Hi, I’m David

A message from the founder of SocialSelf

I thought I had made it.

At 17, I started an import business that later became a multi-million dollar company. (Now owned by MEC Group.)

At 24, I was nominated “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” in Sweden.

I figured if I just “made it,” the rest of my life would fall into place.

But I had been a lonely kid, and as an adult, I prioritized my career over relationships.

I didn’t like small talk and superficial interaction.

And every conversation made me overthink and get stuck in my head to the point of exhaustion anyway.

Plus, I associated ‘being social’ with being loud, obnoxious, and superficial.

So I was like, I’d rather stick to myself.

Then I got lucky.

I met people who taught me that there’s a difference between being social and socially skilled.

That developing true social skills is not about adding more surface, but developing the ability to be authentically you.

To share this philosophy, I started SocialSelf as a small blog.

Today, it turns out I wasn’t the only one interested in true social skills.

We now have over 26,000 members and hundreds of thousands of monthly readers.

I get to wake up every day and read messages from people using our method to form deep connection.

That makes me happy.