The social skills guidebook

  1. The overall process of improving your social skills
  1. Addressing some common challenges and concerns about working on your social skills

Section 1: Tackling the main mental barriers to socializing

  1. Seeing the effects of shyness, social anxiety, insecurity, and discouragement
  1. Shifting your mind-set about your social discomfort
  1. Handling counterproductive thinking about socializing
  1. Hands-on strategies for taking the edge off anxiety
  1. Reducing fears and insecurities through real-world experiences
  1. Increasing your self-esteem and confidence

Section 2: Developing your conversations skills

  1. Getting a basic feel for conversations
  1. Dealing with awkward silences
  1. Starting one-on-one conversations
  1. Having deeper conversations
  1. Ending conversations
  1. Navigating group conversations
  1. Making conversations in particular situations
  1. Becoming aware of empathy
  1. Core listening skills
  1. Recognizing and acting on other people's nonverbal communication
  1. Improving your own nonverbal communication
  1. Conversation mistakes
  1. Being more likable
  1. Being more fun
  1. Assertiveness skills

Section 3. Forming and growing friendships

  1. Introduction to the process of making friends
  1. Finding potential friends
  1. Making plans with potential friends
  1. Deepening new friendships
  1. Making a group of friends
  1. Making friends in particular situations
  1. Troubleshooting the process of making friends
  1. Looking forward as your social skills improve