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This is the problem, most people don't even know if they are being a jerk or not. I thought I had good social skills until I read HTWFAIP. It made me realize ho
by kunqiana 17y ago
This is the problem, most people don't even know if they are being a jerk or not. I thought I had good social skills until I read HTWFAIP. It made me realize how socially inept I was. Turns out the main message in most social intelligence books is the emphasis of empathy; it is actually a hard skill to learn and one that's usually underestimated by the majority of people especially geeks.
- gcheong 17y agoSteve Blank had an interesting post about this: http://steveblank.com/2010/02/08/emulating-empathy/ http://steveblank.com/2010/02/08/emulating-empathy/
- wisty 17y agoEmpathy - often poorly defined. Do you mean empathy - you "put yourself in other people's shoes" (i.e. you are not a psychopath), or the ability to read people? People with lots of empathy who can't "read people" come across as ... awkward. Or dorky. Yeah ... the word is "dorky". Kinda like Simon Tan.