Vanessa Van Edwards: Stop Overthinking Every Social Interaction! (Use THESE Cues to Be Liked, Respected, and Build Confidence in Every Conversation)
You don't have to let everyone like you. In fact, it's impossible. So I would rather you go into conversation finding your people, the people who like your weirdness, the people who like your awkwardness, the people who truly value what you value, and everyone else, wish them well. But life is too short to spend time with people that we're ambivalent about.
Vanessa Van Edwards: Stop Overthinking Every Social Interaction! (Use THESE Cues to Be Liked, Respected, and Build Confidence in Every Conversation)
You don't have to let everyone like you. In fact, it's impossible. So I would rather you go into conversation finding your people, the people who like your weirdness, the people who like your awkwardness, the people who truly value what you value, and everyone else, wish them well. But life is too short to spend time with people that we're ambivalent about.
Vanessa Van Edwards: Stop Overthinking Every Social Interaction! (Use THESE Cues to Be Liked, Respected, and Build Confidence in Every Conversation)
When people would say that to me, what if you don't like yourself? I had a long time where I didn't like myself. So when someone said be yourself, that was like the worst way to be. And so I had to figure out something else. And so I think that that was the worst advice because it actually didn't help me.
Vanessa Van Edwards: Stop Overthinking Every Social Interaction! (Use THESE Cues to Be Liked, Respected, and Build Confidence in Every Conversation)
When people would say that to me, what if you don't like yourself? I had a long time where I didn't like myself. So when someone said be yourself, that was like the worst way to be. And so I had to figure out something else. And so I think that that was the worst advice because it actually didn't help me.
Vanessa Van Edwards: Stop Overthinking Every Social Interaction! (Use THESE Cues to Be Liked, Respected, and Build Confidence in Every Conversation)
What we're losing is freedom. because they're so narrow, those apps. It's like, how do you look? Okay. Now what are these five questions that are on your profile? How did you answer them? Oh, now we're going to text in this very weird, limited way back and forth. And so we lack the freedom to be like, so like, what brings you here to this gym? Oh, you come here a lot.
Vanessa Van Edwards: Stop Overthinking Every Social Interaction! (Use THESE Cues to Be Liked, Respected, and Build Confidence in Every Conversation)
What we're losing is freedom. because they're so narrow, those apps. It's like, how do you look? Okay. Now what are these five questions that are on your profile? How did you answer them? Oh, now we're going to text in this very weird, limited way back and forth. And so we lack the freedom to be like, so like, what brings you here to this gym? Oh, you come here a lot.