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, plus genetics. If you take the kid's genetic propensities, their peer pressure, and just the stuff that they're observing on TV and everywhere else, that's 90 percent of their socialization. And the parents might be 10 percent about pick up, you know, clean your room and show up on time. That's about it. But despite the minimal impact that I think parents actually have on that specific kind of…
← Previous segment →A woman can flirt. I'm going to give you my impression which will be horrifying. This is going to be horrifying. My impression of a woman flirting with maximum, like just full force. This is full-on flirting. "Hi." That's it. Done. Direct eye contact and a smile. You're done. Almost every guy will think, I think she's into me.
I remember for a time my local grocery store was forcing the employees to act extra nice to the customers. It was like a corporate thing. So you'd go in there and they'd be like, "How are you? Nice day." It was like a little over the top. Not long after that they never could hire an attractive female cashier. Do you know why? Because it felt like they were hitting on you. And I think that they probably all got hit on back. Because if the 65-year-old guy with weird hair at the cash register says, "Hey, how you doing?" you just think he's friendly. But if the 28-year-old attractive-looking woman says, looks at you directly and says, "Hi, how's your day?" Do you know what every guy thinks? I think she's into me a little bit. That feels like flirting. And it probably was a problem. So basically the attractive female cashier demographic just disappeared from that store and never came back. I don't know why.
Unless it was that. Now men of course would be harder to flirt. But like I said, you just have to present yourself as confident primarily. Have a job and a gym membership. You're done, right? Be confident, have a job and a gym membership, and things will probably work out for you. That's about it. Oh, and interested. Yes. Well, the best way to show interest is to be interested. To ask people about their situation, especially if it's a bad situation. If you show empathy.
By the way, this is the best definition of charisma I've mentioned this before but it's worth it again. Charisma, I heard it defined once as a combination of power plus empathy. And when you first hear that you're like, how does that work? Why is that? And I'll explain it. If you saw somebody who had power but no empathy, in other words they didn't care about you, they would literally be dangerous or feel dangerous. You wouldn't want that person in charge because they don't care about you and they have all this power. That's the worst possible situation.
You wouldn't want necessarily to hang o
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ut with somebody who had plenty of empathy but no power because you're probably going to end up helping them. Right now you might like those people but in terms of a leader you want somebody who has ability you don't have but also cares about you. Now that goes to flirting, especially male flirting. So if you're male you have to demonstrate some kind of power. The power could be confidence, money,…
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