(highlight:: A Smooth Conversation Exit on a Train Ride to Chicago
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Speaker 2
About a man that I once knew um an acquaintance of mine from college who I truly would not remember at all were it not for this moment he was a friend of a friend and one day we were both on the Same train going down to Chicago together I went to school outside of Chicago and so this was like a good 40 45 minute train ride and he pulled the most like amazing uno reverse ninja trick I've ever seen in conversation to this day which is you know we got on the train and I'm like oh god okay I have to talk to him because we know each other and so we did the very classic like hey How's it going how's the one thing that I know about you it's still good how's the one thing that I know about you it's fine and then we ran out of material uh oh and he just said it's been so Great talking to you I'm gonna go read my book now and then we both sat down on opposite sides of the train and we read our books and we took that half hour train ride down to Chicago and when I got off the train we did like a friendly wave and I actually don't think we ever saw each other again but I've thought about this man so regularly for the past like 10 years because he just Handled that interaction in such a smooth way that you almost never see)
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- [note::An amazing conversation concluder: "It's been lovely talking to you. I'm going to read my book now."]

(highlight:: Talking to Strangers is a Decision to Fight Back Against the Disconnection in Our World
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Speaker 2
How can we break out of that do we really need to break out of that or is it fine to just embrace the safety of hanging out with my existing friends at a party my bias would be I don't think that's
Speaker 1
Okay you know there's all this disconnection going on so the average person could benefit from more friends and certainly benefit from more friends that they've built some quality Intimacy with and they feel they can go to in a time of need so if we go with that perspective then yeah you know we should break out of our shell and we should cross that junior high dance Floor of sorts and go talk to somebody new knowing that this person might reject us or knowing that the interaction might be a little bit awkward but but that's okay)
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(highlight:: The Meaningfulness of Conversations and the Fear of Starting Them
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Speaker 2
Us getting used to not trying to start up a conversation with anyone yeah out of out of fear or out of fear that it won't lead anywhere it doesn't mean anything yeah I remember me me and Erin Talking a lot about how fueled they actually are by all the conversations that they have at work and like not just purely for entertainment value but also like feeling like these conversations Are meaningful and they are bringing something unique and special into their lives although it was reassuring for me to hear that they struggle with it sometimes too I was surprised By that yeah I know it's just that they were interested in people and just like having a genuine curiosity for the person that's in front of you fuels conversation as meta as that is we Got to talk about it we got to talk on that note Becca it's so great making a podcast with you and I'm gonna go read my book now that's all for this week's episode of how to talk to people this Episode was produced by me Rebecca Rashid and hosted by Julie Beck editing by Joss Lynn Frank and Claudina Baid Fact Check by Anna Alvarado our)
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