In my twenties, I had a friend named Gordon. I worked next to him at the mortgage office. One day, I noticed a photo of his beautiful wife and asked him how he met her. “I approached her at a country-western bar and we just clicked,” he casually replied. Astonished, I replied, “You just had …
I love games. Some games, like tennis, require a few attempts to really get going. Small talk is similar. Don’t get discouraged if your first comment or question doesn’t get returned as well as you’d hoped. A new conversation typically goes through three phases: 1) Starting, then 2) Moving, then 3) Flowing. Like tennis, sometimes …
Remember the elderly woman in those Frank’s RedHot ads? Her name is Jean Hamilton and she rose to fame for exclaiming, “I put that shit on everything!” When it comes to opinions, be like Jean is with RedHot sauce. The fate of your small talk relies on free-flowing information and opinions. Don’t succumb to a …
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