Make your fun fact more than fun

Before Breakfast

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Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Use icebreakers to do something useful

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0:00.0	In 1995, Detective Tony Richardson was trying to figure out who killed a fellow officer.
0:11.5	The case comes down to who is believed and who is ignored.
0:15.8	Oh my goodness, we did connect to Innocent Man.
0:19.1	I'm Beth Shelburn from Lava for Good Podcasts.
0:22.6	This is Ear Witness.
0:24.9	Listen to Ear Witness on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:29.8	podcasts.
0:35.8	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
0:41.6	Good morning.
0:43.4	This is Laura.
0:45.5	Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.
0:48.8	Today's tip is for when you are asked to share a fun fact to introduce yourself.
0:55.7	Use the fun fact to enable connection, help people remember you, or turn attention to
1:03.4	the work at hand.
1:06.6	So when new groups of people come together to form a team or to experience something together,
1:12.7	they are often asked to introduce themselves by sharing a fun fact.
1:18.7	Lots of people find this a bit annoying.
1:21.8	I will admit that I am one of them.
1:25.6	Many fun facts are boring.
1:29.8	Many truly fun facts could send the entire gathering off the rails if you share them.
1:36.9	So best to avoid that, unless that is your plan.
1:42.3	But even if the question feels annoying or awkward, stating a fun fact can be approached
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