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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
“I think part of my early attraction to the platform was it was the first time you walk around college and you're like, "I know these people, I just don't remember their names.”
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- 15 Jan 2026
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…I want to introduce you. Okay. Something like that, or I want to introduce you to Michelle. You look at them in the eye, and then your wife would be like, "Hi, I'm Michelle. Remind me your name or it's nice to meet you." Or whatever it ends up being. Look, I also, for what it's worth, I actually have such a clinical problem on name face recognition that actually runs in our family. I have this whole backstory, which is part ... and I worked at Facebook for a long time, was really into it early on. No kidding. I think part of my early attraction to the platform was it was the first time you walk around college and you're like, "I know these people, I just don't remember their names. " You're like, "Oh my God, there's a resource I can study." And this was a very valuable social thing for me. So I'm with you. I have the same problem I think a lot of people do. Okay. Let's move on to conversations. Give us some tips.…
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