#i could write a book with bad avice i’ve been given on social skills

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i feel like when you are shy/awkward and you ask people for tips on how to become less so, they always give you the same piece of advice, which is: ask people about themselves, since they prefer talking about themselves to hearing about you.

well ive mastered that skill i am the queen of listening attentively and asking follow-up questions! at work i get in trouble for being *too* good at getting people talking. people tell me unprompted how i’m such a good listener. well i’m tired of listening! what if i want to be a good talker!

which is my way of saying: if you have any other pieces of non-trivial social advice, let me know xx