I haven’t taught here for a while. Let focus on how to make small talk. Making small talk is very important for networking. I never used to know how to do it. I’ll go to a party and just bone. Doing a PhD research taught me how to talk to people. This is not from a book. Thread..
First, I usually forget people’s names as soon as they tell me. Then I learnt that asking questions about the name helped me to remember. If you tell me that your name is Babatunde, I will ask you what the name means and then we will discuss beliefs in reincarnation.
If you say it is Musa, I will ask you whether that isn’t the same as the Biblical Prophet Moses. I will then ask you how Islam views Prophet Moses and what the person considers his greatest strengths and weaknesses. It you say he had an anger problem, I will ask Musa if he to has
If you say your name is Chukwudi, I will ask you whether the name refers to the Christian God Chukwu or it was a name that predated Christianity. Whatever your name is, I have something to ask. Is the name special to your part of the country? Is your surname Gusau like the town?
By them time we’ve chatted, your name will stick in my head. I will ask you what you are most proud of that you have achieved in your life. What is it that most people may not know about you? If you won the lottery and didn’t need to work, what would you REALLY want to do?
Do you believe in love at first sight? What do you often misplace the most? What do you do for a living? When you tell give me a job title, I will ask what does it actually entail? What are the greatest challenges in your business? Of course, I will tell you about myself too.
You get the gist by now. Successful people are very good at small talk. It makes you lekeable and interesting. You also get to find out a lot about people and ensures you meet loads of interesting people. You’ll be shocked what you’ll find out. Try it and good luck! End.
Sorry for all the spelling mistakes o. Nor vez. 😊
