think of a social encounter; sure for most people it's easy

To start, imagine playing a multiplayer game whether it be a video game like cod/halo or a more physical game like paintball. You always need to check your corners, anticipate opposing team actions, monitor resources etc. Now similar to games where you must perform a lot of checks and actions in quick succession you must focus on factors most people may automatically recogonize such as facial expression, body languange and tone of voice. Watch videos of groups of people interacting and people engaged in conversation then memorize patterns in relation to the content of what is being viewed and why someone would react a certain way as well as to the context of a conversation when an expression is made or body movement occurs. Practice, through trial and error, controlling everything about yourself including hand shaking, heart rate and sweating, goofy smiling, breathing(through nose not mouth), eye-contact, limb placement and then analyzing conversation direction. Let me stress the importance of trial and error. It is necessary to talk to people in order to progess. You may fail many times but you will note your improvements. Some of you might be too anxious to even take your first steps or for outlying reasons are incapable of doing so; for these cases you must seek additional help to increase your score such as xanax or weed. Of course being competent at your job or having expertise in a technical field frequently leads to success but also having social engineering skills can be a score-multiplier. What kinds of suggestions do you anons have for this skill tree?

On a more personal level I work at a call center and I've got plenty of mistakes that I've learned from insipiring the above scenarios but there's room for more. whoever isn't a wagecuck here we need volunteers to construct this bullshit guideline already.

>>38967695
Wow boss

Assuming this isn't bait, it's just taking things at face value and saying what's on your mind.
You start out inept and slowly you get the cues on syncing up

It's like when you first start exercise
Horrible pain the next day because you're stiff and undeveloped
Few weeks in the pain is gone

It's the same thing, if you don't go out and allow negative feedback to shape you, you can't develop

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>>38967695
Ignore>>38967787
What I've found to work is memorizing social cues and using pattern recognition to predict what they will say, as well as what your response should be.
My advice is to spend time in groups and quietly observe. If anyone remarks on your quietness just laugh and agree.

>>38967842
in this digital age I believe that online interaction through use of microphones and also video chat are perfect training tools to circumvent the initial learning phase
>>38967787
feedback is the most important I would like to hear some experienced maneuvers

>>38968010
It's hardwired into your brain.
If you associate with people who share a common interest or goal, you'll adopt their mannerisms and mode of speaking over time without conscious effort.

Make sure you have a common goal or interest though. It's crucial to giving reason to communicate.

>>38968111
I'm aware of this phenomena. A good majority of my work place are from a southern black culturer and I've adopted some of their slang when I talk with them that just sort of comes out. I believe that's simply how language works in the first place if you're consistently exposed to an environment that contains it.

>>38968310
Right.

Besides that just be receptive and honest.
You're all working together, so it's reasonable to believe what people say, at simple face value.

As has been pointed out, practicing expressions or gestures in private may serve to boost your own confidence, but it's unnecessary in the correct environment and the with the correct attitude.

>>38968702
I think that visualizing what you want to say in advance is a good technique. Recently I found that learning ASL is helping my gesturing become less rigid.