Brittany Wong is a senior reporter covering lifestyle topics at HuffPost. She is a graduate of UCLA and a native Angeleno. She can be reached at brittany.wong@huffpost.com
or say something that could be perceived as offensive, especially if the person seems outwardly different from us ., an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business whose research explores how people make social inferences about others. Many assume they’ll be ill-equipped to chat up the person sitting next to them at a dinner party, at a networking function or on public transportation, she told HuffPost.
The truth is, talking to people we don’t know can be as “invigorating and mind-expanding as traveling to far-off places is,” Martinet said. “I don’t have to like their favorite hobby, for instance, to talk about it,” she said. “I can see it as an opportunity to learn about what they like about it.”As a business entrepreneur in her early 30s, Dianna Booher began consulting for senior executives twice her age, both in the U.S. and internationally. During the day, Booher would lead two-day executive retreats and workshops. The evenings and all the social events she was required to go to were a different story.
“The Fine Art of Small Talk: How to Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills ― and Leave a Positive Impression.” What you share doesn’t have to be something embarrassing from your past or some slip-up you made the other day. When meeting someone new, you can self-disclose even if all they ask you is, “How are you?”
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