I am up in Vancouver, and it’s amazing up here. There is so much energy everywhere. I have never been to the Olympics, but a client of mine thought it would be a great weekend to do some one-on-one coaching. He has been right. It’s been great so far. There are people everywhere! So, now, what are all of you going to do on this mid-winter Saturday? How about…

How many times has this happened to you . . . You walk over to a woman. You open her with a simple observation. When she responds, you have a great opportunity to use humor to keep the interaction going but you don’t take it. Your brain shuts down and you end up talking about useless nothing. If this scenario sounds at all familiar to you, then…

It’s funny. I was just in Whole Foods filming a little undercover video for my Community Site members. In this undercover video, Will was basically going around the store talking to people and then I would critique it.

Man, have I changed! I really have. I used to go to Whole Foods all the time to pick up my groceries . . . and anything else I could find. Now I’m in Whole Foods this morning picking up nothing except groceries for my girlfriend and her mother.

Creating emotion in everyone you speak to will really make you memorable.

There is a reason why I encourage people to take themselves out on a date on a Saturday afternoon. In order to become a good date, you have to first take yourself out on a date.

Let’s say it’s Saturday and I have to go pick out a pair of jeans. While I’m out, I’m going to talk to everyone I see based on observations I’ve made. I’m going to share things with them. You can’t expect a woman to even be remotely interested in you unless you share something about yourself with her.

Earlier today, I was in this great mood. We went to Whole Foods, and as I was walking in the automatic door, this cute woman starts to go in at the same time. I said, “After you,” and she just looked down at the floor, didn’t smile or anything, and walked in and away.

Coaching is not a miracle. There is no miracle out there. Miracle drugs, diets and solutions are really just quick-fix illusions, like that grilled cheese sandwich in 2004 that had the image of the Virgin Mary burned into it. Someone paid $28,000 on eBay for that! Seriously, I’m not making this shit up! (link the last two words of this sentence with http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4034787.stm)

The point of life is realizing every single day that life itself is actually a miracle.

To get really Zen in your thinking, you need to accept everything that comes into your life and learn from the lessons you are presented with. You need to embrace those lessons and move forward.

It’s important to realize that when you receive coaching of any kind – whether it is a dating bootcamp or coaching on a physical sport – you have to practice.

In basketball, sometimes you just miss the backboard, you miss the net, and you miss the hoop. Air balls happen in basketball, and air words happen in life. You see something, say something and no one says anything. Or maybe you go into a store and ask, “Hey, how much is this?” but everyone ignores [...]

Meeting women in grocery stores is all about making basic observations. Grocery stores are great places to meet people.

I’ve said this a lot, and I’m going to say it again and again and again: life is not a sprint. Life is a marathon – and you are only racing against yourself. You don’t have any other competitors. Your marathon starts the day you were born. You are in the middle of an unbelievable [...]