How to Get a Girlfriend with Connell Barrett
Live Coaching Session: Connell’s Client Matt Conquers His Fear of Approaching—and Gets 2 Phone Numbers!
Wed, 27 Nov 2024
Do you see women you’d love to talk to, but you’re just not sure what to say—and you’re afraid you’ll get rejected? You’re not alone. Matt, 25, was battling “approach anxiety.” He wasn’t sure how to talk to women in places like bars and coffee shops. Well, his struggles are over! In this episode of the How to Get A Girlfriend Podcast, dating coach Connell Barrett pulls back the curtain and shares a 1-1 coaching session he did with his client Matt. Armed with practical tips he calls “outside the box,” a newly confident Matt immediately went out and got two phone numbers from women he approached.Here are some highlights from the coaching session with Connell that led to Matt’s breakthrough:5:45 Matt Talks about his Struggles Talking to Women He Sees In Bars8:31 Connell Identifies the “Invisible Wall” that Stops Matt from Approaching14:21 Matt Has a Major Shift About His Fear of Rejection17:15 Why Approaching Large Groups Helps Create MORE Attraction with Women20:32 Connell Shares “the Biggest Secret” to Confidently Approaching23:36 Connell Tells Matt What to Say when Talking to Tall Women26:01 Why Authenticity and Vulnerability is So Effective in Dating37:20 How to Be Playful with Women, and Not Boring42:30 Connell Shares His Simple Texting Framework46:37 A Simple Move that Keeps Guys from Getting Ghosted53:28 Matt learns the RIGHT Way to Confirm a Date, and the WRONG Way58:21 The Hinge Prompt that’s CRUSHING for Connell and His ClientsAfter their session, Matt went out and got two phone number from two cute girls—the kinds of women he’d been too anxious to approach. Do you want the same kind of success? Listen now!FOR A FREE STRATEGY CALL WITH CONNELL TO LEARN HOW TO HAVE GREAT FIRST DATES:http://www.datingtransformation.com/contactTO GET FREE ACCESS TO “THE FLIRTY 30,” CHARMING QUESTIONS TO ASK WOMEN ON DATES, THE APPS, AND WHEN YOU APPROACH:http://www.datingtransformation.com/FLIRTY30WANT A FREE COPY OF CONNELL’S NO. 1 AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK, “DATING SUCKS BUT YOU DON’T”? EMAIL CONNELL AND WRITE “FREE BOOK” IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND YOU’LL GET IT INSTANTLY:[email protected]
Chapter 1: What is approach anxiety and how does it affect men?
So basically, I do one-on-one coaching with every single client. It's always one-on-one. And today, this is a phone slash Skype session with my client, Matt. Matt is struggling with approach anxiety. He's getting ghosted. He is afraid of rejection. He's afraid to approach women when other people are watching because he thinks he's going to feel really embarrassed.
And I think you're going to love this episode because during our one-on-one chat, Matt had some really great shifts. I think if you want to fast forward to the best parts, at the 14-minute mark, he has a really big major shift about what's causing his fear of rejection. At about the 20-minute mark, I also talk about the importance of courage. in approaching women.
A lot of guys say, oh, hey, you know what? I'll approach women, but I need more confidence first. And the truth is, you don't need more confidence. You need more courage. Courage is the currency that's going to buy you confidence. And I talk about that at the 20-minute mark. There's also some really good stories I share.
And I think if you want to shoot toward the end of the episode, there's a couple of really cool anti-ghosting moves I also share. I Because once you start getting phone numbers, once you can start approaching women like Matt is now doing, then you want to know how to not get ghosted and make sure you turn these phone numbers into dates. Oh, and then I forgot this really important part.
So one or two days after we did this phone session, Matt went out, hit the bars, and he got two phone numbers from two really cool, cute girls. And so he already started applying these things from this episode. So listen to the episode. There's a lot of great practical approaching tips, what to say, how to say it, how to approach. Enjoy it. And let me know your feedback.
And as always, remember, your dream girlfriend, she's out there. She already likes you. She just has to meet the real, authentic you. Enjoy my coaching session with Matt. Okay, Matt, let's get to it, man. What can I help you with today? What are you working on? What are you struggling with? Talk to your coach.
You know, Conor, I've had a problem with ghosting. I've had a problem with continuing text messages and getting that date in person. I've been having a problem with approaching anxiety as well.
