specifically of the time/place/situation you want to feel confident in. Remember &#8216;confidence&#8217; doesn&#8217;t mean anything until you attach it to something specific. </p>
<p><b>2)</b> Focus on words in your mind right now that describe how you do want to be in that time and place. Maybe words such as &#8216;calm&#8217;, &#8216;relaxed&#8217; or &#8216;focused&#8217;. Remember your brain works on clear positive instructions.</p>
<p><b>3)</b> Close your eyes for as long as you like and think about how those words feel. Then, imagine the situation itself and rehearse it in your mind feeling confident and relaxed. This way you set the right blueprint or &#8216;task&#8217; for your unconscious mind.</p>
<p>You can repeat this often to make it more effective and use it with as many areas of your life as you need to. If you listen to a hypnotic cd or download that can make the benefits even more powerful (see my profile below). So if you feel like you&#8217;d be blessed with less confidence than some other people you can start redressing the balance by using your mind in the right way right now. </p>
<p>It took me years to learn how to be more confident - now you can do it in a fraction of the time. Good luck!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/downloads/self_improvement/confidence_building.html?2807">Boost your confidence now</a> at HypnosisDownloads.com </p>
<p>Article by Mark Tyrrell of <a href="http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/?2807">Hypnosis Downloads.com.</a></p>
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		<title>7 Ways to Soothe your Shyness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shy people instinctively know that they are missing out. Shyness equals lost opportunities, less pleasure and fewer social connections. Shyness can be crippling but there are tried and tested ways to make it a thing of the past.
When I was fifteen I was shy. I recall an attractive girl attempting to engage me in conversation. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shy people instinctively know that they are missing out. Shyness equals lost opportunities, less pleasure and fewer social connections. Shyness can be crippling but there are tried and tested ways to make it a thing of the past.<span id="more-125"></span></p>
<p>When I was fifteen I was shy. I recall an attractive girl attempting to engage me in conversation. My shyness made me focus on me instead of her. I heard my own voice but not hers and I thought about what I was trying to say instead of what she was trying to say.</p>
<p>The formula for shyness is  &#8220;too much focus on the self&#8221; plus anxiety. To make it even more unpleasant, sometimes when you are feeling shy you experience physical sensations which &#8216;hijack&#8217; your calm logical self.</p>
<p>My pulse raced, my mouth dried up and I felt like the village idiot! I couldn&#8217;t think what to say so I said nothing apart from making barely audible grunting noises! Cary Grant eat your heart out! When I detected pity in her eyes (or was it contempt, or boredom) I mumbled my excuse and got out of there. I hated being shy and was determined to change it.</p>
<p><strong>How shyness is developed and maintained</strong></p>
<p>Shyness really is a combination of social anxiety and social conditioning. To overcome shyness you need to learn to relax socially. This enables you to direct your attention away from yourself and gives you the space to practice certain conversational skills. In most cases, the heightened emotions of socializing when young simply condition the sufferer to respond to social events with fear, instead of excitement and pleasure.</p>
<p>Relaxed socializing is so pleasurable, not to say productive, but it is an advantage denied to many until they learn to relax. To start reducing your own shyness, I want you to absorb the following tips and ideas and start to put them into practice:</p>
<p><strong>1)</strong> Think about the way you feel and behave around familiar people you are comfortable and spontaneous around. It&#8217;s that feeling transferred to new people and situations that equates to your emerging social confidence.</p>
<p><strong>2)</strong> Focus your attention away from yourself. Sure, you can think a little bit about how you are coming across, but if all your focus is on your own words and feelings then you might as well be by yourself. Notice what other people are wearing and make a mental note, listen to their conversation, imagine where they might live, make a point of remembering names. Not only does this give you more to talk about, it also &#8216;dilutes&#8217; social anxiety leaving you feeling calmer.</p>
<p><strong>3)</strong> Ask people open questions. Many people like to talk about themselves and will find you interesting if you find them interesting. Ask questions that require more than a &#8216;yes&#8217;/'no&#8217; response such as &#8216;What do you like about this place?&#8217; rather than: &#8216;Do you like this place?&#8217; Once they&#8217;ve answered use &#8216;add-on&#8217; questions connected to the first such as: &#8216;What other places do you like in this city.?&#8217; Next you can express your views. This is a great way to get the conversation going. If the conversation doesn&#8217;t &#8216;take&#8217; then no matter, you&#8217;ve done your bit.</p>
<p><strong>4)</strong> Stop trusting your imagination so much! Have you ever had an imaginary picture in your mind of a holiday destination only to arrive and find the reality is different from the way you had imagined? That&#8217;s how reliable imagination is. Stop imagining what others think. I do lots of public speaking and I&#8217;ve long since stopped trying to second guess what others think of me  - it&#8217;s just too painful. Besides, what a person thinks about you has a lot more to do with who they are than who you are.</p>
