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FLIRTING IN THE
ST CENTURY
Now we are in the Noughties or "Naughties"
more single people are worried about
finding love. Why? They’ve spent the
nineties racing to achieve career success.
Now they are asking themselves ‘is this
worth anything without someone to share it
with?’ The answer is often ‘no’.
You won’t find love unless you’re out there
interacting with people. And when you do,
you need to be able to interact with that
person in a way that allows you to discover
if they are right for you and for you to
radiate the best of yourself so that they are
attracted to you.
Apart from love, most of us want to enjoy
successful, fulfilling careers and have good
friends around us. The type of flirting I
promote is one that can either be very sexual or simply very social or a mixture of
both. And great flirting, when practised appropriately and with the right attitude, is a
gateway to more romance, deeper friendship, enhanced professional relationships and
a definite feel-good sensation in you and the people you flirt with.
PLACES TO FLIRT YOUR HEART OUT
WORKPLACE
3 PLANS FOR THE BUSINESS OF FLIRTING
Warning!
To get the most from workplace flirting follow
these recommendations: don’t be an overt
sexual flirt, you might give the impression you’ll
exchange sex for business favours such as
promotion or to get someone to do something
for you. Your colleagues will resent you and
you might end up getting more than you
bargained for. Turn down your sexual pilot
light to the lowest setting when flirting in
professional situations, until you know how far
you can go with the person.
Benefits
Most people know that when you want to win
people over, a little flirting goes a long way. The
person who consistently makes other people feel
good by smiling at them, paying attention to them,
showing they are interested and telling them when
they do something well is the person who is most
likely to succeed. If it’s a choice between you and
someone with the same abilities, you’ll win every
time because you bring that added feel-good
factor to your work and clients
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Tips
1. Always start with very mild flirtation. Some
people will appear as outrageous flirts and
others won’t approve. Turn up the heat
accordingly.
SUPERMARKETS
3 SURE-FIRE WAYS TO PULL THE APPLE
OF YOUR EYE
Benefits
Eve was wandering around the aisles of Eden
Garden supermarket when she spied a luscious,
round, juicy, Pink Lady® apple. She plucked it
from the shelf, took a bite and so wonderful
was it that she immediately offered it to Adam.
Unable to resist her wiles, Adam tasted the
forbidden fruit and well you know the rest.
Do you want to tempt your Adam or your Eve?
Supermarkets are the ideal location.
2. Keep a friendly fact file on work colleagues
and clients. Record birthdays, interests, family
information, dreams, passions and snippets of
info that tell you about them. You are taking
an interest in people. Use that information to
start a conversation, cheer them up, or pass on
a contact or article that will be useful to them,
they will feel special and valued and remember
you as the instigator of those feelings
3. Here’s a simple way to flirt with everyone you
meet at your work. Decide that you are going
to talk to as many different people as possible
in the day. Each time you pass someone in the
corridor, make eye contact, smile and just say
Hi, or greet them in some general way. Be the
person who makes people smile with a
compliment or a timely joke or a suggestion or
offer of help. This will pay off in many
different ways.
Everyone has to shop, so at one time or
another most of the singles who live locally to
you will be found wandering the aisles of their
local grocery store. If you don’t find what you
want in one, visit another. Pick a supermarket
that has a good coffee bar, where you could
invite someone for a quick post-shop coffee.
Tips
1. Checkout their shopping. No baby products,
small portions of anything and ready meals in
single servings in a hand basket are sure signs
of a singleton shopper.
2. Use produce as props. Pick up a Pink Lady ®
apple and say to someone – ‘Did you know
these apples are meant to be flirty?’ while you
make eye contact and smile.
3. Be curious and friendly. Ask about an item in
their trolley – is that any good? Start a small
talk conversation.
CAFÉS AND BARS
3 RECIPES FOR FRIVOLOUS FLIRTING
Benefits
Cafés and bars are people containers and linked
to social activities. Generally people go there to
relax, meet friends and eat. People visit coffee
shops to pass the time of day. They’re casual
and a fairly good place to make a move! Most
single people feel OK about sitting alone with a
coffee. Bars tend to be more problematic if
they are too crowded or play loud music. Avoid
these venues as flirtation spots especially on
Fridays and Saturdays.
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Tips
1. Set the scene. As you walk into a café/bar
hold up your head, sashay your hips; men, pull
back your shoulders a little and smile. Make eye
contact with as many people as possible as you
move to your seat. Now they are all aware of
you and you won’t seem such a stranger if you
choose to make a move.
