The method
How to actually talk to people
How to open, what to notice, how long you have, and how to hear a no. No scripts — scripts are what make people sound like they are reading.
Openers4 min read
Guess where they are from, then say hello in their language
It costs you one word and it almost always works. It can also go wrong in exactly two ways.
Attention4 min read
Notice one thing: the observation opener
The opener people remember is not clever. It is specific, and it is about something they chose.
Nerves4 min read
Why you go blank, and what actually fixes it
The words arrive an hour later because they were never missing. They were just slow.
Languages4 min read
How to practise speaking when you have nobody to practise with
A 400-day vocabulary streak and zero hours of speaking is the most common way to stay stuck.
Delivery4 min read
How to stop saying "um"
You cannot hear your own fillers. That is the whole difficulty, and it is also the fix.
All four moves in one place, with the films.
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