Okay. I literally wrote the book on those problems. I didn't invent them, but I perfected them. I dealt with all those things myself. Let's start with, why don't we start with approaching? That's a very common, that might be the most common issue that guys struggle with in terms of what to say, how do I do it more confidently? Tell me a little bit about how I can help you there.
so uh i always am in a setting with a lot of beautiful women but i just have that anxiety to go up and say something approach that dream girl that i believe that would be a perfect partner for me i just struggle with making that connection starting that conversation in the last month
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Chapter 2: What shifts can help overcome fear of rejection?
How many really cute girls have you approached, if any?
Maybe one.
One or two. Okay. In the last month, how many times have you seen a very cute girl and would have liked to approach her, but you didn't? Like 30. Okay. I've been there, bro. By the way, you're way ahead of me. I was 38 years old before I ever approached a single woman. You might remember that first chapter from my book.
Chapter 3: How can approaching large groups create more attraction?
where those three wall street guys steal that girl away from me who I'd approached. And then I have to steal her back. That was my very first night. So you're 25. You're at least approaching a little better, but if your batting average is one out of 30, then, uh, That'll allow you to play baseball for the Chicago White Sox, but it's not a very good batting average, so we want to improve that.
Okay, let's talk about what stops you from doing that and how we can get you doing it and doing it well and obviously getting some phone numbers and dates. So do me a favor. Take me back to any of these different situations from the past month or so where you saw a really cute girl and you would have liked to have talked to her.
Let's go inside your mindset and let's figure out what's holding you back. So basically tell me a story about, oh, a time when you saw that real cutie and what she looked like, where you were, and then what happened between the years.
Chapter 4: What is the biggest secret to confidently approaching women?
So two weekends ago, I was out with my best friend and we decided to go to a club. It's a bar downstairs and it turns into a club upstairs. And there were a bunch of beautiful women, but one girl stood out to me. She's tall. She has blonde hair. Just... She had an amazing personality. She was with a bunch of friends.
And I even said to my best friend, hey, bro, look, that's the kind of girl I'm looking for. And then I just didn't want to approach a group like that. I didn't really know how to. And it kind of just fell apart and ignored it. So at the end of the day, I didn't really get to initiate that conversation.
Okay, got it. And what I'm hearing you say is, it sounds like you felt like you had a foot on the gas and a foot on the brakes. Meaning, oh my God, cute girl, my type, I would love to go talk to her and make something great happen, right? Right. But what specifically pushed back against you? Oh man, there's a group. And what is the what if thing? X, Y, Z, bad thing happens.
Chapter 5: How to talk to tall women effectively?
What's that thought that pushed, pushed back at you? Definitely rejection, fear of rejection. Okay. And if you had approached her and let's, let's go back to that moment. Okay. Try to remember how you felt in that mindset. You're at the club, you see the blonde, you'd love to go talk to her. But then that little moment, you're like, Oh man, she rejects me.
It's going to feel what if you had to put words to that feeling?
nerve-wracking there's hundreds of other people in this okay so feeling like oh god all these eyes are on me i'm going to be nerve-wracked and nervous right and and if she had rejected you in that moment how might that have felt in front of all those people i probably would be very embarrassed okay so public embarrassment pretty strong feeling No wonder you didn't approach her.
Chapter 6: Why is authenticity and vulnerability important in dating?
So every guy has a different sticking point, roadblock. It's almost like an invisible wall that stops him from approaching. If I get rejected, it'll feel some kind of negative. In your case, it'll feel like I'm embarrassed that all those people saw me get shot down. Is that correct?
Yes.
Okay. So what we want to do is just understand, kind of take a snapshot of what's happening, like an x-ray of what's happening to your psychology in that moment, and get control of it. And understand, oh, here's why I feel like I can't go talk to her. And understand it's the fear of public humiliation. Or sorry, public embarrassment, right?
Right.
And what rejection might mean and feel like. So let me throw... So basically your brain puts a little record on. Well, you're too young to know what a record is, but... I'm like 114 years old. We used to listen to records back in my day. So it's like your brain puts on a record, oh my God, rejection means embarrassment. So no wonder you don't approach. That's approach anxiety for you.
It's different for other guys. So what we want to do is put on a different record and help your brain, help your psychology realize, if I go over and talk to her, I'm going to feel really good about some things. And also show your mind that you're not going to be embarrassed, or at least it might not be as bad as you think it's going to be.
So here's a quick story from my dating past, and let me share this with you, and then we'll go back to how to kind of rewire your mindset and your approach, okay? I remember I used to be afraid of, like, quote-unquote public embarrassment. That kept me from approaching a lot of girls. Once upon a time, this is... man, this is 13, 14 years ago.
