Conversation skills
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The greatest way to make a good first impression is to demonstrate that the other person, not you, is the center of attention. When you are only interested in talking about yourself, other people don't feel that you appreciate them. Show that you are interested in others. Then new acquaintances will want to see you 1 again. Recently I went to a conference. At lunch, my wife and I sat with several people we didn't 1 know. While most of the people made good impressions, one man did not. He talked about himself the entire time. No one else got a chance to speak. Unfortunately, he probably thought we were interested in his life story, We decided to avoid him all weekend. I like this definition of a bore: "Somebody who talks about himself so much that you don't get to talk about yourself.