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I’m great at understanding people skills but bad at implementing them
I’ve spent many years learning about people and people skills, and overall it’s improved my interactions with people and it’s helped me understand why some things are the way they are, and why people do what they do.
Despite this, I still struggle to implement good people skills on a regular basis. I forget and it doesn’t come naturally. The period where I was good didn’t last long and I had to think about everything I did. Some people are comfortable living like this, but I am not.
You can tell when people are very tactical in their social interactions and it makes them come off as shady, even if they’re not. Being overly tactical is a sign you’re either fake, socially awkward, or both.
Like so many people, I want to be free to be myself all the time, but I understand that it’s not possible. I can’t be fake, but I can make minor adjustments. Sometimes, I struggle to withhold my true opinions, and it gets me in trouble.
I make the mistake of thinking people can handle minor opinions that are different from theirs. Then there are subjects I can’t hold back on at all because I’m passionate about them.
You’re not obese down to bad luck, come on now.
