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Sometimes it’s hard for some people to continue a conversation after the “Hi, how are you?” and “Good, how about yourself?”
A little trick I picked up is to use the FORD method. You can talk about:

Family
Occupation
Recreations
Dreams

Are there other tips and tricks you use that may help others?

[xiiaoslacker]

I used to do what you mentioned till i realized it felt too interrogative for the receiving end. ended up not evening bother talking.

[greeneye]

Thanks for tip, very useful

[Kidrs]

This is interesting but the issue I have is that I find that the idea of small talk itself bad in general.

[Ajsco90]

Thank you for the tips, very helpful

[tumerking2]

Practice makes perfect

[Le Donald]

Very helpful tip! Thank you!!

[Yurmader]

How do you do that? I'm kinda a boring guy and mostly I want to talk about is sex and politics which is a very bad topic for someone you just knew.

[Jaron Bifdt]

really good tips, thank you! will def try to use this

[jeffersonjeffs]

Does anyone ever see through it though?

[Js1442]

Have a date this weekend so this is good to read. Thanks!