<p><strong>5)</strong> Stop using &#8216;all or nothing&#8217; thinking. The &#8216;completely this/completely that&#8217; style of thought occurs when you are emotional. People who are depressed, angry or anxious see reality in terms of differing extremes, simplistic all or nothing terms. An angry person is &#8216;right&#8217; and you are &#8216;wrong&#8217;; the depressed person feels like a &#8216;failure&#8217; while others are a &#8217;success&#8217;. In reality, life is composed of infinite gray areas. So stop fearing that you might say the &#8216;wrong&#8217; thing! Or that people will &#8216;hate&#8217; you. Once you start to relax more socially you&#8217;ll notice much less black or white thinking because anxiety actually causes you to think in all or nothing terms.</p>
<p><strong>6)</strong> Take your time. You don&#8217;t have to blurt things out. Ask questions and if questions are asked of you can take time to consider your response (within reason). Don&#8217;t just blurt out what you think might be the &#8216;right&#8217; answer. A slow answer is a relaxed answer.</p>
<p><strong>7)</strong> Finally, use hypnotic rehearsal. Hypnosis is the quickest way to change your instinctive/emotional response to any situation. Only think about meeting others when your mind and body is relaxed. This conditions you to associate relaxation with being around new people. In fact you&#8217;ll find that when you relax deeply enough often enough whilst hypnotically rehearsing being comfortable around others you&#8217;ll reach the point where you just can&#8217;t be shy any more! This is what I call a &#8216;happy inability!&#8217;</p>
<p>I now love meeting new people and suspect that my current social confidence would be unrecognizable to my fifteen year old self.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/downloads/self_improvement/overcoming_shyness.html?2807">Overcome shyness now </a>at HypnosisDownloads.com</p>
<p>Article by Mark Tyrrell of <a href="http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/?2807">Hypnosis Downloads.com.</a></p>
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		<title>Online Dating - What Do You Really Want From It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we talk about dating in the very finest sense of the word, please understand that dating is not to be viewed as a precursor for sleeping together. It is much more than that. It is the first step towards choosing a life partner and online dating has made the whole process a lot simpler [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When we talk about dating in the very finest sense of the word, please understand that dating is not to be viewed as a precursor for sleeping together. It is much more than that. It is the first step towards choosing a life partner and online dating has made the whole process a lot simpler now.<span id="more-124"></span></p>
<p>We all know that man is a social being.</p>
<p>However man is also a lonely being. (And when we say man, we mean women too).</p>
<p><strong>Man longs for company.</strong></p>
<p>Company not just from friends and the family, but from that special person with whom he or she can share those sweet nothings, those simple pleasures and pains, someone with whom he or she can build a whole new life, someone with whom he or she can raise a family of his or her own.</p>
<p>Now this is a fundamental need of man: to find a life mate. And the most popular method used for this is dating.</p>
<p><strong>Serious or a casual relationship?</strong></p>
<p>Now what you do and what you want is entirely your business. I don&#8217;t want to sound nosey but I would like to draw a fine line between the kind of dating that is involved in these two quests.</p>
<p>Of course we are all grown up and so let us act like grown ups.</p>
<p>Obviously in a casual relationship we are looking for fun. And mind you, fun can have a lot of connotations. So here the object of one&#8217;s desire will obviously be a person who is not inclined towards a serious relationship.</p>
<p>If both parties are of the same view then it is well and good because they understand each other perfectly and do not expect much from such a relationship. This leaves no room for heartbreak.</p>
<p><strong>Make your intentions clear </strong></p>
<p>It is when one party is in for something more serious and the other party is into sheer frivolousness that the problems start. So you should be absolutely clear about what you are looking for from the start, and you should make your intentions very clear to the other person.</p>
<p>At the same time you should have no doubts about the intentions of the other person as well. Remember, even if it is a casual relationship, there should be mutual understanding at least about the nature of the relationship.</p>
<p><strong>What if it starts to get serious?</strong></p>
<p>Of course, there is yet another possibility where a casual relationship can blossom into something more serious. But, again in such cases it is your instincts that can help you identify what is good and what is bad.</p>
<p>No matter how strong a person is, anyone can be taken for a ride or be taken for granted. Being jilted is never a nice experience. So, those of you who are going in for a casual relationship, for heavens sake, be on your guard!</p>
<p>The main thing is to know what you want from a relationship when you first start dating and to get out of it as fast as possible if it isn&#8217;t going the way you thought it would.</p>
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		<title>Why Has Online Dating Become So Popular?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Online dating has become a major way of meeting a new partner with many people getting married after meeting someone online. But what is the difference from normal dating and why has online dating become so popular?
