So in this video, I would like to show you how you can practice your social skills without leaving your home. So it's called a visualization exercise. So what I encourage you to do is that you just go home and you sit on the couch, and you just relax. And then you close your eyes. And what you will do is that you will imagine that you are in a social situation, it can be a networking event, it can be at a party with friends, it can be in a restaurant, in a bar in a club. So you imagine what is around you.
Maybe you have your co workers, maybe you have your friends, you try to imagine and you try to make as real as possible. So you close your eyes, and you imagine that you are in the social situation. And now you imagine that you are approaching people. And this is amazing, because I would like you to imagine that it goes well, that people react really well towards you that people are laughing that people are enjoying themselves. Why? Because we want to create positive references in your brain.
And our brain cannot see the difference between something that has happened and something that you have imagined. So it means that the references that your brain will have will be the same. So it means that you could go and approach people. And I encourage you to do that. And you will get references and I hope, positive references. But you can also imagine that you had them and it will be the same, it will, it will have the same impact in your brain.
So if you want to become more confident socially, I encourage you to practice visualization. And that's how I became better at interacting with people. Yes, I had the big part where I went out and I approach thousands and thousands and thousands of people. It can be in the streets in bars and restaurants, networking event, but then also I had this moment where I was just sitting home, closing my eyes and just imagine Meaning that I was approaching people that I would approach that person here. What do they say? What do they say next?
How would this person react? Then how would I leave the conversation politely? How would I maintain eye contact? What do they say? What would I do? What would I say is if the person laughs?
What would I say? If the person says that? What would that what would they say there is a blank. So it's really powerful. So what I really encourage you to do is to go home now and to practice your social skills. Maybe don't tell your friends that you're going home to practice social skills, because it can be weird.
What you want to do is really close your eyes, immerse yourself in the situation, and imagine it going well. By the way, you can also use that if you want to give great presentations, talk to your colleagues to higher management, or to any other person. You just close your eyes and you imagine yourself the situation you want to be in and you imagine it going well. Practice their practice in your imagination. You will see that you will be able to become more confident when you will be entering the situation that you have imagined. Why?
Because your brain will have a lot of positive references even before you went to the situation. So it's really, really powerful. So go and visualize now.