Daniel Pink

It's a life lesson.

When in doubt, reach out.

Okay, because we are, here we go.

I'm gonna just drop another nugget of tough love here because we think we're more special than we really are, okay?

So here's what I mean by that, all right?

We think it's gonna be awkward and we think the other side's not gonna care.

That's the most important thing.

And then, but if you give it the reverse, you would say, suppose that my old friend Mel called me after 15 years.

Would you say, that's really weird.

I can't believe she did that.

I'd be thrilled.

Exactly.

So why wouldn't the other person be thrilled?

We think somehow we're entirely different from everybody else.

Of course, we'd be thrilled if somebody reached out, but no one else would because we're so special.

And so there is a great degree, particularly on connection regrets.

This is actually a big lesson for me personally about feelings of awkwardness as a barrier to doing things.

Awkwardness is the most papery of paper tigers.

Awkwardness, I mean it.

Awkward, well, it's a paper tiger.