The Social Skills U Podcast

Ever felt like you were on the low ground in conversations? Feeling out of your depth with imposter syndrome... In todays Livestream we cover seven ways to level the conversational playing field.

Ever given somebody a compliment only for it to be swatted away. Sadly, compliments make many people embarrassed, disbelieving, or suspicious for the motives of the compliment-giver. Yet compliments can have incredibly powerful positive effects when delivered by skillful hands. This episode will turn you into a skillful practitioner of the compliment.

Have you ever looked at outgoing people and wondered just what invisible quality they have which enables them to make friends with seemingly little effort? Then you look at your own friend network and see your cat looking back? This episode will raise four shocking realisations from your subconscious, and once you see them held up to the light, you can make instant changes that will remove barriers to future friendships

The path to being a better conversationalist takes a leap of faith and a measure of trust in yourself. It requires that you leap off a cliff and build your wings on the way down, It's counter-intuitive to what you've probably been doing for most of your life… But it's also a very simple and liberating transition that will increase your personal stock of likability if you're ready for it…

Questions are what can fuel the fire of a conversation, but they may have much wider implications than you imagined. Tune in to this episode to discover the three question types and how developing a questioning mindset could transform a lot more than just your social interactions...

Ever feel like it would be easier to pick up a mountain than it would your eye level? As a rule of thumb, your gaze rests at the same level as your self-belief, self-esteem, self-worth etc You know you are radiating low self-confidence, and It just sucks not to be able to hold eye-contact for more than a few second before dropping it in supposed deference to the other person. It needs to stop and you need to claim your place as an equal in any conversation so lets look at four strategies for developing healthy eye-contact

You may have heard it said when two people meet and just click straight away - 'It feels like i've known you my whole life... Well the opposite can be true too. Ever been the quiet one in conversations? or the over-sharer? ever just not been able to click with someone? This episode about the four levels of conversation may just offer an explanation for all of it...

Ever found yourself in a conversation you would like to end, but you're to polite to come right out and say so? In today's episode we discuss five ways exit strategies...

Being the quiet one in social settings means you will almost always be the follower in conversations. Being the follower means you often get led into topics unfamiliar to you. This results in you having little to contribute. In this episode we will cover five different ways you can lead in a conversation, from the very gentle to the dominant. Great conversations are balanced conversations, so lets get into it... To listen to previous livestreams go here: www.lifeconfident.com/livestream

Have you reached a point where you can't see any future where shyness or social anxiety has visited first and ruined it for you? You see so many books, programs, and courses announcing how to overcome shyness and blah blah? Tune in to this livestream if you want to know the three step roadmap that will show you the way to actual progress - but only if you do all three steps and in the right order... To connect with this social skills series, get bonuses and notifications for future streams, go to: www.lifeconfident.com/livestream

Have you tried to develop better social skills, you've read the books, armed yourself with some strategies, put yourself out there, but somehow you're not making progress, just like you're on a slide with too much friction. Chances are one or more things are holding you back. Tune in to the podcast to discover five ways of removing the friction. To connect with this social skills series, get bonuses and notifications for future casts, go to: www.lifeconfident.com/livestream

Three factors contribute to you being quiet in conversations, in this episode we cover what they are and one methodology to overcoming them for a more dynamic role in social situations. To connect with this social skills series, get bonuses and notifications for future streams, go to: www.lifeconfident.com/livestream

Sometimes in life when you want to develop your social skills, first you have to remove some mental barriers. In this episode we cover the four social inhibitors and their characteristics, and how to begin moving beyond them.

Fancy doing some covert rapport building techniques for when you are meeting new people in a business or social context? These techniques can help the other person reach that feeling you are a familiar (and therefore trustworthy person) sooner than would normally be the case... To connect with this social skills series, get bonuses and notifications for future streams, go to: www.lifeconfident.com/livestream

The F.O.R.D Conversation Strategy is an acronym based approach that helps you remember key topics to introduce into small talk and casual conversations. Good for those that tend to get a blank mind in social situations. To connect with this social skills series, get bonuses and notifications for future streams, go to: www.lifeconfident.com/livestream

