Nov 20, 2024
People often make uncharitable assumptions about each other. But when you do this, and tell the other person, you tear your relationship with him or her to shreds.
You can get anyone to give you whatever you want. But to do it, you must obey the Law of Social Exchange (and all its small wrinkles).
Use these 10 rhetorical techniques to beat back anyone who condescends toward you. Plus: why the heck do people do this, anyway?
If you want to be respected, you must set boundaries. But how do you set these, without looking reactive, defensive, or weak?
To get past the bouncer and make it into the nightclub, mind the 5 aspects of the GET IN club entry system: girls, expenses, trouble, + 2 more.
People will tool you for a variety of reasons. You don’t belong, you’re a soft target, you’re a threat to a member... and other excuses.
Women aren’t the only ones who will take you for a ride. Men do it too. Find out how to not get suckered by conniving crooks.
Some guys are too polite for their own good. This over-politeness is called the “social you” – and you have to unlearn it to do better with girls.
Social status is ‘fuzzy’. That is, you often don’t know exactly where you rank compared to someone else. There are good reasons for this.
Lots of people struggle to make new friendships outside school or work (or even in these places). Yet, follow the 6 steps to new friends, and friends start to come easy.
In a moral panic, no one is safe. Neighbors turn on neighbors, and opportunists use the panic to advance their careers. To survive the hysteria, you must be smart.
With girls in groups, a girl’s role in the group’s hierarchy matters when it comes to how you treat her – and how you pick her up.
Sometimes you want to date a girl – but girls like her just don’t like you. What gives? Well, odds are, you need to join her social scene.
The 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior, compiled in 1595 by French Jesuits, are an excellent guide to comportment even in modern times.
