Revisited: Why Awkward Is Awesome with psychologist Ty Tashiro
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There are all different kinds of people in this world. Some are socially fluent, they can walk into a room, they can make friends, they can meet people, and there are others who are well. Awkward.
I am one of those awkward ones, which is why I was so excited to talk to Tai Tashiro. He's a psychologist who studies social awkwardness. In fact, he wrote a whole book about it. It's called Awkward the Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome. And it turns out. There are actually some huge advantages.
to being socially awkward. So much so that socially fluent people might actually learn something. From us socially awkward people. Now, I'm not gonna lie to you, this conversation is at times. A little bit awkward. But it's also
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