Recently I have hit a huge plateau in my game and that is the aspect of transitioning from the opener to a normal comfort acknowledging conversation. This issue was recently discussed in the first podcast of the year on betterasianman.com in which I was apart off. After thinking about it, I myself suffer from the same exact issue. I have come to the realization that my transitioning is weak. My transitioning is not smooth and most other times I don't transition at all and just stay on the opener. Sometimes I don't even transition at all and I self eject. Because of my inability to transition smoothly, the numbers that I receive turn into flakes. Because I cannot transition into a phase in which we acknowledge each other and try to build a foundation by asking questions comfortably most of the numbers that i receive will turn into flakes. After taking part in this discussion, I have decided to try these solutions. I will try to remember these and use them when the time calls for it;
Ideas for transitioning from the opener;
1) “That’s All I Got”
2) “How are you today?”
3) “I just finished grocery shopping” (or whatever you just finished doing)
4) “I would ask you out on a date but I don’t know how to”
5) Launch into a story – “The weirdest thing happened to me today….”
6) Say whatever is on your mind during that time
2 comments:
Hey Will
The other day, on that approach I did at Wholefoods, the transition from the opener was "I was just hanging out with my friends over there, we are relaxing after working on an episode of an internet radio show." She said "oh?", I said yea, and then I went to grab a chair, sat down, and asked her what she was up to.
-Tommy
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