In this episode of the Impostor Syndrome Files, we talk about social competence. Many of us are uncomfortable in social situations because we struggle with self-doubt, have had negative experiences in our past or we’re not sure how to engage. But that wasn’t always the case. Most of us started out as pretty confident children who made ourselves smaller and smaller over time. My guest this week, Devon O’Brien Ash is the founder of Social Fluency. Here we talk about how to build our confidence through social competence. We also explore how small changes to our social behaviors can boost our confidence and change the way we see ourselves.

About My Guest
Growing up Devon moved constantly, he learned to adapt to change. Devon was motivated by his challenges as a young adult, including attending the notorious Columbine high school just before the tragedy, surviving cancer at a young age, and having massive reconstructive surgery on his face. He developed what would become Social Fluency at first simply as a way to gain resilience after his own adversity, eventually building it into a company that would serve thousands of corporate (YouTube, Google, Deloitte) and personal clients around the world over the past 16 years. Devon has been featured on AOC, Jordan Harbinger's podcast and Capitalism.com. He has amassed millions of views on social media. He has spoken on stages internationally for organizations like YPO and MindValley and locally, at high schools to help the next generation become socially fluent in a world that is trying to take that precious human experience away and commodify it.

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Website: https://www.socialfluency.com/smalltalk-exclusive

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