What happens in the session
A selected Coaching Day session is a free promotional session. That means the session gives you a real look at how coaching works, while also showing you the areas that need work.
You may talk about a woman you met at a bar, a date that felt flat, or a set of texts that stopped getting replies. The coach will ask what you said, what she said, and what happened after that.
Bring real examples.
Say you met a woman at a coffee shop. You asked for her number, sent a short text, and got one reply. Then she stopped texting back. The coach may look at your first text, the timing of your messages, and the way you asked her out.
You may see that you waited too long to suggest a date. You may also see that your text sounded like an interview question.
The session should deal with your actual behavior. It should not stay at the level of broad advice like “be more confident.”
Bring one clear problem
Do not bring every dating problem you have ever had. Pick one problem that keeps showing up.
Maybe you can talk to women at a bar, but you never ask for a number. Maybe you get numbers, but few women agree to meet. Maybe you go on dates, but you keep making the conversation feel like a job interview.
Write down two or three examples before the session. Include the words you used when you remember them.
For example:
- You saw a woman reading at a cafe.
- You said, “What are you reading?”
- She answered with the book title.
- You asked where she worked.
- She gave a short answer and looked back at the page.
- You left without asking to see her again.
That list gives the coach something real to work with. It also shows more than saying, “I’m bad at meeting women.”
If you bring a text exchange, do not edit it to make yourself look better. Show the full exchange. A coach needs to see the line that came before her short reply.
Pay attention to the first five minutes
A good coach will ask questions that make you describe the scene. Where were you standing? How close were you? What did you say first? Did she smile, face you, and ask you something back?
These details matter.
A man I coached once said women lost interest when he spoke to them. When he described one meeting, he stood six feet away and spoke so softly that she kept asking him to repeat himself. His problem was not a lack of clever lines. He needed to stand closer, speak up, and look at her when he talked.
Another man said he had no luck on dates. He talked for ten minutes about his job before asking the woman a single question. His date did not get a chance to take part in the talk.
Listen for the exact behavior the coach points out. Write it down. You should leave knowing what you did, not just how the coach described you.
Ask for words you can use
Advice becomes useful when you can picture yourself using it.
If you struggle to open a conversation, ask for two or three first lines that fit the places where you meet women. A first line for a bookstore may not fit a loud bar.
For a woman standing near a food truck, you might say, “That smells better than what I ordered. What did you get?”
If she smiles and answers, you can add, “I’m changing my order. I’m also curious about you. I’m Mark.”
The point is not to memorize a speech. The point is to start a normal exchange and give her an easy way to answer.
If you struggle to ask for a date, ask for the plain sentence. It may be, “I like talking with you. Let’s get coffee this week.” Then stop talking.
Many men ruin a good moment by adding five more sentences. They explain why they want to meet, ask if she is busy, and say they hope it is not strange. You do not need all of that.
Know what the session can and cannot do
One free session cannot fix every part of your dating life. It can show you the main behavior that needs work and give you a way to practice it.
You may learn that you speak too fast when a woman smiles at you. You may learn that you ask for her number before creating any real interest. You may learn that your texts are long because you are trying to prove you are worth her time.
Those are useful findings because you can watch for them during your next conversation.
The session also gives you a way to judge the coach. Does the coach use your real examples? Does he explain why a line works? Does he show you what to do when a woman gives you a hard time? Does he correct your words without turning the talk into a lecture?
A useful session ends with a short list of changes. You should know what to say, what to stop doing, and what to practice when you meet women.
You do not need ten new rules. You need one change you can use before the next woman walks through the door.
Written by Jorge Valencia