Yes you can!

I can't stress the importance of attitude enough when it comes to meeting someone. You have to convince yourself that you are all that and a bag of chips. The key word there is yourself. You don't have to convince anybody else of anything. They need to find that out for themselves. If you have read the five steps to meeting someone you know that the first step is selecting a place. You need to be somewhere that gives you the most positive attitude. For instance if you have all 63 original star trek episodes memorized then when you are at the next trek convention you should have that attitude. You might have seen a talk show where the guests are supposed to be all that and they spend all their time trying to prove it. Doesn't work. Let your actions prove it. Read some books from Norman Vincent Peale like "The power of positive thinking" or "Think and grow rich" by Napoleon Hill and see how important it is to convince yourself are really believe you can do anything. Back in 96 I came to the conclusion that 4 years and 2 dozen strange relationships wasn't what I was looking for. I actually decided I was just going to go out there and have a good time and meet lots of people and not get serious. Prior to 96 In the 4 years I had been single I had met a total of about 60 people. I define "met" as getting someone's name and talking to them for more than 10 minutes. All my ideas didn't go into practice until july of 96. I was out at a club on a thursday night. I was there for the .25 cent beer.

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Another thursday night at a large waterfront club. Not really crowded. Hanging out with my DJ friends in the booth till 10. I get in the mood to mingle and walk up to two women sitting at the bar. Before I get a chance to open my mouth one of them says "Don't say anything stupid, just go away". Wow :) I had never been slammed that quick before. Since I had met over 40 people in the two week period before that I decided to let my attitude take over and I just smiled and looked her in the eyes and said "thanks" and walked away. I guess I was thankful she saved me the trouble of wasting 5 minutes talking to her. I also thought that when you start a night out like that things can only get better. Well they did because that was the night I met my wife. Of course I didn't know it then. Took me 3 weeks :) And it made me think back to a time when a rejection like that would have messed up my night.