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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

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to you how you can easily improve your

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social skills just by wearing

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headphones. Now, this might sound crazy,

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but I've been doing something that's not

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really talked about on the internet as

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much when trying to improve social

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skills. And what I've been doing has

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honestly changed my life. And I'm going

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to explain to you how it's changed my

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life and how you can benefit from doing

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this. Now, I came up with this and found

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this idea because a problem that I had

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when I was a lot younger was simply just

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having a conversation with someone and

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getting to connect with people. I

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remember when I was in middle school and

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high school, I would go into social

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conversation.

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I would try to be really friendly, open

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myself up to be this charismatic guy.

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But for some reason, I found it

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extremely hard to say things in

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conversation and actually get people to

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enjoy talking to me. I would go into

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conversation, I would try to be this

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friendly, charismatic guy, but people

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just didn't seem interested talking to

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me. People would talk to me for maybe 5

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seconds, go away, talk to somebody else.

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People wouldn't wouldn't ask me

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questions. It would mostly be me asking

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the question. And it felt very

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one-sided, like they didn't want to talk

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to me. And it got to the point where I

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was just like, I was looking at every

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single person around me. And they seem

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to make friends easy, connect with

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people, laugh with people, while I was

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the only one figuring out how to connect

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with people, how do I not run out of

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things to say, and actually make friends

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and connect with people? And throughout

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years of experimentation and doing a

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bunch of research, I've been doing

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something for the past couple of months

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that has allowed me to say things in

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conversation. But most importantly, I

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can connect with people now. I feel like

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this is the missing piece that I'm going

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to tell you that's going to change your

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life. And so this tactic, this thing

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that you can do to improve your social

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skills just by listening to headphones

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is simply just

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incorporating listening to podcasts

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in your daily life. Now, you might think

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this is stupid. You might be confused on

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how this works, but I'm going to tell

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you how this works so well. You're not

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going to want to skip this, okay? But

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I'm going to tell you how this has

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changed my life, and I'm going to tell

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you what you can do step by step on how

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this can improve your social skills.

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This is a game changer. This is a gold

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mine. So for the past couple months,

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I've been getting into two things.

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Sports and politics. So because of this,

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you know, I'm in school as well. I'm a

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busy guy. So because of this, I've been

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listening to lots of podcasts on sports

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and politics. And because of this, you

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know, I just wanted to, you know, get

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into it. Lots of people at my school are

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into these things. And because of this,

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I started listening to podcasts about

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it. I started listening to podcast when

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I would get ready for school, when I

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would walk to class, read 10 minutes.

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And I noticed after a couple months of

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doing this, I was able to talk to more

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people about things. I knew what to say.

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I was learning a little more about

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things. And couple days ago, I literally

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went to the dentist and because I knew

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about American football, a dentist, me

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and her were literally talking about it.

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Okay, but here's the idea. Here is how

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this has changed my life. Okay, these

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things improve my social skills because

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one,

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these are two things that lots of people

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like talking about. And two, because I'm

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into these things now and have heard and

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learned from podcast about things that

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are going on within sports and politics,

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I'm able to say things. Now, here's the

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overall idea, right?

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It is very hard to connect with people

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when you do not know about popular

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topics that are usually talked about

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within people. So like I said, sports

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and politics are two things that lots of

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people like to talk about. There's also

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music, there's media, there's, you know,

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there's other hobbies you can talk

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about, but the overall idea is that you

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want to be knowledgeable in multiple

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different topics. And when you listen to

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podcasts about popular topics that lots

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of things talk about, you are able to

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have things to say

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and you're becoming more knowledgeable

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in more things. Now, you might be

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thinking right now, oh, but I'm not into

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sports or politics. You know, I don't

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like any of those things. Okay? And I

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was the same way. But here's the thing.

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What I want you to do is I want you to

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pick a couple topics, at least two. I

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highly recommend sports and politics

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because those are things that people

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love talking about. Maybe for you it's

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news or maybe for you it's media. Maybe

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it's about movies or something else. But

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pick two topics to get into. Listen to

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podcasts about it. Now you might be

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thinking, "Oh, but I don't have time. I

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don't really like these things." And

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here's the thing. For this to work, you

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don't need to know a lot. You don't need

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to know 100% of the details. You don't

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need to know every single aspect of

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these topics. But here's the thing. You

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just need to know a little bit to get by

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and to show people

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that you are not recessive

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of trying new things. Because when

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you're into multiple different things,

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when people see, oh, this guy, he's into

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sports as well. He likes watching

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football. He likes hearing about the

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news. People see you as intelligent.

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I remember I was talking to a bunch of

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different people about politics. And

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there's one guy in our group. He was

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just like, "Oh, I don't care about

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politics.

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I don't really know, bro.

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this guy, you could tell he didn't care

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about talking about politics. And

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because of that, we we didn't tell him,

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but the group I was in, we kind of just

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were just like, this guy, he's recessive

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at things.

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And when you're recessive of not

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learning new things, people are going to

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see like, oh, he doesn't like this.

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We're not going to talk to him, but we

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like talking about this. So, you need to

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get into multiple different things. But

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let me tell you something. I literally

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went to the dentist as I said earlier

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and last year I didn't know much about

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American football. Didn't care about it.

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But because of this year, you know, I

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wanted to get into new things. I was

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learning a lot. I was learning about NFL

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and college football. And so when I went

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to the dentist, I was in the I was in

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the dentist room, you know, the dentist,

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she was checking me up and everything.

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And so she literally asked me just

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suddenly, "Oh, are you going to watch

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the football game? Have you been have

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you been seeing how our state team is

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doing?" And back then I didn't know

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anything. But because of this year, I

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knew what was going on. I was like, "Oh,

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yeah. We beat the other team um 30 3 to

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30." And you know, I was giving up the

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details on the next game. I don't know a

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lot, by the way. I just simply knew the

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score of the previous game and who we

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were playing next. And because of that,

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she got super excited and she was

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telling me a bunch of different stuff.

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But imagine if I didn't know anything.

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the vibe of that conversation would kind

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of die down because she was into

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American football, this dentist, this

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lady. So that means for you is that when

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you know about multiple different

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topics, even just the slightest bit,

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people are going to see you as smart. If

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you invested it even more, people are

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going to see you as smart because you

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have more things to say. But people are

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going to be like, "Oh, this is another

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thing that this guy is into. We can

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connect on something." So here's what

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you're going to do. As I just said, pick

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a couple topics. As I said, I highly

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recommend sports and politics because

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those are things that are commonly

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talked about. And when it's commonly

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talked about, you can hop right in

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because you're learning about it. But

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listen to podcasts. Listen while playing

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video games. Listen while walking to

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school, on the treadmill to the gym,

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while you're making breakfast. And by

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doing this, you're going to cherrypick

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on things that are repeated. you're

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going to learn about them as they're

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repeated. And because you're learning

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about these things now, you're more

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knowledgeable and you have something to

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say. I just put you on game. And this

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has allowed me to connect with so many

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different people, especially um people

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who are into American football. I I

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cannot tell you how this is a game

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changer, bro. So, do this. Start

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listening to podcast. Pick a topic that

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is mostly talked about, a really common

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macro topic. Like, share, subscribe, and

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I'll see you in the next one. case.

Interactive Summary

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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