Improve Your Conversations

How many people can you name that can do passable, if not flat-out hilarious, impersonations of Janet Reno, George W. Bush, Alex Trebek, and Robert Goulet?

It boils down to this: if someone conveys that they are angry and we completely miss it, an awkward and uncomfortable situation arises. When this happens frequently enough, people will tend to avoid you. If you can accurate catch the emotions people are conveying, even though they may not be saying it explicitly, they will feel that you understand them better and be more drawn to you.

If we’re in the dark about people’s emotional states, it’s up to us to pay attention to others to try to ascertain how they feel about topics, stories, and the conversation itself. We need to look beyond the mere words people speak and at the circumstances to gauge their feelings.

Share a personal experience with weather.
· Ask what their favorite types of weather are.
· Talk about the emotions the weather invokes in you.
· Talk about your nuanced opinion on the weather.
· Ask outlandish hypothetical questions about the weather.
· Reference third parties (papers, articles, statements from friends) regarding the weather.

Types of motion:
· Change to a topic related to the weather.
· Go deeper into the topic of weather, beyond shallow and surface level comments.

Flexibility and the ability to adapt are paramount to any great conversation

basic anatomy of great conversations

What are the elements you should focus on and try to seek in your conversations, and what should you try to avoid? Moreover, which of the bad habits are you guilty of, and are you compelling others to want to converse with you, or are you actually repelling them

observe, listen, be present, react, and adapt to find the flow. In finding the flow, you create something that both parties are happy with

How many people can you name that can do passable, if not flat-out hilarious, impersonations of Janet Reno, George W. Bush, Alex Trebek, and Robert Goulet?
There is only one man who possesses the talent to do such a thing: Will Ferrell.
For those that are unfamiliar with Will Ferrell, he is a stand-up comedian, actor, and improv comic that was one of the primary drivers of Saturday Night Live’s (SNL) revival during the 1990s. He was able to parlay his exposure at SNL into a comedic movie career to rival that of any of the greats.
He was also one of the first performers that was an “automatic” for me. What do I mean by that?
It means that anything he released, acted in, or was involved in, I would without question automatically watch it. I’d buy it, rent it, or watch it in the theater on opening