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15 Jan 2026 Lenny's Podcast How to show up in any room with a low heart rate: Silicon Valley’s missing etiquette playbook | Sam Lessin
“Again, it shouldn't be 10 minutes. But again, I think the thing about it is imagine that the whole game in these social settings, again, is putting other people at ease, making them feel like you understand them and the room and you're a trustworthy person and on the same wavelength.”
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- 15 Jan 2026
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…Okay. I love to borrow some. You also recommend having some stories, please read kind of stories to tell. Yeah, you want to have some easy stories that. Again, it shouldn't be 10 minutes. But again, I think the thing about it is imagine that the whole game in these social settings, again, is putting other people at ease, making them feel like you understand them and the room and you're a trustworthy person and on the same wavelength. And in some ways think about it as who's carrying the conversation. It shouldn't be your monologue. You shouldn't force them to monologue either. And that's where questions come in and back and forth. Having a fun build on story, they tell a story, you have a story to tell. Again, I really think of it as a conversation or these social interactions as a ping pong game and you kind of want to have a few of those in your arsenal. Your last tip in that section was how to wind down a conversation, just the importance of realizing it's time to wind down any tips for how to do that.…
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