If there is one thing to unite this world, it is the hatred of small talk.

It doesn't matter if it's a corporate company event or maybe just a weekend networking.

It can be terrible.

It can be downright scary at times.

So how do you do it and how do you get better at it?

Well, I got you.

Today we're talking all about how to never struggle

with small talk. Welcome to the Jefferson Fisher podcast, where I'm on a mission to make your

next conversation the one that changes everything. If you enjoy learning tools to improve your

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Small talk, it's gross.

So how are we going to fix that?

Let me give you some hints.

Number one, instead of just asking, how's work, how's home, those kind of questions just fall flat. They do nothing for you. They don't move the conversation at all. Instead, we're going to switch it to ask questions that are action oriented. That means questions about the doing. So instead of, how's work, how's home, how are you, you're going to be

asking questions like, what did y'all do this weekend? What do you have coming up? Getting things

that they're excited about. What are you excited about today or tomorrow or this week? When you say,

what are you doing or going? Those are action-oriented things and they're going to help push the conversation forward.

Number two, now what matters is how you do it. If you notice, I didn't say, do you have anything

going on this weekend? Because how are you going to respond to that? You're going to respond to that

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