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09/08/2021

Small Talk Strategy

Five ways to make the most of idle chitchat

“Hot enough for you?” “So, what do you do?” “Are you from around here?”

If these questions make you cringe, you’re not alone. Plenty of people dislike small talk.

At its worst, small talk is dull and uninspired, grinding conversations to a halt before they’ve even begun. “It’s going to feel like death,” said Joe Keohane, author of The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World.

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