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It seems amazing that some people have to be taught things like this as an adult. There seem to be certain things that some people will "just know", while others need to be explicitly taught. I needed to explicitly learn how to socialise. Nobody teaches you how to do it, but there are many rules you are expected to know and follow. I think a lot of these things aren't explicitly taught because it allows certain people to be superior to others. Finance is a good example of this.

>>globul+(OP)
i agree... i noticed a similar thing when i've had my 1-1 with leadership. i felt so good after walking out of those meetings but nothing was really done. it was a number of years later, when i discovered a curriculum that is thought to "life coaches" (and i suspect among other people but it's through this venue that i discovered this), that basically teaches you how to listen. it goes beyond just socializing. these folks in leadership applied the same techniques that were taught to life coaches. nobody teaches this either.