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The document discusses strategies for improving small talk skills. It suggests asking open-ended questions about topics like food, favorite teachers, films, music, fears and positive experiences. These questions can help people feel more comfortable sharing personal stories and finding common ground. The goal is to have engaging conversations that bring out the best in each other and strengthen human connections.

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How To Engage in Better Small Talkhttps

The document discusses strategies for improving small talk skills. It suggests asking open-ended questions about topics like food, favorite teachers, films, music, fears and positive experiences. These questions can help people feel more comfortable sharing personal stories and finding common ground. The goal is to have engaging conversations that bring out the best in each other and strengthen human connections.

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How to engage in

better small talk

I felt kinda stupid

An awkward situation

He just didnt really know how to connect with somebody

You cant just ask them these very closed questions or just want to meet with them on
(your) terms

Im not very good with this kind of situation

I couldnt cope with this kind of situation

This is why people drink at parties

To cope with anxiety and not having anything to talk about

Its tough for people who dont drink

The long walk to the coats

One of the keys

I needed to overcome this difficulty in a non-toxic way

So, what do you do for a living? - a loaded question?

She got very offended by this

Top-dog / alpha-dog

Sneak attack

To schmooze someone

To be frozen out

What do you do for fun?

A cut-through / a break-through question

Personal stories can be an equaliser

The guy who just got laid off

Feels pretty crummy

Lynne Brady

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Im a snob

Hes just a butcher who fixes people

Waiting to slot their conversation into

Waiting for a chance to merge

Overcome my own shyness

Leap over the walls

How youre supposed to treat other people

Jockeying for status

A mode for how you treat people

I was quite tickled to discover

Very good conversationalists

The seven question zones:


1. Food

Work around the clock

On the occasion that you find time to eat..

When you have folks over?

It doesnt have to be invasive but it can still be personal

If you could have dinner with anybody in human historywhat would you cook
them?

Theyre not intended to arrive at a specific point, theyre intended to let the person
choose where they want to go

Swolled up like a keg of beer with legs

What happened to T-spoon?!

2. Favourite teacher

Ben Kenobi

Mr. Miyagi

Morpheus

The Fairy Godmother

Lynne Brady

https://goo.gl/Qo0GsB

Dumbledore

Did you get a chance to thank this person?

3. Forest

4. Film and culture

Tell me about a book that changed you?

Tell me about a movie that makes you cry?

5. Forlorn or fond

Tell me about a song that reminds you of your own youth and why?

6. Fear

Tell me about a fear you overcame

7. For the win

Tell me about one of the nicest things anybody has ever done for you

Tell me about a time you discovered you were stronger than you thought you
were

Be a conversationalist, not just so you can score, but so you can


truly be a better human being

Lynne Brady

https://goo.gl/Qo0GsB

How to engage in
better small talk

I felt kinda ___________

An _________ situation

He just didnt really know how to __________ with somebody

You cant just ask them these very ____________questions or just want to meet with
them on (your) _________

Im not very _______ with this kind of situation

I couldnt ______ with this kind of situation

This is why people ________ at parties

To ________ with anxiety and not _______ anything to talk about

Its ________for people who dont _______

The long walk to the _______

One of the ______

I needed to __________ this difficulty in a ______________ way

So, what do you do for a living?

She got very __________ by this

______-dog / alpha-dog

______ attack

To _______________ someone

To be ___________ out

What do you do for fun?

A cut-through / a ____________-through question

Personal stories can be an ___________

The guy who just got ___________

Feels pretty __________

Lynne Brady

https://goo.gl/Qo0GsB

Im a _____________

Hes just a ____________ who fixes people

Waiting to __________ their conversation into

Waiting for a chance to _________

o___________ my own shyness

l__________ over the walls

How youre supposed to t________ other people

j___________ for status

A m____________ for how you t____________ people

I was quite t ____________ to discover

Very good c __________________

The seven question zones:


8. Food

Work around the _________

On the ________________ that you find time to eat..

When you have __________ over?

It doesnt have to be ____________ but it can still be personal

If you could have __________ with anybody in human historywhat would


you _________ them?

Theyre not intended to ____________ at a specific point, theyre intended to let the
person _____________ where they want to go

Swelled up like a keg of beer with legs

What happened to T-spoon?!

9. Favourite teacher

Ben Kenobi

The Fairy Godmother

Mr. Miyagi

Dumbledore

Morpheus
Did you get a chance to thank this person?

Lynne Brady

https://goo.gl/Qo0GsB

10.

Forest

11.

Film and culture

Tell me about a book that changed you?

Tell me about a movie that makes you cry?

12.

Forlorn or fond

13.

Tell me about a song that reminds you of your own youth and why?
Fear

14.

Tell me about a fear you overcame

For the win

Tell me about one of the nicest things anybody has ever done for you

Tell me about a time you discovered you were stronger than you
thought you were

Be a conversationalist, not just so you


can score, but so you can truly be a
better human being

Lynne Brady

https://goo.gl/Qo0GsB

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