I’m not what you would call the most social person in existence. When placed in a situation where anything social may occur, I tend to avoid it as much as possible. This hasn’t been a good thing, but I’ve lived with it and survived. Right now I’m wondering how much longer I can survive without being social. I’m not referring to the social skills required to be a pickup artist with the ladies, but the social skills required to be a successful entrepreneur. I read this post on the Stanford BASES website about what they don’t teach you at Stanford business school. I’ve taken business classes and interacted with business people. They are a different beast. So far I’ve thought I could survive by having a good idea and technical skills even though my professor pointed out that sales people are needed to make a company successful. I think his point is finally sinking in. I’m a believer now.
Better late than never. Now I should probably make an attempt to go to all the mixers on campus and various other social functions. I remember the time my boss’s boss’s boss’s administrative assistant forced me to attend a company social function.