Success Stories

Each week builds upon the lessons from earlier weeks, guiding participants to develop and practice the skills necessary to approach and communicate with anyone at any time. The material is primarily focused on creating and developing personal relationships but still practical for professional environments as well.

After overcoming some initial cultural reluctance, I decided to sign up. And can I tell you something? It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I started to gain back confidence and assertiveness with the first crazy homework...after the exercise came the theory in class around frames (my frame/reality versus other’s people’s frame). It all made so much sense!

I think almost anyone would benefit from Jaunty. Particularly, I look at the people I work with, the software engineers. I think everyone should go to Burning Man once, and take Jaunty classes.

I gained skills that have given me external success. However, I believe Jaunty's true power lies in the internal shift created. What blows me away on a daily basis is that the more I practice the suggested behaviors, the greater my own self-image becomes.

I think really everyone can benefit from Jaunty. Not only does it help with social skills, but I think it can really help with finding who you are. When I got out there and started exploring the social side of me, I learned all this stuff about me that I didn’t know before.

There's nothing more powerful and inspiring than being surrounded by amazing people who are all in the same boat as you are. The inspiration and support from my classmates truly inspired me to trust the methods taught by Jaunty, to push myself to apply the things that I learned, and to ultimately hold myself accountable for my own personal growth.

This was a great class! My favorite part was getting to do the breakout rooms. I always struggled with figuring out how to keep a conversation going, especially with a stranger, but through threading we had to keep transitioning stories by using the phrase "Speaking of" which was both a great way to be creative and to make sure you're listening to the person speaking.

“Before I felt bad about saying no to people,” says Jaunty graduate Sinan Mouline. “Now I feel more comfortable doing it. Also I can ask for what I want. If the other person can do it, great. If not, okay.”

Jaunty has been incredible, it gave me skills to lead a conversation, to guide the entire feeling of a conversation to where I’d like it to go. It’s helped me slow down my life. I’m way quicker on my feet with jokes. We all have opportunities. Now I feel like I’m getting better and picking the best ones.

I feel like I’m getting back to my original, authentic self. I’m more confident and realize if I give in to social anxiety, I’m only holding myself back. I feel like I’m starting to create the community I want. And thanks to Jaunty, I now know I can strike up a conversation with anyone and make friends everywhere I go. 

I wanted to get past the small talk in conversations and be able to build deeper connections. Other people in my class wanted to get more clients at a business meeting, and other people want to talk with a potential date, we all succeeded!

It’s not often that people make the time or effort to invest in themselves. Jaunty can really impact your personal interactions, confidence level, and how you present yourself to the world. I’ve had so many more meaningful connections by learning how to slow down and really listen.

A few months after completing the six-week course, I’m definitely more confident. I introduce myself to strangers, give compliments, ask questions, have strong eye contact, and hold down conversations with ease.

Eric was leading us through Five Skill Sets. We learned about Body Language, Conversational Agility, and Assertiveness (which tests relationships while empowering). We had so much fun that we ran out of time and didn't get to Humor and Approaching Others.

The material is great and Eric an excellent instructor. I like his style, technique and his delivery. What he teaches I find is right on, super informative and applicable to anything from how to make real progress at work to your social life, dating, meeting people and having great friendships.

Eric led an entertaining and helpful hour of advice for overcoming your social fears. I appreciated all the tips for beginning, continuing and ending a conversation. I also learned how to adjust your body posture so that you feel and look more open to talking.

Jaunty has given me the blueprint to build a connection with anyone, anywhere, and that's priceless.

I studied one-on-one with Eric and it was extremely helpful! His hands-on work with eye-contact, conversational agility, and humor is unparalleled. He was friendly and gently corrected and challenged social misconceptions I've held for years.

"I can lead a conversation. I don't care who I'm talking with now. I'm responsible for my own feelings and words and other people are responsible for theirs. Jaunty has helped me in my professional career, besides going out and being social."

By then I had finished the Jaunty course and was completely at ease meeting new groups of people, and making them feel at ease without a single beer.

The six-week course was valuable. The treasure of Jaunty is that you leave each class with the courage, knowledge, and drive to begin to change. I would begin the homework with just enough gallantry to make one small change, then another.

The compounding effects of such small social changes was really impressive for me. I was even able to on-ramp a few people and then when they asked me what I've been up to - explain the jaunty course, and even explain the tools I'd just used to communicate with them. A few people were so fascinated they asked me for the jaunty website.

It is beyond awesome, and a lot of fun! The learning environment is carefully setup to incrementally challenge your own growth, no matter where you're at socially.

“I think no matter where someone is on the social anxiety or shyness scale, they’d get a lot of benefit with Jaunty, whether it’s the six-week course or a one-on-one,” Paula says. “I was amazed by what a huge change it’s made.”

What I found most helpful: high status humor, weaving (small talk structures), assertiveness skills, and cognitive reframing of rejection...This is one of the most fun and useful classes I've taken.

I've always been shy when it comes to approaching someone. Keeping the conversation flowing has also been an issue....and then the awkward silences. Eric Waisman shared skills and knowledge to us Yelpers yesterday. Founder of Jaunty, he helps build up social skills.

Jaunty was my tribe of people who accepted me for who I am. I always had a plethora of friends who I felt safe with but this was a whole community where I felt so accepted and challenged to become a better version of myself.

