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Why Awkward is Awesome with psychologist Ty Tashiro

2024/1/30
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专注于研究和理解社会笨拙,展示了如何将导致社会焦虑的特质转化为异常成就。
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Amber Revin:本期节目讨论了社交笨拙的优势,以及社交流畅的人可以从社交笨拙的人身上学到什么。社交笨拙的人通常具有同理心、毅力等优点,他们能够深入观察和理解他人,并坚持不懈地追求目标。社交流畅的人可以学习如何放慢脚步,关注他人感受,并从社交笨拙的人身上学习坚持不懈的精神。 Ty Tashiro:作为一名研究社交笨拙的心理学家,作者分享了他对社交笨拙的理解和研究成果。他认为社交笨拙并非完全是劣势,反而可能与非凡的成就和天赋相关联。社交笨拙的人通常对细节有着强烈的关注,并能够深入研究自己感兴趣的事物,这有助于他们取得非凡的成就。此外,作者还分享了社交笨拙的人如何通过练习来改善自己的社交技能,例如练习个人空间距离和眼神交流。他认为,社交笨拙的人可以通过选择适合自己的社交环境来提高社交成功率,避免让自己处于不利的境地。 Ty Tashiro:在谈到社交笨拙的进化原因时,作者指出社交笨拙可能与非凡的成就和天赋相关。社交笨拙的人通常对细节有着强烈的关注,并能够深入研究自己感兴趣的事物,这有助于他们取得非凡的成就。此外,作者还分享了社交笨拙的人如何通过练习来改善自己的社交技能,例如练习个人空间距离和眼神交流。他认为,社交笨拙的人可以通过选择适合自己的社交环境来提高社交成功率,避免让自己处于不利的境地。 作者还分享了他童年时期的一个经历,他用自己的钱买了一件夹克,这让他父亲非常感动。这个经历让他意识到公平与慷慨的重要性,也让他开始尝试独立自主。作者认为,他的研究工作旨在帮助人们找到自身优势并获得成功,这与他童年时期的经历有着密切的联系。

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The conversation explores how awkwardness is perceived and how it can be an indicator of extraordinary traits, leading to potential advantages for those who are socially awkward.

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Awkwardness gets a bad rap, but the trait is often an indicator that someone is extraordinary.  

Psychologist and author Ty Tashiro has spent a great deal of time studying (and living!) social awkwardness. He's fascinated by how the same traits that cause us social embarrassment can also drive exceptional accomplishment. 

As a fellow awkward person myself, I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with Ty about the advantages of being awkward, what the socially fluent can learn from awkward people, and the best way to navigate conversations in loud clubs.

This...is A Bit of Optimism.

For more on Ty and his work check out: 

His book: AWKWARD: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome).tytashiro.com)

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