The reason is pretty simple. It is very much the same reason that the Internet itself became so [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Online dating has become a major way of meeting a new partner with many people getting married after meeting someone online. But what is the difference from normal dating and why has online dating become so popular?<span id="more-123"></span></p>
<p>The reason is pretty simple. It is very much the same reason that the Internet itself became so popular. The Internet opens up a whole new world of communication and contact. And the reasons for this are given below.</p>
<p><strong>Online dating is fast.</strong></p>
<p>Try to picture what used to happen earlier in the days when people had to depend on the good ol&#8217; postal system. During those days, a person had to wait for one or two days for a letter to get across to a person who lived in the same state itself. The second person in turn would take one or two days to respond and this letter would take on or two days to get back to the first person.</p>
<p>So in effect, a single correspondence would stretch over a week. But now it&#8217;s a totally different story. The time taken for the first letter and the response has been brought to an amazing 2 minutes!</p>
<p>Waiting may make the heart grow fonder but e-mail makes two people get close faster!</p>
<p><strong>Online dating is more private.</strong></p>
<p>The Internet provides for absolute privacy too. One can carry out communication with another person in the absolute privacy of one&#8217;s bedroom or bath room or wherever one chooses to be. There is no fear of eavesdropping (ugh) or over hearing (shudder!) thanks to e-mail and chat facilities.</p>
<p><strong>Online dating  gives you more options and opportunities.</strong></p>
<p>The Internet provides for other options like voice chat or video conferencing and stops short only of the physical touch. But then who would want to start a relationship by touching right away?</p>
<p>You can see a person, talk to a person, and listen to the person&#8217;s voice, can you think of a better way to start a date?</p>
<p><strong>Online dating doesn&#8217;t cost much.</strong></p>
<p>All this and more it is possible thanks to the Internet and the best part is that all this comes to you for peanuts. All you need is a PC (who doesn&#8217;t have one?) and an Internet Connection (how can anybody live without one?) and you are all set. The only thing more you could ask for is a step-by-step guide to find your dream date&#8230;which you can find plenty of advice about here!</p>
<p>So what are you waiting for? Isn&#8217;t it time you tried online dating?</p>
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		<title>Guys&#8230; A woman shows you how to attract women</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Men… if you are having trouble attracting women then who do you think would be the best person to teach you how to do it? You are probably thinking another man who has great success already with attracting women. But, what could be better than being taught by an expert who really knows what women [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Men… if you are having trouble attracting women then who do you think would be the best person to teach you how to do it? You are probably thinking another man who has great success already with attracting women. But, what could be better than being taught by an expert who really knows what women want from a man… such as a woman herself?</p>
<p><span id="more-122"></span><br />
When you think about it who knows more about what a woman likes in a man than a woman? How she feels when a man approaches her, how she feels when a man tries to make conversation with her. She instinctively knows when a man wants her and she also knows by his body language and words if she wants him too.</p>
<p><strong>Woman reveals all in the dating game</strong></p>
<p>Well, there is such a woman who spills all the secrets about what women really want from a man…Tiffany Taylor. Tiffany has dated all types of men, which gives her vast knowledge of how the dating game works. Even unattractive men or shy ones can attract women if they only knew the inner workings of the female mind. With this powerful knowledge, any man can easily attract any female he wants like a magnet.</p>
<p><strong>Learn how a woman&#8217;s mind really works&#8230; </strong></p>
<p>Tiffany will show you how the dating game really works from both male and female perspectives. She knows exactly what turns a woman on and, more importantly, what turns her off.</p>
<p>All this inside information is in Tiffany Taylor’s amazing book <a href="http://www.love-guides.com/recommends/guygetsgirl.php" target="_blank">GuyGetsGirl</a> where she gives you all the secrets you need to attract beautiful women.</p>
<p>Tiffany reveals for the first time what goes on the minds of women AND how men can use special psychological and social techniques to attract and seduce them – regardless of their looks, bank balance or the car they drive.</p>
