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- I think questions like these should be treated with the same respect and due diligence technical questions get here. - Meditating your way out of your head i

- I think questions like these should be treated with the same respect and due diligence technical questions get here. - Meditating your way out of your head is akin to drinking venom to kill the flu. It works on paper but it's probably not the best route. - You can be a total geek/nerd without being geeky/nerdy. Let's "analyticalize": you simply expose different interfaces for different types of people. Now, when people say they are a certain type (like "analytical", "artistic", etc), they basically are saying they're as flexible as a toaster. - Here's what you can do (this has been heavily tested through many, many, years. It has allowed yours truly to make many, many, acquaintances and enjoy people through different ways and numbers, sometimes simultaneously): have a default reaction to locking eyes with people. It's as simple as that. Many people think of coming up with something and are in their heads. Having a default reaction alleviates your mind from that. Slight smile, and say "Hi". It won't give you "charisma" but you will listen to and learn about many people, enrich your comprehension and become perspicacious about human nature.

zardo 10y ago
> Meditating your way out of your head is akin to drinking venom to kill the flu. Completely disagree. Not being a panacea doesn't make it bad medicine. It's not going to solve your problems, it just helps you get a little distance from them.
- Jugurtha 10y ago
  You're right. I was exaggerating to make my point: "introverts" are already into their heads. Meditation is good in the long run and I was proposing the smallest action that can give great results now. Seeing initial success early on gives momentum. It's similar to learning how to program. You can either start going into the foundation of the thing, good practices, patterns, and the philosophy of programming, and these are not useless or bad things.. but for a beginner to be able to interactively see the result of what he or she does is an incredible feeling that gives motivation to pursue the more complex things that will make a great programmer. If you can't even print "Hello, world!", it can give a serious blow to your willingness to pursue the thing.

zardo 10y ago

> Meditating your way out of your head is akin to drinking venom to kill the flu. Completely disagree. Not being a panacea doesn't make it bad medicine. It's not going to solve your problems, it just helps you get a little distance from them.

Jugurtha 10y ago
You're right. I was exaggerating to make my point: "introverts" are already into their heads. Meditation is good in the long run and I was proposing the smallest action that can give great results now. Seeing initial success early on gives momentum. It's similar to learning how to program. You can either start going into the foundation of the thing, good practices, patterns, and the philosophy of programming, and these are not useless or bad things.. but for a beginner to be able to interactively see the result of what he or she does is an incredible feeling that gives motivation to pursue the more complex things that will make a great programmer. If you can't even print "Hello, world!", it can give a serious blow to your willingness to pursue the thing.