The value of not getting to the point (2015)(ken.arneson.name)
220 points by NaOH | 75 comments
A 2015 personal blog essay by Ken Arneson reflecting on introversion and why conversations meander, prompted by a text from his college-age daughter.
#social-skills on Hacker News
3 stories tagged social-skills, newest first.
Talking to strangers at the gym(thienantran.com)
1429 points by thitran | 696 comments
A personal blog post by Thienan Tran describing an experiment of talking to 35 strangers at the gym to make friends after college.
My stages of learning to be a socially normal person(sashachapin.substack.com)
555 points by eatitraw | 378 comments
Sasha Chapin's Substack essay describing six stages he went through learning to overcome social awkwardness and connect with people.