Recently I’ve been trying to start my pickup practice sessions by just talking to as many women as I can in the first half an hour. Not really trying to pick them up, just opening and maybe flirting a little bit before moving on (unless it’s going really well).
I have found that doing this sets you up for the session really well. You get used to moving very quickly, so you stop hesitating so much. Also you start to ‘assign the correct value to yourself’ (as Lee said once) when you realise how easily you can approach and discard girls.
My record so far is 9 approaches in half an hour. I reckon I could do twenty if I was really going for it though, so I’m going to work towards that figure.
I challenge the rest of you to try it!