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Social Intelligence & Relationships

Column III. Every lesson leaves you with a working thing.

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SO-03L1Active Listening: The Most Discussed, Least Practised SkillA listening audit across three real conversations, with counted behavioursSO-04L2Body Language: What Actually Reads, and What's a MythA self-audit of your default body language on video, with two nervous tells named and two signals to adjustSO-10L2Conflict Resolution: Argue About Needs, Not PositionsA two-column needs map for a real disagreement, plus a recorded rehearsalSO-15L1Consent and Dating Ethics: Clear, Revocable, Non-NegotiableConceptual clarity — a written account of what consent is and the situations that make it absentSO-05L2First Impressions: The Warmth and Competence AxesA recorded first-meeting rehearsal scored on both axes, plus your two warmth signals and two competence signals identifiedSO-12L2Giving and Taking Feedback: The SBI ModelReal feedback, delivered using SBI, plus a recorded rehearsal of receiving hard feedback wellSO-06L2Group Dynamics: What Happens the Moment You Walk InA recorded 'joining a group' rehearsal, plus a read of one real room mapped before you entered itSO-09L2How to Open a Hard ConversationA written prep sheet and a recorded rehearsal against an AISO-17L2Making and Keeping Friends: Why It Gets Harder After 18A friendship audit plus a concrete plan: one existing tie to deepen and one new connection to start, with the first action takenSO-11L3Negotiation: BATNA, Anchoring and the Zone Where a Deal ExistsA completed negotiation prep sheet with both BATNAs costed, plus two recorded rehearsalsSO-19L2Networking: Building Relationships, Not Running TransactionsA 10-person map, plus two genuine reconnection messages sentSO-14L2Pressure Tactics: How a Hard Sell Works and How to Slow It DownA detection list of the seven tactics, plus one real pressured decision slowed down and re-madeSO-22L2Rehearsing with AI: Build a Roleplay PartnerA working rehearsal bot, two recorded transcripts at different difficulties, and your own scenario librarySO-08L1Setting Boundaries and Saying No: Four ScriptsFour boundary scripts written in your own words, and one of them used for realSO-18L2Speaking Up in a Group: Getting Your First Sentence InA recorded group-discussion rehearsal where you enter in the first two minutes and reclaim the floor once after being cut offSO-07L3Status and Hierarchy: The Unwritten Rules of a RoomA read of the status dynamics in one real group, where you sit in it, and one deliberate status adjustment tried and loggedSO-13L1The Anatomy of an Apology — and What Isn't OneA written apology for a real situation, tested against the five parts and stripped of every fake moveSO-01L1The Mechanics of Interaction: Turn-Taking, Signals, RepairA mental model of conversation as a system, plus a logged observation of three real conversations' mechanicsSO-02L1The Small Talk Protocol: Your First Five Minutes With a StrangerA recorded rehearsal of a first conversation, plus three real small-talk attempts loggedSO-21L1Timing: Choosing When to Have the ConversationA timing checklist, and one conversation actually scheduledSO-20L1Tone in Writing: Texts, Email, SlackFive of your own messages rewritten, with the specific reason each original misfiredSO-16L2Trust: How It Gets Built, Spent and LostA trust audit across five relationships, plus one repair actually attempted