Don't feel like typing a whole lot here so I cut to the chase

So my friend and I went bar hopping last night. At first we experienced what so many of us love to talk about: Approach Anxiety.

It can be intimidating when you first start. You don't want to be rejected. You want to have fun. You want her to be interested. All of that bullshit you tell yourself or feel.

But halfway through the night we applied the code word game in our interactions. First person to make the girl say a proper noun or phrase in natural conversation wins (eg. Nickelback, Mickey Mouse). At that point you're not freaked out about being rejected, your are just playing a game with your friends. More importantly you are having fun

Once we started doing that our interactions were more fun for us, lasted longer, and yielded better results.

People are attracted to people who can have fun on their own. So if you are ever freaking out about approaching, with people or alone, just reset you mindset and give yourself a different goal then just getting the girl. One that you can have fun trying to achieve.

Use your personal fun goal to get you in, then once you are in apply the other tactics.