I see this gorgeous blonde walking through Madison Square Park in New York City, where I live. And it's a summer day. She had short shorts on. Gorgeous, curvy, really cute. Just adorable. Beautiful, mid-20s blonde woman. And I'm like, hell yeah. That's what I call a wow girl. I mustered up all my courage. And I said, hell with that. I'm going in. And I went in. And she blew me off pretty quickly.
I said, hey, what's up? I just saw you and I wanted to meet you, blah, blah, blah. And she talked to me for like 10 or 15 seconds, but she clearly wasn't interested. And she just kept walking and said, hey, I'm just going to have a nice day, she said, which is like polite girl code for not going to happen, dude.
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Chapter 7: What playful strategies can make conversations more engaging?
And the lesson I took away from that day was not only is an approach, whether it goes well, acceptance or rejection, not only is an approach something that is part of our authentic selves as men that we just do, it's our job to take action, it can actually, even a rejection can be impressive. So let me ask you this question, Matt.
Is it possible that if you had approached that cute girl with five or six people around her and everybody was watching, that she might have been impressed by that? Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. Yeah. Is it possible that girls know how hard it is to talk to them? And to talk to them with the whole group watching might make her think, damn, this guy's got balls like church bells. Is that possible?
Yeah, definitely. Is it possible that it might not have been embarrassing? Worst case scenario, she turns her back. She's like, no, thanks. All the friends are there. Is it possible that it might have stung for a minute or two, but then go on with your night, talk to a different girl and you would have forgotten about it? I've done it before. Yeah, absolutely.
So basically what we want to do is understand the roadblocks that stop us, which in your case is, oh my God, public embarrassment is going to feel so bad. Are you sure? Did they have tomatoes in their hand they were about to throw at you? Oh, absolutely not. Exactly.
So you want to start essentially kind of rewiring your mindset, your confidence, your mind to focus on what you want, which in your case is to what do you want? What do you want to have happen?
I want to be able to have a good conversation, authentic conversation. Okay. Get that date.
Great. Okay. I love that. I love the, I love both of what you said. The only thing you can control is the first half. You can't control getting a date with her. So what we want to do is get super focused on all the things you can control. You can decide to go talk to that hottie. You might be nervous and scared to death, but you can go do it. Right. Yeah, it might be uncomfortable.
It might be scary. It was scary for me to walk up to that curvy, cute blonde. But I did it. I just manned up and used good old-fashioned courage. So essentially, here's how we fix this for you going forward. Two things you can use. One is you understand what's stopping me. Fear of embarrassment. Here's your new mantra. I'm going to write this down. Quote, I will not listen to some bullshit story
that I should feel embarrassed by walking up to a beautiful woman even if I get shot down. Instead, I'll remember that my job is to step up and take authentic action, and that is very attractive to a lot of women. So there's a new and improved mindset to almost insert in your dating software.
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Chapter 8: How to confirm a date the right way?
That conversation.
Yeah, absolutely. The truth is when you approach a girl who's in a group, most of the time the group gives zero shits about you or, or they're, some of them are actually impressed. Uh, I've never been laughed at. I've been doing this for 15 years. I've approached thousands of women. And I can't say I've ever had a group laugh at me, point their finger at me.
That sky is falling thing you're afraid of, it's almost never going to happen. And even if it did, really, are you going to live your life letting other people decide what actions you should and shouldn't take? No. No. Hell no. Here's another story. I was in Santa Monica a few years ago with a client, my client Edward.
We went to a really cool bar called The Bungalow, which if anybody listening to this is in Southern California, Bungalow is a great place to go for meeting women, approaching. And so we're in Bungalow and Edward and I are approaching women. I'm coaching him. I'm doing my infield wingman coaching, which I do in New York and LA. And Edward is approaching lots of women.
And he approaches a group with my help. And he and I are talking to like seven women. He's talking to a girl he likes. I'm being a good wingman. And the girl who was talking to me said, by the way, I just want to say how impressive it was that you guys came up to us. And I said, tell me more. She said, well, so many guys just kind of looked at us and walked by. But you guys just came right over.
And we know how hard it is for you. So good job. How's that for a mindset rewiring?
It definitely helps quite a bit.
Yeah. Confidence. Hell yeah. I mean, it's a club. It's a bar, a pub. I know it's not literally a pub, but the word pub comes from public, meaning the public comes out to meet each other. If they didn't want people to come talk to them, they could stay at home, drink alone, like I do. No, just kidding. So that's the way to rewire the pushback, the mindset.
And so what you want to do for the mindset, we'll come back to what to say in a second, but here's kind of like the double six shooter approach to this. We're going to destroy the approach anxiety kind of two pronged way. One is you remind yourself, I'm not going to listen to some bullshit story that I can be publicly embarrassed by approaching a cute girl around other people.
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