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Module1SmallTalk

HowGoodAreYourSocialSkills?

Haveyouevercrossedtheroadtoavoidtalkingtosomeoneyourecognize?

Wouldyoulovetogotoapartyandtalkconfidentlytoeveryguest?

Doyouwanttomakemorefriendsbutlacktheconfidencetotalktopeopleyoudon'tknow?

AndareyounervousabouttheideaofbeingatasocialeventinanotherCountry?

Donwe'anWκelpyou-

Youneedn'wtorryaboutsituationsliketheseifyouhavegoodsocialskills.Andtheyareeasytolearn.Peoplewithgoodsocialskillscommunicatewellandknowhowtohaveaconversation.Ithelpsifyoudoalittleadvanceplanning.

Hereareafewideastohelpyou.

Learnhowtodosmalltalk.

Smalltalkisveryimportantandpreparesyouformoreseriousconversations.Beprepared!

Havesomelow-riskconversationopenersready.Forexample:

Thinkofarecentnewsstory—nottoserious,.astoryaboutafilm

starorsportsstar.

Thinkofthingstotellpeopleaboutyourstudies.

Thinkof“safe”thingsyoucanaskpeople'sopminuisoincs,aboutsport,films,etc.

Thinkoftopicsthatyouwouldavoidifyouweretalkingto

Strangers-andavoidtalkingaboutthem!

Thatway,youdon'damageyourconfidence!

Developyourlisteningskills

Listeningisaskillwhichmostpeoplelack,butcommunicationisa

two-wayprocess-itinvolvesspeakingANDlistening.Alwaysremembermakeyouabetterlistener:

youwon

timpresspeopleifyoutalktoomuch.Herearesomeid

etaos

DO

Showthatyouarelisteningbyusingencouragingnoisesandgestures-smiling,nodding,saying-huh“”uhand“OK”,etc.

Keepgoodeyecontact

Usepositivebodylanguage

Askformoreinformationtoshowyourinterest

DON'T

Lookatyourwatch

Yawn

Sign

Lookawayfromthepersonwho'stalkingtoyou

Changethesubject

Finishotherpeople'ssentencesforthem

AlwaysrememberthewordsofBenjaminDisraeli,BritishPrime

Ministerinthe19thcentury:

“Talktoamanabouthimself,andhewillspeaktoyouforhours!

”

Learntherules

Ifyougotoasocialoccasioninanothercountry,rememberthatsocialrulescanbedifferent.Insomecountries,forexample,youhavetoarriveontimeataparty;inothercountries,youdon'tneedto.Inayouneedtoknowhowlongyoushouldstay,andwhenyouhavetoleave.

Somehostsexpectflowersorasmallgift,butinotherplaces,youcantakethings,butyouneedn'tiyfoudon'twantt.rememberalsothatinsomecountries,youmustn'tatkeflowersofacertaincolour,becausethey'reunlucky.Inmostplaces,youdon'thavetotakeagifttoaparty

butfindourfirst!

TheWrongKindofSmallTalk

EstherGreenbaumwasasaleswomanforafirmoffaxmachinesandbusinesssupplies.Butshewasalsothemostoutspokenhumanbeingintheworld-well,WeStCheSterCoUnty,atleast.HermottoWaS“EVerytimeIopenmymouth,Iputmyfootinit.”

EStherGreenbaum'SmajorShortComingwaSthatShehada

completeabsenceofsmalltalk.No,thatn'otquitetrue.Shehadsmalltalk,butitwasthewrongkind.Infact,shehadneverlearntthebasicrulesofsocialcommunication,andasaconsequence,shemadesystematicmistakeseverytimesheopenedhermouth.Itwasnocoincidenceeitherthatshewasn'taverygoodsaleswoman.

Onedayduringameeting,Estherwasintroducedtoanimportantcustomer,amaturewoman.

“Nicetomeetyou,”shesaid.“Howoldareyou?

”Thecustomerlookedawkward.

“Forty?

Fort-yfive?

”saidEsther.“Youkookmucholder.Andyour

friend…She'Solderthanyou,butShelooksmuchyounger!

”

Onanotheroccasion,Estherteasedatypist,“Hey!

When'syour

babydue?

”

ThetypiStwentredandcontradictedESther.“Actually,I'mnotpregnant,”SheSaid.

“Oh,Sorry,S”aidEStherwithoutanyapology.“JuSptuttingona

littleweight,huh?

”

EStherwaSnevercautiouSaboutotherpeople'SfeelingS.Oneofher

acquaintanceS,aSaleSmaninthefirm,waSgoingthroughaverymeSSydivorceandwaSverydepreSSed.Shetriedtocheerhimup.

“Forgether!

ShewaSacompletefool.Noonelikedheranyway.

Muchofthetime,EStherSaidthefirStthingtocomeintoherhead.

Onedayatwork,aclerkcameintotheofficewithanewhairstyle.

“Nicehaircut,”saidEsther.“Howmuchdiditcost?

”

Thewomanreplied,“I'drathernotsay.”

Estherreplied,“Well,anyhow,eitheryoupaidtoomuchoryoupaidtoolittle.”

Shemetaveryfamouswriteronce.“Hey,whatacoincidence!

”s

said.“You'rewritingabookandI'mreadingone!

”

ThetroublewithEstherwasshesaidwhatshethought,anddidn'thinkaboutwhatshesaid.Ayoungmanwastryingtomodestabouthisnewjobmanymilesaway.

“Iguessthecompanychosemesothey'gdetsomepeaceintheoffice,”hesmiled.

“No,Iguesstheychoseyoutodiscourageyoufromspendingyourwholecareerwithus,”Estherrepliedsweetly.

Once,Estherwentto