How to upgrade your social skills just by wearing headphones (no practice required)
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So, in this video, I'm going to explain
to you how you can easily improve your
social skills just by wearing
headphones. Now, this might sound crazy,
but I've been doing something that's not
really talked about on the internet as
much when trying to improve social
skills. And what I've been doing has
honestly changed my life. And I'm going
to explain to you how it's changed my
life and how you can benefit from doing
this. Now, I came up with this and found
this idea because a problem that I had
when I was a lot younger was simply just
having a conversation with someone and
getting to connect with people. I
remember when I was in middle school and
high school, I would go into social
conversation.
I would try to be really friendly, open
myself up to be this charismatic guy.
But for some reason, I found it
extremely hard to say things in
conversation and actually get people to
enjoy talking to me. I would go into
conversation, I would try to be this
friendly, charismatic guy, but people
just didn't seem interested talking to
me. People would talk to me for maybe 5
seconds, go away, talk to somebody else.
People wouldn't wouldn't ask me
questions. It would mostly be me asking
the question. And it felt very
one-sided, like they didn't want to talk
to me. And it got to the point where I
was just like, I was looking at every
single person around me. And they seem
to make friends easy, connect with
people, laugh with people, while I was
the only one figuring out how to connect
with people, how do I not run out of
things to say, and actually make friends
and connect with people? And throughout
years of experimentation and doing a
bunch of research, I've been doing
something for the past couple of months
that has allowed me to say things in
conversation. But most importantly, I
can connect with people now. I feel like
this is the missing piece that I'm going
to tell you that's going to change your
life. And so this tactic, this thing
that you can do to improve your social
skills just by listening to headphones
is simply just
incorporating listening to podcasts
in your daily life. Now, you might think
this is stupid. You might be confused on
how this works, but I'm going to tell
you how this works so well. You're not
going to want to skip this, okay? But
I'm going to tell you how this has
changed my life, and I'm going to tell
you what you can do step by step on how
this can improve your social skills.
This is a game changer. This is a gold
mine. So for the past couple months,
I've been getting into two things.
Sports and politics. So because of this,
you know, I'm in school as well. I'm a
busy guy. So because of this, I've been
listening to lots of podcasts on sports
and politics. And because of this, you
know, I just wanted to, you know, get
into it. Lots of people at my school are
into these things. And because of this,
I started listening to podcasts about
it. I started listening to podcast when
I would get ready for school, when I
would walk to class, read 10 minutes.
And I noticed after a couple months of
doing this, I was able to talk to more
people about things. I knew what to say.
I was learning a little more about
things. And couple days ago, I literally
went to the dentist and because I knew
about American football, a dentist, me
and her were literally talking about it.
Okay, but here's the idea. Here is how
this has changed my life. Okay, these
things improve my social skills because
one,
these are two things that lots of people
like talking about. And two, because I'm
into these things now and have heard and
learned from podcast about things that
are going on within sports and politics,
I'm able to say things. Now, here's the
overall idea, right?
It is very hard to connect with people
when you do not know about popular
topics that are usually talked about
within people. So like I said, sports
and politics are two things that lots of
people like to talk about. There's also
music, there's media, there's, you know,
there's other hobbies you can talk
about, but the overall idea is that you
want to be knowledgeable in multiple
different topics. And when you listen to
podcasts about popular topics that lots
of things talk about, you are able to
have things to say
and you're becoming more knowledgeable
in more things. Now, you might be
thinking right now, oh, but I'm not into
sports or politics. You know, I don't
like any of those things. Okay? And I
was the same way. But here's the thing.
What I want you to do is I want you to
pick a couple topics, at least two. I
highly recommend sports and politics
because those are things that people
love talking about. Maybe for you it's
news or maybe for you it's media. Maybe
it's about movies or something else. But
pick two topics to get into. Listen to
podcasts about it. Now you might be
thinking, "Oh, but I don't have time. I
don't really like these things." And
here's the thing. For this to work, you
don't need to know a lot. You don't need
to know 100% of the details. You don't
need to know every single aspect of
these topics. But here's the thing. You
just need to know a little bit to get by
and to show people
that you are not recessive
of trying new things. Because when
you're into multiple different things,
when people see, oh, this guy, he's into
sports as well. He likes watching
football. He likes hearing about the
news. People see you as intelligent.
I remember I was talking to a bunch of
different people about politics. And
there's one guy in our group. He was
just like, "Oh, I don't care about
politics.
I don't really know, bro.
this guy, you could tell he didn't care
about talking about politics. And
because of that, we we didn't tell him,
but the group I was in, we kind of just
were just like, this guy, he's recessive
at things.
And when you're recessive of not
learning new things, people are going to
see like, oh, he doesn't like this.
We're not going to talk to him, but we
like talking about this. So, you need to
get into multiple different things. But
let me tell you something. I literally
went to the dentist as I said earlier
and last year I didn't know much about
American football. Didn't care about it.
But because of this year, you know, I
wanted to get into new things. I was
learning a lot. I was learning about NFL
and college football. And so when I went
to the dentist, I was in the I was in
the dentist room, you know, the dentist,
she was checking me up and everything.
And so she literally asked me just
suddenly, "Oh, are you going to watch
the football game? Have you been have
you been seeing how our state team is
doing?" And back then I didn't know
anything. But because of this year, I
knew what was going on. I was like, "Oh,
yeah. We beat the other team um 30 3 to
30." And you know, I was giving up the
details on the next game. I don't know a
lot, by the way. I just simply knew the
score of the previous game and who we
were playing next. And because of that,
she got super excited and she was
telling me a bunch of different stuff.
But imagine if I didn't know anything.
the vibe of that conversation would kind
of die down because she was into
American football, this dentist, this
lady. So that means for you is that when
you know about multiple different
topics, even just the slightest bit,
people are going to see you as smart. If
you invested it even more, people are
going to see you as smart because you
have more things to say. But people are
going to be like, "Oh, this is another
thing that this guy is into. We can
connect on something." So here's what
you're going to do. As I just said, pick
a couple topics. As I said, I highly
recommend sports and politics because
those are things that are commonly
talked about. And when it's commonly
talked about, you can hop right in
because you're learning about it. But
listen to podcasts. Listen while playing
video games. Listen while walking to
school, on the treadmill to the gym,
while you're making breakfast. And by
doing this, you're going to cherrypick
on things that are repeated. you're
going to learn about them as they're
repeated. And because you're learning
about these things now, you're more
knowledgeable and you have something to
say. I just put you on game. And this
has allowed me to connect with so many
different people, especially um people
who are into American football. I I
cannot tell you how this is a game
changer, bro. So, do this. Start
listening to podcast. Pick a topic that
is mostly talked about, a really common
macro topic. Like, share, subscribe, and
I'll see you in the next one. case.
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The speaker explains how listening to podcasts about popular topics like sports and politics can significantly improve social skills. By using headphones to learn about 'macro' subjects during idle time—such as walking to class or making breakfast—you gain enough knowledge to connect with others and sustain conversations. The video highlights that you don't need to be an expert; knowing just enough to participate prevents social exclusion and makes you appear more intelligent and engaging.
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