Sophronius comments on Translating bad advice - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Sophronius 14 April 2015 04:30:14PM *  5 points [-]

This surprised me as well when I first heard it, but it's apparently a really common problem for shy people. I tend to shy back and do my own thing, and apparently some people took that as meaning I felt like I was too good to talk to them.

Now that I've trained myself to be more arrogant, it's become much less of an issue.

Comment author: bbleeker 15 April 2015 08:45:15AM 4 points [-]

Yes, way back when I was in school, people interpreted my shyness as arrogance too. I was very surprised when I learned that, as I'd always thought people were reading me like an open book.