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The First Minute: Why the Opening Is Yours to Carry - and Why That's Good News
What if the first sixty seconds were never the hard part?
This episode breaks down Chapter 8 of PROOF, "The First Minute" - the rule that changes every approach: the opening is yours to carry. You walked over, you brought the interaction, and for the first minute you do ninety percent of the lifting - not because she's testing you, but because nobody invests in a stranger on credit.
You'll hear the two openers that are just honesty with a shape (context and direct), the three-second rule that deletes the hallway where fear compounds, and why an awkward start recovered with a grin beats a…
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