Small Talk collection, Sammlung, tipps

• Be a happy person. Don't complain. Be positive
• Expand a topic (From food at party mention food at vacation)
• Ask open questinos (How do you know the host?)
• Practice! Converse with everyone (Hairdresser, Shop etc.). Force yourself into small talk situations
• Have some soccer knowledge at hand
• Journal small talk topics: funny stories, beautiful things
• Eye contact
• Use the other persons name
• Exchange of information AND exchange of energy
• Use small compliments
• Be the host / behave as a host in events
• People love to talk, especially about themselves
• Anchoring - Reveal - Encourage
• Why are we both here? What is our common ground?
• Offer information about yourself
• Ask a question
• "Why?"
• "What surprised you most?"
• "How did you feel about?"
• "Tell me about!"
• "What was the best part of"
• Family - Occupation - Recreation - Motivation
• Kids
• Job / Research
• Hobby, sports, hiking
• What will you do in 5 years? Why do you involve yourself in...?
• Conversation is a ladder with Small Talk serving as the first few rungs
• Small Talk is the portal through which every person you will ever meet will enter your life.