Agreed. These generalizations are self defeating and wrong. Not everyone is born with social skills but they can be learned. I had a teacher who went to school

Agreed. These generalizations are self defeating and wrong. Not everyone is born with social skills but they can be learned. I had a teacher who went to school with Bill Gates. He was apparently impossible to connect with. It wasn't until it became necessary for the success of Microsoft that he really started to work on it. He paid through the nose for coaches and leveraged mentors. Now he has a stage presence and can command a room. While he's a billionaire of an example, the same thing can work for anyone. I was listening to an Arrested DevOps podcast the other day and the host was talking about how approached public speaking the way he learned new tools or tech. Before every talk, he picked one item to try and improve. Sometimes it was gesturing, so his movements could be picked up by the camera. Sometimes it was something else. Identify what success means, break it down into measurable components and work on then one at a time until they're second nature. Or be alone and be okay with it.