quite prove 
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it. It gives you the opportunity you need to win her over.  
But being neutral simply isn’t enough, you must also be engaging. 
Otherwise you run the risk of making the girl bored and having her walk 
away looking for something more interesting to partake in. This brings us 
back to our good friend, the Opener.  
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Types of Openers  
There are many different kinds of Openers out there. Technically, the first 
thing you say to ANYBODY, no matter what it is, can be an Opener. But 
the purpose of an Opener is to be engaging. So in that respect, there are a 
few categories of Openers that will always be engaging to your target. 
They are:  
• Advice Openers  
• Compliment Openers  
• Direct Openers  
• Drama Openers  
• Insult Openers  
• Joke Openers  
• Online Openers  
• Opinion Openers  
• Role-play Openers  
• Situational Openers  
 
Throughout the course of this book, I’ll break these Openers down for 
you, define them, give you examples of them, and even show you the 
structure of each Opener so you’ll know how to construct your own.  
But there’s more to each Opener than just lumping them into categories. 
Indeed, it can be quite involved. There are four other things you need to 
keep in mind other than just what Opener you are going to use. These four 
things are: Intruders, Timing, Tonality, and Body Language.  
So before we get to the meat of what this book is about, we’ll touch on 
these four things which are meant to help make your chosen Opener as 
effective as possible.  
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Intruders  
As people go about their daily lives, they exist within a personal bubble 
they create for themselves. This bubble not only encompasses everything 
they know to be true in life, but also everything they feel they have to do. 
When you’re driving down the street and see other cars on the road, the 
people in those cars have a destination they have to get to, and they are 
consumed with getting to that destination. When you see someone 
pushing around a cart in a grocery store, they are consumed with getting 
the items they need.  
In short, everyone exists in their own personal bubble. And that bubble 
does not include you.  
So if your goal is to approach someone, you’re going to have to infiltrate 
that bubble they erect around themselves. This is as simple as using verbal 
exclamations that will grab someone’s attention and admit you into their 
bubble. I call these exclamations “Intruders,” because when you use them, 
they allow you intrude upon these personal bubbles.  
Four examples of intruders are:  
• Hi  
• Hey  
• Yo  
• Stop  
 
We use these words every day, instinctually, when interacting with people. 
These four simple words allow us to easily enter people’s personal 
bubbles and begin interacting with them. But they all have their place 
when interacting with someone, and knowing which ones are most 
effective in certain situations is crucial to being able to approach anyone, 
anytime, anywhere you may be.  
For instance, the Intruder “Hi.” “Hi” is good for almost any situation. It 
works best in low key atmospheres like dinner parties. But “Hi” is best 
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used after eye contact with your target is established. Saying “Hi” before 
you’ve gotten eye contact has a good possibility of putting your target on 
guard. By the same token, “Hi” is not a powerful Intruder. You can’t call it 
out forcefully when you see someone walking ahead of you on the 
sidewalk that you want to meet. It comes off as socially awkward. “Hi” is 
also rather impersonal and even a bit formal. Sometimes you can use the 
proper form of “Hi,” that being “Hello,” if the situation calls for it and you 
deliver it right.  
The Intruder “Hey,” is much more versatile. “Hey” can be used in pretty 
much any situation you may find yourself in, and it does not require eye 
contact to Intrude on your target’s personal bubble. The reason for this is 
that the word “Hi” imposes you on your target, whereas the word “Hey” 
engages your target and prompts them to interact with you. “Hey” can be 
used in a low key way, such as “Hey there,” or it can be used forcefully as 
a powerful Intruder, such as “HEY!” Also, “Hey” can be used 
interchangeably with “Hi,” and is much less of a formal greeting.  
“Yo” is the opposite of the formal “Hi” and the neutral “Hey.” It is 
completely informal,    
    
		
	
	
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