How to answer “What do you do?”

Before Breakfast

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Education, Self-improvement

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Smart small talk can build relationships

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0:00.0	The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is the greatest murder mystery in American history.
0:05.6	That's Rob Briner.
0:07.6	Rob called me, Soledette O'Brien, and asked me what I knew about this crime.
0:11.6	Well, ask, who had the motive to assassinate a sitting president.
0:16.0	Then we'll pull the curtain back on the cover-up.
0:20.0	The American people need to know the truth.
0:22.0	Listen to who the truth.
0:22.6	Listen to who killed JFK on the I Heart Radio app,
0:27.0	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:31.3	Welcome to Before. I'm
0:38.0	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
0:40.0	Good morning. This is Laura.
0:42.0	Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.
0:45.0	Today's tip is to craft a good response to that all too common question,
0:50.0	what do you do?
0:52.0	In an earlier episode of Before Breakfast,
0:55.0	I suggested people not ask this question as part of Small Talk.
1:00.0	If your conversation partner doesn't have a traditional job or isn't happy with her job,
1:05.0	it can be tricky to answer.
1:07.0	It creates awkwardness, which is not the point of small talk.
1:12.0	That said, although there are plenty of more engaging,
1:15.0	relationship-building questions people could ask,
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