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How To Be Cool

You are a nerd, but it doesn't mean you have to stay that way forever. We want you to be cool, you want to be cool...here's how to be cool. Enlarge

How To Be Cool

You are a nerd, but it doesn't mean you have to stay that way forever. We want you to be cool, you want to be cool...here's how to be cool.

Step 1: Get Some Skills

Take something you like and get really good at it. Video games don't count. They isolate you. Write. Surf. Snowboard. Anything. Being good at something makes you interesting - it gives you something to talk about and builds your confidence.

Following the fads is a dead end. Choose your own adventure and stick with it.

Step 2: Don't Advertise

Everybody has a MySpace page, but you don't need to load it up with revealing photos of yourself. Don't overpost. Over-advertising yourself - or your iPhone or your sports car - is not cool.

Step 3: Get A Gimmick

Quote Shakespeare. Do a card trick, or appreciate art. This will become your guaranteed ice breaker in any awkward social situation.

Step 4: Don't Be The Last To Leave

You have better things to do then just hang around your friend's house.

Step 5: Don't Do Everything You're Told

Really. Even by us.