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THE FINE ART
OF SMALL TALK
How to Start a Conversation, Keep
It Going, Build Networking Skills—
and Leave a Positive Impression!
NEW YORK
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To Jared Fine Holst and Sarah Fine Holst, my inspiration and
motivation. And the gentle wind beneath my wings, Steve Tilliss.
 
CONTENTS
Preface
ix
CHAPTER 1
What’s the Big Deal About Small Talk?
1
CHAPTER 2
Get Over Your Mom’s Good Intentions
12
CHAPTER 3
Take the Plunge: Start a Conversation!
27
CHAPTER 4
Keep the Conversation Going!
37
CHAPTER 5
Let’s Give ’Em Something to Talk About
49
CHAPTER 6
Hearing Aids and Listening Devices
66
 
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 7
Prevent Pregnant Pauses with Preparation
84
CHAPTER 8
Conversational Clout
108
CHAPTER 9
Crimes and Misdemeanors
114
CHAPTER 10
The Graceful Exit
139
CHAPTER 11
The Conversational Ball Is in Your Court!
154
CHAPTER 12
Make the Most of Networking Events!
159
CHAPTER 13
Surviving the Singles Scene
165
CHAPTER 14
Feel-Good Factor
185
CHAPTER 15
Holiday Party Savvy
192
CHAPTER 16
Carpe Diem
195
Acknowledgments
201
 
PREFACE
W hen I first got into the business of helping people
cultivate conversation skills, I ran into a lot of
skepticism. Invariably, executives would scoff at the idea
of a housewife’s trivial initiative to overcome boredom.
Then I would get clandestine calls for assistance from
folks with prestigious titles. People would construct
elaborate covert operations to seek advice without actu-
ally asking for it, because they were embarrassed. I can
appreciate that. In a previous life as a nerdy engineer, I
was burdened with poor social skills and embarrassed by
my own conversational ineptitude. Before I gave myself a
remedial education in the Fine Art of Small Talk, I had
been a poor communicator and a timid person for as long
as I could recall.
 

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