📚251: A Must-Read for People in Their 20s and 30s! Personal Stories and Expressing Emotions in Small Talk

🟠 Prologue 🟠
- Introduction -

Hello, this is Tochamin.
I usually read for about 30 minutes a day.
In doing so,I have summarized the things that left an impression on me and the insights I learned
as tips for living!
I hope they are useful in your daily life too♪

This time,
it's about the points you should cover in small talk!

※ Please also check out this article for the reasons why I continue reading and what I learn (^^)!!

🟩 Chapter.1 🟩
- Reading Details -

🟥 Chapter.2 🟥
- Sharing Personal Stories -

Don't you ever bring up the day's news or current events
as a conversation starter for small talk?

While it is tempting to use something everyone knows
as a starting point for a conversation,
doing so can make the conversation superficial and
make it difficult to talk about emotional aspects.
Even if you try to force yourself to convey emotions on that topic,
it usually doesn't go well.

To talk about your feelings smoothly,
you should share your own episodes and personal experiences.
At that time,using onomatopoeiais also effective.

The content you talk about can be very ordinary.
If you talk about what you experienced and the feelings you felt
as a set,
your relationship with the other person will improve rapidly.

🟦 Chapter.3 🟦
- Ending Small Talk Skillfully -

Have you ever had small talk last longer than expected,
causing you to drift away from what you wanted to know
or what you wanted to ask?

Small talk is ultimately just the gateway to human relationships.
There is no need to keep it going forever.
View small talk as something that will eventually end,
and it is also important to think about
wrapping it up at a good point.

To wrap up small talk,
try not to talk about your feelings as much as possible
and keep your reactions subdued to conclude the conversation.
By gradually lowering the energy,
you can end the small talk
without giving a rude impression.

🟨 Chapter.4 🟨
- Starting with Greetings and Introductions -

Small talk is
an act of calming your feelings through conversation.
Therefore,
it is important that the way you start the small talk
is also relaxed.Formal ways of starting like "Nice to meet you" or "It's been a while" are a no-go.

To start small talk in a relaxed state,
begin with a greeting.
Whether it's with someone you are meeting for the first time
or someone you have met before,
greeting them first
will brighten the atmosphere of the situation.

Also, along with the greeting,introduce yourself.By introducing yourself first,
it creates a flow where the other person will introduce themselves in return,
which is also effective for confirming the other person's name.

🟣 Epilogue 🟣
- Summary of This Time -

Through my reading today,
I learned about the points you should cover in small talk!

Do you bring up news or current events in your small talk?
When you talk about things everyone already knows,
it becomes harder to share your emotions,
and the conversation tends to stay superficial.
Instead,
by sharing your own episodes and personal experiences
along with how you felt about them,
your relationship with the other person
will improve rapidly!😊✨

Also, when starting small talk,
stiff greetings like "Nice to meet you" are a no-go.
Let's start with a greeting and introducing yourself.

And if the conversation goes on too long,
it's important to wrap it up skillfully
by minimizing your reactions and summarizing the points,
so you don't leave a rude impression.💡

If you feel that
"I'm bad at small talk and my relationships aren't going well..."
or "I want to shine more as myself!"
why not keep these things in mind
and start changing them one by one?

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Next time,
we'll talk about questions and topics
to make conversation easier!

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