What is the "33% rule" described?

Dr. AzizConfidence Expert AI

The 33% Rule For Social Confidence

19 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video by Dr. Aziz presenting the "33% rule" for social confidence: in any room, roughly one-third of people will like you and want to be friends or date you; one-third will be benignly indifferent (not dislike you but not seek you out); and one-third probably will not like you or be interested. The clip frames this distribution as a way to reduce social fear by normalizing mixed reactions.

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In any room, approximately one-third of people will like you (want to be friends/date you), one-third will be benignly indifferent (not dislike but not seek you out), and one-third probably will not like or be interested in you.

Here's a fascinating insight to boost your social confidence. When we're afraid socially, we think that.
People aren't going to like us, right? Well, guess what? That's true. But here are.
The numbers I like to go by the 33% rule, which is that in any given room of people, you're going to go approach some people, talk to them.
A third of.
The people probably not.
Going to like you that much. Now, that doesn't mean they're going to hate you, but they're just annoyed by.
You or not interested in you.
33% of people are going to be.
You know, benignly indifferent. They're not going to dislike you in.
Any way, but they're also not going.
To go seek you out. Maybe they'll listen to you in a conversation, but they wouldn't want to be your friend after that.
That and then 33% of people are going to think you're awesome.
They're going to like you, they want to be your friend or date you.
Or spend time with you. So are you going to spend all your time chasing the 33% that don't like you or just pursue the 33% where the doors are open and you just get to walk right in and have great connection, spend your time with those people.