Social Skills: How to Be Confident in Social Situations (Ep. 181)

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Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

Personal Branding, Career, Productivity, Business, Learning, Lifehacking, College, University, Education, 101, Lifestyle Design, Work Smart, Class

4.8 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2017

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Few skills have as much of an effect on your happiness as social skills. We talk a bit about how to build confidence and connect with other humans. Full show notes Things mentioned in this episode: Cortex podcast My Personality Test Results... 16Personalities Test Johnny Depp Avril Lavigne Listen Money Matters Halo effect Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman Elon Musk Mark Zuckerberg Messy Room, Messy Mind How to Be More Confident Than Anyone You Know: 5 Effective Tips How to Be More Confident: 5 Strategies that Worked for Me How Twitter Helped Me Take Myself Seriously Martin on Twitter Collegetopia - How to Approach Anyone with the 3 Second Rule Morgan Freeman Hank Green Logan Paul Ben Affleck Snoop Dogg Reggie Fils-Aimé Epic Rap Battles of History Owen Wilson The Brass Rabbit (Anna's channel) Conan O'Brien AlphaM YouTube channel Real Men Real Style YouTube channel MaleFashionAdvice subreddit Benny Lewis Fluent in 3 months (Benny Lewis's website) Wisecrack Jake Paul Martin's personal website Tom's personal website Tobey Maguire The Ultimate Networking Guide for Introverts Charisma on Command YouTube channel Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. Timestamps: 0:00:25 - Working at home and renting offices 0:04:54 - How isolation affects your social skills 0:07:00 - Becoming more socially confident 0:13:46 - Improving your enunciation 0:19:07 - Grooming, personal identity and self-confidence 0:31:07 - Being more serious and open about your interests 0:34:45 - Reasons for today's amount of isolation and depression 0:36:59 - Don't always hang out in big groups and build deeper friendships 0:42:00 - Socializing without your friends 0:47:27 - Approaching people with the 3-second rule and meeting celebrities 0:53:00 - Starting conversations by showing interest in people 0:57:33 - Having a hobby that might be perceived as weird 1:11:47 - Learning how to listen and reaching out to people you admire 1:22:48 - Don't try to be the greatest at everything you do 1:25:27 - Recap and conclusion If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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