http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:57:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, I think the blog is finally fixed.  For a while I wasn't able to make any new posts, and repairing it was mostly out of my hands.   Here's to hoping it'll work from now on. I posted these two articles already, but couldn't announce it here.  The second one is ... http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog/2009/09/09/inviting-yourself-to-events-hanging-out-one-on-one-with-guys/ A few months ago I wrote a pretty short, basic article explaining why it's important to directly practice your people skills.  I just added a pretty big section to it on some ways you can get social experience.  Check it out.  The new section starts about a third of the ... http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog/2009/05/15/ways-to-practice-your-social-skills/ First a new article: When People Say "How's It Going?", "What's Up?" or "What's New?" And a semi-new one on small talk, that organizes what a few previous articles said about it: Thoughts On The Point Of Small Talk There was something else I wanted to include in this update but I think I'll ... http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog/2009/04/11/tuning-up-the-site-4/ By request, I added a new section the article How Backpacking/Traveling Can Boost Your Social Skills on how to actually organize a trip.  I tried to make it a quick, basic overview since this isn't a travel site or anything, but it still went longer than I thought it would. If ... http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog/2009/04/11/sort-of-update-arranging-a-backpacking-trip/ Here's the third batch of updates.  The first three articles are new, but mainly gather together a bunch of ideas that were previously scattered all over the place: Loosen Up To Be More Socially Successful Is Thinking You're Better Than Other People Holding You Back Socially? Reasons People Mistakenly Think They Don't Like ... http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog/2009/03/28/tuning-up-the-site-3/ The second batch of updates is done. First a new article: Some Ways People Are Mentally Lazy About Judging Others And a sort of new article, to put my ideas about indirect improvement in one spot: Indirectly Become More Socially Successful By Improving Yourself As A Person I split up and revised my ... http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog/2009/03/11/tuning-up-the-site-2/ This is one of those updates that may not wow you if you've been following the site for a while, but which I think will help make it more useful for new readers. I've been writing www.succeedsocially.com for about two and a half years.  I've put up around 75 articles. At ... http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog/2009/02/22/tuning-up-the-site-1/ Scott H Young is a college student who blogs about a range of personal development topics, with a definite focus on productivity and habits. Social skills-wise, he has some really good things to say.  When I read his advice on socializing, I sometimes have to laugh because he's independently come to ... http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog/2009/01/08/social-skills-articles-on-other-blogs-2-wwwscotthyoungcom/ New article: Some Things I've Noticed Now That I Have Better Social Skills http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog/2008/12/27/some-things-ive-noticed-now-that-i-have-better-social-skills/ SucceedSocially.com has a more obscure, less-frequented sister site, www.datinggroundwork.com.  It's where I've written a handful of articles on remedial dating advice for inexperienced guys. I haven't updated it since August of 2007, but I've just finished adding a bunch of new articles, re-writing other ones, and re-arranging the overall organization. Check it ... http://www.succeedsocially.com/blog/2008/10/26/i-finally-updated-my-other-site/