So after the weekend, this morning, we met up again for a big breakfast and hung out and walked around. But I digress….

Yesterday we all went to Spitalfields Market, and everyone met so many cool women. For those of you who are in London, Spitalfields is a must. I ate so much great food again, I really stuffed myself. Then we sat to digest for a bit as I lead a really “heavy” discussion on dating!! Bo-bump-bump…pshhh!

You know that sound, that “bo-bump-bump” drum sound you hear at a bad comedy show? You know what “bo-bump-bump” is? That’s not just reserved for late-night talk shows, it’s also you when you become Punch-Line Guy.

Are you the guy that read somewhere on the Internet that women are really attracted to the funny guy? So now, in every conversation you have, you always want to make sure that you can show you’re funny, that you get the punch line out as quickly as possible? Basically you are punch line guy. You’re that guy who, within a minute of a conversation, whatever the topic, you have to end the conversation with this funny joke (well, at least that you think it’s funny).

Here’s the deal guys: That really takes both you and her out of a moment that could have been special. Punch-line guys tend to kill conversations because there’s not much to go on after you spew your cheesy punch-line. Especially if the punch line wasn’t that funny, maybe she’ll chuckle a little bit and then she’ll just realize the conversation is ending.
What most punch-line guys do is they just end the conversation with that mediocre punch line, they don’t keep it rolling. They take a perfectly good conversation and they feel like they have to spit the joke out somewhere to show her that they’re funny.

The reality is that you have plenty of chances to show her that you’re funny—at the right moments. But your problem is that you can’t risk waiting to be naturally funny, waiting to be funny at all the right moments. You have to do it now, you have to try to create the punch line moment because this is the ONLY moment to show her you’re worth getting to know.

I know what this is like because I used to be punch line guy. I was the class clown, I used to sit back and wait for my punch line in class. When I was first learning to talk to women, I’d always anticipate and wait for the punch line. I’d throw it out there and expect a big laugh but I never realized, when I was younger, that actually killed a lot of good conversations because I was killing the momentum.

All the punch line does is show that you’re not really listening and adding the conversation, it just shows that you want to be the center of attention, because that’s what punch line guy really is. He wants to be validated, he wants people to think he’s funny, and he wants to be the center of attention. So the next time you have your punch line guy moment, think to yourself, Is this really a proper moment for the punch line? Think about that. Will it keep the conversation flowing, or will it end the conversation like it has in the past?

I am sure some of you have your routines all ready to go, all you need is a willing and able drunk girl who will buy into your planned course of action.

Here’s the deal, the above statement really does not work in the long run.

Sure you may grab a phone number from the overly drunk girl in the corner, but what about the smart sexy women?

They want you to approach them and connect with them just as I state in today’s video.

Are you ready to ditch the routines and become a man that women desire?

If so watch this before you go out so you don’t repeat the same mistakes!

The obvious thing is always the best thing to say. And you have to wait for it. I’m patient. Most men are very impatient, and then go into the situation thinking, how am I going to open up this woman? How do I get her to talk to me? Blah blah blah…”

Most guys think that, while I’m just thinking this: what is she doing? I ask myself that question all the time. What is she doing? What is she looking at? What is she doing? Think about that instead of what clever line to use to open her.

If she’s looking at a book, or reading through the pages, I think, okay, is there anything about this book that I can talk to her about? That’s what I ask myself.

Then I see the handwritten name of someone in the front of the book. I think to myself, what memory does that bring up for me? – because everything brings up a memory, and life is about connecting with people’s emotions. So, what memory did it bring up for me? It brought up the memory of my grandmother writing my name in my books when I was a child.

So all of a sudden, a situation starts to arise. What is that situation? The opener. I can go and talk to her and say, “oh my god, look at that. Do you want to know what the coolest thing about that book is? You get it with someone else’s name. Do you remember when you were a kid and your grandmother wrote in the front of your books?”

She’ll start laughing and say, “oh my god, you’re so right! Why did we write our names in the books? Were we actually going to lose them or take them somewhere?” and the conversation starts from there.

You don’t have to be funny. Just look for the obvious every time. If you calm yourself down, the obvious thing will always present itself.

Today’s video is live footage from a past bootcamp. We were at a farmers market and we went over how powerful it is to be direct.

Sometimes some people are just a bit too direct.

Off to London tomorrow for another great bootcamp!!!

Women look good, men look better – everybody thinks that they’re just going to go out and pick up somebody. It’s pickup season.

But the fact of the matter is that if you look at it as pickup season, you are NOT going to meet anybody!

So, without further ado, here are ten of the worst pickup lines we have ever heard in our entire lives:

A woman and her mother are walking down the street. Of course, the old cliché is, “what are you two, sisters?” Like they haven’t heard that a thousand times! And then all of a sudden the guy makes the comeback, “oh no way, I knew you guys were sisters!” Meanwhile, the woman clearly looks 70 and the daughter clearly looks 40 – they don’t look like sisters. But thanks for the flattery.

How about another bad pickup line – walking up to a woman and saying, “you’re beautiful!” And then you have absolutely no comeback after that. You say, “you’re beautiful,” she says, “thank you,” and what happens next? No conversation.

Or how about, “don’t I know you from somewhere?” She knows you don’t know her from anywhere, and she’s heard that about a thousand times! You’re the third guy today to say that, so why are you bothering?

Another bad pickup line: “can I buy you a drink?” Does she look homeless? Why don’t you just buy her dinner? Do you go into a clothing store, walk up to a woman and say, “can I buy you a dress?” “Can I buy you a top?” Lame. They’ve seen it a thousand times before – she’s going to take the drink and run.

Here’s another one: you walk up to a woman on the street and say, “excuse me, weren’t you at the barbeque last Sunday?” I’ve actually seen guys use that one! A woman will point-blank look at him and say, “no, I was out of town.” And then she’ll tell you everything she was doing last weekend, too! So in a way, it is such a bad pickup line that it actually might work!

Another great bad pickup line: “excuse me, do you have the time?” Meanwhile, you’re so unobservant, you didn’t even realize that she doesn’t have a watch! And your carrying your cell phone in your hand which has a clock attached to it! That’s a bad pickup line!

Here another bad one: “excuse me, do I know you from somewhere? Aren’t you my future ex-girlfriend?” She’s heard that one before. And you know what? She is your future ex-girlfriend, starting from the second you utter that line!

Another one would be: “excuse me, can I have your number, because I just lost mine!” That’s a winner. You have to break that down a little bit. It doesn’t even make any sense that someone would walk over there and say that! “Excuse me, I lost my number, can I have yours?” It makes no sense at all.

Here’s another good pickup line: a guy walks into a coffee shop and sees four girls sitting around, having a cup of coffee. The guy walks over and says, “hey, what are you guys doing, having coffee?” I’ve seen that happen so many times.

There’s the power of observation, and then there is the power of being a dunce. What is that? Are you girls having coffee? No, it’s not coffee…