6 Deficiencies That Are Sabotaging Your Social Life

Today's blog post is from an article on The Art of Manliness:

It’s often been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same things while expecting different results. 

If you apply this definition to people’s social lives, there are a lot of folks out there who are certifiably nuts. 

They complain that they struggle to make friends, find a special someone, and get ahead at work, but they continue to approach the interpersonal interactions that could remedy these situations, in the very same ways that have stymied their success all along. 

If you’re not getting the results you want in your social life, it’s beneficial to take a step back and try to figure out where you might be going wrong. 

Below is a diagnostic tool to help you with this process: listed are 6 social skill deficiencies that can be holding you back from better connecting with others, along with how to address these shortcomings, so that people start responding to you in a new, more positive way.  

I suffer from all 6 of these deficiencies, but I'm going to work on them.

1. Not being able to initiate small talk.
2. Not being able to keep a conversation going.
3. Not bothering to think of conversation questions beforehand.
4. Not demonstrating positive body language.
5. Not making healthy eye contact.
6. Not thinking about how the other person feels.

Be sure to check out the article for helpful tips on how to overcome these deficiencies.

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