How to (Mostly) Never Run Out of Things To Say

How to (Mostly) Never Run Out of Things To Say

🤐 Ever find yourself going completely blank in the middle of a conversation? You're not alone, and you're definitely not boring.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:29 - Chapter 1: "The Stop Overthinking Principle"
3:10 - Chapter 2: "Curiosity - Your Conversation Superpower"
4:45 - Chapter 3: "The Art Of The Follow-Up Question"
6:27 - Chapter 4: "Conversation Threading - Never Run Out Of Topics"
8:11 - Chapter 5: "The Balance Of Depth And Lightness"
10:08 - Chapter 6: "Recovery Strategies For When Your Mind Blanks"
11:46 - Chapter 7: "The Conversation Emergency Kit"
13:10 - Chapter 8: "Self-Disclosure - Creating Meaningful Connection"
14:46 - Chapter 9: "The Perfect Exit - Ending Conversations Gracefully"

💡📚 Here's a curated list of books and research papers that delve deeper into the ideas explored in this video. Some of the links are affiliate links, which help support the channel if you decide to make a purchase.

BOOKS
1/ How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
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2/ Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
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3/ The Art of Conversation by Catherine Blyth
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4/ Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
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5/ Conversational Intelligence by Judith E. Glaser
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6/ Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
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7/ The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane
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8/ The Fine Art of Small Talk by Debra Fine
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9/ Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
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10/ Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo
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RESEARCH PAPERS
1/ The Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II: Development, Factor Structure, and Psychometrics by Todd B. Kashdan et al.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2770180/
Shows that curiosity is integral to engaging social relationships, supporting the idea that genuine curiosity prevents running out of things to say.

2/ When more is more? The impact of breadth and depth of information disclosure on perceived attractiveness in zero-acquaintance situations by Valerio Basile et al.
https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/9525
Finds that self-disclosure (breadth and depth) enhances interpersonal attraction and helps create meaningful connections, aligning with the script’s self-disclosure strategy.

3/ Addressing Gaps in Organization-Public Communication: The Work and Architecture of Listening by Jim Macnamara
https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/43225/1/The%20Work%20and%20Architecture%20of%20Listening%20-%20Addressing%20Gaps%20in%20OPR%20(IJSC)%20.pdf
Analyzes the critical role of active listening and follow-up in effective communication and relationship-building, supporting the importance of follow-up questions and listening.

4/ Emotion and Decision Making by Jennifer S. Lerner et al.
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jenniferlerner/files/emotion_and_decision_making.pdf
Explores how emotions and overthinking influence conversational decision-making and social interactions, relevant to the script’s stop-overthinking principle and conversational anxiety.

5/ Anxiety buffer disruption: Worldview threat, death thought accessibility, and posttraumatic stress by Thomas Pyszczynski et al.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30816772/
Discusses anxiety buffer systems and their disruption, which relates to the role of anxiety in conversational blanking and the importance of recovery strategies

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