8  Fast awareness

When you’re around other people, try to make your whole mind know these things instantly and at all applicable times:

• Increased chance of a shared interest, even if it’s only made obvious by event details but not by what people are talking about, and especially if you’re used to not being surrounded by people with the shared interest

• Possibility of conversational continuation in every single interaction

  Examples to stay aware of:

  • After giving a compliment, say “Has anyone told you that before?”
  • After giving a compliment about doing something good or about beauty when doing it, say “Do you [do thing] a lot?”
  • Express your feelings about someone’s reaction to you (example: “Aww” or “I really like the way you laugh”)

• High chance that soon you won’t be around someone anymore forever or for a long time, so the current chance to do something could be the last