Social skills are essential to any human being. After all, all of us are social beings, and no one can survive on his own. As the old saying goes, “no man is an island.” With this in mind, it is therefore ideal that we develop social skills at a young age. This skill, however, is entirely different from topics like math and science; it is a skill we learn “on the job.”
When you’re a child, you can learn how to manage conflict, make friends and navigate groups by doing it.
But what if you didn’t get the chance to refine this skill on your childhood? Fortunately, the New York Times gives us some tips on how to socialize with other people. Topics such as constructively confronting someone, and making friends as an adult are discussed.
Check it out over at the site.
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I enthusiastically endorse any effort to help people learn this essential dimension in life, especially as my own life has been held back by a lack of social development in my youth. And once you fall behind socially, you tend to keep falling further behind. It has an impact upon one's whole life.
If you don't have social skills, it doesn't really matter what other advantages you might have.