Superhuman Social Skills: A Guide to Being Likeable, Winning Friends, and Building Your Social Circle

Someone who is comfortable interacting and befriending people in all strata of society will feel comfortable in nearly every situation, confident in his ability to add to any interaction of which he's a part. He'll have more opportunities to share what he knows with others, as well as the ability to learn from experiences that he may never have per

The way we interact with others is so core to our experience in life that we equate it to who we are. And there's some truth to that, too. How we portray ourselves to others will define their experience of who we are.

A socially skilled person is able to get along with people across all strata of society. Not necessarily every person, but every type of person.

When you are introduced to someone or put into a social situation where people don't know you, your first goal should be to convey as quickly as possible what makes you interesting and worth knowing.

There are four main channels being communicated on at all times: content, meta, emotion, and status.

It's about communicating who you are as clearly as possible, and removing barriers preventing you from understanding others with that same clarity.

Consider what about you makes you valuable as a friend, and whenever you're in a new social situation, think about which of your assets will most be appreciated by that group and work on conveying them. Do it early in the interaction and then move on to getting to know everyone else.

By ensuring that you're always a net addition, even if you're not a huge one, you will dramatically increase the number of events to which you are invited.

A master of communication must be able to have two major conversations (content and meta), while maintaining two minor conversations (emotion and status). This is no exaggeration.