We would all like a bigger sprinkling of interesting dust, or at least, not to feel like we are a boring person, because that leads to feelings of inferiority. In this episode we explore five different ways to become a person of interest :) To connect with this social skills series go to:: www.lifeconfident.com/livestream

Small talk is nice to pass time with your neighbour, but on a date, you want to get to the next level. Today we explore one very effective approach for fast tracking forming connections with new people. For bonuses of this podcast go here: www.lifeconfident.com/livestream

The four cute and fluffy little questions that pack a punch of hilarity in any 'getting to know you' conversation. These four questions are designed to reveal something about the other person - but ensure to advise them up front :)

In todays episode we examine five areas where social skills are vital for progression in life, love, and business. To view previous livestreams, download PDF's. and get an exclusive discount code to all Lifeconfident super strategy workshops, please go here: https://lifeconfident.com/livestream

If awkward silences are something you loathe and despise happening in conversations, this episode focuses on three ways ways we can deal with them like a champion to ensure the continued flow of wine and chatter :) Click here to get notifications of upcoming livestreams, access to previous livestreams & PDF's and an exclusive workshop conversation suer strategy discount code.

Welcome to the world series for small talk and conversation strategies. Todays topic is the A.R.E conversation method. A simple and clean approach for transitioning from first contact into the flow of good small talk and more. To get the PDF template for the ARE method, view previous livestreams, and get an exclusive discount code to all Lifeconfident super strategy workshops, please go here: https://lifeconfident.com/livestream

How many times have others misunderstood what you said? Or how often have you misunderstood or misinterpreted what somebody said to you? The Four Sides conversation model provides a structured approach to ending miscommunications, or at the least - raising our awareness of the ambiguities and assumptions in what we say...

If you're looking to improve your social skills, learn conversation strategies (especially if your mind betrays you and goes blank in conversation) but, out of the many thousands of books available on the subject, you don't know where to start, or you don't have the time for reading - this livestream is an introduction into a new series from Lifeconfident.com. Tune in as the founder ' Richard Gray' introduces himself and this new series.

Having a blank mind in conversations can be unimaginably frustrating and embarrassing. Especially when everyone else is chatting away, but you are rigid and self-conscious, your mind blank, hoping attention doesn't shift to you for a contribution - quotesnap forces the door back open...

When you think about it, stage fright is the most irrational fear in the world, after all, what is public speaking other than one human being talking to another human being... or many? This episode relays a true story and offers real solutions

Confidence breeds successful people, it creates an umbrella of security in knowing that whatever challenges you face in life, you have the drive and the confidence to overcome it. Once you have it, others will be attracted to you, and to shelter under your umbrella.

You can go on the internet and, with a simple search, bring up hundreds of conversation starter questions, but many will stall a conversation rather than fire it up. The four-question sequence I will reveal in this episode, packs more fire power than all others put together...

If you're young you may be wondering if girls like shy guys, or even if and how you can overcome being shy. As you grow a little older you begin wondering if shyness will ever go away with age. This episode will give you the unvarnished truth to these questions and more...

When every conversation feels like a car crash, sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back and learn your blind spots...

If you are struggling with eye contact, chances are you are struggling in many other areas of social life too. So, if the eyes really are the windows of the soul, in this article we will pull back the curtains to examine the five levels of eye contact, and reveal the one to aspire to...

If life was made of broken glass, shyness and social anxiety would be the equivalent of trying to walk your path barefoot. We can't get rid of the glass, but we can learn to fly in three stages - Hint! this is not your average hints and tips episode...

Either you are an assertive person who can speak up for yourself and stand your ground, or you are passive and letting others wipe their feet on your self-esteem. In this article we look at the five different levels of assertiveness, and how to move to the right level - hint! it's not level five

As a person with shyness or social anxiety, going to parties, clubs, networking events, the office party, or any kind of social gathering can be your worst nightmare. That is until you learn how to read the room and discover - not everything is as it appears.

Traditional education has given us a lot, but unfortunately it is one of those great institutions of life that has failed to mature alongside the pupils whom have passed through it, and equip them with the most important intelligence of all...

You look at self-confident people, then you look at yourself and ask: 'Is self-confidence a skill I can develop, or is it a personality trait you just had to be born with'? In this episode you will discover that self-confidence is NOT a birthright reserved for some and not others.