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It may be called small talk, but simply flexing your natural inquisitiveness and asking a few key questions, can lead to very big talk, helping you connect with others on a deeper level. Keep reading ...

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It's a simple fact of life. Every day we witness people chatting, conversation at work, simple nods on the street. (Except for hermits, cave-dwellers, and other perverse isolationists.) Those of us ...