In this day and age everyone has opinions regarding almost everything. People can go to great lengths to protect their thoughts and opinions regarding things that are trivial in life. No one knows what to talk about to the other person because you never know what is going to offend them.
Initiating conversations is very important because if we don’t talk to anyone, how can we form a bond with them and progress in life because we never know from where the next opportunity in life is going to come from.
So how can we have great conversations with people?
I think the most important thing for me is paying attention. Paying attention and being in the conversation. I hate when I am talking to someone and they are looking at their phone. Doesn’t that piss you off as well. People will feel that you value them more than you value someone who is sitting on the other side of the phone and when you are talking to someone on the other side of the phone, they should be your only priority. Half-jabbing at multiple things is never a good thing.
Another thing that is very important is asking genuine questions. Asking questions if you don’t know something and communicating that you don’t know something will lead to a better conversation because they would think you genuinely care about them and it is a fact that we tend to like people who share the same passions and interests as us.
Another important thing that we have talked about before is listening. Listening, listening, listening. Every famous person is said to have the quality of listening. Keep your mouth shut and your mind open. When we strive to be interested in people we learn a lot of other people and the fact that most people don’t want to listen makes It easier for people to like us as we will be the rare few who actually care.