<p><strong>Just think how all this would help get you the women you long for…</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>How to turn a woman on in just seconds</li>
<li>How to seduce a woman quickly and easily</li>
<li> The little secret that will get women begging to date you</li>
<li>Make that girl you really want, fall in love with YOU.</li>
<li>Learn how to use body language to your advantage.</li>
<li>Hot pickup techniques that ANY guy can master</li>
<li>Attract any woman you want right now</li>
<li>Learn the dating secrets you were never meant to know</li>
<li>Secrets that will make her want you sooooo bad</li>
<li>Have any woman YOU want, any time YOU like!</li>
<li>Make love to beautiful women, and make them BEG to see YOU again</li>
<li> Even if you are ugly, bald or fat - women will want you once you learn this little secret</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.love-guides.com/recommends/guygetsgirl.php" target="_blank">Guy Gets Girl</a> is the step-by-simple-step - pickup, dating and seduction guide written for men by a woman&#8230;</p>
<p>So, if you are tired of women passing you by then check out Tiffany’s book today and finally learn how to master the dating game. With her simple to learn techniques you will go straight to the front of the queue in the dating game.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.love-guides.com/recommends/guygetsgirl.php" target="_blank">&#8220;Attract any woman you want right now&#8230;&#8221; </a></p>
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		<title>How To Start A Conversation With An Attractive Stranger</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many people, starting a conversation with a stranger is an intimidating task. But for you, after reading this article, it will be a breeze.
The best beginning for the conversation is, &#8220;Hi&#8221;.
(I am sure you can master that!)
The second step is to introduce yourself, &#8220;Hi, I am Jim.&#8221;
(Not too tricky, is it?)

The three most popular [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For many people, starting a conversation with a stranger is an intimidating task. But for you, after reading this article, it will be a breeze.<span id="more-45"></span></p>
<p>The best beginning for the conversation is, &#8220;Hi&#8221;.<br />
(I am sure you can master that!)</p>
<p>The second step is to introduce yourself, &#8220;Hi, I am Jim.&#8221;<br />
(Not too tricky, is it?)</p>
<p><strong><br />
The three most popular and foolproof conversation-starters are:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Make a comment about the surroundings;</li>
<li>Enquire about something unusual in their appearance;</li>
<li>Ask for a comment from a womanï¿½s/manï¿½s point of view.</li>
</ul>
<p>Letï¿½s talk about those conversation-starters in more detail.</p>
<p><strong>1. Making a comment about the SURROUNDINGS.</strong><br />
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This is the safest and universal conversation-starter. Wherever you are, somethingï¿½s always happening around you. There are people, or cars, or queues, or something else. Even if there is nothing happening, you can make a comment about that! Use a bit of humor in your comment and most of the time you will get a favorable answer.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>Hi, what a chilly/hot day today (on a hot day, say itï¿½s chilly, on a chilly day, say itï¿½s hot &#8212; itï¿½s VERY funny). I see you are also shivering/sweating. By the way, my name is Jim. What is your name?</p>
<p>Hi, you know, you look very pretty with these awesome roses as the backdrop. By the way, my name is Jim. What is your name?</p>
<p>Hey, this queue doesnï¿½t seem to be moving, does it? Since we are going to spend the next few hours here together, I guess I should introduce myself: I am Jim. What is your name?</p>
<p><strong>2. Enquiring about something unusual in their appearance.</strong></p>
<p>This requires some skill but after a while you will be able to pick up something in an instant. It can be a tattoo, a piece of jewelry, a handbag, or even an unusual color. People donï¿½t buy things at random. They buy them and wear them because they LIKE them, or because they MEAN something to them. They have some pleasant emotion attached to it. If you mention this thing, you can tap into this pleasant emotion and they will consider your advances more favorably.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>- Hi! I could not help but noticed this interesting ring. It isnï¿½t an engagement ring, is it? If it is, I will have to end my life in a monastery. And by the way, my name is Jim.</p>
<p>- Hi, I was looking at your earrings; they are exactly what I was looking for, as a present for my sister. Where did you get them? And by the way, my name is Jim.</p>
