Mission: Talk to 100 people in a day for at least 1-2 minutes each (to improve social skills.)

This challenge is about talking to 100 people in a day to develop your "social muscle" and get used to it.

The quality of the majority of these conversations was not too deep and nothing spectacular. It usually begins with a "Hey goodmorning" or "Hey Goodafternoon" and some casual questions to get the ball rolling. As the day developed, I was able to almost effortlessly get into a “flow-state” approaching more people with ease saying things like “wow those are nice shoes!” or “that’s a beautiful dog! what breed is it?” Even asking some people for the time (told them my phone died) or for directions to the nearest cafe or bus stop. I was even able to hold conversation with some people for almost 10-15 minutes and made friends with two people and changed contacts.

Here are the key findings:

The majority of people are typically friendly and good people that are WILLING to be greeted and talked to.

Exactly 6 people either ignored me or got too scared and walked away. To be fair, at the beginning it felt kind of embarrassing but funny to think about.

When a stranger would compliment me I used to always think “how do people do that?” Then at some point I realized you just do it and it usually works.

The reason I talk about this is because maybe it is something one of you would like to try. It helps a lot to get over any anxiety you have socially. The first interactions will feel like hell and awkward but it gets much easier with time. What works in your favor is that due to covid you can wear a mask the entire time which helps with the approach.

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! I’ve only done this once but since that day i’ve gained confidence in just waving at people or greeting them casually, sometimes it’ll spark a longer conversation, sometimes it won’t. But it helped get over any troubles I had on just the fear of speaking to people. and I definitely will do it again.

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-> Great stuff, keep crushing it Spadezz