If you find it awkward to make small talk, you are not alone. While it can be daunting, it is also one of the best ways to ...

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Small talk has a bad reputation. People roll their eyes at it and see it as a dreaded necessity that they need to get out of the way before the real conversation begins. It has effectively become one ...

Charles Duhigg, author of "The Power of Habit," argues that small talk isn't an innate skill, but rather a learned behavior that can be studied and crafted to perfectly suit any situation — whether ...

Want to improve your small talk skills and feel confident in English conversations? In this video, I’ll share practical small talk phrases, conversation starters, and real-life tips for making ...

An evening out on the town with my closest friends — I love the promise of a night out. Maybe I’ll meet someone or learn something that could alter the trajectory of my life. And what a promise that ...

I spent much of last weekend engaging in small talk, a social task I sometimes find a laborious activity. Maybe that’s just me. Still, last weekend was the Labor Day holiday, so I suppose I should ...

Conversations, whether at holiday parties or other times of the year, don’t have to be awkward. (Getty Images) Between holiday dinners with relatives you haven’t heard from all year, office parties ...

Last year, I wrote about how I once avoided small talk at all costs — those awkward, two-minute conversations at the grocery store, in the hallway, while waiting in line at the mall. But then I had a ...

What one writer gained when he stopped using the self-checkout, and reclaimed the joy of a life with social friction ...