<p>- Hi, I could not help but noticed the book you are reading, ï¿½Men are from Mars, women are from Venusï¿½. So, what do you think about it? And by the way, my name is Jim.</p>
<p><strong>3. Asking for a comment from a womanï¿½s/manï¿½s point of view.</strong></p>
<p>This is my favorite!</p>
<p>For some mysterious reason, we just LOVE rendering our opinion as a woman/man. This is such a successful conversation-starter; you can use it anywhere, on anyone. Even 90-year-old grannies will be happy to answer your enquiries.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>- Hi! I am Jim. My friend and I were talking about what women value the most in men they date, and could not agree. Could you please help us out with a womanï¿½s opinion?</p>
<p>- Hi, I am Jill. My friend and I were talking about what men value the most in women they date, and could not agree. Could you please help us out with a manï¿½s opinion?<br />
- Etc, etc.</p>
<p>It doesnï¿½t matter what you are asking about. The point is, we all understand that men and women think differently and we appreciate a thoughtful stranger who makes an effort to learn from the source.</p>
<p><strong>Thatï¿½s it!</strong></p>
<p>You see, itï¿½s not scary at all. Just go and try it - first on the people you donï¿½t care about, and then on the people you like. You will see that men and women alike generally respond very positively to a friendly stranger.</p>
<p>Start with the service personnel at the shops and cafes. They are PAID to be nice to you. Look them in the eyes and strike a conversation. You will see how easy it is.</p>
<p>Once you learn the skill of starting a conversation with strangers, your life is never going to be the same. You will be able to feel at home wherever you go - simply because you know how to talk to people you never met.</p>
<p>Try it.<br />
It feels fantastic!</p>
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<p>Elena Solomon is a dating coach.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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She looked up, expecting me to say something interesting.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week I had the easiest pick up and lay in my life, and it all started with me walking by a random girl and saying (using a clear, resonating voice and disinterested, but relaxed and sexual body language), &#8220;Hey.&#8221;</p>
<p>She looked up, expecting me to say something interesting.<span id="more-57"></span></p>
<p>My follow-up was simply, &#8220;Do you know where the smoothie place is? I&#8217;m in the mood for a smoothie.&#8221;</p>
<p>After that, she kept the conversation going. Simple, right?</p>
<p><strong>Here was the key:</strong><br />
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I always made sure that she was reacting to me more than I was reacting to her.</p>
<p>When I first started speaking to her, I frankly couldn&#8217;t care less about what she thought of me.</p>
<p>My mindset was, &#8220;I&#8217;m just going through my day. But hey, if some hot chick wants to earn my attention, that&#8217;s cool. If not, I&#8217;m going to enjoy my day just the same.&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve coached a lot of guys, and the mistake I most often see a guy make when he opens a conversation with a girl is that he tries to get a response from her.</p>
<p>Maybe he tries too hard to make her laugh. Or he starts asking her weird questions that he shouldn&#8217;t be interested in when speaking to a total stranger (e.g., &#8220;What&#8217;s you major?&#8221; or &#8220;How has your day been today?&#8221;)</p>
<p>This sets her up with a higher value than him.</p>
<p>You see, whenever you set a girl up with a higher value than you (like when you&#8217;re trying to win her approval), this causes her to lose attraction for you.</p>
<p>In every conversation, there is always one person who is reacting more than the other. The person who reacts less (i.e., is the more relaxed of the two) is the more dominant, or alpha, person.</p>
<p>The person trying to win the other&#8217;s approval is the one who&#8217;s more attracted. So a girl will struggle to make small talk and keep the conversation going as long as your value is higher than hers.</p>
<p>Women are attracted to men who are a challenge for them. If at some point it becomes clear that you&#8217;re trying to win her approval, then there&#8217;s no longer a challenge for her and she loses interest.</p>
<p>Keep the alpha status and stay in control of the situation right from the beginning. Make sure to not ever react too much to what a girl says. Always remain more relaxed than her.</p>
<p>So the answer to the best way to begin a conversation with a woman is this: Don&#8217;t try. Don&#8217;t care what she thinks. Just say whatever you want.</p>
<p class="highlight-yellow"> John Alexander is author of <a href="http://love-guides.com/recommends/alphamale.php"> &#8220;How to Become an Alpha Male&#8221;</a>&#8230; a seduction success guide for men. Learn more advanced tips on how to develop the mind set and body language of an alpha male.</p>
