Here is an outstanding Simple Pickup video on how when guys typically try to avoid being awkward when approaching by taking “low-risk” actions, it actually ends up backfiring and appears totally awkward in the eyes of a girl.
What appears low-risk to you may not only give you far lower odds, but also increase the chance of getting the reaction you were trying to avoid.
1) Avoiding awkwardness: see video above. Watch it again in a few days.
2) Getting laid: The sexual energy will increase when you take confident, socially risky actions. Examples of when she'll see you're just masking a fear of rejection are cat-calls, poorly-performed indirect openers, looking or smiling to get a signal to approach, and beta orbiting. All these attempts at eliminating either the chance of rejection or the pain of rejection will lead to a decrease in her perception of you as the sex god she’s been waiting for.
Doing any of the above fear-masking approaches may decrease your likelihood of getting outright rejected, but it will also decrease your likelihood of getting laid. When I think of the times I’ve powerfully and confidently romanced a girl like in the video examples, getting her and her friends to look at me as though I were some heaven-sent fearless seducer, I just can’t picture getting the same results had I used cat-calls, waited for permission through eye contact, “What’s your major?”, “What do you do?”, or “How’d you do on the exam?”
So the riskiest actions often do end up being the least risky. The only girls who don’t like this kind of confident approaching are probably the kinds you wouldn’t want to advance with anyway.
All my proudest conquests have come from throwing my ego into the shark tank. It has often initially felt nerve-racking, but once performed, I really don’t even end up caring if her response is negative because I know that by continuously performing ballsy “high-risk” approaches, I’ll get some damn good lays. My approaches are never perfect, and I still often do take the easy way out, but there are few things that leave me feeling happier and more excited to find more girls than approaching directly and powerfully.