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Hi Geek_silk,

You have the rare gift of having deep empathetic sensibilities. Having the capacity to think about what someone else is thinking and to get a read on what he/she is feeling is an invaluable skillset. You usually read about this "issue" in a negative light. Countless number of "self-improvement" advocates try to push you towards ignoring what other people think and do what you want to do.

Your issue isn't the fact that you are seeing these effects in other people. It's more what you decide to do with this additional information. It's tough when dealing with constant feedback as you go through your presentation, but it's a gold mine like no other. Push yourself to take advantage of this by performing a number of micro calibrations by reading body language / facial expressions.

Embrace your empathy. It's what makes you an incredible startup founder who has an uncanny understanding of his users.

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It's a hard skillset to master, but boy, when you do, you feel like you have a superpower.