A really interesting thing I came upon recently is the idea of attachment styles and especially this article about how secure attachment style can help people initiate and maintain friendships. [1]
> When secure people assume that others like them, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy termed “the acceptance prophecy.” Danu Anthony Stinson, a psychology professor at the University of Victoria in Canada, hypothesized with her colleagues that “if people expect acceptance, they will behave warmly, which in turn will lead other people to accept them; if they expect rejection, they will behave coldly, which will lead to less acceptance.”
I tried using this "technique" for my online interviews and the difference is night and day. I am 10x more comfortable and open, actually connecting with the people I talk to (usually I am too cold and stiff, especially in the first 10 minutes).
I know that submissions with no substance are frowned upon here, but I just wanted to tell you that for some reason your comment is the funniest one I read in quite some time.
Maybe because of my lifelong struggle with productivity and procrastination... Cheers!
> When secure people assume that others like them, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy termed “the acceptance prophecy.” Danu Anthony Stinson, a psychology professor at the University of Victoria in Canada, hypothesized with her colleagues that “if people expect acceptance, they will behave warmly, which in turn will lead other people to accept them; if they expect rejection, they will behave coldly, which will lead to less acceptance.”
I tried using this "technique" for my online interviews and the difference is night and day. I am 10x more comfortable and open, actually connecting with the people I talk to (usually I am too cold and stiff, especially in the first 10 minutes).
[1]: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/08/making-ke...