To interact with strangers we use a device that is very effective: nothing<\/strong>. <\/p>\n How many people, including family and friends, do\u00a0you basically run a ritual with?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remember the more ritual = the less<\/strong> said. <\/p>\n Now for the hard part! Stop rejecting yourself in case they reject you. <\/p>\n ————————–<\/p>\n These are related:<\/strong><\/p>\n # 7<\/strong> Disaster<\/a> – 11<\/strong> Feedback<\/a> – 23<\/strong> Become More Creative<\/a> – 31<\/strong> Being at-Cause<\/a><\/p>\n 71<\/strong> Nice<\/a> – 72<\/strong> Technique<\/a> – 73<\/strong> Killing Frogs<\/a> – 81<\/strong> Second Impressions<\/a><\/p>\n 86<\/strong> Don\u2019t Be Yourself!<\/a> – 96<\/strong> Habits<\/a> – 99<\/strong> Perfection!<\/a> – 101<\/strong> Relationships<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To interact with strangers we use a device that is very effective: nothing. We don\u2019t call it nothing, we call it Ritual. Ritual is a routine we go through which we all know means absolutely nothing. And that\u2019s the whole point, that’s why it works! How could anyone get offended when nothing is being said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-communications","7":"category-fear","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWe don\u2019t call it nothing, we call it Ritual<\/strong>.
\nRitual is a routine we go through which we all know means absolutely nothing.
\nAnd that\u2019s the whole point, that’s why it works!
\nHow could anyone get offended when nothing<\/strong> is being said or done.<\/p>\n
\nWhen you say ‘nothing’ … well, that can happen anywhere<\/em> and with anyone<\/em>.
\nThat’s why your marriage is the way it is.
\nThat’s why you have the friends you have.<\/p>\n
\nOpen up a bit more and say some genuine things instead of nothing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n