@seanwerbowskii
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@seanwerbowskii 1. Pause 2 seconds before responding. Looks like you’re actually thinking 2. Hold eye contact until they finish, not until you start talking 3. Use their name once in conversation, not three times like a salesman 4. Ask one follow-up question instead of pivoting to your own story 5. Let silence sit without filling it 6. Walk like you know where you’re going even when you don’t 7. Put your phone face-down when someone’s talking to you 8. Laugh at things that are actually funny, not out of social obligation 9. Disagree calmly and without apology 10. Give compliments that are specific, not generic (“sharp take” not “you’re so smart”) 11. Don’t explain your jokes 12. Match energy going down, not up. Stay grounded when rooms get chaotic 13. Remember one small detail from a previous conversation and bring it up 14. Say less than you think you need to 15. Stand still when you talk. Stop shifting weight and fidgeting 16. Order without hesitation 17. Don’t qualify every opinion with “I think” or “maybe just me but” 18. Respond to texts when you want to, not the second they come in 19. Admit when you don’t know something instead of bluffing 20. Make eye contact when you clink glasses 21. Be the one who moves the conversation forward when it stalls 22. Don’t interrupt, even when you know where they’re going 23. Keep your voice low and even when you’re frustrated 24. Show up exactly when you said you would 25. Ask better questions than everyone else in the room 26. Don’t oversell yourself. Let the gap between expectation and reality do the work 27. Look at people when they’re talking to someone else, not just when they’re talking to you 28. Give your actual opinion when someone asks, not the safe one 29. Be the first to take accountability when something goes wrong 30. Introduce people to each other instead of waiting for someone else to do it 31. Leave conversations slightly before you’ve said everything you wanted to
