Most people love to talk about themselves, so when meeting someone for the first time it’s imperative to get off to a good start. Building strong relationships and rapport with others, get them talking about themselves.
Creating a conversation, not an “interrogation”, is key to strong communication skills. Getting others to be comfortable talking about themselves and learning about them, will help gain momentum in the conversation. Here are a few things you can do when meeting people to get them talking about themselves. These are not questions, but topics to create quality conversations.
Name….simple but a name to that person is the sweetest sound (Dale Carnegie)
Where’s Home
Education and work
Family
Goals
These are topics people love to talk about, so get them talking and then to create the “conversation” add in your information about these topics and share with them things about yourself.
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