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James Brennan @ Silicon Canals · 12/22/2025 20:00 EDT

I was painfully awkward until I learned these 10 simple conversation techniques

After years of bombing every social interaction and being labeled "hard to work with," I discovered these aren't personality flaws—they're just skills nobody taught us.

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