Jan
4
Small Talk Originality
I've worked for a long time to make small talk meaningful. It's my favorite application of thinking skills. From my experience, even standing in line in a supermarket talking to others can be a fascinating experience, if someone can figure out what people have to offer each other in the time they have together to spend now.
What I look for in others to indicate what this "magic topic" might be is their spark of interest, beyond the niceties of over-used one-liners. It might be inside an example they give, a little story they have to tell involving people with whom they spend their time who are important to them. It can be inside of their hobby, secret wish or dream.
What I look for in others to indicate what this "magic topic" might be is their spark of interest, beyond the niceties of over-used one-liners. It might be inside an example they give, a little story they have to tell involving people with whom they spend their time who are important to them. It can be inside of their hobby, secret wish or dream.
