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Overcoming Fear of Failue - How to Ask Girls for a Date
- By Steve Kane
- Published 02/17/2007
- Self Improvement
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Steve Kane
I'm a middle aged guy who, after 25 years of trying, wrote a book about dating. I think it's pretty good.
View all articles by Steve KaneHow to Ask Girls for a Date
Ever wanted to ask a girl for her phone number or Email address and not got round to it? Ever walked away kicking yourself, after yet another failure?
Do you want that to change, do you want to become fearless in approaching women? Want to turn the sting of failure into the buzz of success?
Let me explain how.
If you’re not getting rejected then you’re not asking enough, clichéd though it may sound to say it, failure is the path to success. Every rejection is another step toward success. I know this is hard to accept at the beginning, you ears will burn and you'll feel like a fool. I like to use three examples to
illustrate how fear of failure should never be used as a reason to no try:
1) Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, said of his many failures 'I am
not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward' On his path to inventing the light bulb Edison worked with over 10,000 prototypes, all of which were failures. Did he give up; was he afraid of failure? No, if he had been then the world would be a very different place. You've got to accept that you'll fail, don't fear failure, accept it as a part of succeeding.
2) Babe Ruth, one of the most well-known and successful baseball hitters of all time had a batting average of .342, a 65 percent failure rate at the plate.
Is he remembered for the 65% of balls that he missed? Hell no, he's remembered for the balls that he hit out of the stadium when he got it right! He didn't care or focus on the balls that he swung at and missed, he didn't give them importance; he didn't give them the power to influence the next try. He just kept on trying, he didn't know any other way!
3) Bodybuilders, those really big guys that you see on the street, they've learned to recognise that failure is the only way to succeed.
Bodybuilders will lift weights until they fail; they aim to fail! And they
recognise that unless they do fail then the training session has been a waste of time. These people have recognised that in order for a muscle to grow stronger it must be pushed to failure. Failure is absolutely necessary to achieve success; to a bodybuilder failure is success!
In Summary
Fear of failure should never stop you from trying. You just need to ask, just ask. Walk right up and with a smile ask, like it’s the most natural thing in the world. Practice in private, practice the words that you’ll say. ‘Could I get your number’? What’s the worst thing that could happen? She may say no…. well big deal!
Getting rejected hurts at first BUT you’ll forget all those rejection with the
first success that have. I’ve practised this technique and it works, you’ll be
delighted. Learn that rejection is a step on the path to success.
Steve Kane is no longer a serial dater, but was.. More information at http://www.meetgirlsxl.com
