The ability to ask good open-ended questions is important for small talk with both strangers and old acquaintances alike.| The Art of Manliness
How do you engender positive feelings in others when interacting with them? By acting as a host, and presenting them with 4 social gifts.| The Art of Manliness
Today’s question for consideration for our Social Briefing is this: Do others see you differently than you see yourself?| The Art of Manliness
Are your old patterns of social behavior still working for you? A lot of how we learn to interact with others develops in our youth.| The Art of Manliness
In every age, and every culture around the world, part of achieving manhood required gaining competence in the skills that amassed resources for one’s tribe, enhanced personal status, and led to reproductive success. In primitive times, this set of skills largely fell into the “hard” category — abilities that allowed a man to hunt food […]| The Art of Manliness
If making small talk makes someone anxious, it may just be because they have a fear of such interactions, and my guest today, Rich Gallagher, can help them overcome it through his practice as a therapist. Or, someone’s anxiety around small talk can be based in part on simply not knowing how to do it, […]| The Art of Manliness