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The Art of Charm

562: AoC Toolbox | How to Keep the Conversation Going

The Art of Charm

http://www.TheArtOfCharm.com

Business, Health & Fitness, Education

4.711K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Art of Charm (@TheArtofCharm) has ways of making you talk! If you want to know how to keep a conversation going and avoid the awkward calm that sometimes besets even the most animated of chats, you'll want to dip into the toolbox for this one. [Image of awkward conversation captured by Kyle Taylor] The Cheat Sheet: The best conversationalists are the best listeners. What do you do when you run out of things to say in a conversation? Learn how to lessen the crushing pressure of being interesting by focusing on being interested. Understand how to stay tuned in to the conversation by picking up on often-ignored (but crucially important) nonverbal cues. Banish meaningless small talk and learn how to ask questions that build rapport and natural conversation. And so much more... Don't like to shop for clothes? Let Five Four Club be your personal fashion stylist. Complete a short style quiz and receive a monthly curated package at your doorstep! Go to fivefourclub.com and use promo code CHARM at sign-up to get 50% off your first package! Learn over 500 subjects (no tests or homework!) at The Great Courses Plus -- The Art of Charm listeners get one month free here! DesignCrowd helps startups and small businesses crowdsource custom graphics, logos, Web design -- even tattoo designs! Check out DesignCrowd.com/Charm for a special $100 VIP offer for our listeners or enter the discount code CHARM when posting a project. Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/aoc-toolbox-how-to-keep-the-conversation-going-episode-562/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0

One of the most important things to realize is that people are observing our body language in our response.

0:06.4

So it's not just about the words that you're using to describe these events.

0:10.8

It's about showing that emotion in your face.

0:16.9

Welcome to the Art of Charm. I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger. Today, we have another episode of the

0:22.2

always much anticipated AOC toolbox. We're going to tell you what happens when you run out of things

0:28.2

in a conversation. What to do about it, how to make sure it never happens again, and how to be

0:32.7

interested to be interesting. Also, staying small, becoming vulnerable, creating rapport, and

0:38.4

surprise, surprise, some active listening skills to make sure that you never have this problem again.

0:43.4

So enjoy this episode of the AOC toolbox with AJ, Johnny, and myself here at the Art of Charm.

0:48.7

And with that, welcome to the show. We bring together the best thought leaders, teachers,

0:52.5

and exceptional individuals to teach you how to be a top performer in life, love, and at work.

0:57.5

If you're new to the show, we'd love to send you some top episodes and the toolbox,

1:01.1

including episodes just like this one, where we discuss things like body language and nonverbal

1:05.4

communication, persuasion, networking, negotiation, and everything else we teach here at AOC.

1:10.7

If you're in the US, just text Charm to 33444, that's CHAR, M-E-D, to 33444, and everywhere else,

1:18.4

go to theartofcharm.com. We may not have all the answers, but we definitely have all the right

1:22.9

questions. All right, let's talk to AJ and Johnny.

1:27.8

So a lot of the notes that we get, a lot of email, and a lot of people of all ages often say that

1:34.4

they run out of things to say in conversation, and they can't keep conversations going, or they don't

1:39.1

know what to do after hello or after the introduction. And there's a lot of different

1:43.6

sort of ways people flag this problem or state this problem, but it all comes down to

1:48.8

what looks like running out of things to say or to talk about in conversation. And I know you

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