A&B #78

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📚 Book Lessons:

This week's book is How to Instantly Connect With Anyone by Leil Lowndes. This is another great book about social skills similar to How To Win Friends & Influence People and How To Talk To Anyone. If you enjoyed those books, you'll like this one.  Here are three lessons from it:1) Make Your Friends Look Good When you are introducing your friend to someone, be sure to put them in a great light by giving more than just their name.Say something wonderful about your friend, bring up their favorite activity, or major accomplishments to make them look good in front of others.Doing this will make your friend feel like a star and chances are if you make them look good, they'll do the same for you. 2) Never Change A Subject Someone Else Finds Special You never want to change the subject when you sense the conversation is important or special to someone in the group.For instance, if someone is opening up about a traumatic moment or life-and-death situation they went through, it's not a good idea to bring up a different topic.This is also true when someone says something that gets a round of applause. Don't be the one to break the momentum. Additionally, don't walk out of the room when this is happening, if the person sees you leaving, they'll probably take it personally in a negative way.3) Make Your "Bye" As Big as Your "Hi"The next time you meet someone, make a note of how enthusiastic you sounded when you said hello.Then, when it comes time to say goodbye, boost your energy level up higher just like how it was when you first met them. You want to end the interaction on a high note, not a low one.Giving a nice goodbye is like giving a warm kiss after a date–it will leave a pleasant memory in the person's mind. PS: I made a video of this tip on TikTok and it went viral, watch it here.

✅ Actionable Advice:

1) Make your friends look good in front of others: 

• When introducing your friend to someone, make them shine in front of others.

• If you do this, they'll want to do the same thing for you and you'll both look like superstars.

2) Don't change the subject or leave when someone is having their special moment:

• If someone is the center of attention, don't try to take it away from them.

• Also, don't leave when everyone is clapping because they may take it personally.

3) Give an enthusiastic "Hi" AND "Bye"

• You want to give a good first and last impression.

• Be energetic at the start and end of an interaction.

🎧  Podcast Update:

The podcast is still on hold but here are 3 recent viral videos:  

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• 5 Books To Get Over A Breakup

📖  Reading Lesson:

⭐️  Weekly Quote:Self-care is putting your phone on silent and reading a book before bed.(source)

Thank you for your support everyone, I'll see you next Sunday!Read on,Alex W.