Here is my solution to being artificial:
Caveman approach.
Go and see what happens. Getting few ideas of how to make convo fun, is good...memorizing stories is pretty boring.
Inner game...the only useful thing in this community that I've seen for inner game was "Go out and approach" and Sinn's "Either convo is gonna be fun or its gonna be boring."
That's it.
But I've found a way to improve your self-esteem and self-confidence. I suggest you do some volunteering. Hospital, charity whatever...doing good deeds will make YOU feel better about yourselves and that will have tremendous impact on your game.
In the end it comes down to you whether you're ready to LIVE your life or see it go into trash can.
P.S. I liked hobbit's genius vs hard working kid analogy...although I don't know what I am.
I had 0 social skills...and when I mean 0 I mean 0. Yeah I could talk to people, but absolutely had no idea how to talk to girls, AA, self-limiting beliefs, you name it I had it. I read MM in one night, went out...forgot almost everything I read and just started talking to people and getting numbers. This is how it started for me. Now I'm in self-development part of my life, trying to unlock my huge potential within
Anyways...practice+common sense is the best IMO.
CHAT