Jaunty gave me the formula for how to communicate with others,” Sunny says. “Now whatever social situation I’m in, I know I’m going to be generally successful using this formula.”

It's a really great experience if you have any social anxiety or if you want to learn to talk with people more. Everyone can learn from it.

This was an interactive Yelp Virtual event. Eric Waisman from Jaunty had us in breakout rooms when social exercises was given. I got to meet two other Yelper's and had lots of fun.

I learned formulas for how to attract people through magnetic conversations and behavior. I learned about conversational agility, humor structures, and other really useful social intelligence techniques.

I don't know about anyone else, but I often find myself lacking in social graces so to speak. I've been left speechless, or worse perhaps, saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. I can also be a people pleaser, so needless to say, a class on social skills is right up my alley.

With the help of Jaunty, I blazed down my new path of social freedom. I went from stiff, guarded, introvert to a smiling, confident, woman of the world in six weeks! Now, I feel amazing and self-assured that I can approach anyone and talk to anyone. In fact, I’m off now to make dinner for new friends. We’re having enchiladas, tonight. Sounds good, right?

I now have many tools at my disposal to reach out and get what I want socially. And to feel fully aware and in control, is an amazing gift that I'm very thankful for. I tell others now that I'm an eye contact Jedi Knight from all of the 5 minute eye stare exercises!

I appreciated the way Jaunty teaches social skills by putting it all in different steps. It's very structured. You know why you are doing something in the interaction, then you do it better; you improve.

Jaunty teaches you confidence but it also teaches you to love yourself...This could easily be a class for public speaking and leadership. It’s a class to help you live the life you want to lead.

...Jaunty talked to us about different social skill sets, and advised us to focus on awareness, like being aware of how social anxiety affects us so we can face it...we did activities to practice different skills, including having open body language, conversational agility, and asserting ourselves to practice saying no.

I think just about anyone would benefit from Jaunty...One of the benefits I experienced in the class is slowing down. Don’t answer too fast, give that two second thought before you respond to someone. That’s something I want to keep working on, slowing down and being more present.

What I learned had an immediate impact on my social life. I found ways to make ordinary interactions more fun and engaging. It was easier to approach and meet new people and to keep a conversation going. I also learned to be more assertive.

A great way to connect with others by learning new conversational and communication tools!

The material is very well taught and the instructors are amazing. I highly recommend jaunty for gaining advanced social skills and intelligence of any context be it professional, romantic, or just straight up social. I'm a Stanford student and found it as rigorous, well taught, and beneficial as my social psychology and improv acting classes I've attended at Stanford prior.

I have been looking for ways to improve my social anxiety. ‍Looked at classes online, voice coaches, and tons of research on toastmasters. I finally found Jaunty!!! I have to say that this is the REAL DEAL. ‍If you can at all close your eyes and try to imagine what your ideal self would look like, and if you could give yourself advice on how to be that person, the first advice you would give yourself would be to sign up for this class.

Surprisingly, I learned something new everyday by talking to people. The human connection that we are missing in the world should not only be resolved by machine or social media. Let's talk to each other and connect again! I'm so happy to talk to a new person everyday after Jaunty.

This class has taught me various life skills. I have been able to use some in my day to day life and they have been very useful. I would definitely recommend taking a class at Jaunty's.

This experience and the skills I learned are priceless. If you are looking to have abundant, meaningful connections with more people, this is the class for you. It will teach you skills that will help with your personal and professional life.

I feel like my personal anxiety has definitely gone down a lot since Jaunty. It’s kind of amazing how it happened. For me the goal was to talk to a few people at a party. Not to be the life of the party because I’m not that person. The thing with Jaunty is it’s pretty simple. Your mindset grows along with the skills. You really do become a person who everyone wants to talk to.

Sometimes you just have to break somebody’s robotic routine and give them a special experience that’s become rarer in the digital age: a conversation with a stranger.

Jaunty is the "gym for social skills" and I can see why. We "only" got to go through 3 of the 7 Skillsets, but the information was invaluable! The exercises we did in separate chat rooms were eye opening and meaningful.

I think that many people think that either you're a social person or you're not. You label yourself as an introvert or an extrovert..Many, many people including myself struggled with anxiety. What better way to kill anxiety than to build up one's confidence? What better way to build up confidence in communicating than to learn the skills to improve communication?

We touched on a little of everything in the way we communicate with our body language, assertiveness, and our beliefs. My ultimate favorite in this course was putting our new skills to practice and approaching strangers!

Each session felt empowering, as Eric coached me on conversational agility, body language, and touch. Immediately, I was able to connect with people on a social level. Complete strangers from coffee shops and bookstores invited me to their parties and social events. The social dynamic of my existing relationships expanded too. I felt like a member of a community again...

This was by far the most mentally, emotionally, and socially engaging virtual Yelp event I've attended so far this year.

Anyone who wants to meet new people, make friends and have more meaningful conversation with existing friends would benefit greatly from the Jaunty course.

One of the most helpful and exciting things about being in the [Jaunty] course was having the structure and assignments to interact with strangers. I didn’t realize how much I was missing out on in terms of the connection and joy that you can get from just saying hi to someone you’re sitting next to on the subway.