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II.

THE

STYELIFE CHALLENGE

Master the Game in 30 Days

Phone Game Update

RULES OF THE GAME

People always ask if The Rules of the Game have changed since

they were written. And the answer is: Human nature doesn’t change

that quickly. The words of the routines may change, but the principles

on which they’re all based have always been the same and will remain

the same.

There is just ONE exception to this, and it’s because this is the

only part of The Game that involves a third party: Technology. And

technology evolves much quicker than we do. So add the following

modiications to the sections on Phone Game in Rules of the Game.

DAY 25 SUPPLEMENT:

THE NEW PHONE GAME

Should you text or call after getting someone’s phone number?

In the past, the answer was call. Now, the answer is generally to

text irst. (The rare exception is if you’re dealing with an older woman

who has said she doesn’t text.)

However, one of the problems of text is that it’s added an element

of anxiety and uncertainty to the game: Where making a plan before

was just a matter of a ifteen minute phone call, now it can take 48

hours of cat-and-mouse texting, with both people playing games and

waiting hours to respond. In addition, it’s a lot easier for someone to

cancel plans when they can just passively text someone rather than

calling them and speaking to them directly.

And for chronic over-thinkers, every text comes loaded with anxi-

ety over what to write, how to phrase it, and how long to wait before

sending it. It can be exhausting. In the following step-by-step guide,

we’re going to eliminate as much chance and guesswork as we can.

STEP ONE: SEED THE TEXT

The best way to avoid worrying over what to text is to, at some

point in your initial in-person interaction with her, lay the groundwork

for your irst follow-up message to her.

By, for example, creating a nickname for her or a private joke

between the two of you during the interaction, not only will you know

what to say in the irst text, but the message will bring back the posi-

tive associations she made when she irst met you. You’ll also avoid

the awkwardness of having to state your name in that initial text like a

stranger would.

So in your interaction, give her a nickname. An easy one a reader

named Rico likes to do is just add –cakes to her name. You can also

call her Tiger or Sparky if she’s feisty; Ivy if she sort of grows on you;