Tag: Social Skills

One of the most common errors I see amongst well-meaning people are errors of awareness. They’re people with the ability to influence and they only want to help, but they lack a fundamental awareness of how others will react. This is particularly unfortunate because their efforts go misguided and can harm rather than help. The… Continue reading Simulating Others

I don’t usually give dating advice to women, but recently two of my female friends have been asking me a lot about dating, so I figured I’d consolidate some of the stuff we’ve been talking about here. Some of this stuff will apply to men, too, but for once I wanted to focus on the… Continue reading Dating Advice for Women

This is a topic that seems arrogant to even write about, but two people have asked me to write a blog post about it, so I’m going to take a stab at it. We all have strengths and weaknesses, and one of my strengths is that I have had a fairly interesting life. This has… Continue reading How to Become Interesting

One of my biggest pleasures in life is creating opportunities for my friends and family. There are a lot of things I do all the time, but when I think of who I am by definition, I think of myself as someone who tries to create things for his friends. This is what drives all… Continue reading Ways to Provide Fun Experiences For Your Friends

I get asked a lot to write about relationships, probably because I used to be involved in pickup and it seems strange to some that I’m now married (though from my perspective getting married is an obvious outcome of getting good at pickup/dating). I’m always a bit hesitant to write about it, because relationships are… Continue reading Thoughts on Relationships

You know that feeling when you’re sitting across from someone and they’re prattling on about something in which you have no interest? They aren’t actually trying to bore you, they just don’t know any better. Which begs the question—are you ever that person? In reality I’m sure we all bore someone sometimes, but we can… Continue reading Knowing When You’re Boring and Avoiding It

I have to admit that I never thought that I’d write a blog post on how to relate to others. For most of my life I realized that I wasn’t particularly empathetic but didn’t prioritize changing that. Then I met a very empathetic friend (she wrote The Charisma Myth) and she just point blank told… Continue reading How to Relate to Others

A couple years ago I became obsessed with the idea of buying an island. I mean, I’d always been obsessed with it, but my obsession shifted from the idea of buying the island into the action of buying it. I wasn’t fantasizing about the things I’d build on the island– I was looking up property… Continue reading Build Things With Your Friends

Whew! Superhuman Social Skills is Officially available! I’d like to hype up this book and tell you how proud I am of it, and how much early readers have liked it, but instead I’ll do you one better. If you’re reading this on Tuesday September 29th, the book is available for free! Please download it… Continue reading Superhuman Social Skills is Now Available! Free Today Only on Kindle!

As I’ve mentioned briefly before, I’m finishing up a book called Superhuman Social Skills. I think that this is going to be the best and most impactful book I’ve written, so I’m really trying to make it great. I’d like to ask for your help with that, and to give you the book for free… Continue reading Help Me Get My Next Book Ready (And Get it Free)