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Ben Hart

👤 Speaker
405 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

A hundred percent. And this is kind of like in your expertise as well, I'm sure, especially with the confidence building, you know, but a lot of it is that story. And I always go back to that because this is a typical topic that I always hear is like, well, that means this and that means this. We can all draw these assumptions.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

Well, there's a story that's attached to the reason why you're not doing something. And I think you need to tell a different story. You need to say, well, maybe, you know what, maybe I'm going to go and be my best self and I'm going to communicate thoroughly. And if somebody doesn't want to communicate that thoroughly, then maybe that's not for me.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

Well, there's a story that's attached to the reason why you're not doing something. And I think you need to tell a different story. You need to say, well, maybe, you know what, maybe I'm going to go and be my best self and I'm going to communicate thoroughly. And if somebody doesn't want to communicate that thoroughly, then maybe that's not for me.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

Well, there's a story that's attached to the reason why you're not doing something. And I think you need to tell a different story. You need to say, well, maybe, you know what, maybe I'm going to go and be my best self and I'm going to communicate thoroughly. And if somebody doesn't want to communicate that thoroughly, then maybe that's not for me.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

There's a more empowering way to deal with this as opposed to just being so fearful all the time. You can't kind of scare a guy that likes you away because you communicate. I don't see that ever happening.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

There's a more empowering way to deal with this as opposed to just being so fearful all the time. You can't kind of scare a guy that likes you away because you communicate. I don't see that ever happening.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

There's a more empowering way to deal with this as opposed to just being so fearful all the time. You can't kind of scare a guy that likes you away because you communicate. I don't see that ever happening.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

if you've just gotten your heart broken, that's one thing, then maybe you need to take a little bit off and like, okay, I need to regain yourself and refocus a little bit.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

if you've just gotten your heart broken, that's one thing, then maybe you need to take a little bit off and like, okay, I need to regain yourself and refocus a little bit.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

if you've just gotten your heart broken, that's one thing, then maybe you need to take a little bit off and like, okay, I need to regain yourself and refocus a little bit.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

But like, I'm not a big proponent of like taking a lot of time off because a lot of people get really engulfed in routines and they get very comfortable in their own routines and they find it very difficult to now actually do something that's in their favor. That's going to be their benefit, even though they know it's going to be in the benefit.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

But like, I'm not a big proponent of like taking a lot of time off because a lot of people get really engulfed in routines and they get very comfortable in their own routines and they find it very difficult to now actually do something that's in their favor. That's going to be their benefit, even though they know it's going to be in the benefit.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

But like, I'm not a big proponent of like taking a lot of time off because a lot of people get really engulfed in routines and they get very comfortable in their own routines and they find it very difficult to now actually do something that's in their favor. That's going to be their benefit, even though they know it's going to be in the benefit.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

But when I talk about confidence specifically, what I talk about is building momentum within confidence. So I talk about bits of progress. And I always say, stop thinking about the big, gigantic goal and really start the smallest bit of progress. example, small bit of progress. Okay. You're an introvert. You're an avoidant, whatever we want to call you.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

But when I talk about confidence specifically, what I talk about is building momentum within confidence. So I talk about bits of progress. And I always say, stop thinking about the big, gigantic goal and really start the smallest bit of progress. example, small bit of progress. Okay. You're an introvert. You're an avoidant, whatever we want to call you.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

But when I talk about confidence specifically, what I talk about is building momentum within confidence. So I talk about bits of progress. And I always say, stop thinking about the big, gigantic goal and really start the smallest bit of progress. example, small bit of progress. Okay. You're an introvert. You're an avoidant, whatever we want to call you.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

And you're inside and you have a very difficult time interacting with people. Small bit of progress is literally just going around certain guys, small bit, one bit next time. Okay. The next time is just, just literally looking at a dude, small bit of progress. And all of a sudden you start to see the benefit of all these small bits of progress.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

And you're inside and you have a very difficult time interacting with people. Small bit of progress is literally just going around certain guys, small bit, one bit next time. Okay. The next time is just, just literally looking at a dude, small bit of progress. And all of a sudden you start to see the benefit of all these small bits of progress.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

And you're inside and you have a very difficult time interacting with people. Small bit of progress is literally just going around certain guys, small bit, one bit next time. Okay. The next time is just, just literally looking at a dude, small bit of progress. And all of a sudden you start to see the benefit of all these small bits of progress.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

And that kind of starts to build a viable course of momentum for,