In playing sports for most of my life I've found that the best instructors are those who can really remember what it was like to have little technical proficiency, and then are able to distill the precise, concrete steps necessary to move on from that beginning stage.

P.S. I apologize for going off-topic, but I was curious about the site "Succeed Socially" that you linked to. After skimming a few articles, this author seems to know what they're talking about in regards to social 'skills'. However, since there are relatively many articles, I'm not sure whether my time would be well-spent trying to absorb all of this information. Do any readers have (anecdotal) evidence as to how much the articles may have actually helped in improving social skills?