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		<title>The Best Way To Approach An Attractive Girl</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s say you are sitting on a park bench with a beautiful woman. She is totally hot and you want to start to chat with her, to ask her out.Most guys would just look over with that cocky grin, or even worse, that look of terror like a deer caught in the headlights of a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let’s say you are sitting on a park bench with a beautiful woman. She is totally hot and you want to start to chat with her, to ask her out.Most guys would just look over with that cocky grin, or even worse, that look of terror like a deer caught in the headlights of a car at night, and to the best of their ability say something along the lines of: “Hey, How you doing? Listen, if you’re free this Saturday night, how &#8217;bout the two of us going out to dinner together? We could maybe have a really good time or something?”<span id="more-64"></span><!--adsense--></p>
<p>Ding!!!! Wrong! Odds are way less than 5% that they will get the date or even a phone number from this babe. Women need to be slowly warmed up to speed, they aren’t always walking around like a giant “Horn-Dawg,” ready to “F” all the time like us guys are. They need to be “Regulated” with care and patience.</p>
<p>Women say they make up their mind whether or not they are going to go with a guy, even if it is eventually, as in the minds of the “Good Girls,” in the first 12 seconds of their taking notice of you. This means, if you are doing the “Role Reversal Technique” and you get her to look at you, and she gives you an instant brush off, you simply ain’t getting any. Or similarly, after 12 seconds she replies with no clear sign of appreciation for what she has just experienced by taking you in, then it’s over. Move on!</p>
<p>So here’s the best way to play this technique, covering all your bases, ensuring the greatest opportunity for success, without wasting a lot of precious time. Sit down next to the woman that you are interested in and immediately say “Hi, how you doing?” while looking her directly in the eyes for about 2 seconds, no more, or she instantly thinks you are a “Dangerous Psycho Freak,” and the game is over before it starts!</p>
<p>Smile again but now break off the eye contact. Turn to look at something else of interest, after all you are interested and like what you see, but you are a confident person, and are used to being surrounded by hot chicks all the time, right? So remember, smile, say hello, look her in the eyes for 2 seconds, break the glance, look away, but maintain the smile on your face.</p>
<p>Calmly survey the surrounding area, and wait for some kind of immediate response from her. If her reaction is anything less than totally enthusiastic, or a least reasonably open and perhaps playing coy, but showing signs of sincere interest, then you immediately withdraw your attention from her completely, as if she is simply not there. I mean you totally back off, as if you’re not even the slightest bit interested at all.</p>
<p>This officially puts the ball into motion. The game has now, to all intents and purposes, begun! While you appear to be reading your magazine or watching the people walk by, you will begin the “Role Reversal Thought Transmission Strategy!”</p>
<p>This technique is cleverly performed quietly inside your mind. But don’t ever underestimate the power of its pull and force! You start to send your short, sharp signal, subconsciously towards her, but an important point of serious differentiation needs to be observed here&#8230;</p>
<p class="highlight"><a href="http://www.love-guides.com/recommends/hypnodate.php">HypnoDate.com</a> contains the most powerful tools available to help you &#8220;Re-Program your Self-Limiting Beliefs&#8221; and replace them with more positive beliefs and a new found confidence that will attract women like flies to s**t!</p>
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		<title>Four Keys to Overcoming Your Nervousness Around Women</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standing at the magazine rack thumbing through Cosmo, she has the most gorgeous face you&#8217;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 her this girl up. But,it&#8217;s not easy to start a conversation with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Standing at the magazine rack thumbing through Cosmo, she has the most gorgeous face you&#8217;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 her this girl up. But,it&#8217;s not easy to start a conversation with a woman, especially if they are really attractive.<span id="more-48"></span><br />
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<p><strong>You feel the fear deep in your gut.</strong></p>
