Isbn: 9798191895499 - act the part. get the second date.: how acting techniques can help you master the first date — without pretending to be someone else (2 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What if the biggest mistake you make on a first date is trying too hard to make a good impression The moment we sit across from someone we find attractive, something strange can happen.We start performing.We try to appear more confident. More interesting. Funnier. More relaxed. More desirable.We monitor our body language, search for the right things to say, panic when the conversation goes quiet, and constantly wonder: Do they like me And while we're busy trying to make an impression, we may completely miss the person sitting across from us.ACT THE PART. GET THE SECOND DATE. takes an unexpected approach to dating: using techniques from acting not to teach you how to pretend - but to help you stop pretending.Drawing on principles actors use to remain present, listen, improvise, react and connect with a scene partner, director, screenwriter and actor Luca Secci applies those same tools to one of life's most unpredictable unscripted scenes: the first date.Inside, you'll discover how to: - stop performing the person you think your date wants to meet- approach a first date as a shared scene instead of an audition- become more interesting by becoming genuinely interested- use listening to create real conversation- handle body language, eye contact and nervousness naturally- stop being afraid of awkward silences- understand why flirting works more like improvisation than technique- recognize reciprocity without obsessively decoding 'signals'- recover when a joke fails or the conversation goes wrong- handle attraction, physical intimacy and boundaries without following artificial formulas- deal with rejection without turning it into personal failure- recognize when you don't want a second dateThis is not a seduction manual.There are no pickup lines.No psychological tricks.No formulas for manufacturing attraction.No rules about how long to wait before sending a message.And no promise that everyone you meet will want to see you again.Because sometimes they shouldn't.And sometimes you shouldn't want them to.The purpose of a first date isn't to convince someone to choose you.It's to give two people the opportunity to discover whether there is something worth continuing.Prepare like an actor. Listen like an actor. Improvise. Stay in the scene.And then stop acting.Because the goal was never to win the role.The goal was to discover whether there is a story worth continuing. …