I think extroversion and introversion are just orthogonal skill sets. The solution can simply be “get better at extroversion.” For instance, small talk. You may style yourself as someone too intellectual to be entertained by small talk, and profess to be terrible at making small talk. This is to misunderstand the value proposition of small talk, which is to establish trust and rapport with strangers before you commit…
Networking for introverts
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#22I'm fine as I am as an introvert, thank you very much. Maybe we're not the only ones who need to be more accommodating of the world?
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#231. Figure out what subjects you are passionate about. 2. Now, figure out what medium you can express that in 3. given those two choices the SM platforms to use would be Instagram LinkedIN X Youtube Medium 4. Now the money part....the value is knowledge+access That means in your chain of SM output you want to eventually pivot to something like one day of streaming on Youtube
*Important! Medium just changed their revenue algos...you get paid more for reads at Medium now, I will clear just under $1k this month and will be under 25k views...and yet I am busy building code for some textbooks I am writing....
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#24I think extroversion and introversion are just orthogonal skill sets. The solution can simply be “get better at extroversion.” For instance, small talk. You may style yourself as someone too intellectual to be entertained by small talk, and profess to be terrible at making small talk. This is to misunderstand the value proposition of small talk, which is to establish trust and rapport with strangers before you commit…
If you're curious, Introversion and Extroversion are characterized by different brain chemistry. Introverts make more heavy use of the acetylcholine pathways in the brain and Extroverts make more heavy use of the dopamine/adrenaline pathways in the brain. A more detailed analysis can be found here: https://musingsonmormonism.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/easily-t...
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#25I think extroversion and introversion are just orthogonal skill sets. The solution can simply be “get better at extroversion.” For instance, small talk. You may style yourself as someone too intellectual to be entertained by small talk, and profess to be terrible at making small talk. This is to misunderstand the value proposition of small talk, which is to establish trust and rapport with strangers before you commit…
I agree completely as a former shut-in. I just forced myself to be as extroverted as possible for a while until it came more naturally. I still prefer to be an introvert and have a 'social battery' limit but now I actually understand socialization and can start/direct conversations for my own goals/enjoyment.
It was difficult in the beginning but I just thought a lot about the words I and others used: how they were delivered, and the underlying motivation behind them (even if it was trivial small talk).
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where can I pay for information presented in such a short, clear and to-the-point manner? Preferably human generated as well (no to robots). I dream about having access to this kind of internet.
Hacker News, of course! :) I am curious though, why human generated only? AI is getting better at summarizing everyday. Does it really matter if you cannot tell the difference?
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#27Most of the article appears to be about what does not work. Here is the relevant part from the bottom of the page- > The real secret is to save your energy for the people who are most likely to be interesting to you. > The sweet spot in networking on LinkedIn is someone with moderately weak ties to you: connecting with a person with ten mutual friends markedly increases the probability of changing jobs compared with…
Where can I pay for information presented in such a short, clear and to-the-point manner? Preferably human generated as well (no to robots). I dream about having access to this kind of internet.
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#28How come such an article ends up with 30+ points? There's literally no meaningful information. I'd look into what accounts upvoted this link, something seems off.
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#29What is this article even about? And what does this even mean: >In the offline world, a tool like Chatgpt should make it easier to find useful prospects in a list of event attendees. So, should you feed a list of conference attendees to chatgpt and ask who to talk to? And how? I personally go to conferences quite often, I'm terrible at networking but force myself to talk to people and I do have some results but I can…
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#30How come such an article ends up with 30+ points? There's literally no meaningful information. I'd look into what accounts upvoted this link, something seems off.