I’m socially awkward

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Don’t pigeon hole yourself so early. If you keep pinning yourself as the awkward numbers guy it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy

The first time you do something, you'll be bad at it. That's almost a guarantee. Something I've noticed a lot with Gen Z is that they have a character flaw, and they let it define them instead of focusing on fixing it. Have social anxiety, and they've never been exposed enough to conquer that fear. Have a social media addiction, and they've never been encouraged to quit. 

I don't blame Gen Z for this, it's clearly the parents and broader society's fault. But take it as a lesson. You actively notice you have a flaw. Great. Now, how do you solve that flaw? Simple, practice. I used to be pretty awkward around people, but I figured out a few things that worked pretty well. I would focus on finding what works first. Don't throw yourself into a million coffee chats, start smaller. Talk to a classmate. Find what makes them want to talk to you more. Trial and error is important here, to finding out what makes you special to others. 

I second the above posters. I grew up mildly autistic, fucked up a lot of social interactions, but genuinely just learnt how socialising works. I have no problems now, but rather people describe me as very sociable.

You’ll be absolutely fine, it’s just reps. There are also positive overflow effects to practicing socialising elsewhere, so try just asking your barista/whoever how they’re doing or making small talk with people you randomly encounter in the lift or something.

Much easier to practice in low-stakes conversations. You’ll make mistakes, you’ll learn, you’ll laugh at them later, you’ll be fine.

You can train this same as learning a new language. Easier when you're younger but with enough work it's doable. Don't aim to be 'fluent' just make progress and it will compound

as long as ur humble some daddy will take you under his wing

I have always felt incredibly socially awkward in school, then in coffee chats, then in banking, then in PE, then in sourcing/management meetings but every time you care a little less and every time you get a little better. In time you realize that the people who are truly socially competent aren't necessarily those who always have the right thing to say at all times but also those who don't let themselves feel awkward in social situations even when they're sitting quietly or standing there with nothing to say. 

what exactly you do/don't do that makes you socially awkward

I used to be a social retard. Just put the effort in and eventually it goes away. Yeah it sucks to be in those situations but the more social stuff you do the easier it becomes.

bro if i did a networking chat at 19 id think the same. Now i'm reasonably senior on a sales desk. keep practicing and living your life

Take an improv class...then recruit for RX and see how that works for you

Probably was that Tylenol…

Dude you’re a freshman already doing networking calls. That’s already miles ahead of where I and most people were

Relax, it’ll come naturally as you get older and smarter 

When I was a freshman I was significantly much more socially awkward than when I was a senior, and now i’m less so than then. It’s a skill like any other, I truly think finance made me a more social person.

If you are naturally more reserved that wont totally change, I still wouldnt consider myself a full extrovert, but within a professional setting its essy to learn how to talk cause honestly 99% of the conversations are always the same.

In my experience, most socially awkward people are NOT aware that they are socially awkward. I think you being aware of it suggests to me that you are actually not that socially awkward, or at least can improve upon it significantly with practice.