Mini Blog Post 23: Taking Social Initiative — Neel Nanda
I think people systematically don’t take social initiative enough. I try to outline why, and ways you can improve on this. And my thoughts on “networking without being a terrible person”!
Mini Blog Post 23: Taking Social Initiative Jul 2 Written By Neel Nanda Introduction A theme I’ve touched on pretty heavily in previous posts is agency . Not being passive, and actually doing things. Making it part of your identity , understanding the underlying biases and becoming able to take the first step . One extremely important instance is applying this to social settings - taking social initiative . I think this is something that most people I see are systematically bad at, and something I’ve deliberately improved at over time, and has been an insanely valuable skill. I estimate that a
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