<p>You know that even if you got your balls in gear and went for it, you wouldn&#8217;t know what to say. You will feel so nervous and fumbly that you would reject yourself if you were her. So you shy away from even approaching her in the first place.</p>
<p>Does this situation sound familiar?  If so, keep reading.</p>
<p>The first thing for you to realize is that all guys get anxiety about approaching women. I know I certainly do.</p>
<p><strong>But what separates you (and me) from the rest of the guys is&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><em>What You Do About Your Fear.</em></p>
<p>Most guys let fear paralyze them&#8230; not just about chicks, but about other things in their life like their career&#8230; which is why, unfortunately, most guys will never find the success that they want.</p>
<p>First, look at where your fear comes from. The problem is inside of you. It&#8217;s not with the chicks.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re thinking about rejection, then that means you&#8217;re making your approaches with a certain outcome in mind (I&#8217;m just guessing, but I think if you&#8217;re like most guys, your goal is getting chicks attracted to you so that you can get laid).</p>
<p><strong>Try this instead&#8230; approach without having any expectations. No goals.</strong></p>
<p>Let me tell you about a problem I used to have. I&#8217;m inclined to be an introvert, as I discuss in my book , <a href="http://love-guides.com/recommends/alphamale.php">&#8220;How to Become an Alpha Male.&#8221;</a></p>
<p>So to overcome my shyness, I would force myself to chat up everybody, no matter who they were&#8230; hot girls, ugly girls, fat girls, old people, men, children, people walking dogs, etc.</p>
<p>I would talk about neutral topics with them, nothing to do with picking up chicks.</p>
<p>The net result from all of that was I became really good at approaching people.</p>
<p>After that, however, I made a mistake. I said to myself, &#8220;Since I&#8217;m so good at approaching people and have become an outgoing person, why am I wasting time talking to anyone other than hot chicks?&#8221;</p>
<p>So then I limited the people I talked to&#8230; and my anxiety about talking to random women swept over me once again. It was as if I&#8217;d never had all that practice chatting up strangers in the first place.</p>
<p>At that point I realized it was because I was outcome-dependent. Because I had thoughts like &#8220;I&#8217;m going to try to lay this chick&#8221; in my mind&#8230; before I&#8217;d even opened my mouth to say &#8220;hi&#8221;&#8230; and so I would crash and burn. It sucked.</p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s something I want you to try.</strong></p>
<p>Whenever you go out, talk to three people, but do it just for practice. Don&#8217;t do it for real.</p>
<p>Because it&#8217;s just for practice, don&#8217;t limit yourself to just talking to hot women. In general, I&#8217;ve found that elderly people (both males and females) and fat women are easy to talk to.</p>
<p>If it helps, set up a time limit for your practice interactions, like that you&#8217;ll talk to the person for 30 seconds and then you&#8217;ll get out of the conversation. (Say something like, &#8220;Well, I&#8217;m on my way to meeting a friend. Good chatting with you.&#8221; And then walk away without making a big deal of it.)</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;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, &#8220;Hey, I need a quick female opinion on something.&#8221; (Then ask about something that you genuinely want a female opinion on.)</p>
<p>Remember though: have no outcome in mind. So it doesn&#8217;t matter if the chick responds rudely.</p>
<p>In fact, when you reach a point that you&#8217;ve chatted up lots of women, you&#8217;ll find that eventually rude responses on their part mean nothing. You&#8217;ll have an attitude of &#8220;ha, how original&#8230; I&#8217;ve had tons of women give me that exact same &#8216;clever&#8217; rude comment.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>I&#8217;ve been rejected hideously, time and time again.</strong></p>
<p>One chick screamed &#8220;Go away!&#8221; at me before I could even get out my initial sentence.</p>
<p>Another time I thought it was amusing when I approached a group of two girls, just for practice, and right after I said &#8220;hey,&#8221; they both turned their backs on me in unison, as if they were synchronized dancers!</p>
<p>Now I just look back on all of that and laugh.</p>
<p>My point is that the more you approach, the more you&#8217;ll reach a level where you notice that most people act in the same, predictable ways. It&#8217;ll bore you rather than cause you anxiety.</p>
<p>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&#8217;ll take a long time, but eventually, the walls will be up (which means you&#8217;ve finished the hard part).</p>
