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Number six.

Number six.

We've said this one before I go first in humanizing the interaction.

Humanizing the interaction?

Yes, which is to say, whenever you're with a group of people, there is an expected social norm, right?

And it is usually less than people wish that it was. It's the thing that you described earlier is, I wish that my employees would get to what's really going on. And it's the ability

to be the first one, like I told the story about my brother, to crack the joke about the dragon

name tag, right? And that made everybody in the event funnier. Now they don't want to crack jokes and they don't want to be playful.

It's the ability to give a compliment first.

Sometimes people are afraid that it will disrupt their status if they're too complimentary.

And we did talk about how at the beginning of an interaction, it's useful to establish fun, trust, and respect.

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