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Social Briefing #6: How to Make Yourself More Approachable
Social Briefings are short bi-monthly dispatches that offer practical tips to improve your social skills. ...
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Podcast #294: Learning the Art of Charm
While men sometimes see developing their social skills as something superficial or unimportant, these skills ...
Full article Social Briefing #5: What to Do at an Event Where You Don’t Know Anyone
Social Briefings are short bi-monthly dispatches that offer practical tips to improve your social skills. ...
Full article Social Briefing #4: Your 4 Social Gifts
Social Briefings are short bi-monthly dispatches that offer practical tips to improve your social skills. ...
Full article Social Briefing #3: The 4 Social Mindsets – 3 That Derail You, and the 1 That Leads to Success
Social Briefings are short bi-monthly dispatches that offer practical tips to improve your social skills. ...
Full article Social Briefing #2: Do Others See You Differently Than You See Yourself?
Social Briefings are short bi-monthly dispatches that offer practical tips to improve your social skills. ...
Full article Social Briefing #1: Are Your Old Patterns of Social Behavior Still Working for You?
Social Briefings are short bi-monthly dispatches that offer practical tips to improve your social skills. ...
Full article Introducing the Social Briefing
In every age, and every culture around the world, part of achieving manhood required gaining competence in ...
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Podcast #230: How to Deal With Aggressive People
I've had guests on the show to talk about how to defend yourself from violent attacks, but what can you do ...
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5 Ways to Build Your Personal Magnetism
Editor’s note: The following selection comes from The Technique of Building Personal Leadership ...
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Podcast #211: Difficult Conversations, Small Talk, and Charisma
A few months ago, I did a podcast with Frances Cole Jones, author of How to Wow. It was all about ...
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How to Comfort Someone Who’s Sad/Crying
How not to comfort someone. For how to do it, see the tips below. Have you ever had someone come to you ...
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The 5 T’s of Mastering the Art of Poise
Editor's note: The following selection on "Poise That Makes One Master of Situations" comes from The ...
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Podcast #164: How to Wow in Relationships and Business
You've got an interview for your dream job next week and you're nervous as all get out. You want ...
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Podcast #155: Reclaiming Conversation
More and more today, we're communicating with the people in our lives through screens. While this has ...
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How to End a Conversation [VIDEO]
Have you ever gotten stuck in a conversation with somebody because you didn't know how to end it ...
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How to Overcome Phone Shyness
The interesting thing about shyness is that you can have it in uneven forms. That is, you might be ...
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Help for the Shy Guy: The Complete Guide to Overcoming Your Shyness
For the last couple of weeks we’ve been exploring the subject of shyness. In our first post, we ...
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Help for the Shy Guy — Step 2: Identify the Faulty Thinking That Leads to Your Social Awkwardness
Last week we began a three-part series on how to overcome shyness -- a feeling of social anxiety and ...
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Help for the Shy Guy — Step 1: Understand the Nature of Your Shyness
There’s a girl in your political science class that you’re attracted to. You’d like ...
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