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		wallflower on Feb 26, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Shy Connector Next time someone asks 'What do you do?' (and it is obvious they are just going through the motions) As an experiment, I recommend you try this: 'Do you really want to talk about that? Let's talk about something we both find interesting'

ollysb on Feb 26, 2012 [–]

The question is what are you both going to find interesting? Smalltalk is what you're doing while you try to find something that you're both interested in.

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