Social Virtues

• 01.
  How to Choose A Good Present
• 02.
  How to Be a Good Guest
• 03.
  How To Make People Feel Good about Themselves
• 04.
  How Not to Rant
• 05.
  How Not to Be Boring
• 06.
  In Praise of Blushing
• 07.
  On Eggs and Compassion
• 08.
  How to Become an Adult
• 09.
  'Let Him Who Is Without Sin Cast the First Stone'
• 10.
  The Importance of Having A Breakdown
• 11.
  Why Truly Sociable People Hate Parties
• 12.
  Why We Should All Think of Ourselves as Sinners
• 13.
  How to Be Diplomatic
• 14.
  Sane Insanity
• 15.
  Charity of Interpretation
• 16.
  On Resilience
• 17.
  How to Be a Good Teacher
• 18.
  The Solution to Clumsiness
• 19.
  How to Be a Man
• 20.
  Why None of Us are Really 'Sinners'
• 21.
  How Not to Become a Conspiracy Theorist
• 22.
  The Importance of Selfishness
• 23.
  Aphorisms on Kindness
• 24.
  Our Secret Fantasies
• 25.
  How to Make More of Our Memories
• 26.
  Why We Don’t Really Want to Be Nice
• 27.
  The Charm of Vulnerability
• 28.
  The Ultimate Test of Your Social Skills
• 29.
  How to Be Open-Minded
• 30.
  Why Kind People Always Lie
• 31.
  How to Be Warm
• 32.
  The Problem of Over-Friendliness
• 33.
  How to Forgive
• 34.
  Why We’re Fated to Be Lonely (But That’s OK)
• 35.
  Good Enough is Good Enough
• 36.
  An Updated Ten Commandments
• 37.
  The Weakness of Strength Theory
• 38.
  The Wisdom of Rocks: Gongshi
• 39.
  Freud on Sublimation
• 40.
  Wu Wei – Doing Nothing 無爲
• 41.
  Kintsugi 金継ぎ
• 42.
  On Taking Drugs
• 43.
  On Confidence
• 44.
  On Pessimism
• 45.
  The Problem with Cynicism
• 46.
  The Faulty Walnut
• 47.
  On Losers – and Tragic Heroes
• 48.
  On Higher Consciousness
• 49.
  On Being Kind
• 50.
  How to Become a Better Person
• 51.
  On Resolutions
• 52.
  How to Save Love with Pessimism
• 53.
  On a Sense of Sinfulness
• 54.
  On Gratitude
• 55.
  On Forgiveness
• 56.
  On Charity
• 57.
  On Wisdom

Confidence

• 58.
  How to Approach Strangers at A Party
• 59.
  How to Be Comfortable on Your Own in Public
• 60.
  People-Pleasing: and How to Overcome It
• 61.
  The Wonders of an Ordinary Life
• 62.
  The Problem of Psychological Asymmetry
• 63.
  Akrasia - or Why We Don't Do What We Believe
• 64.
  Why We Think So Much about Our Hair
• 65.
  Aphorisms on Confidence
• 66.
  How Knowledge of Difficulties Lends Confidence
• 67.
  How Thinking You’re an Idiot Lends Confidence
• 68.
  How to Overcome Shyness
• 69.
  The Mind-Body Problem
• 70.
  The Impostor Syndrome
• 71.
  Self-Esteem
• 72.
  On Not Liking the Way One Looks

Friendship

• 73.
  Why Men Are So Bad at Friendship
• 74.
  What Would An Ideal Friend Be Like?
• 75.
  'Couldn't We Just Be Friends?'
• 76.
  On Acquiring an Enemy
• 77.
  The Terror of a ‘No’
• 78.
  Why Old Friends Matter
• 79.
  Why Not to Panic about Enemies
• 80.
  What Is the Purpose of Friendship?
• 81.
  Friendship and Vulnerability
• 82.
  On How to Disagree
• 83.
  On Socks and Friendship
• 84.
  The Teasing of Old Friends

Communication

• 85.
  How to Become Someone People Will Confide in
• 86.
  How To Write An Effective Thank You Letter
• 87.
  How to Be a Good Listener
• 88.
  On Asking for Help
• 89.
  How to Comment Online
• 90.
  Listening as Editing
• 91.
  The Importance of Flattery
• 92.
  How to Narrate Your Life Story
• 93.
  The Art of Listening
• 94.
  How to Narrate Your Dreams
• 95.
  How to Talk About Yourself