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This is for you.

If you are someone who is not particularly socially adept, I'm not by nature, but I've

made myself socially adept.

Here's what you do.

Any social situation come armed with something really, really interesting to say.

We will role play this.

You just can't ask someone, hi, how are they, and about their family?

No, okay, that doesn't work.

So here's what'll happen.

I'll walk in.

We'll say we're at a social event, I haven't met you.

It's role play.

I'll demonstrate this. Just come with something really fascinating.

So I'll walk up and you're at the little table that has the baby carrots and a celery and croutons and stuff.

Yes. Yep. All right.

Hi. Your name's Brandt. Is that what your name tag says? Right now, we are only 62 miles from outer space.

Think about it. There are some places you'll drive that are 65 miles we're closer to outer space than that place.

How amazing is that?

And then the conversation will take off from there.

Or I'll take off.

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