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But it doesn’t have to be that way. Difficult conversations are a part of life and frankly should be had more often. For example, I saw more instances than I can count in the corporate world where a ...

You know the feeling. You’re at a party, doing your best to chat up the room, when suddenly the conversation falls off a cliff. You’ve asked all the small-talk staples: what they do, where they’re ...

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Make conversations less awkward with this easy tactic. Yes-or-no questions keep conversations from settling into a good flow—or end it before it really starts. The best conversation starters invite ...