Eat your food sensually, use your tongue
occasionally to lick your lips. Make eye contact
as you open your mouth to spoon in something
delicious. Think about sharing it with them.
They’ll get a strong sexy signal from you.
Find an excuse to go somewhere where they
can initiate a conversation with you comfortably
and look at them and tilt your head in the
direction you are moving in and smile. If they’re
interested they may feel inspired to follow you
and make a move. If not, have the waiter pass
them a note with your mobile or pager number
or you could do it yourself. Wait briefly, until
look at it, then just smile at them and leave.
TRAVELLING
3 ROUTES FOR A FLIRTY JOURNEY
Benefits
Many single people travel alone. It’s the
greatest way to meet new people and explore
without being tied down. A traveller is
expected to approach people so that makes it
easier. When you are in a foreign country or
away from home it’s easier to let out the real
you. You don’t worry about people judging you
because they don’t know you and you might not
meet again.
2. Pick your position. Make sure you sit at a
table with the widest view of the restaurant. If
in a coffee bar, sit somewhere everyone has to
pass to get their coffee or even go to the loo. If
you’re by the loo talk to them on the way out,
not on the way in! If you’re a bit of a comedian
you can really have fun with this one and get
away with it.
Talking to other travellers is a great way of
passing time on a long journey and who knows
you might make a good friend or find out some
useful information or even more.
Tips
1. Travelling involves reading maps, finding your
way. It’s a great opportunity to ask someone
you fancy to help you.
2. Carry a Pink Lady ® (or two) with you at all
times. If you’re with a foreigner, tell them about
these wonderful apples that are supposed to be
flirty. And when you’re done with it as a flirting
prop, Pink Lady ® is a perfect energising travel
snack and you can offer the second one to
your flirtee!
3. The 3-step flirt. If you see someone you like
across a crowded room, check out the body
language to see if they’re with someone. You
don’t want red wine all over that white shirt or
slinky dress, do you! Make eye contact while
smiling and incline or raise your glass towards
them. Look away. Repeat two or three times.
Note their reaction. If they smile back, raise
their glass back, the flirtation has begun.
3. Tell your flirtee you’re thinking about writing
a traveller’s guide to flirting and ask them if
they’ve had any flirting successes while
travelling. It’s a great conversation opener and
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you’ll probably end up with enough stories to
write the guide or at least to amuse your
friends and who knows, getting them into a
flirty mood might open the door to more!
husband/wife breathing down your neck, do
you? When you find the position where most
people pass by, station yourself there. Say hello
to people as they come by. After all it’s a social
gathering, it’s expected! You’re giving them a
signal that you are open to meeting. Have your
personal and business cards to hand and easily
reachable. Always be prepared to hand them
out and tell someone that you’d like to see
them again and make it clear why.
SOCIAL EVENTS
FLIRTING FOR THE FUN OF IT
Benefits
Being able to flirt with many people at a social
event is great for building positive connections
that other people want to continue. Even when
you don’t have much time with one person, you
can flirt with them in such a way that they’ll
remember you. You can flirt with a lot of
people briefly and still manage to set the scene
for further contact or an invitation.
3. If someone is boring you, it’s easy to get
away, by making a gesture like a cough and
briefly looking away towards a group of people
and back again saying, ‘Would you excuse me? I
have to speak to someone – nice meeting you’.
It’s vague and acceptable enough to get you out
gracefully.
Tips
1. If you want to break into a group, hover on
the edge and listen carefully to what they say.
If it seems alien to you move on
to another group. Think of
them as friendly people who
are just as keen as you to
make new contacts. Look at
the person talking if you can
and make brief eye contact
with the rest of the group.
Smile as you do this. If a
point in the discussion arrives
where you have something to
add that might be useful, then
wait till one person’s finished,
and start in. You could begin
by saying ‘that’s really
interesting… and
agree/disagree or make your
comment. The eye contact and
smiles will make the group
open to listening to you and
letting you in.
So, it’s as simple as that! Why don’t you adopt
and adapt some of the rules above to fit into
your own flirting agenda?
2. Move around the event/party
checking out and scanning all
the rooms making lots of eye
contact and extending it if you
see someone you like. Try to
get a sense of who is coupled
and who is alone while you do
this. You don’t want to make
eyes at someone and find their
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