I spent last week in Vegas. Fun times. Went out one night. Partied with Darth Vader, among other things. At one bar, 3 women came up to the booth where my friends and I were in. We didn’t have to say anything to let them know we weren’t interested; they left on their own almost [...]
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Using Social Media to Attune Your Interpersonal Radar
February 10, 2012
The End of Introversion?
February 7, 2012
On social media, you can connect with a large number of people while remaining snuggly in your personal, little cocoon. You don’t have to even engage with your network much, let alone connect with them emotionally. And yet, from that emotionally-detached cocoon, you can engage with many, many people at once and leave them all [...]
Using Online Information in Real World Conversation
January 15, 2012
In the past, meeting someone meant talking to a person with whom you had no idea if you shared any common interests. You’d break the ice and go from there. And loosely speaking, extroverts were people who had an easy time with this while introverts struggled. With LinkedIn and social media, all that is changing. [...]
5 Ways to Kill a Connection
July 28, 2010
Meet someone important at an event? Here are 5 ways to kill that connection: Pass the name to an underling. Nothing says, “I’m better than you” like having someone who’s not yourself follow up. Ask, “How can I help you?” This question is quite en vogue these days. Liz Strauss will tell you, it’s a [...]
There are no hard-and-fast rules about knowing what someone is like, but sometimes, you can make a pretty good guess. One way to make a good guess is to look at the person’s hair: Neat and crisp, but maintained without much noticeable effort. Appearances matter to this person. As in, your appearances matter to what [...]
How to Drink Without Getting Drunk
April 14, 2010
Last week’s video on how to handle an appetizer plate at a networking function was pretty popular, so I thought I’d follow it up with a post about drinking. Obviously, the professional advice is, “Don’t drink at a business event!” But the reality, as we both know, is that sometimes, it’s just easier to be [...]
People: More Important than Stuff
February 22, 2010
Whatever your favorite thing is, I bet that your favorite people mean more to you. People are more important than stuff. This is even true for 5 year-olds, who are notorious selfish about their stuff: Think about it: how many introverts do you know who are truly introverted—modern day hermits by choice? We have a [...]
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