About this episode
Ideas For Initiating Conversation
1. Practice to listen without preparing your response and keep an open-mind by not anticipating what might happen next.
2. Be aware of your body language by opening up your body posture to feel more comfortable and confident and turn your body towards the person to indicate friendliness. Smile and create eye contact. Move towards the other person to close the space and promote conversation.
3. Use Ice Breakers to initiate a conversation such as finding both your common points, similarities or shared interests.
Transparency and Self-Disclosure
1. Such as which class, instrument, hobbies or sports you take or do so the other person can get to know you
2. Memories or stories from when you where younger and what you experienced and then once you feel comfortable with peeps, you can share harder things like challenges or crunches as we feel closer to people who you can share not-so- great-things with
3. If you are willing to share some of your opinions even on a lightweight matter, helps people to get to know you and the more they know you, they tend to like you instead of ‘when they know me, they’ll see my flaws’
4. Needs, feelings or experiences that are more personal or important to you when sharing can create supportive friends and family members and can show if you match with certain people.
5. Sharing desires and wants from the past or for the future can make the other person or you feel let in
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