All the experts tell you — ask lots of questions, listen to the answers, let the other person do all the talking — in short, do anything but don’t hog the conversation. Monopolizing the conversation, they will tell you, will bore your listeners and make you appear rude and insensitive — unless you have the wit and repartee of Oscar Wilde. But the fact is, in some situations it is absolutely the right thing to do. Elsewhere…
"When Hogging The Conversation Is A Valid Conversation Skill"Author: Aly Chiman
Aly Chiman
Anyone who finds themselves being a workaholic, or simply a woman juggling a professional career while running a family–you understand that there are limits to how long you can continue to go-go-go before your body physically or mentally comes to a screeching halt. For those times when you find yourself needing to beat burnout or reenergize here are some helpful solutions: 1. Workout or Take a Walk Nothing beats stress and gets the juices flowing…
"5 Ways to Beat Burnout"
Many native English speakers are reluctant to learn other languages because they feel that English is the universal language and everyone else should cater to their mode of communication. But the fact is, with around 350 million people speaking Spanish, it is the second most-spoken language in the world with Chinese Mandarin being first and English being third. It is also one of the United Nation’s six official languages. Because Spanish is spoken on five…
"7 Reasons Why English Speakers Should Learn Conversational Spanish"
On November 24, 2009, James Hoffman, a World Barista Champion, coffee blogger, and owner of Square Mile Coffee Roasters pondered about the future of foursquare , a location based application where people check into their favorite places, in a blog post: Coffee shops seemed pretty quick to embrace twitter, and it will be interesting to see if that experience has soured social media for them, or if they’ll embrace foursquare too. Last week, I met…
"Foursquare Says, “Click Here To Make Him Or Her Your Friend”"
As the saying goes, “it’s not what you know, but who you know” that matters, and nowadays this isn’t always enough to secure a job. Many unemployed and underemployed are spending more time at their favorite coffee shop, continuing their affair with coffee—job hunting, networking online, and updating their resume. Plugged in, and sometimes plugged into headphones as well, many (not all) people close off to their fellow coffee drinkers who may be on the…
"Sometimes, It’s Not Who You Know, But Who You’ve Yet To Meet"