The Inforium
The Inforium
Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme
Social Skills: How to Be Confident in Social Situations (Ep. 181)
1 hour 30 minutes Posted Oct 16, 2017 at 4:00 am.
Working at home and renting offices
How isolation affects your social skills
Becoming more socially confident
Improving your enunciation
Grooming, personal identity and self-confidence
Being more serious and open about your interests
Reasons for today's amount of isolation and depression
Don't always hang out in big groups and build deeper friendships
Socializing without your friends
Approaching people with the 3-second rule and meeting celebrities
Starting conversations by showing interest in people
Having a hobby that might be perceived as weird
Learning how to listen and reaching out to people you admire
Don't try to be the greatest at everything you do
Recap and conclusion
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Show notes
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.
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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
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