Well, once again, it was time to renew my "personal defense" training at work.
Besides reviewing maneuvers that I hadn't used in over a year, they did revise the introductory coursework. And added a startling statistic.
Basically, this: Every time you're in a (real) fight, the chances that you'll walk away without a serious injury drop in half every 15 seconds. I'm not sure I remember the statistic exactly, but you get the idea - the longer you prolong the fight, the less likely you are to walk away.
But, after thinking about it, this makes a lot of sense. If you can't take your opponent out quickly with your best maneuvers, more time is probably not going to make much of a difference.
Yet, in people's eHarmony profiles, I see people making this mistake a lot. They take a decent, intriguing idea.... and then keep on adding more.
As a result, the profile almost always gets worse.
Short profiles are good. They're confident. And they demonstrate that your online "life" isn't nearly as important as your real life.
So... if the section that you're working on is successfully opening an emotional door.... stop. A strong 1-2 sentence answer is almost always better than a longer one.
(P.S. If you're in a real fight, and it does go long? Never give up. You'll always lose if you stop trying.)
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