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Pillar III · SO

Social Intelligence & Relationships

Re-checked every 365 days22 lessons · 22 live

L1

SO-01L1The Mechanics of Interaction: Turn-Taking, Signals, Repair A mental model of conversation as a system, plus a logged observation of three real conversations' mechanics

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SO-02L1The Small Talk Protocol: Your First Five Minutes With a Stranger A recorded rehearsal of a first conversation, plus three real small-talk attempts logged

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SO-03L1Active Listening: The Most Discussed, Least Practised Skill A listening audit across three real conversations, with counted behaviours

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SO-04L2Body Language: What Actually Reads, and What's a Myth A self-audit of your default body language on video, with two nervous tells named and two signals to adjust

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SO-05L2First Impressions: The Warmth and Competence Axes A recorded first-meeting rehearsal scored on both axes, plus your two warmth signals and two competence signals identified

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SO-06L2Group Dynamics: What Happens the Moment You Walk In A recorded 'joining a group' rehearsal, plus a read of one real room mapped before you entered it

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SO-07L3Status and Hierarchy: The Unwritten Rules of a Room A read of the status dynamics in one real group, where you sit in it, and one deliberate status adjustment tried and logged

L1SO-08L1Setting Boundaries and Saying No: Four Scripts Four boundary scripts written in your own words, and one of them used for real

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SO-09L2How to Open a Hard Conversation A written prep sheet and a recorded rehearsal against an AI

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SO-10L2Conflict Resolution: Argue About Needs, Not Positions A two-column needs map for a real disagreement, plus a recorded rehearsal

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SO-11L3Negotiation: BATNA, Anchoring and the Zone Where a Deal Exists A completed negotiation prep sheet with both BATNAs costed, plus two recorded rehearsals

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SO-12L2Giving and Taking Feedback: The SBI Model Real feedback, delivered using SBI, plus a recorded rehearsal of receiving hard feedback well

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SO-13L1The Anatomy of an Apology — and What Isn't One A written apology for a real situation, tested against the five parts and stripped of every fake move

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SO-14L2Pressure Tactics: How a Hard Sell Works and How to Slow It Down A detection list of the seven tactics, plus one real pressured decision slowed down and re-made

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SO-15L1Consent and Dating Ethics: Clear, Revocable, Non-Negotiable Conceptual clarity — a written account of what consent is and the situations that make it absent

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SO-16L2Trust: How It Gets Built, Spent and Lost A trust audit across five relationships, plus one repair actually attempted

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SO-17L2Making and Keeping Friends: Why It Gets Harder After 18 A friendship audit plus a concrete plan: one existing tie to deepen and one new connection to start, with the first action taken

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SO-18L2Speaking Up in a Group: Getting Your First Sentence In A recorded group-discussion rehearsal where you enter in the first two minutes and reclaim the floor once after being cut off

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SO-19L2Networking: Building Relationships, Not Running Transactions A 10-person map, plus two genuine reconnection messages sent

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SO-20L1Tone in Writing: Texts, Email, Slack Five of your own messages rewritten, with the specific reason each original misfired

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SO-21L1Timing: Choosing When to Have the Conversation A timing checklist, and one conversation actually scheduled

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SO-22L2Rehearsing with AI: Build a Roleplay Partner A working rehearsal bot, two recorded transcripts at different difficulties, and your own scenario library