So, I had in-field session all day today. I was told that my accent is minimal and nothing to worry about at all. It is only slight. And yes, everyone can learn to speak somewhat slower but the way I speak is not a problem as such. I wasn't asked to repeat myself even once throughout the day.
My biggest problem, as identified by coach, is my unwillingness to go out of my comfort zone. How I quickly rationalize inaction. I'd see a girl and quickly rationalize why it is right to do nothing about it, not approach her.
Today, I was forced to do several approaches/interactions and almost all of them went pretty well. In fact, coach actually said "you were MONEY in that conversation".
The other problem is that if I have one not-stellar interaction, I let it affect my mood and just want to call it quits for the day/week. I was pushed into it today. And then if I have some less-than-stellar response, I just want to call it quits.
It has been damn near impossible for me to do cold-approaches. It's not fear of rejection, it's not fear of getting physically beaten, it's not anything. I am just not a social person as such. Like I was forced to do cold-approach today, I need to force myself to do those when nobody is watching me. I only did approaches today because I was under immense pressure of him watching me and I wasting money and time by not doing anything. So, I went ahead and did it.
About kino: he said, it's not the biggest thing (yet) as I have to learn to do approaches first and then we can work on other details.
As such he thought, body language, sense of dressing, humor, physical fitness, accent , grooming were all good enough and do not require any immediate correction or work
Granted this is not Toronto. We'll see how I do in Toronto. I'd try and push myself to do 1 approach a day.
My biggest problem, as identified by coach, is my unwillingness to go out of my comfort zone. How I quickly rationalize inaction. I'd see a girl and quickly rationalize why it is right to do nothing about it, not approach her.
Today, I was forced to do several approaches/interactions and almost all of them went pretty well. In fact, coach actually said "you were MONEY in that conversation".
The other problem is that if I have one not-stellar interaction, I let it affect my mood and just want to call it quits for the day/week. I was pushed into it today. And then if I have some less-than-stellar response, I just want to call it quits.
It has been damn near impossible for me to do cold-approaches. It's not fear of rejection, it's not fear of getting physically beaten, it's not anything. I am just not a social person as such. Like I was forced to do cold-approach today, I need to force myself to do those when nobody is watching me. I only did approaches today because I was under immense pressure of him watching me and I wasting money and time by not doing anything. So, I went ahead and did it.
About kino: he said, it's not the biggest thing (yet) as I have to learn to do approaches first and then we can work on other details.
As such he thought, body language, sense of dressing, humor, physical fitness, accent , grooming were all good enough and do not require any immediate correction or work
Granted this is not Toronto. We'll see how I do in Toronto. I'd try and push myself to do 1 approach a day.