Few skills have as much of an effect on your happiness as social skills. We talk a bit about how to build confidence and connect with other humans.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Cortex podcast

My Personality Test Results...

16Personalities Test

Johnny Depp

Avril Lavigne

Listen Money Matters

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Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman

Elon Musk

Mark Zuckerberg

Messy Room, Messy Mind

How to Be More Confident Than Anyone You Know: 5 Effective Tips

How to Be More Confident: 5 Strategies that Worked for Me

How Twitter Helped Me Take Myself Seriously

Martin on Twitter

Collegetopia - How to Approach Anyone with the 3 Second Rule

Morgan Freeman

Hank Green

Logan Paul

Ben Affleck

Snoop Dogg

Reggie Fils-Aimé

Epic Rap Battles of History

Owen Wilson

The Brass Rabbit (Anna's channel)

Conan O'Brien

AlphaM YouTube channel

Real Men Real Style YouTube channel

MaleFashionAdvice subreddit

Benny Lewis

Fluent in 3 months (Benny Lewis's website)

Wisecrack

Jake Paul

Martin's personal website

Tom's personal website

Tobey Maguire

The Ultimate Networking Guide for Introverts

Charisma on Command YouTube channel

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Timestamps:

0:00:25 - Working at home and renting offices

0:04:54 - How isolation affects your social skills

0:07:00 - Becoming more socially confident

0:13:46 - Improving your enunciation

0:19:07 - Grooming, personal identity and self-confidence

0:31:07 - Being more serious and open about your interests

0:34:45 - Reasons for today's amount of isolation and depression

0:36:59 - Don't always hang out in big groups and build deeper friendships

0:42:00 - Socializing without your friends

0:47:27 - Approaching people with the 3-second rule and meeting celebrities

0:53:00 - Starting conversations by showing interest in people

0:57:33 - Having a hobby that might be perceived as weird

1:11:47 - Learning how to listen and reaching out to people you admire

1:22:48 - Don't try to be the greatest at everything you do

1:25:27 - Recap and conclusion

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