Secret to bringing out the DJ in you

becker

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After being on these boards for a while, I've been thinking of how to help out all you folks out there who seem to have trouble with finding the DJ side that is perhaps in all of us. Ok, here's my most recent development, although for some, it may be easier said than done.

First, you have to be able to be a good salesman, to yourself. For example, let's say there's a girl you like, but you're afraid of going all AFC with her. Well, here's what you need to do. You need to somehow, even though you know she's hot, find some reason, however petty, about her that may turn you off. This step is key, because without it, you can't pull off the rest. Imagine this, a girl is hot, but you are able to convince yourself that she's annoying, or whatever, and just totally blow it out of proportion. This is what I mean by being a good salesman to yourself.

Next, after this has been done, hopefully you'll lose some interest in her, enough so that your attraction to her is so minimal that you're able to relax around her and not feel all ga-ga over her. Remember, the key is to be able to look at this girl, who may be totally hot and everything you've looked for, and see her faults. Since everyone has their faults and there are no perfect people out there, this shouldn't be a problem unless you're looking for the perfect girl, in which case you might as well go ahead and look for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow while you're at it; in fact, I'll let you take my unicorn, since it will be faster.

Anyways, this relaxation allows for some random, spontaneous conversation and you won't be held back just because you're afraid that what you say will be offensive, or whatever. In essence, it will bring you closer to the way a DJ really acts anyways.

I've seen this work before, but I never really thought much about it until I came to this board. It takes a pretty darn good salesman, but nobody said this was supposed to be easy anyways. However, just like anything, doing it more will make you better and better at it. I can do it pretty well now, and it works wonders.
 

RKTek

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Originally posted by becker
First, you have to be able to be a good salesman, to yourself. For example, let's say there's a girl you like, but you're afraid of going all AFC with her. Well, here's what you need to do. You need to somehow, even though you know she's hot, find some reason, however petty, about her that may turn you off. This step is key, because without it, you can't pull off the rest. Imagine this, a girl is hot, but you are able to convince yourself that she's annoying, or whatever, and just totally blow it out of proportion. This is what I mean by being a good salesman to yourself.

....and there's the rub. Most people, including otherwise good salesmen, are not naturally good salesmen OF THEMSELVES. Friends who have gone through law school report how much easier it is to represent and strongly defend someone ELSE. One of the professors even had them stand up in class to demonstrate this phenomenon.

It is much easier for most people to sell or defend something or someone else besides themselves.
 

becker

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I knew this post might bring some confusion.

RKTek, I know what you mean, but we are talking about 2 different things I believe.

Ok, let me try to make it more clear:

What are we trying to sell? The "sale" here is convincing YOURSELF that a hot girl is not so hot by pointing out her flaws to yourself.

Who are we trying to sell this to? OURSELVES, not anyone else.

After all this is done, then selling yourself to OTHERS will come a little easier, that's all.

Does that make it more clear? If not, I'll try to explain again.
 

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I started by reducing the undesirable qualaties of my personality and body...
 
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