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Welcome to Before breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to invite people to share good news.

This can lead to a more fruitful and positive conversation

than the usual, how are you banter? We hear all day long.

If you pay attention, you will no doubt see that you say some version of, how's it going,

multiple times per day. It can be formal like with a team icebreaker in a meeting, but that is

also how we greet kids or friends or even a regular barista.

And there's nothing wrong with this question.

The problem is that almost everyone is going to answer,

fine, or in this day and age, almost everyone is going to answer, fine.

Or in this day and age, busy.

None of these answers do much to advance the conversation along.

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