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Would your current circle be enough?

Apr 25, 2023

This may seem like an odd question, but here goes:  What if you had to spend Eternity in a closed social loop where you were surrounded only by people you knew during your lifetime? There’d be no anonymous faces at the grocery store, on the street, in the gym, at the...

Practices and attitudes for delicious conversations

Apr 18, 2023

Sometimes a few simple rules can make life (and conversations) so much better.  In that spirit, I want to share a few guidelines I learned from the Conversation Cafe model. What is a Conversation Cafe you ask?  They are “open, hosted conversations in cafés as...

Don’t get stranded on this mountain

Apr 8, 2023

Have you ever known ─ or tried to have a conversation with ─ someone who thought they were an expert on….everything?  I’ll go out on a limb here and guess that the relationship ─ and the exchanges ─ with this person probably weren’t all that pleasant. I can even sense...

Turn Potential Negatives into Positives

Mar 28, 2023

Today I’m offering the third post in a three-part series on conversation-enhancing tips involving the number three. If you haven’t read the first and second posts already, you can find them on my website here. Both have the power to shift your conversation quality...

The Art of Going Three Deep in Conversation

Mar 23, 2023

Last week you may have read my blog about saying The Third Thing.  If not, you might want to circle back. It offers some excellent advice to those of us who tend to blurt out the very first thing that comes to mind in our conversations or written exchanges. As you’ll...