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Conversation is an acquired skill. If you have the determination and the proper information, just like any other skill, it can be learned.

When you realize the best icebreaker is a few words from the heart, the act of starting a conversation becomes far less daunting.

…every conversation you have is an invitation to risk revealing the real you. What’s the worst that can happen? They don’t respond in kind. So what. They probably weren’t worth knowing in the first place.

Safety – whether in conversation, business, or life – generally produces ‘safe’ (read: boring) results.

Just remember not to monopolize the conversation or go into long-winded stories. Share your passion, but don’t preach it.

Follow the KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Silly). Good food. Good people. Lots of wine. Good conversation. That’s a successful dinner party.

You have to learn more to earn more. All content-creators are readers or at least deep questioners or conversationalists.

When we hit a brick wall in a debate, we don’t have to stop talking altogether… start a new conversation, with a focus on understanding and learning rather than arguing and persuading.

…asking ‘how’ tends to reduce polarization, setting the stage for more constructive conversations about action.

In a productive conversation, people treat their feelings as a rough draft. Like art, emotions are works in progress. It rarely serves us well to frame our first sketch.