<p>To get a bit more psychological, there&#8217;s really no such thing as &#8220;being nervous.&#8221; You don&#8217;t &#8220;get nervous,&#8221; like it&#8217;s some kind of flu virus that invades your body.</p>
<p>All feelings of nervousness 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, &#8220;I would reject myself,&#8221; it sets you up for failure!) You picture the chicks rejecting you. You feel tense in your body. And so on.</p>
<p><strong>So what you can do to break this is to identify it for what it is.</strong></p>
<p>Notice your negative thoughts and change them. Instead of thinking, &#8220;Oh my God, this chick is going to act like a bitch to me because I fumble my words&#8221;&#8230; think, &#8220;It&#8217;s awesome that I&#8217;m making this approach, because if this chick rejects me, that means I&#8217;ve gotten her out of the way and I&#8217;m one step closer to finding my dream girl.&#8221;</p>
<p>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&#8217;m nervous. So when I relax my jaw and facial muscles, it alleviates a lot of my tension.</p>
<p><strong>I&#8217;ll wrap it up for you by concluding with this advice:</strong></p>
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<li> Be social for the sake of being social. Nothing else.</li>
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<li>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, &#8220;Been there, done that, it&#8217;s no big deal.&#8221;</li>
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<li>Recognize your bad thoughts and force yourself to replace them with good ones.</li>
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<li>Ease the physical tension you have in your body when you feel nervous.</li>
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<p class="highlight-yellow">John Alexander is author of <a href="http://love-guides.com/recommends/alphamale.php"> &#8220;How to Become an Alpha Male&#8221;</a>, a seduction success guide for men. Learn more advanced tips on how to develop the mind set and body language of an alpha male.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We need to understand a very basic fact. Women are naturally, automatically attracted to guys that are confident and comfortable with themselves and the lady. It’s thousands of years of “Survival Instinct” subconsciously and sometimes even consciously, programmed into their heads. <span id="more-62"></span><br />
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Confident men, often referred to in psychological books as the “Alpha Male” are viewed by females as the natural born leaders. They’re the strong and self reliant providers and that’s what they instinctively want to attract to themselves and what they feel safe being attracted to. It’s all a matter of mentally programmed survival instinct.</p>
<p>Plus, women like to feel like women and want to be around a guy who makes them feel like a woman. That’s accomplished by a dude that seems strong, powerful, secure, and has his proverbial “shit” together. So, does this mean that if we weren’t born with these natural personality traits, then we are simply out of luck and aren’t going to get the babes? Well, that’s what it used to mean. But now we have a couple of secret weapons that’ll change your life and your luck with the ladies forever.</p>
<p><em>The names of those secret weapons are “Self-Hypnotic Suggestion” and “Self-Subconscious Implantation!”</em></p>
<p>You see, somewhere along the road most of us some how got “f**ked up” in the head by someone. It could be a parent, or sibling, maybe a relative or neighbor. Perhaps it was a teacher, or some other culturally accepted authority figure, maybe even a total stranger. Or, as is most often the case, we simply did it to ourselves.</p>
<p>The human mind is like a computer – whatever you program into the computer, is what you are going to get out of it. Sometimes, if your inputting skills are lacking or if there is a flaw or glitch in the system, what comes out is distorted, warped and barely recognizable as what was intended to be filed away for safe keeping.</p>
<p>So, a misunderstanding with a friend, a harsh comment by a teacher, a cruel word by a parent, or even simply being turned down when making an early attempt to steal a kiss or hold a girls hand while walking, can create devastating effects.</p>
<p>Left alone and unchallenged, they will debilitate and subconsciously handicap a guy for life, until he takes the time to go back in and “Re-Program” out the garbage information and replace it with the “Proper Data” that will be useful and effective for him to run a successful love life!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.love-guides.com/recommends/hypnodate.php">HypnoDate.com</a> contains the most powerful tools available to help you &#8220;Re-Program your Self-Limiting Beliefs&#8221; and replace them with more positive beliefs and a new found confidence that will attract women like flies to s**t!</p>
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