There is a whole set of recent papers showing how we overestimate the awkwardness & underestimate the rewards (and not just to ourselves!) of social interactions like: 🙏Expressing gratitude 💬Engaging in deep conversations 🤝Providing partial help, rather than solving a problem https://t.co/XEipLgQgAW

The little things you do for others that remind you both of who you are, matter. They’re what define the thread count of the human experience. It’s micro gestures like small smiles, arm squeezes, and “hey you”s that root us in our sense of self without committing to the relationship’s definition beyond momentary shared space. As Philippe Rochat put... See more